Winners of the X International Balys Dvarionas Competition for Young Pianists and Violinists 2016
PIANISTS
A group GRAND PRIX – Anastasiia Kliuchereva (Russia) Laureates – Milda Marija Kiškūnaitė (Lithuania), Martyna Valeikaitė (Lithuania) Diplomas – Anastasiya Shimchak (Belarus), Marija Kaleničenko (Lithuania), Julija Rockina (Lithuania), Saulė Norvaišaitė (Lithuania), Pijus Pirogovas (Lithuania) Special prize for the youngest participant in the II Round – Pijus Pirogovas (Lithuania)
B group GRAND PRIX – Kasparas Mikužis (Lithuania) Laureates – Yumeka Nakagawa (Japan), Milda Daunoraitė (Lithuania) Diplomas – Anastasia Barabanova (Russia), Simonas Miknius (Lithuania), Viktar Stsefanenka (Belarus), Alyssa Kok (Singapore), Lisa Zhu (Germany), Gabrielė Agilė Bajoraitė (Lithuania), Giorgi Grdzelidze (Georgia)
Special prizes: For the promising future – Alyssa Kok (Singapore) For the best performance of a piece by the Lithuanian contemporary composer – Gabrielė Agilė Bajoraitė (Lithuania)
C group GRAND PRIX – Yukine Kuroki (Japan) Laureates – Yuna Nakagawa (Japonija), Can Cakmur (Turkey) Diplomas – Simas Šakenis (Lithuania), Evita Lohu (Estonia), Sixuan Zhang (China), Geoffroy Chapelle (Belgium)
Special prizes: Weimar F. Liszt Music Academy masterclasses prize – Yuna Nakagawa (Japan) EMCY prize, PIANALE Music Academy prize, for the best performance of a piece by Balys Dvarionas – Yukine Kuroki (Japan) For the best performances of romantic piece and classical piece – Can Cakmur (Turkey) For the best performance of a contemporary piece – Geoffroy Chapelle (Belgium)
VIOLINISTS
A group GRAND PRIX – not awarded Laureate – Daniil Polikarpov (Russia), Vadim Perih (Ukraine), Nazar Shutko (Ukraine) Diplomas – Maria Kun (Russia), Jacob Shapiro (Belarus), Liepa Jurgutavičiūtė (Lithuania), Filip Chetwynd (Poland), Agnė Gečaitė (Lithuania), Annissa Gybel (Denmark), Paulina Banaitytė (Lithuania), Andrij Heker (Ukraine), Pijus Česaitis (Lithuania) Special Prize for the youngest participant of the II round – Amina Akhmetzhanova (Kazakhstan)
B group GRAND PRIX – Jingzhi Zhang (China) Laureates – Yanis Grisó (Luxembourg), Klára Erdingerová (Czech Republic) Diplomas – Aliaksandra Arbuzava (Belarus), Ugnė Katinskaitė (Lithuania), Ugnė Liepa Žuklytė (Lithuania), Georgii Moroz (Ukraine), Iskandarzhon Akhmedov (Russia), Lina Juknevičiūtė (Lithuania), Jaime Maceira Naya (Spain), Paulina Jankovskytė (Lithuania)
Special prizes: For the best performance of Balys Dvariono piece – Jingzhi Zhang (China) for the best performance of a piece by the Lithuanian contemporary composer – Paulina Jankovskytė (Lithuania), Lina Juknevičiūtė (Lithuania) For the best performance of virtuosic piece – Jaime Maceira Naya (Spain) For the best performance of a classical piece – Klára Erdingerová (Czech Republic)
C group GRAND PRIX – Eszter Kökény (Hungary) Laureates – Gennaro Cardaropoli (Italy), Miranda Liu (USA) Diplomas – Snezhana Pashchenko (Russia), Chao Min Tiffany Tan (Poland), Andrejs Jegorovs (Latvia), Bartosz Skibiński (Poland), Daria Ushakova (Russia), Rujin Min (China), Magdalena Skwierczyńska (Poland)
Special prizes: Kharkiv Philharmonic prize – Gennaro Cardaropoli (Italy) Public Audience prize – Miranda Liu (USA) Weimar F. Liszt Music Academy masterclasses prize and special prize for the performance of a Concerto by Balys Dvarionas – Eszter Kökény (Hungary) For the best performance of a contemporary piece – Andrejs Jegorovs (Latvia) For the best performance of a baroque piece – Bartosz Skibiński (Poland) For the best performance of a romantic piece – Daria Ushakova (Russia)
Winners of the IX International Balys Dvarionas Competition for Young Pianists and Violinists 2012 PIANISTS
A group Laureates – Elžbieta Liepa Dvarionaitė (Lithuania), Sandro Nebieridze (Georgia), Marie Sophie Decker-Hauzel (Germany)
B group GRAND PRIX – Yukine Kuroki (Japan) Laureates – Iļja Domņins (Latvia), Anastasia Sokolova (Russia)
C group Laureates – Misora Ozaki (Japan), Gustav Krogh Hansen Piekut (Denmark), Donata Vaitkutė (Lithuania)
A, B, C groups Special prizes: Special Prize for the youngest participant of the II round – Guoda Valackaitė (Lithuania) For the best performance of Balys Dvariono piece – Iļja Domņins (Latvia) For the best performance of a Lithuanian contemporary piece – Simas Šakenis (Lithuania) For the promising future – Iļja Domņins (Latvia) For the best performance of a contemporary piece – Dorotė Vdovinskytė (Lithuania)
A group GRAND PRIX – Daņiils Bulajevs (Latvia) Laureates – Mariam Obolashvili (Georgia), Ugnė Liepa Žuklytė (Lithuania)
B group GRAND PRIX – Yoo Jin Hong (S. Korea)
C group GRAND PRIX – Rūta Mažolytė (Lithuania) Laureates – Han Eun Joo (S. Korea), Elisabeth Saglas Gebhardt (Germany)
A, B, C groups Special prizes: Special Prize for the youngest participant of the II round – Daņiils Bulajev (Latvia) For the best performance of Balys Dvariono piece – Rūta Mažolytė (Lithuania) For the best performance of a Lithuanian contemporary piece – Paulina Jankovskytė (Lithuania) For the promising future – Daņiils Bulajevs (Latvia) For the best performance of a contemporary piece – Ugnė Liepa Žuklytė (Lithuania)
Winners of the VIII International Balys Dvarionas Competition for Young Pianists and Violinists 2008
A group Laureates - Marija Dziaruha (Belarus), Margarita Molchanova (Russia), Gabrielė Sutkutė (Lithuania) Diplomas - Mihaela Culea (Moldova), Ona Gražinytė (Lithuania), Gabrielė Kondrotaitė (Lithuania), Taisija Kuščenko (Lithuania), Gerda Mikalauskaitė (Lithuania), Simas Šakenis (Lithuania)
B group GRAND PRIX, Laureate - Amiran Zenaishvili (Russia) Laureate and Jury Prize - Kristina Annomuchamedova (Lithuania) Diplomas - Lina Balčiūnaitė (Lithuania), Mangirdas Janušaitis (Lithuania), Greta Urvelyt (Lithuania)
C group GRAND PRIX, Laureatė - Jelena Vinel (Belarus) Laureatė - Anna Odintsova (Russia) Diplomantas - Emilija Rožukaitė (Lithuania)
A group GRAND PRIX - Lilia Pocitari (Moldova) Laureates - Augustė Emilija Janonytė (Lithuania), Lilia Pocitari (Moldova) Diploma - Andrey Zabavnikov (Russia)
B group GRAND PRIX - Rūta Mažolytė (Lithuania), Léo Pierron Marillier (France) Laureates - Rūta Mažolytė (Lithuania), Léo Pierron Marillier (France), Darya Varlamova (Belarus) Diplomas - Kyoko Tsuchiya (Japan), Julia Umarova (Russia), Stella Zake (Latvia), Aylin Amtmann (Germany)
C group GRAND PRIX, Laureate - Justina Auškelytė (Lithuania) Laureatas - Dumitru Pocitari (Moldova), Anton Semke (Russia) Diplomantai - Martine van Stigt Thans (Netherlands), Andrii Pavlov (Belarus), Simas Tankevičius (Lithuania)
Winners of the VII International Balys Dvarionas Competition for Young Pianists and Violinists 2004
A group GRAND PRIX - Julia Bayer (Germany) Laureate - Guoda Indriūnaitė (Lithuania)
B group GRAND PRIX - Elina Gaile (Latvia) Laureates - Dmitry Saladukha (Belarus), Elizaveta Samsonova (Russia), Tarin Supprakorn (Thailand), Edgars Tomševics (Latvia)
C group GRAND PRIX - not awarded Diplomas - Oksana Ševčenko (Russia), Emilija Žukauskaitė (Lithuania)
A group GRAND PRIX - Eugene Chepovetsky (Latvia) Laureae - Ulanta Gaile (Latvia)
B group GRAND PRIX - Tobias Feldmann (Germany) Laureates - Ulada Berazhnaya (Belarus), Dalia Kuznecovaitė (Lithuania)
C group GRAND PRIX and EMCY prize - Justina Zajančauskaitė (Lithuania) Laureate - Ayako Tanabe (Japan)