Taking advantage of the experience of the most prestigious musical competitions and famous masters, Lviv is hosting the Oleg Krysa International Violin Competition for the third time. From October 17 to 27, talents from all over the world competed on the stage of the Lviv National Philharmonic for the title of the best young virtuosos. Ten days of a rich concert program presented the esteemed jury and listeners with masterpieces of classical music in a competitive atmosphere. 39 participants from all continents of the world (16 countries) - and bright, lively, piercing and rich violin music.

The founder and organizer of the professional violin competition in Lviv is Serhiy Podolyanchuk - president of the Public Organization "Artistic Association "World of Classical Music". The artistic association has set itself the goal of popularizing the classics and opening doors for young talents. When performers and teachers from Europe, America and Asia first gathered in the city of Lions in 2013, the event became a great boost for talented youth. This step allowed us to attract the attention of the international community and loudly remind that the Ukrainian musical tradition, which has its roots in ancient times, is now coming to life after a forced “sleep” in the 20th century.

From the very beginning, the competition was attended by the outstanding maestro and teacher Oleg Krysa, who agreed to lend his name to the international competition. The head of the jury of the competition is Oleg Krysa, a native of Lviv, a legend of the Ukrainian violin school and the pride of Ukraine.

The international project in Lviv was created in 2013 and is held on an ongoing basis once every three years. The competition traditionally consists of three rounds. The competition program is complex, but has a worthy award. The prize fund of the competition for the first place is 20 thousand euros, for the second place - 10 thousand euros, and for the third place - 8 thousand euros. Special awards are also awarded in the amount of 1 thousand euros or in the form of a valuable gift.

The competition has become popular and prestigious in the world not only thanks to the decent prize fund and the respected jury, which includes professional teachers and outstanding violinists of the world level, the main indicator has become a unique point system for evaluating the performances of the contestants. In addition, the independent auditing company "Contracts-Audit" has been involved in monitoring the jury's voting, which is unprecedented in the world.

For the third time, the competition is attended by “heavyweights” — the most prestigious universities in the world, such as the Juilliard School (USA), the Eastman School of Music (USA), the Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts (Austria), the Mozarteum University — Salzburg (Austria), the Cologne University of Music (Germany), Berlin, the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki (Finland), the F. Chopin University of Music in Warsaw (Poland) and leading universities in Japan, South Korea, China, etc.

In recent years, the Competition has gained wide publicity in the world. The authoritative English music publication — the magazine “THE STRAD” (London) expressed a desire to cover our Competition in its edition.

Young participants (from 15 to 29 years old) touched upon complex works of world heritage, which require their complete dedication and complete immersion. Bach and Beethoven, Paganini and Brahms, Ravel and Tchaikovsky - the list of works for the contestants is filled with masterpieces, each of which is a challenge for time and for an experienced performer. Among them, in the mandatory program - works by Ukrainian composers. This year, the performance in the third round of the concert for violin and orchestra No. 5 (2017) by Yevhen Stankovych "Unanswered Questions", dedicated to Oleg Krysa. So the violin competition was rich and exciting even for the average listener.

All rounds of the competition were broadcast live on the YouTube channel. This year, for the first time, the Audience Award was introduced, which will be awarded to the winner based on the results of audience voting on social networks.