Hof is a town on the banks of the Saale in the northeastern corner of the German state of Bavaria, in the Franconian region, at the Czech border and the forested Fichtel Mountains and Franconian Forest upland regions. The town has 47,296 inhabitants, the surrounding district an additional 95,000.
Lichtenberg is a town in northeastern Bavaria, lying in the district of Hof in Upper Franconia.
Hofer Symphoniker is a German symphony orchestra based in Hof, Bavaria, Germany. The orchestra began its performing activity in 1945, when Kapellmeister Karl F. Keller founded it as Hofer Konzertorchester.
The Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition is one of the most important music competitions of its kind worldwide and is held in Bamberg, Germany. Conductors no older than 35 years may enter.
The Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists is an international music competition for violinists under the age of 16. It was founded by Yehudi Menuhin in 1983 with the goal of nurturing young violinists. In its early years, the competition took place in Folkestone on the south coast of England. Since 1998, it has been held biennially in different cities around the world. Several of the competition's past laureates, including Julia Fischer, Tasmin Little, and Nikolaj Znaider, have gone on to major international careers.
Marcus Tanneberger is a German violinist.
Boris Kuschnir is a Ukrainian-born Austrian violinist and academic.
Gilbert Varga is a British-Hungarian conductor. Studied violin from the age of four with his father, Tibor Varga, a famous Hungarian violinist and conductor. After an accident brought an abrupt halt to a promising solo career Gilbert studied conducting under Franco Ferrara, Sergiu Celibidache and Charles Bruck.
The MA Festival Brugge, short for the festival Musica Antiqua Bruges in Bruges, Belgium, is a festival of early music and historically informed performances, started in 1960. The program includes concerts, master classes, conferences, visits in the region, exhibitions, instrument market, and international competitions that concentrates in a three-year cycle on organ, harpsichord, pianoforte and other period instruments, vocals, and baroque ensembles. The specialised festival is part of the Festival of Flanders.
Igor Ozim was a Slovenian classical violinist and pedagogue. He was based in Salzburg, Austria.
Lim Ji-young is a South Korean violinist, winner of the first prize in the 2015 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels. She studies with Nam-Yun Kim at Korea National University of Arts.
Yu-Chien (Benny) Tseng is a Taiwanese violinist. In 2012 he was fifth laureate in the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition, where he also won both the Musiq'3 and the Klara-Canvas prizes awarded by the public. In the 15th International Tchaikovsky Competition held in 2015, Tseng won the 2nd prize in the violin contest, in which no first prize was awarded. Tseng has recorded for Fuga Libera and the Chimei Museum.
Richard Lin is a Taiwanese American violinist. He won competitions in Poland, United States, Singapore, Japan, and Taiwan. In 2013 he won the first prize in the Sendai International Music Competition. In 2015 he was the third prize laureate in the 9th International Joseph Joachim Violin Competition in Hanover, Germany. In 2016 he was the fifth prize laureate in 15th Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition. In 2018 he won First Prize in 10th International Violin Competition of Indianapolis.
The International Violin Competition Leopold Mozart in Augsburg is an international violin competition, held every three years in commemoration of Leopold Mozart (1719–1787), the father of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It is the goal of the competition to encourage young violinists and to promote Augsburg's reputation as a German Mozart city. The competition is a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions (WFIMC) in Geneva. It is run by the Leopold Mozart Board of Trustees in cooperation with the city of Augsburg and the Leopold Mozart Center of the University of Augsburg. Further partners are the Bavarian State Ministry for Science, Research and Art, the District of Swabia, Bavarian Radio and the University of Augsburg.
Paula Šūmane is a Latvian concert violinist and the prize winner of international violin competitions and the Latvian Great Music Award. She is a graduate of Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris and Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz. As a soloist, Paula Šūmane has performed with various symphony and chamber orchestras, including Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra, Lisbon Metropolitan orchestra, Hofer Symphoniker, Baden-Baden Philharmonic orchestra, Sinfonietta Rīga, Liepāja Symphony Orchestra. Šūmane is frequently invited to give violin masterclasses and attend music competitions as a jury member.
Hawijch Elders is a Dutch violinist born on 31 October 1998.
Lena Neudauer is a German violinist.
The International Joseph Joachim Violin Competition, Hanover is one of the best-endowed awards worldwide. It is held in Hanover, triennially, for a total of 12 young violinists. The competition is run before an international jury and is dedicated to the violinist Joseph Joachim, who also worked in Hanover. The aim of the competition, organized by the Lower Saxony Foundation, is to support artists on their way to an international career, to promote classical music traditions, education and practice, and to promote the Lower Saxony state capital as a metropolis of music. Partners of the competition are the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media (HMTMH), the Hanover State Opera, the North German Broadcasting Corporation (NDR) with its NDR Radiophilharmonie, the radio NDR Kultur, the Fritz Behrens Foundation, Warner Classics, G. Henle Verlag and several companies. The competition is a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions in Geneva.
Günter Ludwig was a German pianist.
