Results of the 5th Ilona Fehér International Violin Competition
The Ilona Fehér International Violin Competition, for violinists under 22, was founded in 2017 by leading Hungarian violinists Katalin Kokas and Barnabás Kelemen. The contestants are judged by an international jury comprising famous violinists and music educators.
Results 2024:
Age group 2
1st place – Constantin Stefan Cristian (Romania) – €2000
2nd place – Hana Hoshino (Japan) – €1250
3rd place – Kimia Corke (Switzerland) – €750
Age group 2
1st place – Leonhard Baumgartner (Austria) – €2000
2nd place – Maksym Synytsky (Ukraine) – €1500
3rd place – Tao-Yuan Hsiao (Taiwan) – €1000
Special Awards:
Youngest competitor – Festival Academy Budapest Special Prize
Lin Xi (China) – Age Group 1
Best Bartók Duos Special Award:
Zhang Jinger (China) – Age Group 1
Henry Jin Quan (United Kingdom)- Age Group 2
Contemporary pieces composed for the 80th anniversary of the Holocaust – best performance:
Balogh Máté: A Lament of Rembrandt’s Jeremiah – Leonhard Baumgartner (Austria)
Bella Máté: The White Chaconne – Constantin Stefan Cristian (Romania)
Tornyai Péter: Stolperstein – Maksym Synytsky (Ukraine)
Shlomo Mintz: In Memory – Kimia Corke (Switzerland)
Age groups:
- Age group: until the age of 15
- Age group: 15 to 21 years
AG1 – 1st place – Constantin Stefan Cristian (Romania)
AG1 – 2nd place – Hana Hoshino (Japan)
AG1 – 3rd place – Kimia Corke (Switzerland)
AG2 – 1st place – Leonhard Baumgartner (Austria)
AG2 – 2nd place – Maksym Synytsky (Ukraine)
AG2 – 3rd place – Tao-Yuan Hsiao (Taiwan)
JURY 2024
President of the Jury:
Shlomo Mintz (ISR)
Kelemen Barnabás (HUN)
Alissa Margulis (RUS, GER)
Pauk György (GBR, HUN)
Qian Zhou (CHN)
Dora Schwarzberg (AUT)
Dmitry Sitkovetsky (UK, USA)
Magdalena Ursu (ROM)
