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)
