Международный конкурс струнных инструментов имени Алисы и Элеоноры Шенфель

Schoenfeld International String Competition was established to pay tribute to the legendary sisters, performers, and educators in the string world — Alice and Eleonore Schoenfeld. Our competition is based in Harbin, a city entitled «The City of Music” by Union Nations in 2010. In collaboration with Harbin Symphony Orchestra, the Grand Theatre, and the Conservatory of Music in Harbin, the Schoenfeld provides a unique and wide-ranging performance platform for promoting gifted violinists, cellists, and chamber music performers all over world.

Schoenfeld International String Competition was founded in 2013 in honour of the violinist Alice Schoenfeld and the cellist Eleonore Schoenfeld, both legendary performers and pedagogues. The competition is held biennially in Harbin since 2014 and became a member of World Federation of International Music Competitions (WFIMC) in 2017.

The 5th Schoenfeld International String Competition will be held again in Harbin in the Summer of 2020. Thank you for all your support. We look forward to witnessing the rising stars of the musical world and having you as part of our spectacular event in Harbin!

Jury of 2020 includes:
Jean-Jacques Kantorow (France),
Arto Noras (Finland),
Claudio Bohórquez (Germany),
Jinjoo Cho (Korea),
Young-Chang Cho (Germany/Korea),
Michael Frischenschlager (Austria),

Anne Gastinel (France),
Linus Roth (Germany),
Dmitry Sitkovetsky (UK/Russia),
Marek Szpakiewicz (USA/Poland),
Lina Yu (China), etc

In collaboration with the WFIMC, the Schoenfeld Competition will for the second time host the Dean & Schoenfeld Art Leaders’ Summit, this time on the theme of ‘Music Competitions & Artistic Legacy’. The summit will bring together CEOs and music competition directors within the WFIMC for an exchange of views on the artistic strategy, artistic legacy and artistic identities of competitions in different parts of the world, and on the role competitions play in the development of musical talent and cultural policy today.

Closing date: 15 Apr 2020

More information here: https://schoenfeldcompetition.com/