Dear participants,
currently we are in our preparations for the 8th International Violin Competition Leopold Mozart in 2013, April 17 - 28.
Isabelle Faust shows us the way, as you can read below.
"I feel that my generation has to be more flexible and
I’m looking forward to play my newly purchased
Baroque instrument."
Isabelle Faust, the Award Winner of the 1st International
Violin Competition Leopold Mozart 1987, The Strad, August 2007
We, the organizers and especially our Artistic Director, Julius Berger, look forward to seeing you in 2013!
With the high musical demands in mind which
modern day violinists are expected to fulfil, the 7th
International Violin Competition Leopold Mozart 2009
had created a new concept.
>> For the first time the required repertoire has taken into
account the performance practices of all style
epochs – from early baroque to avantgarde.
>> Further, the programme has been extended to
include Chamber Music.
>> The instruments and the bows may be selected
as desired, that means, that candidates had the
possibility to present their musical and historical
knowledge on a modern instrument or an instrument
that meets the respective period of the work.
With this new concept, the Competition Board
has created new impulses and at the same
time as historic recognition, to encourage and
implement music for the modern day.