Interview with Pavel Romanenko

A series of interviews with jury members of the III Interregional Open Competition for Performers on String Instruments named after V. Ya. Shpet and past laureates.

Guest: Pavel Romanenko, jury member of the III Interregional Open Competition for Performers on String Instruments named after V. Ya. Shpet and founder of the quartet named after the Berlin and Moscow orchestra "New Camerata."

The III Interregional Open Competition for Performers on String 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 continuing 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. Applications are accepted on the competition's official website:

https://shpet-konkurs.ru/