The First Prize was awarded to Dutch violinist Hawijch Elders (b.1998), who played Paganini’s Concerto no.1 for the final performance at Teatro alla Scala!
She receives a €30,000 cash prize, a recording of an album with Universal, plus three years of additional artistic management coordinated by the Fondazione La Società dei Concerti, with engagements in Italy and abroad. She also received the prize for the best performance of the commissioned work, Sonatina V by Fabio Vacchi.
Hawijch Elders is a Dutch Violinist, and she is the second Queen Elisabeth 'Artist in Resident', who won a big international First Prize in a month After Nikola Meeuwsen.
Listen here to a recent recording of Hawijch Elders and Nikola Meeuwsen, organized by the Dutch National Instrument Foundation.
Valse-Scherzo, Op.34
Mélodie, Op.42
We also gratefully acknowledge the NL Talentenfonds for their valuable support of Hawijch Elders throughout this competition. And a very big gratitude for Enrica Ciccarelli, Artistic Director of Fondazione La Società dei Concerti in Milano.
Portrait: Max Mausen
Photo's: Silvia Varrani
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