Romanian violinist Iohan Coman, 23, won First Prize at the 2024 Mieczysław Wajnberg International Violin Competition in Katopwice,
Americian-Finnish violinist Matthew Hakkarainen, 24, took the second prize, while Slovenian violinist Maja Horvat, 28, was awarded Third Prize. Mieczysław Weinberg (1919 – 1996) was a Polish composer also called Weinberg.
