Tibor Varga Academy and Competition

30/09/2026

Bravo Aozhe Zhang! 🎻👏

Winner of the 2025 Tibor Varga International Violin Competition, Aozhe is now one of the six finalists of the 2026 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis!

Congratulations and best of luck for the finals! ✨

15/09/2026

A huge congratulations to Jayden King for this fabulous first-place prize win at just 11 years old, and to Francesco Papa for his second-place prize 🤩🎻👏👏👏👏✨️

12/09/2026

Congratulations to Franceso Papa and Jayden King for reaching the finals 🤩🎻👏👏

10/09/2026

10/09/2026

Congratulations Anna Agafia 🤩🎻✨️

Meet VC Artist Anna Agafia

🇩🇰 Born in Denmark
🎻 Soloist in Residence with the Copenhagen Phil - hele Sjællands Symfoniorkester
🏆 1st Prize at the Tibor Varga Academy and Competition
🏆 2nd Prize at the Singapore International Violin Competition
💿 Debut Album, “Nielsen & Szymanowski, Violin Concertos,” on Claves Records
🎻 Larsen Strings Artist

24/08/2026

Meet VC Artist Sarang Seohyun Kim

🇰🇷 Born in South Korea
🇩🇪 Studies at the Kronberg Academy
🏆 1st Prize at the 2023 Tibor Varga Academy and Competition
🏆 1st Prize at the 2022 The Thomas & Evon Cooper International Competition
🎻 Larsen Strings Artist
🎶 Represented by HarrisonParrott Group

18/08/2026

[Tibor Varga Academy 2026]

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝗱 🎶✨

After several weeks filled with masterclasses, concerts and musical encounters, the 2026 Tibor Varga Academy has come to an end!

A huge thank you to all the students who brought this edition to life through their hard work, enthusiasm and commitment 🎻🎹

We would also like to thank all the professors for their teaching and for the enriching exchanges with the next generation of musicians, as well as all the accompanying pianists who contributed to the masterclasses and concerts throughout the Academy 🎶

This edition would not have been the same without the wonderful venues that hosted our concerts: the Arcades de la Grenette, the Musée de la Nature, the Fondation Louis Moret, the St-Léonard Underground Lake and the Fondation de Wolff. Thank you for your warm welcome and your trust! ✨

Finally, a big thank you to our partners, sponsors and everyone who contributed, near or far, to this wonderful 2026 edition, as well as to everyone who came to listen to and support the young musicians.

An edition filled with music, discoveries and encounters comes to an end… but the adventure continues! 🎶

See you next year for a new edition of the Tibor Varga Academy! 🎻




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18/08/2026

[Tibor Varga Academy 2026]

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟱 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 🎶

One last immersion into the masterclasses of this 2026 edition! ✨

This week, our students had the pleasure of working alongside Svetlana Makarova (violin), Pavel Vernikov (violin), Tomo Keller (violin), Hartmut Rohde (viola), Momo Kodama (piano) and Philippe Cassard (piano). 🎶

A heartfelt thank you to each of them for sharing their experience, artistic vision, and passion with the next generation of musicians. 🎶

A wonderful way to bring the 2026 Tibor Varga Academy to a close! ✨

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16/08/2026

[Académie Tibor Varga 2026] 🎶✨

𝗔 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗧𝗼𝗺𝗼 𝗞𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 🎻❤️

Yesterday, the students from Tomo Keller’s violin class shared their personalities, sensitivity and all the energy they had invested throughout this week, note after note.

A heartfelt thank you to Tomo Keller for his generosity, guidance and for sharing his experience throughout the Academy.

And above all, a huge congratulations to all the students for their dedication and for these wonderful moments of music! 👏

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📸 Manon Devulder

15/08/2026

[Académie Tibor Varga 2026] 🎶✨

𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗿𝗱’𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 🎹🎶

Yesterday, the students from Philippe Cassard’s piano class shared the results of their work with the audience during a wonderful concert at the Pôle Musique in Sion. ✨

A beautiful moment that brought together and celebrated all the hard work accomplished throughout the Academy! 👏🎶

A heartfelt thank you to their teacher Philippe Cassard for his guidance, teaching and valuable advice throughout the week.

Congratulations to all the students for their dedication and the quality of their performances! 🎹✨

🎹
Hadrien Pichon
Étienne Caron
Joris Mikuzis
Ilan Zajtmann
Sacha Morin
Lucas Bischoff
Constantin Mathias
Gabriel Cassagnes

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📸 Manon Devulder