
On Sunday at 12 p.m. the youngest participant of the Sibelius Violin Competition Yoshida Minami from Japan (b. 1998) drew a little piece of paper out of a top hat.
The general secretary of the competition Ms. Päivi Pousar read out loud Katerina Nazarova's name. The Australian violinist will be the first to conquer the stage of the Helsinki Concervatory Concert Hall on Monday at 10 a.m., when the competition begins.