Chinese teenage violinist He Ziyu has won the prestigious¹ Menuhin prize in London.

 

中国青少年小提琴演奏家何子毓在伦敦获得享誉世界的梅纽因奖。
 

 

As the only male finalist, the 16-year-old received the first prize of 10,000 pounds and a one-year loan of the Stradivarius Schneiderhan violin, which dates from 1715.

 

The prize for the junior group went to 12-year-old Yesong Sophie Lee from the US.

 

Both winners will perform with the Philharmonia Orchestra at a concert on Sunday.

 

He Ziyu began studying the violin in China when he was just five.

 

He then entered the University Mozarteum and Leopord Mozart Institute in Austria and won the Eurovision Young Musician contest.

 

The young player will now embark² on a hectic³ round of appearances at major music festivals over the coming year, such as the Menuhin Homage⁴ in Berlin.

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