The related agreement was signed by Mayor Gyula Porga, Pannon University Rector Ferenc Fiedler, violinist Péter Kováts and government commissioner András Batta on Tuesday. The first Leopold Auer violin competition will be held next year.

The jury will be presided by Zakhar Bron, one of the most famous students of the violin school founded by Auer. Maxim Vengerov and Vadim Repin, two world-renowned students of Bron, may also attend.

The violinists will compete not only as soloists but also as concert masters, as Auer did at the Russian Ballet. Born in Veszprém, Leopold Auer (1845-1930) was a great Hungarian violinist, teacher, conductor and composer.

In 1868, Auer settled in Saint Petersburg to become violin professor at the local conservatory until 1917. He invented the Saint Petersburg bow hold, which gave the wrist and the index finger a bigger role.

Source www.hungarymatters.hu

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