ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS EXPERTS IN STRING INSTRUMENTS JEAN JACQUES RAMPAL, FRANCE, WILL JOIN OUR JURY PANEL.
MR. RAMPAL WILL BE ASSISTED BY MR. JONATHAN MAROLLE, HIS COLLABORATOR SINCE DECEMBER 2004 AND ASSOCIATE SINCE 2017.

Terms and Conditions.

The contest will take place in St. Petersburg, Russia  as a part of the
VI International Leopold Auer Violin  and String Quartets Competition.

1. Competition date:
Sun, Sept. 30, 2018

2.Who can participate

Anyone. Competition is anonymous. Names will be announced only at the end.

3. Judges

Jean Jacques Rampal, Jonathan Marolle, France

and all the MEMBERS OF THE JURY of the VI Leopold Auer International violin and string quartet competition .

4. Deadlines and Confirmation

The entry deadline is Sept.15, 2018. No registrations will be accepted after this date. Please register promptly.
Registration is only available through the online system. You will receive an email confirmation after payment.
Bring this confirmation with you to the competition or copy it and ship it with
your instrument.

Instruments hand-carried to the Competition must be delivered to the
Check-in Location on Sunday, September 30,2018 between 10:00 am. and 12:00 p.m.

Instruments  that are shipped must be received between September 20 and September 28, 2018.

Applcation Fee is $150 USA.

HOW IT WILL PROCEED:

The Competition will be on Sept. 30 in THREE rounds.
The Competition will accept new violins and copies (new instruments made in copies of antiques )
One of the jury members will perform on competing instruments, while others will evaluate the instruments by their sounding and crafting qualities.

After  I round 12 violins will be admitted to the second round
After II Round 6 violins will be admitted to the third round.
After III Round  jury will announce Winner of the First Leopold Auer Violin Makers Competition and two Diplomas holders. 

PRIZES

Winner will get a prize of 1000 USD Dollars. Two runner-ups will be awarded Honorary Diplomas.