Shared first prize

A number of other prizes was also awarded at the ceremony in the Großer Sendesaal of the NDR Konzerthaus in Hanover: Warner Classics will record a debut album with Jacques Forestier and distribute and promote it worldwide. The G. Henle publishing house honoured Kyumin Park with sheet music vouchers and a monetary prize totalling 2,000 euros. The renowned composer Enno Poppe and the jury awarded the 5,000-euro prize for the best interpretation of his commissioned work “Feder” to Angela Chan. Jacques Forestier will be invited to play a violin by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini (1765) for the next three years, on loan from the Fritz Behrens Stiftung. The Kuss Quartet awarded the chamber music prize of 3,000 euros to semi-finalist Louisa Staples. The audience at the NDR Konzerthaus awarded Jacques Forestier the audience prize of 2,000 euros. 32 concert partners supported the competition and awarded concert engagements among the semi-finalists during the award ceremony. Louisa Staples received a scholarship from karsten witt music-management GmbH for a music management course at the kwmm Academy. Two participants will be invited to a masterclass at Kronberg Academy.

"There are many winners of the competition and this time even two main prize winners! We would like to thank all the participants from the bottom of our hearts for their courage, their commitment and for inspiring us with their wonderful music”, said Oliver Wille, Artistic Director of the competition. “Competitions can only ever be snapshots. Over the past two weeks, we have got to know up-and-coming young personalities and their great musical potential. We are delighted to be able to follow their future paths now”, said Antje Weithaas, Artistic Director of the competition.

The Joseph Joachim Violin Competition is organised by the Stiftung Niedersachsen in Hanover every three years. 2024 the competition took place from 16 to 28 September. In two preliminary rounds, 21 participants from nine countries played for the jury and thrilled the audience with their talent. Only eight violinists reached the two semi-final concerts with their musical challenges: Angela Chan, Jacques Forestier, Alexander Won-Ho Kim, Eunjoong Park, Kyumin Park, Louisa Staples, Alexandra Weissbecker und Xunyue Zhang. The most outstanding three musicians could now be seen in the final.

All competition concerts were streamed live on the website www.jjv-hanover.de and on Facebook in cooperation with The Violin Channel. They could also be experienced live in China via Amadeus TV. All competition performances are still available in the competition's media library on YouTube. On 29 September 2024, NDR Kultur, the competition's cultural partner, will broadcast the live recordings of all three final concerts starting at 21:30 in the series “Podium der Jungen”.

Winners:
Joseph Joachim Prize: Angela Chan (27), Philadelphia and  Jacques Forestier (19), Philadelphia
Finalist Awards: Angela Chan (27), Philadelphia, Jacques Forestier (19), Philadelphia, and Kyumin Park (28), Boston

Jury:
Juliane Banse (chair), Lorenza Borrani, Liza Ferschtman, Kim Kashkashian, András Keller, Gidon Kremer, Alexander Lonquich, Feng Ning, Kathrin Rabus and Stephan Zilias

Artists:
NDR Radiophilharmonie / Stephan Zilias (Conductor)

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