Chiara Sannicandro – Laureate 2021

Chiara Sannicandro was born in Salzburg and started violin lessons when she was four years old. At the age of nine she was accepted to the Pre-College at the Mozarteum University Salzburg, where she studied with Klara Flieder. From 2016-2020 she studied with Mauricio Fuks at the Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington, USA, where she finished her Bachelor with high distinction.

She is prizewinner of several national and international competitions. Most recently Chiara Sannicandro was awarded 2nd prize and audience award at the 27th International Brahms Competition in Pörtschach as well as the 2nd prize at the International Hudson Valley Philharmonic String competition in NY.

She has played multiple concerts as a soloist in Europe and the USA and obtained important musical impulses and experiences at the Violin Masterclasses and Chamber Music Projects “Mit Musik Miteinander” at the Kronberg Academy. Chiara Sannicandro loves to communicate with other musicians through chamber music and orchestral playing and likes to connect with other art forms.