SEOUL, 30 May (BelTA - Yonhap) - South Korean violinist Park Sue-ye has
won the 13th International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition, one of the
most prestigious competitions for the instrument in the world.
Park was announced as the first prize winner of the competition, which took place in Helsinki from May 19 to 29, according to the competition's website Friday.
"I am so happy to have won the competition," she was quoted as saying by her agency, Mok Production.
"It means a lot to me, and I was delighted to be able to communicate through my music to the very end," she said.
Yang was rewarded with a loan of a violin by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini made in 1777. Minami Yoshida received the second prize, while Claire Wells took third.
The 25-year-old became the second South Korean violinist to win the quinquennial contest founded in 1965 for young violinists under age of 30. In 2022, Yang In-mo won the competition.
Born in 2000, Park began playing the violin at the age of 4 and made her debut at 16 with a recording of Niccolo Paganini's 24 Caprices. In 2021, her album "Journey Through a Century" was selected as the Editor's Choice and among the Recordings of the Year by Gramophone.
Park was announced as the first prize winner of the competition, which took place in Helsinki from May 19 to 29, according to the competition's website Friday.
"I am so happy to have won the competition," she was quoted as saying by her agency, Mok Production.
"It means a lot to me, and I was delighted to be able to communicate through my music to the very end," she said.
Yang was rewarded with a loan of a violin by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini made in 1777. Minami Yoshida received the second prize, while Claire Wells took third.
The 25-year-old became the second South Korean violinist to win the quinquennial contest founded in 1965 for young violinists under age of 30. In 2022, Yang In-mo won the competition.
Born in 2000, Park began playing the violin at the age of 4 and made her debut at 16 with a recording of Niccolo Paganini's 24 Caprices. In 2021, her album "Journey Through a Century" was selected as the Editor's Choice and among the Recordings of the Year by Gramophone.
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