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competition named after the famed

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and founder of contemporary violin technique Niccolò Paganini. Created in 1954 it has been carried out ever since in the months of September and October. The "Paganini Competition" is one of the most important violin competitions. It is held every two years at "

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. There are three levels of competition: preliminaries, semi-finals, and finals and repertoire that is played includes

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accompaniment, and violin and

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Participation

Participants are of all nationalities and are between 15 and 31 years of age.

Competition

Preliminaries: Preliminary repertoire includes two selections for solo violin or violin and piano accompaniment and two Caprices from Paganini's 24 Caprices, Op.1 M.S. 25 for solo violin. Semi-Finals: Three or four selections for solo violin or violin and piano, one virtuoso piece by Paganini, and one contemporary piece. Finals: Two pieces with orchestra that may be a whole

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or part of a concerto. One of the two pieces is always by Paganini.

The Judges

There are eight judges. They are all musicians, usually violinists, but sometimes composers, conductors, or other musicians. Controversy ensued prior to the 2018 competition when, in February 2018,

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resigned as chairman of the competition, in protest at his perceived imposition of judges by the Italian cultural official Elisa Serafini.

Award

Six musicians place, though occasionally seven have been awarded the prize. Since 1989 special placement has been awarded. It is no longer possible to be joint winners. The player selected by the judges, however, will be given the honor of playing one of Paganini's violins and one of the most known violin owned by Paganini, the Il Cannone made by Guarneri 'Del Gesu', and is often offered recording contracts.

Special awards

:Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Offered by the Costa Family to the youngest participant admitted to the Final. :Prize in memory of the Renato De Barbieri: Offered by the Government of the Province of Genoa to one of the finalists for the best interpretation of Paganini’s Capricci within the Preliminary and Semifinal Stages. :Prize of the Association Amici di Paganini: Offered by the Association for the finest performance of the Paganini Concerto. :Prize in memory of Mario Ruminelli: Offered by the Ruminelli Family to the best placed finalist :Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Offered for the best performance of the commissioned work.

Winners

Breakdown of winners and finalists by nationality

Highest number of prizes held (minimum 3)

* Giovanni Angeleri (Italy) 7 prizes * Eijin Nimura (Japan) 5 prizes * Yuki Manuela Janke (Germania/Japan) 4 prizes *

Jean-Pierre Wallez Jean-Pierre Wallez (born 18 March 1939) is a French violinist and conductor. Career Wallez was born in Lille. He graduated in first place in violin and chamber music at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris. He w ...

(France) 4 prizes * In Mo Yang (South Korea) 4 prizes * Ilya Gringolts (Russia) 3 prizes * Mengla Huang (China) 3 prizes * Stephanie Jeong (US) 3 prizes * Dami Kim (South Korea) 3 prizes * Feng Ning (China) 3 prizes * Mariusz Patyra (Poland) 3 prizes * Gabriele Pieranunzi (Italy) 3 prizes * Sayaka Shoji (Japan) 3 prizes * Reiko Watanabe (Japan) 3 prizes

Past prize-winners

I Edition - 1954

not assigned

II Edition - 1955

* 1st Prize: not assigned * 2nd Prize: not assigned * 3rd Prize: Luciano Vicari (Italy) * 4th Prize : Liliane Beretti (France) and Jean Louis Stuurop (Netherlands)

III Edition - 1956

* 1st Prize :

György Pauk György Pauk (born 26 October 1936) is a Hungarian violinist, chamber musician and music pedagogue. Biography Pauk was born in Budapest, (Hungary), and entered the Franz Liszt Academy of Music at age nine. He began his studies as Imre Waldbauer' ...

(Hungary) and

Gérard Poulet Gérard (Georges) Poulet (born 12 August 1938) is a French classical violinist. Biography Born in Bayonne the son of conductor Gaston Poulet, Poulet started studying the violin at age five. At 11 he entered the Conservatoire de Paris in André ...

(France) * 2nd Prize: not assigned * 3rd Prize: not assigned * 4th Prize : Carmencita Lozada (Philippine), Luciano Vicari (Italy) and Jean-Pierre Wallez (France)

IV Edition - 1957

* 1st Prize: not assigned * 2nd Prize :

Salvatore Accardo Salvatore Accardo (; Knight Grand Cross born 26 September 1941 in Turin, northern Italy) is an Italian violinist and conductor, who is known for his interpretations of the works of Niccolò Paganini. Accardo owns one Stradivarius violin, the "Ha ...

(Italy) and

Pierre Doukan Pierre Doukan (16 October 1927 - 12 October 1995) was a French classical violinist as well as a composer and a pedagogue. He died on October 12, 1995. Biography Born in Paris, Doukan won the first prizes for violin, chamber music and history ...

(France) * 4th Prize:

(France) * 5th Prize: not assigned

V Edition - 1958

* 1st Prize:

(Italy) * 2nd Prize:

(France)

VI Edition - 1959

* 1st Prize:

Stuart Canin Stuart Canin (born 1926 in New York City) is an American violinist and conductor. On December 30, 1936, at the age of 10, he performed on the Fred Allen radio hour.Alex Walsh, "STUART CANIN: "...An Excellent Violinist." — Harry Truman," Dec. 10, ...

(US) * 2nd Prize: Saschko Gawriloff (Germany) * 3rd Prize: Liliane Caillon (France) * 4th Prize: Catherine Courtois (France) * 5th Prize: Eleonora Dell'Aquila (Italy) * 6th Prize: Johannes Brüning (Germany)

VII Edition - 1960

* 1st Prize: not assigned * 2nd Prize :

(France) and Yossef Zivoni (Israel) * 4th Prize: Gigino Maestri (Italy) * 6th Prize: Josef Sivo (Austria)

VIII Edition - 1961

* 1st Prize: (Bulgaria) * 2nd Prize : Elaine Skorodin (US) and Carmencita Lozada (Philippines) * 4th Prize : Bice Antonioni (Italy) and Paulette Bedin (France)

IX Edition - 1962

* 1st Prize: Maryvonne The Dizes (France) * 2nd Prize:

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(Japan) * 3rd Prize: Liliane Caillon (France) * 4th Prize: Marilyn Dubow (US)

X Edition - 1963

* 1st Prize:

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(USSR) * 2nd Prize: Valentin Zuk (USSR) * 3rd Prize: Shizuko Ishii (Japan) * 4th Prize: Paul Zukofsky (US) * 5th Prize: Diana Cummings (Great Britain) * 6th Prize: Igor Politkovsky (USSR)

XI Edition - 1964

* 1st Prize: Jean-Jacques Kantorow (France) * 2nd Prize : Pierre Amoyal (France) and Yoko Kubo (Japan) * 4th Prize : Hisako Tokue (Japan) and Tomotada Soh (Japan) * 6th Prize: Antoine Goulard (France)

XII Edition - 1965

* 1st Prize: Viktor Pikaizen (USSR) * 2nd Prize: Philippe Hirschhorn (USSR) * 3rd Prize: Andrei Korsakov (USSR) * 4th Prize: Yoko Kubo (Japan) * 5th Prize : Elisabeth Balmas (France), Joshua Epstein (Israel) and Jacques Israelievitch (France)

XIII Edition - 1966

* 1st Prize: not assigned * 2nd Prize: Robert Menga (US) * 3rd Prize: Isako Shinozaki (Japan) * 5th Prize : Nicolai Marangosof (Bulgaria) and Kineko Okumura (Japan)

XIV Edition - 1967

* 1st Prize:

Grigori Zhislin Grigori Yefimovich Zhislin (Russian Григорий Ефимович Жислин; 14 May 1945 in Leningrad – 2 May 2017 in Berlin) was a Russian violinist and pedagogue. He studied with Yuri Yankelevich at the Moscow Conservatory. At the age of ...

(USSR) * 2nd Prize: Vladimir Spivakov (USSR) * 3rd Prize: Patrice Fontanarosa (France) * 4th Prize: Petar Delcev (Bulgaria) * 5th Prize: Sergio Diacenko (USSR) * 6th Prize: Mikhail Gantwarg (USSR)

XV Edition - 1968

* 1st Prize:

Miriam Fried Miriam Fried (born 9 September 1946) is a Romanian-born Israeli classical violinist and pedagogue. Biography Miriam Fried was born in Satu Mare, Romania but moved with her family to Israel when she was aged 2. Her family settled in Herzliya. ...

(Israel) * 2nd Prize: Hamao Fujiwara (Japan) * 3rd Prize: Gabriella Ijac (Romania) * 4th Prize: Petar Delcev (Bulgaria) * 5th Prize: Masako Yanagita (Japan) * 6th Prize: Emmanuel Krivine (France)

XVI Edition - 1969

* 1st Prize: Gidon Kremer (USSR) * 2nd Prize: Kathleen Lenski (US) * 3rd Prize: Joshua Epstein (Israel) * 4th Prize: Isidora Schwarzberg (USSR) * 5th Prize: Sergey Kravchenko (USSR) * 6th Prize: Josef Rissin (USSR) * 7th Prize: Adam Korniszewski (Poland)

XVII Edition - 1970

* 1st Prize: not assigned * 2nd Prize: Mintcho Mintchev (Bulgaria) * 3rd Prize: Thomas Goldschmidt Egel (Germany) and Michał Grabarczyk (Poland) * 5th Prize: Adam Korniszewski (Poland) * 6th Prize: Keiko Wataya (Japan)

XVIII Edition - 1971

* 1st Prize: Mose Sekler (USSR) * 2nd Prize: Bogodar Kotorovych (USSR) * 3rd Prize: Roswitha Randacher (Austria) * 4th Prize: Tadeusz Gadzina (Poland) * 5th Prize: Elvira Nakipbecova (USSR) * 6th Prize: Maria Balint (Hungary)

XIX Edition - 1972

* 1st Prize: Eugene Fodor (US) * 2nd Prize: Yoko Sato (Japan) * 3rd Prize:

Gerardo Ribeiro Gerardo Ribeiro (born 1950, Oporto, Portugal) is a violinist who serves on the faculty of the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University. He studied at the Juilliard School of Music under Ivan Galamian. He previously taught at Central Mi ...

(Portugal) * 4th Prize: Georgi Tilev (Bulgaria) * 5th Prize: Teresa Glabowna (Poland)

XX Edition - 1973

* 1st Prize: Alexander Kramarov (USSR) * 2nd Prize:

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(Israel) * 3rd Prize:

Vania Milanova Vanya Milanova (born January 12, 1954; also Vania) is a Bulgarian-born solo violinist, recording artist and professor of music. Early life and education Milanova was born in Razgrad, Bulgaria. She was a child prodigy, having performed her first ...

(Bulgaria) * 4th Prize: Sungil Lee (Korea) * 5th Prize:

Giuliano Carmignola Giuliano Carmignola (born 7 July 1951, in Treviso) is an Italian violinist. Born in Treviso, he studied with his father, then with Luigi Ferro at the Venice Conservatory and afterwards with Nathan Milstein and Franco Gulli at the Accademia Chigia ...

(Italy) and Stefan Stalanowski (Poland)

XXI Edition - 1974

* 1st Prize: not assigned * 2nd Prize:

Lynn Chang Lynn Chang () (born 1953) is a Chinese American violinist known for his work as both a soloist and a chamber musician. Chang is a founding member of the Boston Chamber Music Society and is currently a faculty member at MIT, Boston University, the ...

(US) and Eugen Sârbu (Romania) * 4th Prize: Rasma Lielmane (Mexico) * 5th Prize: Josif Rissin (Israel) * 6th Prize: Jean-Claude Velin (France) * 7th Prize: Marie-France Pouillot (France)

XXII Edition - 1975

* 1st Prize: Yuri Korchinski (USSR) * 2nd Prize: Petru Csaba (Romania) * 6th Prize : Mark Fornaciari (Italy) and Anna Aleksandra Wodka (Poland)

XXIII Edition - 1976

* 1st Prize: Lenuța Ciulei (Romania) * 2nd Prize: Karen Eley (US) * 3rd Prize:

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(Romania) * 4th Prize: Fudeko Takahashi (Japan) * 5th Prize: Joanna Madroszkiewicz (Poland)

XXIV Edition - 1977

* 1st Prize:

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(USSR) * 2nd Prize: Sachiko Nakajima (Japan) * 3rd Prize: Yumi Mohri (Japan) * 4th Prize: Edward Zienkowski (Poland) * 5th Prize: Alexey Bruni (USSR) * 6th Prize: Ola Rudner (Sweden)

XXV Edition - 1978

* 1st Prize: Eugen Sârbu (Romania) * 2nd Prize : Karen Eley (US) and Piotr Milewski (Poland) * 4th Prize: Takashi Shimitzu (Japan) * 5th Prize: Berthilde Dufour (France) * 6th Prize: Daniel Stabrawa (Poland)

XXVI Edition - 1979

* 1st Prize: Florin Paul (Romania) * 2nd Prize: Yuriko Naganuma (Japan) * 3rd Prize:

Alexis Galpérine Alexis Galpérine (born 1955) is a French classical violinist. Career Born in Paris, Galpérine studied at the Conservatoire de Paris and the Juilliard School in New York. His principal masters were Roland Charmy, Ivan Galamian and Henryk Szer ...

(France) * 4th Prize: Mariko Senju (Japan) * 5th Prize: Rodolfo Bonucci (Italy)

XXVII Edition - 1980

* 1st Prize: not assigned * 2nd Prize: Niculae Tudor (Romania) * 3rd Prize: Sonig Tchakerian (Italy) * 4th Prize: Eduard Wulfson (USSR) * 5th Prize: Mitsuko Ishii (Japan) * 6th Prize : Daniel Stabrawa (Poland) and Walter Bertrand (France)

XXVIII Edition - 1981

* 1st Prize: Ilja Kaler (USSR) * 2nd Prize: Leonid Sorokov (USSR) * 3rd Prize: Frank Almond (US) * 4th Prize: Kuniko Nagata (Japan) * 5th Prize: Mircea Călin (Romania) * 6th Prize: Francine Trachier (France)

XXIX Edition - 1982

* 1st Prize: not assigned * 2nd Prize :

Alexander Markov Alexander Markov is a Russian American violinist who has received awards from the Paganini International Violin Competition (gold medal) and the Avery Fisher Career Grant. He is known for his recording of Paganini's 24 Caprices for Solo Viol ...

(US) and Boris Garlitsky (USSR) * 3rd Prize: Sonoko Numata (Japan) * 4th Prize : Philippe Djokic (France-US),

Maxim Fedotov Maxim Viktorovich Fedotov (born 24 July 1961) is a Russian violinist and conductor, People's Artist of Russia, son of the conductor Viktor Fedotov. Fedotov studied at the Special Music School in Leningrad and then at the Moscow Conservatory. As w ...

(USSR) and Hiroko Suzuki (Japan)

XXX Edition - 1983

* 1st Prize: not assigned * 2nd Prize: Laurent Korcia (France) * 3rd Prize: Sung-Sic Yang (Korea) * 4th Prize: Reiko Watanabe (Japan) * 5th Prize: Boris Schmitz (Germany) * 6th Prize: Soon-Ik Lee (Korea) and Kazimierz Olechowski (Poland)

XXXI Edition - 1984

* 1st Prize: not assigned * 2nd Prize: Vadim Brodski (USSR) * 3rd Prize: Reiko Watanabe (Japan) * 4th Prize: Elisa Kawaguti (Japan) * 5th Prize:

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(France)

XXXII Edition - 1985

* 1st Prize: Dmitri Berlinsky (USSR) * 2nd Prize: Mark Moghilevski (USSR) * 3rd Prize: Gabriel Croitoru (Romania) * 4th Prize : Anguelina Abadjieva (Bulgaria) and Anton Kholodenko (USSR) * 6th Prize: Thomas Böttcher (East Germany)

XXXIII Edition - 1986

* 1st Prize: not assigned * 2nd Prize: Reiko Watanabe (Japan) * 3rd Prize: Yuri Braginski (Belgium) * 4th Prize: Andreas Krecher (Germany) * 5th Prize: Akiko Ueda (Japan) * 6th Prize: Jeanne-Marie Conquer (France)

XXXIV Edition - 1987

* 1st Prize: Lu Siqing (China) * 2nd Prize: Pavel Berman (USSR) * 3rd Prize: Alexei Koshvanets (USSR) * 4th Prize : Adam Taubic (Poland) and Vincenzo Bolognese (Italy) * 6th Prize: Viktor Kuznetsov (USSR)

XXXV Edition - 1988

* 1st Prize:

Leonidas Kavakos Leonidas Kavakos ( el, Λεωνίδας Καβάκος; born 30 October 1967) is a Greek violinist and conductor. As a violinist, he has won prizes at several international violin competitions, including the Sibelius, Paganini, Naumburg, and In ...

(Greece) * 2nd Prize: Akiko Suwanai (Japan) * 3rd Prize: Eijin Nimura (Japan) * 4th Prize: Gabriele Pieranunzi (Italy) * 5th Prize: Pavel Pekarsky (US) * 6th Prize: Ara Malikian (Lebanon/Spain)

XXXVI Edition - 1989

* 1st Prize: not assigned * 2nd Prize:

Vasko Vassilev Vasko Vassilev ( bg, Васко Василев, links=no; born October 14, 1970 in Sofia, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian violinist and conductor. At the age of eight he had his first public appearance and released his first record with the Sofia Philhar ...

(Bulgaria) * 3rd Prize: Oleg Pokhanovski (USSR) * 4th Prize: Anastasia Chebotareva (USSR) * 5th Prize: Tomoko Kawada (Japan) * 6th Prize:

Ilja Sekler Ilja Sekler (Russian: ''Илья Секлер'', born 1971, Moscow) is a Russian and German violinist. Life Sekler was born into a musical family. His father, Mikhail Sekler, is a virtuoso prizewinning violinist. Ilja Sekler began his violin trai ...

(USSR) and Eijin Nimura (Japan) * Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Luca Fanfoni (Italy)

XXXVII Edition - 1990

* 1st Prize: Natalia Prischepenko (USSR) * 2nd Prize: Chin Kim (US) * 3rd Prize: Gabriele Pieranunzi (Italy) * 4th Prize: Graf Mourja (USSR) * 5th Prize: Roberto Cani (Italy) * 6th Prize: Alexander Trostianski (USSR) * Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Gabriele Pieranunzi

XXXVIII Edition - 1991

* 1st Prize: Massimo Quarta (Italy) * 2nd Prize: Florin Croitoru (Romania) * 3rd Prize : Nicolas Gourbeix (France) and Misha Keylin (US) * 5th Prize: Yumi Makita (Japan) * 6th Prize: Ko-Woon Yang (Korea) * Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Massimo Quarta

XXXIX Edition - 1992

* 1st Prize:

Julia Krasko Julia Krasko ( Russian: ''Юлия Красько''; born 6 April 1971, in Moscow, Russia) is a violinist and a professor. Biography Julia Krasko was born into a family of musicians. Her father, Grigory Krasko, was a concertmaster of the Mosco ...

(Russia) * 2nd Prize: Michiko Kamiya (Japan) * 3rd Prize: Eijin Nimura (Japan) * 4th Prize : Giovanni Angeleri (Italy) and Karen Lee (US) * 5th Prize: Ara Malikian (Armenia) * Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Giovanni Angeleri

XL Edition - 1993

* 1st Prize:

Isabelle Faust Isabelle Faust (born 19 March 1972) is a German violinist who has worked internationally as a soloist and chamber musician. She received multiple awards. Life and career Faust was born in Esslingen on 12 March 1972. She received her first vio ...

(Germany) * 2nd Prize: Stefan Milenkovic (FR Yugoslavia) * 3rd Prize: Yuka Eguchi (Japan) * 4th Prize: Florin Ionescu-Galaţi (Romania) * 5th Prize: Eijin Nimura (Japan) * 6th Prize: Giovanni Angeleri (Italy) * Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Giovanni Angeleri * Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Rachel Barton (US)

XLI Edition - 1994

* 1st Prize: Bin Huang (China) * 2nd Prize: Eijin Nimura (Japan) * 3rd Prize: Dmitri Makhtine (Russia) * 4th Prize: Stefan Milenković (FR Yugoslavia) * 5th Prize: Giovanni Angeleri (Italy) * 6th Prize: Giacobbe Stevanato (Italy) * Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Giovanni Angeleri * Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Bin Huang * Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Aki Sunahara (Japan) and Giordan Nikolitch (Slovenia)

XLII Edition - 1995

* 1st Prize: not assigned * 2nd Prize: Alexandru Tomescu (Romania) * 3rd Prize: Oleg Pokhanovski (Russia) * 4th Prize: Leor Maltinski (Israel) * 5th Prize: Stefan Schramm (Germany) * 6th Prize:

Antonello Manacorda Antonello Manacorda (born 1970) is an Italian violinist and conductor, especially of opera, who has worked internationally. He has been the chief conductor of the Kammerakademie Potsdam and of Het Gelders Orkest. Career Born in Turin, Manacorda ...

(Italy) * Special prize of the Giuria: Anastasia Khitruk (US) * Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Leor Maltinski * Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Stefan Schramm

XLIII Edition - 1996

* 1st Prize:

Soovin Kim Soovin Kim (born 1976) is a Korean American violinist. Early life Kim was born in Iowa City, Iowa on April 10, 1976 to South Korean parents who had met and married in Korea, then moved to the U.S. together. When Kim was 2, his family moved to ...

(US) * 2nd Prize: Andrew Haveron (Great Britain) * 3rd Prize: Ju-Young Baek (Korea) * 4th Prize: Sergei Levitin (Russia) * 5th Prize: Florin Croitoru (Romania) * 6th Prize: Jasmine Lin (US) * Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Soovin Kim * Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Sergei Levitin * Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Andrew Haveron

XLIV Edition - 1997

* 1st Prize: Giovanni Angeleri (Italy) * 2nd Prize: Rodion Petrov (Russia) * 3rd Prize: Judith Ingolfsson (Iceland) * 4th Prize: Kyoko Yonemoto (Japan) * 5th Prize: Hanako Uesato (Japan) * 6th Prize: Maki Nagata (Japan) * Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Kyoko Yonemoto * Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Rodion Petrov * Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Laura Andriani (Italy)

XLV Edition - 1998

* 1st Prize:

Ilya Gringolts Ilya Gringolts (russian: Илья́ Алекса́ндрович Гринго́льц ''Il′já Aleksándrovič Gringól′c'') born 2 July 1982 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) is a Russian violinist and composer. Gringolts studied violin in S ...

(Russia) * 2nd Prize:

Baiba Skride Baiba Skride (born 19 February 1981) is a Latvian classical violinist. She was the winner of the Queen Elisabeth Violin Contest in 2001. Background and studies Baiba Skride comes from a very musical Latvian family: her love of music comes from ...

(Latvia) * 3rd Prize: Takako Yamasaki (Japan) * 4th Prize: Michael Vitenson (Israel) * 5th Prize: Anton Polezhayev (US) * 6th Prize: Maki Itoi (Japan) * Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Ilya Gringolts * Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Maciko Shimada (Japan) * Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Ilya Gringolts

XLVI Edition - 1999

* 1st Prize:

Sayaka Shoji is a Japanese classical violinist. She was the first Japanese and youngest winner at the Paganini Competition in Genoa in 1999. Biography Shoji was born in Tokyo into an artistic family (her mother is a painter; her grandmother, a poet) and spe ...

(Japan) * 2nd Prize:

Frank Huang Frank Xin Huang (born September 5, 1978) is a Chinese-born American violinist and teacher. Since 2015 he has been the concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic. Previous to his position in New York, Huang was the first violinist of the Ying Quart ...

(China) * 3rd Prize: Akiko Ono (Japan) * 4th Prize: Weiyi Wang (China) * 5th Prize: Emil Chudnovsky (US) * 6th Prize: Gabriel Adorjan (Denmark) * Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Sayaka Shoji * Prize in memory of Mario Ruminelli: Sayaka Shoji * Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Francesco Manara (Italy)

XLVII Edition - 2000

* 1st Prize: Natalia Lomeiko (New Zelanda/Russia) * 2nd Prize: Sayako Kusaka (Japan) * 3rd Prize : Karin Ato (Japan) and Vadim Tchijik (Russia) * 5th Prize: Sophie Moser (Germany) * 6th Prize: Myroslava Ivanchenko (Ukraine) * Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Sophie Moser * Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Sayako Kusaka * Prize in memory of the Mario Ruminelli: Natalia Lomeiko * Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Vadim Tchijik

XLVIII Edition - 2001

* 1st Prize:

Mariusz Patyra Mariusz Patyra (born 21 November 1977 in Orzysz, Poland) is a Polish violinist. He won First Prize in the International Violin Competition "Premio Paganini" (Genoa 2001). Career In 2001, Mariusz Patyra’s artistic career took off when he won th ...

(Poland) * 2nd Prize: Minjae Kim (South Korea) * 3rd Prize:

Tanja Becker-Bender Tanja Becker-Bender (born 11 February 1978) is a German violinist. She lives in Berlin and Hamburg. Musical career Born in Stuttgart, Becker-Bender has performed since age of eleven as a soloist on international stages under the baton of Kur ...

(Germany) * 4th Prize: Jack Liebeck (Great Britain) * 5th Prize: A-Rah Shin (South Korea) * 6th Prize: Gyula Vadászi (Hungary) * Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: A-Rah Shin * Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri:

* Prize in memory of the Mario Ruminelli:

* Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Tanja Becker-Bender

IL Edition - 2002

* 1st Prize: Mengla Huang (China) * 2nd Prize: Maxim Brylinski (Ukraine) * 3rd Prize: Daniel Roehn (Germany-Sweden) * 4th Prize : Emil Chudnovski (US) and Giulio Plotino (Italy) * 6th Prize: Kyoko Une (Japan) * Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Maxim Brylinski * Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Mengla Huang * Prize in memory of the Mario Ruminelli: Mengla Huang * Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Alexis Cardenas (Venezuela)

L Edition - 2004

* 1st Prize: Maria Machowska> * 2nd Prize: Yuki Manuela Janke (Germany/Japan) * 3rd Prize: Hyun Soo Shin (South Korea) * 4th Prize: Dalibor Karvay (Slovakia) * 5th Prize: Bracha Malkin (US/Israel) * 6th Prize: Diego Tosi (France) * Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Alicia N Evans * Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Alicia N Evans * Prize in memory of the Mario Ruminelli: Yuki Manuela Janke * Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Yuki Manuela Janke

LI Edition - 2006

* 1st Prize: Feng Ning (China) * 2nd Prize: Yura Lee (South Korea) * 3rd Prize: Rika Masato (Japan) * Finalists: Hyun Joo Choo (South Korea), Bo-Kyung Lee (South Korea),

Sergey Malov Sergey Efimovich Malov (russian: Серге́й Ефи́мович Ма́лов; 28 January 1880, Kazan - 6 September 1957, Leningrad) was a Russian Turkologist who made important contributions to the documentation of archaic and contemporary Tur ...

(Russia) * Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Hyun Joo Choo * Prize in memory of the Renato De Barbieri: Feng Ning * Prize in memory of Mario Ruminelli: Sergey Malov * Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Feng Ning

LII Edition - 2008

* 1st Prize: not assigned * 2nd Prize: Stephanie Jeong (US) * 3rd Prize: Sean Lee (US)> * Finalists: Francesca Dego (Italy), Evgeny Sviridov (Russia) * Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Francesca Dego * Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Sviridov * Friends of Paganini Association Prize: Stephanie Jeong * Prize in memory of Mario Ruminelli: Stephanie Jeong * Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Sviridov

LIII Edition - 2010

* 1st Prize: not assigned * 2nd Prize: Dami Kim (South Korea) * 3rd Prize: Stefan Tarara (Germany) * Finalists: Yu-Chien Tseng 曾宇謙(Taiwan), Fedor Rudin (France) * Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Yu-Chien Tseng 曾宇謙 * Friends of Paganini Association Prize: Yu-Chien Tseng 曾宇謙 * Prize in memory of Mario Ruminelli: Dami Kim * Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Dami Kim * Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Stefan Tarara

LIV Edition - 2015

* 1st Prize: In Mo Yang (South Korea) * 2nd Prize: Fumika Mohri (Japan) * 3rd Prize: Albrecht Menzel (Germany) * 4th Prize: Diana Pasko (Russia) * 5th Prize: Elly Suh (US/South Korea) * 6th Prize: Dainis Medjaniks (Latvia) * Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: In Mo Yang * Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Tan Yabing (China) * Prize in memory of Mario Ruminelli: In Mo Yang * Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: In Mo Yang

LV Edition - 2018

* 1st Prize: Kevin Zhu (US) * 2nd Prize: Fedor Rudin (France) * 3rd Prize: Stephen Kim (US) * 4th Prize: Yiliang Jiang (China) * 5th Prize: Oleksandr Pusharenko (Ukraine) * 6th Prize: Luke Hsu (US) * Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Kevin Zhu * Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Kevin Zhu * Prize in memory of Mario Ruminelli: Fedor Rudin * Prize in memory of Stefano Fiorilla: Kevin Zhu * Prize of the Associazione Culturale Musica con le Ali: Rennosuke Fukuda (Japan)

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*2006 PREMIO PAGANINI INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION (documentary) - Orchestra Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova, DVD

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* Large portions of the above information was directly brought over from the Italian Wikipedia
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