International Zbigniew Seifert Jazz Violinists Competition

This year’s Seifert Competition will be held online, in virtual space. 14 participants from 11 countries have qualified for our contest. Their auditions can be followed on 8th-10th July on YouTube and on the Seifert Competition’s Facebook profile.

The jury consisting of Miroslav Vitouš, Ernst Reijseger, and Michał Urbaniak had no easy task this year. 40 excellent violinists, violists, and cellists from all over the world have submitted their entries for the 4 th Zbigniew Seifert International Jazz Violin Competition. Out of this number, the following young artists have eventually qualified for the semi-finals: Johannes Dickbauer (Austria), Gabriel Vieira (Brazil), Clément Janinet (France), Youenn Rohaut (France), Tadas Dešukas (Lithuania), Kristjan Rudanovski (Estonia), Kristijan Krajncan (Slovenia), Dawid Czernik (Polska), John Pearce (United Kingdom), Dominic Ingham (United Kingdom), Omer Ashano (Israel), Gabe Terracciano (USA), Greg Byers (USA), and João Silva (Portugal).

The auditions will be held online between 8th and 10th July 2020

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This year’s Seifert Competition will be held online, in virtual space. 14 participants from 11 countries have qualified for our contest. Their auditions can be followed on 8th-10th July on YouTube and on the Seifert Competition’s Facebook profile.

The jury consisting of Miroslav Vitouš, Ernst Reijseger, and Michał Urbaniak had no easy task this year. 40 excellent violinists, violists, and cellists from all over the world have submitted their entries for the 4 th Zbigniew Seifert International Jazz Violin Competition. Out of this number, the following young artists have eventually qualified for the semi-finals: Johannes Dickbauer (Austria), Gabriel Vieira (Brazil), Clément Janinet (France), Youenn Rohaut (France), Tadas Dešukas (Lithuania), Kristjan Rudanovski (Estonia), Kristijan Krajncan (Slovenia), Dawid Czernik (Polska), John Pearce (United Kingdom), Dominic Ingham (United Kingdom), Omer Ashano (Israel), Gabe Terracciano (USA), Greg Byers (USA), and João Silva (Portugal).

The auditions will be held online between 8th and 10th July 2020. The young string virtuosi will compete for awards totalling EUR 17,000. Additionally, the international press representatives, who will follow and comment on the Competition, will present their own award. The online audience will likewise be able to choose their favourites and vote for the best participant via our website.

In the virtual Competition Studio you will be able to meet participants, jurors, winners of the previous editions, as well as key figures of the music scene who had the chance to meet and work with Zbigniew Seifert in person. Our audience will also be able to recall most interesting concerts and auditions from the previous years. All this free of charge, streamed live on YouTube and Facebook.

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