Spanish violinist Maria Duenyas won the Second International Violin Competition Vladimir Spivakov in Ufa, Russia. She was the youngest participant, just 15 years old and a student of jury member Boris Kushnir. She already won prizes at the Leonid Kogan, Georg Philipp Telemann, Zhuhai and Yankelevich International Violin Competitions. Second prize was awarded to 25-year-old Fyodor Beznosikov from Russia, Third prize to 22-year-old Issei Kurihara from Japan.