Founded in 1971, the annual International Jeunesses Musicales Competition in Belgrade is a project of great significance within the international Jeunesses Musicales Foundation, with over 2000 soloists and 200 chamber ensembles having participated in the competition.
This year´s competition, held in the discipline of Clarinet, was chaired by renown German clarinetist Martin Spangenberg, with prizes totalling 20.000 Euros. Among the visiting artists of the competition was the Belgrade Philharmonic String Quartet and the RTS Symphony Orchestra, one of the most prominent ensembles in Serbia. 46 young clarinetists took part in the competition, which was won by 21-year-old Hongyi Jiang.
Hongyi Jiang, 1st prize winner
Prizes:
1st Prize: Hongyi Jiang (21)
2nd Prize: Dositej Novakovic (23)
3rd Prize: Jinchao Zhang (17)
Jury:
Martin Spangenberg(Chair), Ante Grgin, Andrei Maevski, Ognjen Popović, Joan Enric Llunna, Veljko Klenkovski, Zsolt Szatmári
Artists:
RTS Symphony Orchestra , Olivera Sekulić Barac (Conductor)
Dositej Novakovic, 2nd prize winner
Jinchao Zhang, 3rd prize winner
Hongyi Jiang, 1st prize winner
Dositej Novakovic, 2nd prize winner
Jinchao Zhang, 3rd prize winner
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