It’s Russia vs Ukraine in Queen Elisabeth semis
OrchestrasThe last 24 in the 2024 Queen Elisabeth violin competition were decided last night in Brussels.
They include Dmitry Smirnov of Russia, a dark horse, and Bohdan Luts of Ukraine (pic), recent winner of the Nielsen and Long Thibaud contests.
Each will play a Mozart concerto, followed by a new, unpublished work by Charlotte Bray, to be heard for the first time tomorrow.
The jury consists of: Gilles Ledure (Chairman), Augustin Dumay, Miriam Fried, Lorenzo Gatto, Philippe Graffin, Koichiro Harada, Dong-Suk Kang, Kyung Sun Lee, Midori, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Baiba Skride and Isabelle van Keulen.
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