SARAH JÉGOU  

FRANCE

  • date of birth: January 22, 1998
  • currently studying at Barenboim-Said Academy in Berlin with Mihaela Martin;
  • previously studied with Boris Garlitsky and Philippe Graffin at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris;
  • participated in masterclasses with Leonidas Kavakos, Philippe Hersant, Claire Désert;
  • took part in Ozawa Academy in 2019, where she played under the direction of Seiji Ozawa and worked with Pamela Frank and Nobuko Imai;
  • she plays Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume violin on a loan from the Fonds Instrumental Français.

 Prizes: 3rd Prize at Arthur Grumiaux Competition in Belgium (2016), 2nd Prize at Ginette Neveu International Competition, 1st Prize at Leopold Bellan International Competition

Program:

First Round

Bach Ciaccona from Partita in D minor for Solo Violin

Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major K. 219

Paganini Caprice No. 24

Second Round

Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major Op. 30 No. 3

Enescu “Ménétrier” from Impressions d’enfance Suite Op. 28

Schumann Fantasie in C major Op. 131

Semifinal

Franck Violin Sonata in A major

Enescu Sonata No. 3 in A minor for Violin and Piano Op. 25, “dans le caractère populaire roumain”

Saint-Saëns Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor Op. 28

Final

Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 47