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Teenage violinist wins BBC Young Musician 2026, after first all-female final
Judges hail Sofia Demetriades’s performance of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto as full of insights, poetry and maturityA 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 in
Published Sunday, 1 November 2026 at 21:00
Judges hail Sofia Demetriades’s performance of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto as full of insights, poetry and maturityA 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. Continue reading...
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