Vikram Francesco Sedona, 19, Italy, performs Paganini's Caprice No. 11 at the Menuhin Competition #Richmond2021 Senior First Rounds.
Vikram Francesco Sedona was born in Treviso in 2000 and began his violin studies at the age of six with Selina Cremese, continuing his studies at the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory in Venice with Professor Bruna Barutti. Since 2016, he has been studying with violinist Silvia Marcovici at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, Austria. Vikram has won numerous international competitions, including the Andrea Postacchini (2017), George Enescu (2018) and Valsesia Musica (2019) competitions and recently received an Honorable Mention as a finalist of the Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition 2020. Amongst his other engagements, he has played a number of recent festival concerts including Festival de Radio France Montpellier Occitanie and the George Enescu Festival.
Founded by Yehudi Menuhin in 1983, the Menuhin Competition is the world's leading international competition for young violinists. The Competition attracts hundreds of entries from countries across the globe, choosing only 44 of the world’s very best young violinists to participate. Held every two years in a different world city the Competition discovers, encourages and nurtures exceptionally talented young musicians from all corners of the world under the age of 22 years to develop into the next generation of great artists.
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