On 7 October 2019, twelve participants of the 5th Karol Lipiński International Violin Competition were selected for the second stage.
After three days of competition auditions (works for solo violin) of the first stage of the 5th Karol Lipiński International Violin Competition, a jury composed of: prof. Ilya Kaler – Chairman, prof. Konstanty Andrzej Kulka, prof. Boris Kuschnir, prof. Itzhak Rashkovsky, dr Jakub Jakowicz and dr Mariusz Smolij qualified 12 participants for the second stage, including one Pole:
1. Eimi Wakui (Japan)
2. Yumiko Yumiba (Japan)
3. Olga Artyugina (Russia)
4. Feliks Harutyunyan (Armenia)
5. Lorenz Karls (Sweden)
6. Mao Konishi (Japan)
7. Maya Levy (Belgium)
8. Robert Łaguniak (Poland)
9. Elias Moncado (Germany)
10. Noori Nah (South Korea)
11. Mio Sasaki (Japan)
12. Reika Sato (Japan)
The second stage of the competition (works for violin and piano) will take place on 8–9 October in the CKK Jordanki concert hall, while the third stage (works for violin and orchestra) will take place on 11-12 October. The second stage auditions will be broadcast online at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s3CCCKAv0Q
Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.
More information at: http://lipinski-competition.com/