#JJV2021

Next Edition: September 26 to October 10, 2021

Oliver Wille

The challenge of leading the renowned Joseph Joachim's Violin Competition in his adopted country into the future together with Antje Weithaas is a challenge that he dedicates himself to with many ideas and, above all, with the goal of enabling the next generation of cultural workers to make their way onto the concert podium through new creative networks and cooperation.

Warner Classics becomes partner of JJV

The Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover will cooperate with Warner Classics in 2021. The important major label for classical music donates the Warner Classic Award and will present one competitor with a debut album to the worldwide classical music audience. The renowned violin competition offers not only highly endowed cash prizes, but also international concert engagements and material prizes, including the loan of a valuable Guadagnini violin from the Fritz Behrens Foundation and digital sheet music from the G. Henle publishing house.

Antje Weithaas

The primary motivation for Antje Weithaas to take over the artistic direction of the Joseph Joachim Violin Competition together with Oliver Wille was to offer violinists a platform with many opportunities for advancement. With this very competition, to which she herself owes so much, she wants to find and support versatile, inquisitive artists.

News releases

March 01, 2021

11th Joseph Joachim Violin Competition will take place in 2021.

January 12, 2021

Warner Classics becomes partner of the Joseph Joachim Violin Competition and presents the Warner Classics Award

September 28, 2020

Joseph Joachim Violin Competition 2021: Applications are open

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Stiftung Niedersachsen

Since 1991, Stiftung Niedersachsen has been inviting exceptional young violinists from all over the world to compete in the ›Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover‹, which is held every three years. The foundation, which was founded in 1987, presents this exceptional endowment program in order to further especially gifted young musicians. These efforts have received international recognition.