The winner of the 9th Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition in Hannover (Germany) is 27 years old Russian violonist Sergei Dogadin. Shion Minami, 26 (Japan) won Second Prize. Richard Lin, 24 (Taiwan) was awarded Third Prize. The jury comprised Salvatore Accardo, Boris Kuschnir, Rudolf Koelman, Silvia Marcovici, Lucie Robert, Kaija Saarikettu, Takashi Shimizu, Weidong Tong and Ingolf Turban.