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International Jascha Heifetz Competition for Violinists
Next edition
No future edition is announced on the official pages we could check.
Overview
Held in Vilnius roughly every four years in honour of Jascha Heifetz, who was born there. Competitors play Bach, Paganini, a piece by a Lithuanian composer, Heifetz transcriptions and a concerto with the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra.
- Organiser
- Centre for International Cultural Projects (Tarptautiniu kulturos projektu centras), with the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
- Instruments
- Violin
- Category
- Solo violin
- Age limits
- Up to 27 years (2021 edition: born on or after 2 February 1994)
Rules & repertoire
Registration & fee
Online application with recordings; registration fee EUR 100 (2021 edition).
Rounds & time limits
- Selection: recording
- Round I: up to 40 participants
- Round II: up to 12 participants
- Round III: up to 6 finalists with Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra
Repertoire
Round I: Bach sonata movements, a Paganini caprice and a compulsory piece by a Lithuanian composer. Round II: a virtuoso piece (up to 15 min), a Heifetz transcription, and the first movement of Mozart Concerto No. 4 with Heifetz's cadenza. Round III: concerto (Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, Bruch Scottish Fantasy or Conus) (2021 edition).
Jury & prizes
Jury
Not published on the official pages we could check.Prizes
- Additional prizes for the first-prize winner: solo performance at the Lithuanian National Philharmonic Society and at the Kintai Music Festival (2022)
Summarised from official sources, last checked 10 Nov 2026. Main source