The second prize was awarded to Dovydas Čiplys from Lithuania, while Poland’s Maria Nowicka and Leander Hennes Resch and Nika-Ruotong Zhu, both representing Germany, were awarded joint third prize.
The competition was entered by 37 up-and-coming violinists from across the world, including also Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Singapore and the United States.
Launched in 2000 as a national event, the Telemann Competition gained an international stature in 2008. It is open to violinists under 18.
The competition is named after 18th-century German composer Georg Philipp Telemann, who in the early stage of his career served as Kapellmeister at the court of Count Erdmann von Promnitz at Sorau, now Żary in Poland. During his time there, Telemann developed a fascination for Polish folk music and used some of its motifs in his compositions.
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