Johansen International Competition for Young String Players

03/20/2026

Valery Breshears (2025 JIC, 1st prize violin) will be performing with Capital City Symphony on Sunday, March 22, 2026 at 5:00pm.

✨ Shout! 📣
Raise your voice. Celebrate your power.

Join us for an evening of bold, vibrant music that champions justice, joy, and the power of being heard. Brilliant young violinist Valery Beshears, winner of the Johannsen International Competition, brings dazzling energy to Wieniawski’s Violin Concerto No. 2. The program also features Nkeiru Okoye’s Voices Shouting Out and Duke Ellington’s powerful Black, Brown, and Beige—celebrating resilience, expression, and bright futures.

📅 Sunday, March 22, 2026
🕔 5:00–6:30 PM (70 minutes, including intermission)
📍 Atlas Performing Arts Center
🎟 Adults: $40.75 | 16 & Under: FREE

More details in https://ow.ly/wXP050YglXf

02/17/2026

Romain-Olivier Gray (2022 JIC, 2nd prize cello) will perform Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No.1 with Apollo Orchestra on February 22, 2026 at 4:00pm.
https://apolloorchestra.com/event/february-22/

01/26/2026

A reminder about the Winners Concert this coming Sunday, February 1, 2026!
What: 2025 JIC prize winners recital on the Roth Concert Series at Annunciation Catholic Church
Date: February 1, 2026
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Address: 3810 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016
Performers:
Valery Breshears, violin
Samuel Tatsuki, viola
Joshua Kováč, cello
Eiline Tai, cello
Frank Conlon, piano
Program will include music by Mozart, Bach, Britten, Schubert, Dutilleux, Rebecca Clarke, Enesco, Shostakovich and also will feature a premiere of the work by DC-area composer Mark Simon that was commissioned for the competition.