Teenage violinist wins BBC Young Musician 2026, after first all-female final
by Imogen Tilden from World news | The Guardian on (#79F1F)
Judges hail Sofia Demetriades's performance of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto as full of insights, poetry and maturity
A teenage violinist has won the BBC Young Musician competition 2026, in the first all-female final in the competition's 48-year history.
The judges, Joanna MacGregor, Ben Gernon and Errollyn Wallen, hailed Sofia Demetriades's performance of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto as full of insights, poetry and maturity.
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