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Teenage Violinist Sofia Demetriades Wins BBC Young Musician
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Sofia Demetriades, an 18-year-old violinist from Leicestershire, has won BBC Young Musician 2026 in the competition's first all-female final. She performed Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in a concert in Bristol, and judges praised its poetry and maturity. She beat saxophonist Kezia Colton and recorder player Alma Nunez Debretzeni, and now studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
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