Andrey Baranov is the absolute winner of the International Queen Elizabeth Competition in Brussels

01.09.2012
Andrey Baranov is the absolute winner of the International Queen Elizabeth Competition in Brussels

Winner of our Competition violinist from Saint-Petersburg Andrey Baranov became the absolute winner of one of the biggest and most prestigious music competitions in the world - the International Queen Elizabeth Competition in Brussels. In the base of the concert program Baranov are works of Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, and Shostakovich. In the semi-final and in the final violinist performed the works by Belgian composers, which are the one of the general conditions of the Competition.

Playing the violin Ansaldo Poggi ex-Milstein (1947), Baranov has passed all the competition tours, including a performance with orchestra and chamber concert with the pianist. 12 participants from 88 reached the final of the 75-th anniversary contest. Andrei Baranov won the main prize - money prize in the amount of 25 000 Euro and the Huggins Stradivari violin (1708) with the right of use within a period of three years.

Browse and listen Andrei Baranov’s performance at the International Queen Elizabeth Competition you could here .

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