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Viktor Tretyakov International Violin Competition
Next edition
No future edition is announced on the official pages we could check.
Overview
International violin competition founded in 2018 in Krasnoyarsk, birthplace of Viktor Tretyakov, who chairs the jury. Held every two years; the 2025 edition ran 20 September to 1 October 2025. Open to violinists from anywhere in the world.
- Organiser
- Ministry of Culture of the Krasnoyarsk region, supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
- Instruments
- Violin
- Category
- Solo violin
- Age limits
- 16 to 32
Rules & repertoire
Registration & fee
Not published on the official pages we could check.Rounds & time limits
- Round 1
- Round 2
- Round 3: Mozart concerto
- Round 4: final concerto with Siberian State Symphony Orchestra
Repertoire
Round 1: Bach solo sonata movements, a Paganini caprice and a virtuoso work; Round 2: sonata with piano, Rachmaninoff piece, virtuoso piece and Kim's Romance; Round 3: Mozart concerto with chamber orchestra; Round 4: Romantic/20th-century concerto with symphony orchestra.
Jury & prizes
Jury
- Viktor Tretyakov (chair; 2018 jury also Boris Kuschnir, Vadim Repin, Kurt Sassmannshaus, Takashi Shimizu, Vera Tsu Weiling)
Prizes
- Grand Prix: RUB 1,200,000
- 1st prize: RUB 1,000,000
- 2nd prize: RUB 800,000
- 3rd prize: RUB 500,000
- 4th prize: RUB 300,000
- 5th prize: RUB 150,000
- Governor's award: RUB 500,000
Summarised from official sources, last checked 11 Nov 2026. Main source