Ukrainian wins in Brussels, won’t shake hands Newsnorman lebrecht June 02, 2024The Ukrainian violinist Dmytro Udovychenko won the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels shortly after midnight.The first prize is worth 25,000 Euros. Second and third places went to Americans – Joshua Brown (20k) and Elli Choi(17k). Spectators inform us that he went around shaking the hands of all the judges – except for the Russian, V Vadim Repin. UPDATE: Udiovychenko’s supproters point out that he is from Kharkiv, where is parents are under Putin’s bombarment. Dmytro Udovychenko gets to play the ‘Huggins’ 1708 Stradivarius on a four-year loan from the Nippon Music Foundation.

Source: New York Times June 02, 2024 17:49 UTC