26-year-old violinist Yukari Ohno from Japan took first prize at the Princess Astrid International Music Competition in Trondheim, Norway. Second prize was awarded to Karen Su (23, USA) while Marie Helling (16, Germany/Poland) won third prize.
Ohno is currently a student of Boris Kuschnir at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna.
The jury, chaired by Julian Rachlin, consisted of Eldbjorg Hemsing, Arvid Engegard, David Pickard, Sophia Jaffé, Tanja Dorn and Kyung Sun Lee.
