III Interregional Open Competition of Performers on String Instruments named after V. Ya. Shpet. Interview with Anna Serova

A series of interviews with jury members of the III Interregional Open Competition of Performers

on String and Bowed Instruments named after V. Ya. Shpet and past laureates.

Guest: Anna Serova - jury member, violist, teacher, professor at the Lorenzo Perosi Academy of Music (Biella, Italy), and teacher at the Egidio R. Duni Music Conservatory (Matera, Italy).

The III Interregional Open Competition of Performers

on String and Bowed Instruments named after V. Ya. Shpet will be held in Omsk from February 7 to 15, 2026, as part of the "Omsk – Cultural Capital of Russia – 2026" program.

Vilgelm Yakovlevich Shpet is a Siberian educator who has trained several generations of professional musicians working throughout Russia and abroad.

The competition is organized to enhance the performance skills of students in additional pre-vocational and vocational education institutions and to identify and support talented and gifted young musicians. The competition is open to performers on stringed instruments—violin, viola, and cello—aged 7 to 23. The official website

of the competition is https://shpet-konkurs.ru/