Sixty years, thousands of young musicians and countless exceptional musical experiences.
The jubilee 60th edition of the competition brought exceptionally strong international competition and a remarkably high artistic level across all categories.
Alex Xuyao Bai began his music career at the age of five.
Tobiáš Balkovský learnt the violoncello under Marek Novák of the Czech Philharmonic from the age of six.
Elen Virabyan was born into a musical family in 2010. She started playing the flute at the age of seven.
Vojtěch Stejskal was born into an artistic family in Prague in 2009.
Alina Lamziuk started playing the oboe at the State Music Lyceum in Kharkov in 2019 as a nine-year-old.
Sebastian Cretan was born into a Czech-Romanian musical family in 2010. He has played the piano since the age of four and added the trombone at the age of nine.
Valentýna Ibriqi has been playing the piano under Ellina Belčiková since the age of eight and she quickly drew attention to herself with a number of exceptional results.