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The Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition (SISIVC) has announced that its Third Edition, originally scheduled for 2020, will now be completed online, without naming a winner. The six finalists will not compete in a Final Round for rankings or for the record-breaking first prize of $100,000, as originally planned.
Instead, the six finalists will jointly present an online concert entitled "In Tribute to Isaac Stern’s Centennial SISIVC Winners’ Concert," available to watch August 26-28 on SISIVC’s official social media channels. The jury committee will not give scores for each performance but instead will provide detailed reactions to each candidate’s performance, acting as mentors rather than competition jury members.
Instead of receiving cash prizes (which originally included the $100,000 First Prize as well as Second Prize of $50,000; Third prize of $25,000 and $5,000 each for Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Prizes), each of the six candidat ....