23-years-old Bulgarian pianist Victoria Vassilenko is the winner of the George Enescu Piano Competition. The young pianist performed Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1 in the competition’s final, accompanied by the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by John Axelrod. Besides the 15.000 Euro prize, John Axelrod will give her the opportunity to perform under his baton, together with the Royal Orchestra of Seville. Japanese Takuma Ishii won Second Prize and Chile’s Danor Quinteros finished third.