VII International Jascha Heifetz Competition for Violinists
14-22 February 2025, Vilnius

Winners of the VI International Jascha Heifetz Competition for Violinists 2021

I prize – Javier Comesaña

II prize – Eva Rabchevska

III prize – Manon Galy

Diplomas – Leonard Toschev, Amia Janicki, Lorenz Karls

Special prizes:

Recital at the Lithuanian National Philharmonic – Javier Comesaña

Solo performance at the Kintai Music Festival – Javier Comesaña

For the best performance of Giedrius Kuprevičius' "Strings and Fingers" – Qingzhu Weng

For the best performer from Lithuania – Marija Pranskutė

Special Audience Prize by the Travel Agency "Menų turas" – Manon Galy

"Audience ticket" for Second Round  – Elvin Hoxha Ganiyev

Winners of the V International Jascha Heifetz Competition for Violinists 2017

I prize – Yurina Arai
II prize – Dmytro Udovychenko
III prize – Rennosuke Fukuda
Diplomas – Stepan Starikov, Mayu Ozeki

Special prizes:
Lithuanian National Philharmonic Prize – Yurina Arai
Kaunas State Philharmonic Prize – Dmytro Udovychenko
Favourite of the Audience Prize by "Menų turas" travel agency – Bernardas Petrauskas
Lithuanian Jewish Community prize – Yurina Arai
"New Musical Generation" prize – Dmytro Udovychenko
Klaipėda concert hall prize – Dmytro Udovychenko
EMCY prizes – Dmytro Udovychenko, Rennosuke Fukuda
Barenreiter Prizes: Julija Ivanovaitė, Arata Yumi, Siyon Guo
Special Saulius Karosas Charity and Support Foundation Prize for the best performance of a piece by Z. Bružaitė – Ririko Noborisaka
Special "Menų turas" travel agency prize – Bernardas Petrauskas
Special Prize for the best performance of J. Heifetz transcription – Julija Ivanovaitė 
 

Winners of the IV International Jascha Heifetz Competition for Violinists 2013

I prize – Mayumi Kanagawa (Japan-USA)
II prize – David Petrlik (France)
III prize – Ayako Tanabe (Japan) and Alexandr Kotelnikov (Russia)
Diplomants: Anite Stroh (Germany) and Rūta Mažolytė (Lithuania)

Special prizes: 
The concert with the Lithuanian National Symphonic Orchestra in 2014 – Mayumi Kanagawa (Japan-USA).
The concert at the Kaunas State Philharmonic in 2014 – David Petrlik (France).
For the best performance of Jascha Heifetz transcription – Christopher Tun Andersen (Norway)
For the best performance of a composition by a contemporary Lithuanian composer – Verena Chen (Germany)
Jury prize – Emma Meinrenken (Canada)
For the best accompanist – Indrė Baikštytė (Lithuania)
Audience and EMCY prizes  – David Petrlik (France)

 

Winners of the III International Jascha Heifetz Competition for Violinists 2009 

I prize – Sergej Malov (Russia)
II prize – Justina Auškelytė (Lithuania), Michail Pochekin (Russia)
III prize – Sunny Tae (South Korea), Jevgenij Sviridov (Russia)
Diplomant – Ieva Paukštytė (Lithuania)
 
Special prizes:
For the most interesting interpretation of Feliksas Bajoras' piece 'Slenkstis' ('Threshold') – Agnė Doveikaitė (Lithuania)
For the best performance of a virtuosic piece – Dumitru Pocitari (Moldova)
For the best interpretation of a transcription by Jascha Heifetz – Maugorzata Wasiucionek (Poland)
For the best accompanist – Indrė Baikštytė (Lithuania)
EMCY prize – Michail Pochekin (Russia)
 

Winners of the II International Jascha Heifetz Competition for Violinists 2005

I prize – was not awarded
II prize – Lisa Jacobs (Netherlands)
III prize – Diana Galvydytė (Lithuania), Ciu-Jan Ying (Taiwan), Anna Liisa Bezrodnaja (Estonia)
Diplomant – Agnė Doveikaitė (Lithuania)

Winners of the I International Jascha Heifetz Competition for Violinists 2001

I prize – Jaroslaw Nadrzycki (Poland)
II prize – Hanako Uesato (Japan)
III prize – Maria Krestinskaja (Russia), Rūta Lipinaitytė (Lithuania), Marija Nemanytė (Lithuania)