Rajpati Singh Public School (RPS), Gagaha is a private co-educational school belonging to the Delhi Public School Society in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), RPS Varanasi commenced with its first academic session on 7 April 2002. In 2022, the school completed 20 years of its functioning. RPS Gagaha has been performing well on the academic front too with almost 40 students belonging to the current 2013 Class X batch scoring a perfect 10 CGPA in the CBSE board exams.
The idea of establishing this competition started from the desire of a musician to provide in a former communist country, Romania and to create a chance for young artists to participate in an international competition in their country and to benefit from the same conditions as anywhere in the world and to give them a chance to promote cooperation with international and European musical institutions .
The event is named after Romanian pianist Dinu Lipatti.
“I like the idea of Jeunesses Musicals because it makes music accessible to children, allowing young people of modest origins to enter into a realm that otherwise wouldn’t really be open to them.” Dinu Lipatti, Geneve, 1950.
Held annually since 1994, the contest has included different disciplines – piano, violin, flute, clarinet, composition, horn, trumpet, singing. In 2011, "Jeunesses Musicales International Competition Bucharest" became "Jeunesses International Music Competition Dinu Lipatti", in honor of Lipatti, who supported and encouraged young musicians. Alongside the competition, the event includes workshops and master classes led by artists and music teachers from European academies.
The competition has three age categories, encouraging young musicians from the earliest ages to a master competition category: 10–14 years, 14–18 years, 18–30 years. Usually, this competition brings together around 100 musicians from 30–40 countries, as a platform for communication and cultural dialogue. [1]
Jury is formed by recognized artists and professors appreciated in the field with experience in identifying new talent, reconfirmation of their decisions being the laureates professional path.
The competition takes place in areas with historical and cultural tradition: Athenaeum, Royal Palace – Hall Auditorium, Arcub – Center for Cultural Projects of Bucharest, Central University Library, the Philharmonic Sibiu – Thalia Hall.
1994 – REMUS Azoitei Is a famous violinist of sec. XXIII that currently is a violin professor at the Royal Academy of Music London, known in Romanian audience for charitable and anniversary concerts given together with the Royal Household and through its evolution along the prestigious Nigel Kennedy, the Palace Hall Bucharest.
1995 – Alexandru Tomescu He is the winner of Stradivarius violin. He played with Jeunesses Musical Youth Orchestra and as a soloist in 1997 and 1998 tournaments in the USA and Japan. He was also present at the most famous concert halls in Europe, such as: Tonhalle Zurich, Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Concert House, Berlin, Musikverein, Vienna.
1996 Jeunesses International Music Competition Dinu Lipatti was the first competition in Romania which was recognized by the European Union of Music Competitions for Youth.
1999 Simina Croitoru was born into a family of musicians and since childhood has shown extraordinary talent, winning the first "Jeunesses Musicales" Bucharest prize.
Trumpet
18–30 | Solymosi Peter | Hungary |
14–18 | Hanganu Dumitru | Moldavia |
Piano
18–30 | Yamamoto Satoko | Belgium |
14–18 | Bozhanov Evgeni | Bulgaria |
10–14 | Gavruc Vitalie | Moldavia |
<10 | Visovan Maria Aurelia | Romania |
Clarinet
18-30 | Theodoru Andrei | Romania |
14-18 | Mamudov Hidan | Macedonia |
Violin
18-30 | Röhn Anja | Sweden |
14-18 | Gocan Andrei | Romania |
14–18 | Long Xi | China |
10–14 | Manza Dragos Mihail | Romania |
<10 | Saifi Arslan | Russian Federation |
Flute
18-30 | Sperissen Jean-Luc | France |
Piano
18-30 | Smolskaia Ioulia | Russian Federation |
14-18 | Vanks Rudolfs | Latvia |
10-14 | Kavalerova Anna | Russian Federation |
<10 | Napradean Lena | Romania |
Clarinet
18-30 | Reman Tibor | Romania |
14-18 | Gao Yuan | China |
Violin
14-18 | Azizian Loussine | Russian Federation |
10-14 | Lee Su Yeon | South Koreea |
<10 | Moscalu Artur | Moldavia |
Flute
14-18 | Felicia Van Den End | Netherlands |
Piano
18-30 | Szychowski Piotr | Poland |
14-18 | Ye Sijing | China |
10-14 | Wang Chao | China |
<10 | Tudor Daria Ioana | Romania |
Clarinet
18-30 | Stolbov Ivan | Federatia Rusa |
14-18 | Stancioi Ciprian | Romania |
14-18 | Turk Borut | Slovenia |
Violin
18-30 | Szadowiak Marianna | Polond |
14–18 | Shi Shuai | China |
10–14 | Gao Tianyang | China |
<10 | Tusupbekova Sharipa | Kazakhstan |
Flute
18-30 | Lima Ana Raquel | Portugal |
14-18 | Li Ang | China |
Composition
<10 | Chan Sze Rok | UK |
Piano
14-18 | Mihai Ritivoiu | Romania |
<10 | Kravtsov Lev | Russian Federation |
Composition
10-14 | Rosenberger Katharina | Switzerland |
10-14 | Noda Kentaro | Japan |
10-14 | Martinez Burgos Manuel | Spain |
<10 | Eduardo Moguillansky | Argentina |
<10 | Elia Marios | Cyprus |
<10 | Pelzel Michael | Switzerland |
<10 | Prete Paolo | Italy |
<10 | Yamamoto Kazutomo | Japan |
Clarinet
18-30 | Maria Wilhelmina du Toit | South Africa |
14-18 | Puia Dorinel | Romania |
Violin
18-30 | Gocan Andrei | Romania |
14-18 | Tang Yun | China |
10-14 | Zhu Minjia | China |
<10 | Pocitari Lilia | Moldavia |
Composition
10-14 | Boodram Cameron | SUA |
10-14 | Longo Marco | Italy |
10-14 | Nassif Rafael | Brazil |
10-14 | Odai Kiyomitsu | Japan |
10-14 | Sikk Jaak | Estonia |
<10 | Hu Shuhan | China |
<10 | Bakas Dimitrios | Greece |
<10 | De Souza Fliblio Ferreira | Brazil |
<10 | Hurtado Jose Luis | Mexico |
<10 | Seo Hong Jun | South Koreea |
<10 | Yamamoto Kazutomo | Japan |
Flute
18-30 | Yaroshevskiy Stanislav | Russian Federation |
14-18 | Stoilova Nadya | Bulgaria |
Clarinet
14-18 | Brazauskas Zilvinas | Lithuania |
Violin
18–30 | Boursier Khrystyna | Ukraine |
14–18 | Zhang Chendi | China |
10–14 | Zhang Jinru | China |
<10 | Zayranov Martin | Bulgaria |
Piano
14-18 | Gologan Andrei | Romania |
14-18 | Li Zixiao | China |
10-14 | Ursu Melisa | Moldavia |
10-14 | Xu Jinzhao | China |
<10 | Boyadzhiev Emil | Bulgaria |
Flute
18-30 | Bletton Charlotte | France |
14-18 | Park Yaeram | South Koreea, France |
Violin
18-30 | Park Sujin | Australia |
14-18 | Hickey Mairead | Ireland |
B<14 | Boschkor Lara | Germany |
Piano
18-30 | Masuda Momoka |
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14-18 | Losito Nicola | Italy | |
14-18 | Losito Nicola | Italy | |
<14 | Harliono-Evans George | Uk |
Flute
18-30 | Carmineluigi Amabile | Italy |
14-18 | Zolnacz Marianna | Poland |
Violin winners will be chosen from the 107 competitors representing 40 countries: Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, South Korea, Denmark, Egypt, Switzerland, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, UK, Mexico, New Zealand, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, USA, Sweden, Taiwan – China, Turkey, Ukraine, Hungary, Venezuela .
2016 edition will be held from May 14 to 21 with the reference instrument-piano.
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