Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 KV 216 | Lilja Haatainen

Final round of the 10th International LOUIS SPOHR Competition for Young Violinists (2022, Weimar)

Lilja Haatainen, violin (1st prize, category I)
Orchestra of the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar
Conductor: Prof. Nicolás Pasquet

The International LOUIS SPOHR Competition for Young Violinists is organised by the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar.
Further information: https://www.hfm-weimar.de/spohr

Recorded on November 2, 2022 at the Music High School Schloss Belvedere, Weimar

Lilja Haatainen was born in Kempele in northern Finland in 2011. She started playing the violin at the age of three using the Suzuki method, and at the age of six she took violin lessons at Oulu Concervatory. In 2019 Lilja was accepted to the Finnish Violin Academy for young talented violinists and studied with Janne Malmivaara and Elina Vähälä. She currently lives in Porvoo, is in the 5th grade of school and studies violin at the Porvoo Institute of Music. At the age of 8 she made her debut as a soloist with the Oulu Symphony Orchestra. In 2021, Lilja was invited to perform at the Young Soloists Concert with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. In the same year, the 11-year-old also performed with the Lappeenranta Symphony Orchestra and the Finland Chamber Orchestra. Lilja won first prize in her category at the Juhani Heinonen Violin Competition in Finland in 2022.

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