Baroque Violin
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Thomas Armand (France) is the Winner of the Premio Bonporti 2025
Twenty-one-year-old Armand Thomas (France) has won First Prize at the Premio Bonporti for Baroque Violin 2025. The prize hasn’t been awarded since 2019 and this is just the fourth time in the eleven editions since 2003. It is therefore a highly prestigious award that recognizes the young violinist’s high technical and interpretative qualities. Second Prize went to Italian Lorenzo…
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The Finals of the Premio Bonporti 2025 are coming soon – the challenge: sight-reading with improvisation and new “cadenze” for Vivaldi!
In just a few days, the final challenge launched by the 2025 Premio Bonporti (30th Edition, 11th for Baroque violin) will begin. The response has been impressive: twelve violinists, all of the highest calibre, have put themselves to the test. Coming from around the world (Cuba, Germany, Poland, the United States, Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, and…
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The Candidates admitted to the Premio Bonporti 2025
The jury of the Premio Bonporti 2025 has selected the four finalists for this year’s edition, which will be held in Rovereto (Italy) from 17 to 19 October. Emilio Moreno (Spain) – President, Odile Edouard (France), Francois Fernandez (France), and Romano Vettori (Italy) appreciated the high technical and artistic level of all the participants. The…
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Premio Bonporti 2025 – The Regulations are online!
The Regulations for the Premio Bonporti 2025 – 11th International Baroque Violin Competition have been published on the website. The contest will take place in Rovereto (Italy) from 16 to 19 October 2025. The Jury will be composed of Emilio Moreno (Spain) – President, François Fernandez (France), Odile Edouard (France), Romano Vettori (Italy). The deadline for…
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Today is the last day to send compositions to the Premio Bonporti. Advice from Juror MATTEO MESSORI (Italy)
Today 16 september is the last day to send compositions to the Premio Bonporti. Listen to the interview with advice from juror Matteo Messori (Italy) In these interviews, the jurors express their aesthetic ideals in composition and performance, as well as give advice to young musicians about the present and future of Classical music. They…
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A new Interview of the “Premio Bonporti” 2024 – JUROR ELAM ROTEM (Israel)
In these interviews, the jurors express their aesthetic ideals in composition and performance, as well as give advice to young musicians about the present and future of Classical music. They also promote the intrinsic value that can be found in period composition and performance! Juror Elam Rotem (interviewed by David Ramirez):
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Interview of the “Premio Bonporti” PRESIDENT 2024 – PEDRO MEMELSDORFF (Argentina)
In these interviews, the jurors express their aesthetic ideals in composition and performance, as well as give advice to young musicians about the present and future of Classical music. They also promote the intrinsic value that can be found in period composition and performance! President Pedro Memelsdorff (interviewed by David Ramirez):
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The Finalists of the Premio Bonporti 2023
The four Finalists for the Premio Bonporti 2023 are (in alphabetical order): Pantea Moshfegh (Iran) Simone Pirri (Italia) Daria Spiridonova (Russia) Marguerite Wassermann (UK-US) They were chosen by the Jury: Ryo Terakado – President (Japan), Emilio Moreno (Spain), Dmitry Sinkovsky (Russia) and Romano Vettori (Italy) from audio-visual material showing their performances of Bach and Bonporti. The…
