Swede, 18, wins Carl Nielsen violin competition
mainJohan Dalene, 18, from Sweden won the violin section against Marie-Astrid Hulot (21, France) and Anna Agafia Egholm (22, Denmark). Dalene, from Norrköping, is pictured last year with Gidon Kremer.
Anna Egholm won the prize for best interpretation of a new piece for her account of Sally Beamish’s Prealudium and Allegro for Solo Violin.
In the clarinet contest, the winner was Blaz Sparovec (24, Slovenia), ahead of Aron Chiesa (22, Italy) and VÃctor DÃaz Guerra (22, Spain).
Sparovec is principal clarinet of the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln.
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