Results of the Second Pre-Selection Stage
125 violinists qualified for the second pre-selection round of the 17th Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition in Poznań. Of these, 113 registered and submitted the required programme, which included works by J.S. Bach, N. Paganini, and the Competition’s patron – Henryk Wieniawski.
Between 13 and 17 May, the Pre-Selection Jury, chaired by Bartłomiej Nizioł and including Alena Baeva and Agata Szymczewska, selected 49 violinists to take part in the 17th Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition in Poznań, which will be held from 8 to 25 October 2026.
Zofia Anna Olesik, winner of the 1st Prize at the 11th National Zdzisław Jahnke Violin Competition (2025), will also perform in the Competition. She received direct qualification without participating in the pre-selections.
List of 50 participants qualified to take part in the 17th Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition [alphabetical order]:
- Jisoo Ahn
- Seoyeon Baik
- Jiachen Cao
- Jooha Choi
- Nurie Chung
- Wonbeen Chung
- Sara Dragan
- Anais Feller
- Helene Freytag
- YiWei Gu
- Xiang Han
- Seonglan Hong
- Yujin Hong
- Shao Che (Sean) Hsi
- Do Gyung (Anna) Im
- Wenlan Jackson
- Theodor Kaskiv
- Dawid Kasprzak
- Maya Alexandra Kasprzak
- Gaeun Kim
- Wakana Kimura
- SooBeen Lee
- Alice Lee
- Jinzhu Li
- Dongmin Lim
- Hyun Jae Lim
- Ruifeng Lin
- Bohdan Luts
- Lora Markova
- Teofil Milenkovic
- Elias David Moncado
- Wojciech Niedziółka
- Haerim Oh
- Sunjae Ok
- Jonathan Okseniuk
- Zofia Anna Olesik
- Daniel Rafimayeri
- Aoi Saito
- Vikram Francesco Sedona
- Zixuan Shen
- Jake Dongyoung Shim
- Bartosz Skibiński
- Charlotte Thiele
- Marina Wako
- Xiaozhuo (Julia) Wang
- Maya Wichert
- Rok Zaletel Černoš
- Zhixin Zhang
- Meng Zou
- Barbara Żołnierczyk
[29.05.2026]
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In accordance with § 6 paragraph 9 of the Competition Regulations, in case of withdrawal of persons qualified to participate in the Competition, the Wieniawski Society reserves the right by 31 July 2026 to invite candidates from the reserve list to take part in the Competition.
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Second Pre-Selection Stage also held in video format
Taking into account the geopolitical situation at the time (the war in the Middle East), we decided to change the format of the second qualification stage and cancelled the planned live auditions in selected cities around the world.
How did the second pre-selection round work?
As in the first round, the Jury evaluated the candidates based on submitted recordings. The compulsory programme included: one caprice of choice by N. Paganini, one of the specified movements/sets from J.S. Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, and one of the specified works (or sets of works) by H. Wieniawski.
Public access to recordings
The recordings of all candidates were made available to the general public. They could be viewed on the official Wieniawski Society YouTube channel only during the Jury’s deliberations: from Wednesday, 13 May (6:00 PM) to Sunday, 17 May (6:00 PM). In order to ensure conditions conducive to focused listening and to maintain full impartiality, the commenting function on the YouTube recordings was disabled.
