The 2022 Qingdao International Violin Competition will be held in October next year with 40 Chinese and foreign players competing

The 2022 Qingdao International Violin Competition will be held in Qingdao, China from October 8 to 20, 2022. At that time, 40 Chinese and foreign players will gather in Qingdao, and the gold medal winners will receive 40,000 US dollars in prize money. In addition, the competition also featured the "Lin Yaoji" Excellent Performance Award and the Chinese Works Award.

The 2022 Qingdao International Violin Competition is jointly sponsored by the Central Conservatory of Music, the Propaganda Department of the Qingdao Municipal Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Qingdao Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, and the People's Government of Qingdao Shinan District, and co-hosted by the Propaganda Department of the CPC Shinan District Committee, the Qingdao Shinan District Culture and Tourism Bureau and Beijing Yangyin Education Technology Co., Ltd. The competition extends invitations to Chinese and foreign violin players between the ages of 16 and 36, and in the complex and severe situation of the global covid-19 epidemic, the 2022 Qingdao International Violin Competition will be held in the mode of "online" preliminary competition and offline competition.

According to the organizers, the competition has a special art advisory committee to ensure the fairness of the competition with mature competition rules and excellent judging committees, and to create a top competition environment and a platform for exchange and display for the contestants. World-famous violinists Zach Brown, Boris Kouchner, Paul Lockzak, Shlomo Mintz, Jin Min, Lin Zhaoliang, Hu Kun, Lu Siqing, Liu Yunzhi, Xu Weiling, Xie Nan, Ning Feng, Yang Gefang, famous conductors Yu Long, Li Xincao, Lü Jia, Zhang Guoyong, Yang Yang, Chen Lin, as well as Uric Zusi of the State University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, Austria, Joseph Pollich, honorary dean of the Juilliard School of Music, and Alexei Vasilev, president of the St. Petersburg Conservatory of Music in Russia. The vice president of the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome, Italy, such as Moretz Champi, served as commissioners. A high-standard, high-level jury composed of art advisors and experts will conduct professional and rigorous selection of contestants for their performances.

The original pedagogy of Lin Yaoji, the world's outstanding violin educator and professor of the Central Conservatory of Music, has been widely circulated. The competition features the "Lin Yaoji" Excellent Performance Award and the Chinese Works Award, adding unique Elements of Chinese Music Culture.

"The China International Violin Competition was previously one of the three major Chinese international music competitions hosted by the Ministry of Culture and hosted by the Qingdao Municipal Government. From 2005 to 2014, it was held every three years. The competition has successfully launched international careers for many young violinists. This important music competition will be restarted in October 2022, with mature rules and excellent judging committees to ensure the fairness of the competition, and work together to create a top competition environment and a platform for musicians to exchange and display. Yu Feng, chairman of the organizing committee of the competition, artistic director and president of the Central Conservatory of Music, said, "Music is a universal language, and it is also a precious artistic wealth for human beings that transcends borders, races and time. In 2021, in the post-epidemic era when the development of world music and art performances is struggling, it is hoped that China's music education will be rock solid. Qingdao is an international city that attaches great importance to music education, and music aesthetic education is an artistic practice that penetrates people's hearts and enriches people's spiritual life. Qingdao deepens cooperation with all sectors of society by holding international top competitions, helping to build the international reputation of the music island, and bringing valuable opportunities and sufficient support to the careers of young musicians. ”

Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Tian Wanting

Editor/Bow Lifang