The Musée de la musique and Talents & Violon’celles have dedicated the second edition of this competition to the violin.

The competition aims to promote excellence in the field of violin making and to highlight its links with music and its interpretation. It is open to professionals (“Talents of Today” category) and to lutherie students (“Talents of Tomorrow” category). During the competition, the violins are displayed in the Musée de la musique, bringing together past and present lutherie. The famous “Sarasate” violin, made by Antonio Stradivari in 1724 and preserved at the Musée de la musique, is the model proposed to luthiers in the “Talents of Tomorrow” category.

This year’s competition is chaired by Raphaël Pidoux. Jury members are violinists Tanja Becker-Bender, Roland Daugareil and Jean-Jacques Kantorow, and luthiers Andrea Frandsen, Silvio Levaggi and Julie Reed-Yeboah.

The first, second and third prizes in the “Talents of Today” and the “Talents of Tomorrow” categories are awarded to the winners. The “coups de cœur” are announced. The awards ceremony is followed by a musical moment with the violonists of the Orchestre de Paris and a discussion with the audience.

Presentation in French and English / Cette épreuve est présentée en langues française et anglaise.