First Prize

Dmytro
Udovychenko

Ukraine

Born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Dmytro Udovychenko has been studying music since he was 5 years old and began his studies at the Kharkiv Specialized Musical boarding school at age 6.

Dmytro is a first prize winner of the International Leopold Auer Competition for Violinists in Saint Petersburg, the International Leonid Kogan Competition for violinists in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, the International Violin Competition Andrea Postacchini in Fermo, Italy, and the International Odessa Violin Competition in 2021.

Dmytro has performed with the Kharkiv Regional Philharmonic Orchestra, Bergische Symphoniker, Würth Philharmoniker, NDR Radiophilharmonie conducted by Andrew Manze, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Odessa National Philharmonic Orchestra, and National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine. He has participated in masterclasses with Boris Garlitsky, Natalya Boyarskaya, Olga Parkhomenko, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Sergey Ostrovsky, Ana Chumachenco, Leonidas Kavakos, and Christian Tetzlaff.

In 2016, Dmytro began his studies at the Folkwang Universität der Künste in Essen, Germany, in the class of Prof. Boris Garlitsky.

Last modified: 2023

First Prize

Grand Cash Prize
$30,000
Offered by Ville de Montréal
Joseph Rouleau Career Development Grant
$50,000
Offered by Azrieli Foundation

Special prizes

Award for the Best performance of a work by J.S. Bach
$2,500
Offered by Andrew Wan, Concertmaster of the OSM

Engagements

Winner’s Tour to Three North American Cities
$15,000
An engagement with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal for a concert or recital in a subsequent season
Offered by Orchestre symphonique de Montréal