Photographic service by Fabrizio Zeppilli
May 26th / 31st, 2008
Signed competitors n. 116 / Present candidates n. 93
Foreign countries n. 30
With
the Plate of the
- PRESIDENT of the ITALIAN REPUBLIC (as Prize of Representation)
the Patronage
- PRESIDENCY of the COUNCIL of MINISTERS
- MINISTER for YOUTH POLICIES and SPORT ACTIVITIES
- MINISTRY of FOREIGN AFFAIRS (General Direction for Cultural Promotion and Cooperation)
- CITY of FERMO
- CITY of ANSBACH - Germany (City twinned with the City of Fermo)
- CONFEDERATION of ITALIAN INDUSTRY of FERMO
the Participation
- MARCHE REGION / REGIONAL BOARD
- MUNICIPALITY of FERMO / DEPARTMENT for CULTURE
- MUNICIPALITY of ANSBACH - Germany (City twinned with the City of Fermo)
- PROVINCE of ASCOLI PICENO / DEPARTMENT for CULTURE
- CONFEDERATION of ITALIN INDUSTRY of FERMO
the Partner
- "CASSA di RISPARMIO di FERMO" FOUNDATION - "CARIFERMO" SpA
Jury
- Mr. Sergiu SCHWARTZ (United States of America) President
- Mr. Dmitri CHICHLOV (Russia)
- Mr. Alberto MARTINI (Italy)
- Mr. Luca MARZIALI (Italy)
- Mrs. Margit SPIRK (Italy)
- Mr. Wei DONG TONG (China)
- Mr. Pierre Henri XUEREB (France)
Winners
Category - A
- 1st Luisa Izzicupo, 9 years (Italy)
- 2nd Theodor Ikanovic, 11 years (Serbia)
- 3rd Sin Ying Chan, 11 years (China - Hong Kong)
Category - B
- 1st Siyan Guo, 16 years (China)
- 2nd Minjia Zhu, 15 years (China)
- 3rd Yu Gong, 16 years (China)
Category - C
- 1st not awarded
- 2nd Valeria Pasternak, 20 years (Ukraine)
- 3rd Blythe Press, 19 years (New Zealand)
Category - D
- 1st Andréa Tyniec, 26 years (Canada)
- 2nd Laura Marzadori, 19 years (Italy)
- 3rd Eléonore Darmon, 22 years (France)
the Students' grants
- Category - A / Amia Janicki, 11 years (Switzerland)
- Category - B / Charlotte Woronkow, 16 years (Germany / Russia)
- Category - C / Fang Xi Liu, 18 years (China)
the Special awards
- Prize Committee of Honour (for the best interpretation of a piece of J.S. Bach): Jing Ye Zhang (China)
- Prize City of Ansbach (Germany): Charlotte Woronkow (Germany)
- Prize Catia Scaloni Biondi (to the Italian participant for the best execution of Capricci by Niccolò Paganini): Laura Marzadori (Italy)
- Prize Pio Sodalizio dei Piceni from Rome (for the best interpretation of the composition of 19th, 20th and 21st century for violin solo or violin and piano for Categories - C and - D): Stefan Hempel (Germany)
Absolute winner
- Siyan GUO (China)