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Semifinalist<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Lorenz Karls was born in Vienna into an Austrian-Swedish family. He began playing the violin at age 4 and, since 2016, has been a student at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, where he is completing bachelor\u2019s degree with Professor Benjamin Schmid. Lorenz also studied at the Stauffer Center for Strings in the class of Salvatore Accardo. Additionally, he has attended masterclasses with artists such as Julia Fischer, Maxim Vengerov, and Vadim Repin.<\/p>\n Lorenz has won <\/span>numerous<\/span> top prizes at national and international competitions. He\u202freceived 1st Prize at the\u202fZhuhai International Mozart Competition in China, <\/span>and <\/span>1st Prize at the Arthur <\/span>Grumiaux<\/span> International Violin Competition in Belgium<\/span>. In addition, <\/span>in 2020 to 2022, <\/span>he <\/span>a<\/span>lso<\/span> won four 3rd Prizes at Member<\/span> competitions of World Federation of International Music Competitions (WFIMC).<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n His recent soloist appearances include his debut at “Mozartwoche Salzburg” in the great hall of the Mozarteum Foundation, and concerts with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Odense Symphony Orchestra, WDR Funkhausorchester, Lithuanian Philharmonic Orchestra, Camerata Bern, and Kremerata Baltica.<\/p>\n Lorenz plays the Giovanni Battista Guadagnini “ex-Bachmann” violin, kindly loaned to him from the Viktoria and Stephan Schmidheiny Foundation.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Principal teachers<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Major Competitions<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n FIRST ROUND<\/span><\/p>\n JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH <\/span><\/b>Violin Sonata No.1 in G minor, BWV 1001<\/span> WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART <\/span><\/b>Sonata for Violin and Piano in B-flat major, K.454<\/span> EUG\u00c8NE YSA\u0178E <\/span><\/b>Violin Sonata No. 6 in E major, Op. 27<\/span>\u00a0 <\/p>\n SEMIFINAL<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN <\/span><\/b>Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 4, Op. 23<\/span> LUNA PEARL WOOLF <\/span><\/b>L\u2019Inconnu.e bouleversant.e<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n FRANZ SCHUBERT <\/span><\/b>Rondo Brillant in B minor Op. 70, D. 895<\/span><\/p>\n HENRYK WIENIAWSKI <\/span><\/b>Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 15<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pian<\/span>ist<\/span><\/span><\/strong>: Philip<\/span> Chiu<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Lorenz Karls is generously sponsored by the Caisse de la culture Desjardins.<\/i><\/p>\n\n
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I. Largo
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I. Allegro giusto non troppo vivo<\/span>
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II. Andante scherzoso, pi\u00f9 Allegretto\u00a0<\/span>
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