The Jury of this 2nd edition of the Alberto Lysy International Violin Competition has awarded the First Prize to Bohdan Luts, an 18 years old Ukrainian violinist from Lviv, currently a student of Oleh Kaskiv at the International Menuhin Music Academy.
His outstanding performance earned him the Audience Award as well.
A Second Prize ex-aequo is shared by 3 concurrents:
Mon-Fu Lee Hsu, Wassili Wohlgemuth and Simon Zhu.
Julia Smirnova was attributed an Honorable Mention.
This 2022 edition was supported by :
The Gstaad Menuhin Festival and Academy
https://www.gstaadmenuhinfestival.ch/
The Menuhin Center Saanen
https://www.gstaadmenuhinfestival.ch/de/ueber-uns/partnerinstitute/menuhin-center-saanen
The Festival “Le bois qui chante”
https://www.bois-qui-chante.ch/
The Gstaad New Year Festival
https://gstaadnewyearmusicfestival.ch/
The “Alliance Culturelle Obersimmental Saanenland Pays-d’enhaut”
https://www.kultur-culture.ch/
The Gstaaderhof Hotel
https://www.gstaaderhof.ch/
Linos classics was in charge of the audio and video recording of the event.
More information can by found on the website of the “Rencontres Musicales – Camerata Lysy” association: here
The competition videos will be made public on the YouTube channel of the association: here