I had already decided it was the last time I was taking part in a contest and just the Paganini gave me the greatest satisfaction in my career as a contest competitor. I was already studying on my own, feeling no more as a "student", but as an artist who, however, had to be judged according to the principles of the traditional and most famous violin schools. When I won the First Prize in Genoa, all my uncertainties disappeared and I felt my child's dream had come true. I am thus grateful to the Premio Paganini mainly because it frred me from playing only aiming at communicating my emotions and my feelings to the audience.