EUROPAfest 2015 prizes the winners

After 10 days of music delivered over evenings of jazz and violin recitals, EUROPAfest presented on Saturday, on the stage of Odeon Theatre, the laureates of the 22nd edition. 

The jurry had the difficult task of choosing the winner after a more than incendiary final.

After Shalosh | Israel, Mynah | Italy, Atom String Quartet | Poland and Pilot | Australia tried to win the audience in the finals through novel artistic moments, the jury chose the winners of the 2015 edition: Atom String Quartet | Poland – Grand Prize Winner, while the title „Best Band” was awarded to Pilot | Australia.

Moreover, Jeunesses International Music Competiton Dinu Lipatti has announced its laureates to the three categories of age. Also, the Royal House has awarded the Diploma of Excellency to a company partner of the festival, His Royal Highness Prince Nicholas of Romania being present for the festivity.

EUROPAfest 2015 laureates

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The bands that performed in the Bucharest International Jazz Competition 2015 finale were:

SHALOSH – Israel

Gadi Stern – piano

Daniel Ben Horin – contrabass

Matan Assayag – drums

MYNAH – Italy

Antonio De Donno – drums

Gabriele Di Franco – guitar

Federico Pecoraro – bass

ATOM STRING QUARTET – Poland

Dawid Lubowicz – violin

Mateusz Smoczynski – violin

Michal Zaborski – viola

Krzysztof Lenczowski – cello

PILOT – Australia

Richard Butler – saxophone

Kanyakumar Shome – electric guitar

Liam Butler Webb – keyboards

Jack Davies – electric bass

Joshua Koop – drums

Best Band: PILOT – Australia

Grand Prize Winner: ATOM STRING QUARTET – Poland

Jeunesses International Music Competition Dinu Lipatti 2015

B category (up to 14 years)

Finalists

Sabina Silaghi – Romania

Aleksandar Zayranov – Bulgary

Simon Zhu – Germany

Antoni Ingielewicz – Poland

Awards

First prize: Antoni Ingielewicz – Poland

Second prize: Aleksandar Zayranov – Bulgary

Third prize: Simon Zhu – Germany

C category (14-18 years)

Finalists

Nikola Pajanovic – Slovenia

Mengna Zou – China

Songha Choi – South Korea, Great Britain

Radu Kis – Romania

Vanessza Korb – Hungary

Kostiantyn Lukyniuk – Ukraina

Awards

First prize: Songha Choi – South Korea, Great Britain

Second prize: Radu Kis – Romania

Third prize: Mengna Zou – China

Special award: Nikola Pajanovic – Slovenia

D category (18 – 30 years)

Finalists

Ekaterina Valiulina – Russia, Switzerland

Amalia Hall – New Zealand

Stepan Lavrov – Russia, Austria

Awards

Second prize: Amalia Hall – New Zealand

Third prize: Ekaterina Valiulina – Russia, Switzerland

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