Prizewinner at the International Louis Spohr Violin Competition

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On November 7th, Sumina was awarded the 2nd Prize as well as the Prize for the best sonata interpretation of W. A.  Mozart's B-flat major sonata no. 26 at the International Louis Spohr Competition for Young Violinist in Weimar, Germany.

The jury this year consists of head of Jury Friedemann Eichhorn (Germany), Stephan Barratt-Due (Norway), Min Kim (Korea), Andreas Lehmann (Germany), Petru Munteanu (Germany/Romania), Paul Roczek (Austria), Jacqueline Ross (UK), Kurt Sassmannshaus (USA), Pavel Vernikov (Ukraine) and Krysztof Wegrzyn (Germany/Poland).

In the finals, Sumina performed the Mendelssohn e-minor concerto with the orchestra of the Academy for Music "Franz Liszt" Weimar and Nicolas Pasquet at the Belvedere Castle of Weimar. 

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Sumina Studer

Award-winning violinist Sumina Studer is a New York-based content creator. Documenting all things relating to an artist's lifestyle, Sumina shares helpful tips & tutorials for aspiring musicians by communicating her musical knowledge and experience as a classical musician in the 21st Century.

She has a combined social media reach of 280k + followers and over 15 Million Youtube video views with her partner in crime, a 17th-century Stradivarius violin, lovingly nicknamed Mr. Strad.