US violinist Mayumi Kanagawa (centre among the finalists) has won this year’s George Enescu International Competition in Bucharest with a performance of Camille Saint-Saëns’s 3rd concerto.
Second was South Korea’s Hyeonjeong Lee, aged 13.
Japan’s Wakana Kimura came third.
The international jury was chaired by Dmitry Sitkovetsky.
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The veteran Polish composer Andrzej Hundziaka died yesterday in Lodz. He wrote many orchestral pieces and a vast number of choral works for children. The post Polish composer, 98 appeared first on Slippedisc.
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