1. The Monheimer Kulturwerke is organizing the 3rd Odesa International Violin Competition (hereinafter called the Competition) In the period from 17th to 24th August 2025.

2. Due to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine the Competition cannot be held in Odesa (Ukraine) and will take place in Monheim am Rhein (Germany).

3. The Competition organization strongly condemns Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and expects all registered competitors to share this view.

4. By registering for the Competition, the competitors declare their agreement with these regulations.

5. If there are reasonable grounds to suspect that a competitor is not complying with the regulations, the Competition committee may exclude the competitor from the competition.

1. The competition is open to violinists representing a professional level of performance between 18 and 30 years old (who are aged at least 18 y/o on 17 August 2025 and have not yet reached the age of 31 y/o on 24 August 2025).

2. Laureates of the 1st Prize of previous Competitions are not allowed to participate in this Сompetition.

1. Application will be available from 1 April 2025 via www.muv.ac

2. Candidates wishing to participate in the Competition have to submit an application form with all required documents, video recordings of the Preliminary round and a non-refundable application fee of €100 by 25 May 2025 at the latest.

3. Formal approval takes place automatically once a candidate’s complete application form has been submitted. Candidates will receive an email confirming the formal approval of their application.

4. If a candidate encounters technical problems during the application or/and did not receive the formal approval of their application, the candidate must inform the Competition secretariat about the problem as soon as possible by sending an email to: info@odesacompetition.com

1. Candidates may play with pianists provided by the Competition, having no more than two hours of rehearsal time before the Second round.

2. Candidates can also bring their own pianist at their own expense.

3. Each of the candidates will have one rehearsal with the Orchestra.

4. The rehearsal time of the candidates with the Orchestra will be divided in proportion considering the duration of the chosen concerto.

1. The Jury are designed from international renowned musicians the majority of whose represent countries other than the country in which the competition is held.

2. Members of the jury may not vote for a candidate with whom they have or have had a close connection (kinship or private relationships) or who is, or has been, one of their students.

3. The vote of the jury chairman, with the same number of points, is casting.

4. It is forbidden to have contact with any of the Jury members during the competition. After the announcement of the results, those candidates who did not qualify to the next round are welcome to ask the Jury for their comments.

5. The Jury reserves the right not to award all prizes, but also to split prizes between competitors (except the first prize).

6. The decisions of the Jury are final and incontestable.

1. The organisers of the Competition reserve a right to: publicize the participant’s image in materials related to the candidates (including articles and reviews in the social media); the recordings of the competition performances made by any audio, video, digital or other means of recording; radio, online, TV broadcasts or other publicity of the participant’s image, including commercial usage of such recordings, without any payment to the participants.