Utrecht

Netherlands Violin Competition 2026 in Utrecht: Rebecca Roozeman is the winner

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NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands Violin Competition – Oskar Back Concerto Finals: Luna van Leeuwen, Rebecca Roozeman, Yente Lottman (violin), Residentie Orkest / Otto Tausk (conductor). Grote Zaal, Tivoli/Vredenburg; Davina van Wely Concerto Finals: Eline van Dijk, Wendel de Bruijne, Katja Naegele (violin), Britten Youth String Orchestra / Loes Visser (conductor). Hertz Hall, Tivoli/Vredenburg, Utrecht. 31.1.2026. (LV)

Davina van Wely 2026 Winner Katje Naegele © Marieke Wijntjes

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Alexander Kashpurin takes first prize in the Liszt Utrecht Piano Competition

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NetherlandsNetherlands Liszt Utrecht Piano Competition 2026 [2] – Grand Finale: Kang Tae Kim, Thomas Kelly, Alexander Kashpurin (piano), Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra / Stéphane Denève (conductor). TivoliVredenburg: Grote Zaal, Utrecht, 24.1.2026. (LV)

First Prize winner, Alexander Kashpurin plays Liszt with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Stéphane Denève © Allard Willemse

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Liszt Utrecht 2026: three finalists, three conceptions of Liszt

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NetherlandsNetherlands Liszt Utrecht Piano Competition 2026 [1] – Festival Phase: Thomas Kelly, Kang Tae Kim, Alexander Kashpurin, Chia-Yang Hsu, Alberto Ferro, Minkyu Kim, Rune Leicht Lund, Sunah Kim (piano), Lea Hausmann [violin], Sam Shepherd [cello], Dana Zemtsov (viola), Ib Hausmann (clarinet) and Alberto Navarra (flute). TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, 18–21.1.2026. (LV)

Alberto Ferro playing Weber with [l-r] Lea Hausmann, Dana Zemtsov and Sam Shepherd © Allard Willemse

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The Netherlands Violin Competition throws a big party called Night of the Violin

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NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands Violin Competition [2] – Night of the Violin Festival: Tim Kliphuis, Tessa Lark, Shunske Sato, Tjeerd Top, Diamanda La Berge Dramm, Anan Al-Kadamani, Isobel Warmelink, the Nordic Fiddlers Bloc and others, mostly on violin. TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, 26.1.2024. (LV)

Tessa Lark and Tim Kliphuis jamming at Night of the Violin © Eric van Nieuwland

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Salomé Bonnema sweeps to victory in the Netherlands Violin Competition

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NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands Violin Competition [1] – Concerto Finals: Salomé Bonnema, Kira van der Woerd, Enzo Kok (violin), Residentie Orkest / Jonathan Bloxham (conductor). Grote Zaal, Tivoli/Vredenburg, Utrecht, 27.1.2024. (LV)

Salomé Bonnema playing Mendelssohn with the Residentie Orchestra conducted by Jonathan Bloxham © Foppe Schut

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Yukine Kuroki’s Liszt/Schubert Symphonic Fantasy wins the 2022 Utrecht Competition

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NetherlandsNetherlands Liszt Utrecht 2022 [2], Grand Finale – Schubert, Liszt: Yukine Kuroki, Yeon-min Park, Derek Wang, Radu Ratering (piano), Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra / Christien Reif (conductor). Grote Zaal, TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, 29.9.2022. (LV)

Yukine Kuroki and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic © Allard Willemse

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Three finalists set for the Grand Finale in the 2022 Liszt Competition

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NetherlandsNetherlands Liszt Utrecht 2022 [1] – Festival Phase: Liszt, Schubert, Schubert/Liszt, Wantenaar: Lea Hausmann (violin); Judith Wijzenbeek (viola); Samuel Shephard (cello); Roberto di Ronza (double bass); Viktoria Baskakova, Minkyu Kim, Yukine Kuroki, Tamta Magradze, Matyáš Novák, Yeon-min Park, Leonardo Pierdomenico, Vitaly Starikov, Derek Wang, KaJeng Wong (piano); Bernadeta Astari (soprano). Hertz Hall, TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, 22-24.9.2022. (LV)

The three finalists at Liszt Utrecht 2022: Derek Wang, Yukine Kuroki, Yeon-Min Park © Allard Willemse

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In Utrecht, three finalists at the Nederlands Vioolconcours

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NetherlandsNetherlands Mozart, Saint-Saëns, Ravel – Nederlands Vioolconcours [2]: Leon Blekh, Charlotte Spruit, Coraline Groen (violins); Residentie Orkest The Hague / Anja Bihlmaier (conductor). TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands. 2.2.2020. (LV)

Coraline Groen (violin), Residentie Orchestra, & Anja Bihlmaier (conductor)
(c) Foppe Schut

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