Play Hannover, reach the World

For the preselection, five jurors have been recruited who share a long-standing connection to Hanover and the partner orchestra, the NDR Radiophilharmonie. Due to their many years of experience with first-class international conductors and soloists, their individual artistic activities as chamber musicians and soloists and their independence from the university and competition business, they are particularly predestined for the task.

In view of the diverse professional opportunities for violinists, the artistic directors, Antje Weithaas and Oliver Wille, changed the composition of the jury in 2021. Since then, the competition jury has been made up of violinists as well as personalities from within the concert world. In 2024 Soprano Juliane Banse will chair the jury.

This year, two new scholarships will be awarded for the first time as part of the Joseph Joachim Violin Competition: Karsten Witt Music Management is sponsoring a selected participant with a music management course at the kwmm Academy. In addition, Kronberg Academy is sponsoring two young violinists by offering them participation in its violin master class.