Anton Carus
United States, 18
Anton Carus was born in California in 2008 and began playing violin at age three. He has lived in Munich since 2016, where he studies at the Hochschule für Musik. Anton has won numerous prizes, including First Prize at the Louis Spohr International Violin Competition in Weimar, and has performed with orchestras in Europe and the United States. In February 2026, he was awarded a 1703 Stradivarius from the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben.
Teachers: Julia Fischer 2024 – 2026
Martin Chalifour 2019 – 2026
Peter and Simone Michielsen 2015 – 2025
Christoph Poppen 2019 – 2024
Preliminaries
Sonata in G major, K. 301 — W. A. Mozart
Sonata No. 4 in E minor — E. Ysaÿe
Caprice No. 5, Op. 1 — N. Paganini
Grand Caprice on Schubert’s Der Erlkönig, Op. 26 — H. W. Ernst
Mélodie in E-flat major,
from Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op. 42, No. 3 — P. Tchaikovsky
Semi-Finals
Sonata No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 12 — L. van Beethoven
Sonata No. 3 in C minor, Op. 45 — E. Grieg
Rhapsody No. 3 for Solo Violin — Jessie Montgomery
Rondo in B minor, Op. 70 — F. Schubert
Classical Finals
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218 — W. A. Mozart
Caprice viennois, Op. 2 — F. Kreisler (orch. J. Kuusisto)
Finals
Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 — A. Dvořák
