Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition
Encyclopedia
The international Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition is a competition for violin
ists up to age 30 that takes place every five years in Poznań
, Poland
, in honor of the virtuoso and composer Henryk Wieniawski
. The first competition took place in 1935 in Warsaw
, 100 years after the birth of its patron, and consisted of two stages. The second, after a gap of 17 years in 1952, and subsequent events were held in Poznań in three stages. In 2001 it was decided that the competition will henceforth be held in four stages.
14th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, shall be held on 8 - 23 October 2011.
Candidates shall be qualified for the Competition subject to preliminary selection auditions run by Maxim Vengerov and another member of the Jury. Precise information http://www.wieniawski.pl/
The following three statutory prizes shall be awarded in the Competition:
Three honorary distinctions of 5,000 Euro and the special extra-statutory prize funded by Maxim Vengerov:
12 individual lessons for one of the Competition Participants.
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
ists up to age 30 that takes place every five years in Poznań
Poznan
Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, in honor of the virtuoso and composer Henryk Wieniawski
Henryk Wieniawski
Henryk Wieniawski was a Polish violinist and composer.-Biography:Henryk Wieniawski was born in Lublin, Congress Poland, Russian Empire. His father, Tobiasz Pietruszka, had converted to Catholicism. His talent for playing the violin was recognized early, and in 1843 he entered the Paris...
. The first competition took place in 1935 in Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
, 100 years after the birth of its patron, and consisted of two stages. The second, after a gap of 17 years in 1952, and subsequent events were held in Poznań in three stages. In 2001 it was decided that the competition will henceforth be held in four stages.
14th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, shall be held on 8 - 23 October 2011.
Candidates shall be qualified for the Competition subject to preliminary selection auditions run by Maxim Vengerov and another member of the Jury. Precise information http://www.wieniawski.pl/
The following three statutory prizes shall be awarded in the Competition:
- First Prize: 30,000 Euro and Gold Medal
- Second Prize: 20,000 Euro and Silver Medal
- Third Prize: 12,000 Euro and Bronze Medal.
Three honorary distinctions of 5,000 Euro and the special extra-statutory prize funded by Maxim Vengerov:
12 individual lessons for one of the Competition Participants.
Laureates of the competition
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| Warsaw 1935 | Ginette Neveu Ginette Neveu Ginette Neveu was a French violinist.-Biography:Born in Paris into a musical family, Ginette Neveu became a violinist and her brother Jean-Paul Neveu a classical pianist. She was also the grandniece of composer Charles-Marie Widor... |
David Oistrakh David Oistrakh David Fyodorovich Oistrakh , , David Fiodorović Ojstrakh, ; – October 24, 1974, was a Soviet violinist.... |
Henri Temianka Henri Temianka Henri Temianka was a virtuoso violinist, conductor, author and music educator.-Early years:Henri Temianka was born in Scotland of Polish-Jewish parents... |
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| Poznań 1952 | Igor Oistrakh Igor Oistrakh Igor Oistrakh is a Russian violinist.He was born in Odessa, Ukraine and is the son of violinist David Oistrakh. He attended the Central Music School in Moscow and made his concert debut in 1948. From 1949 to 1955 he studied at the Moscow Conservatory, winning first prizes and international... |
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| Poznań 1957 | Roza Fajn | Sidney Harth Sidney Harth Sidney Harth was an American violinist and conductor.In 1957 Harth became the first American to receive the Laureate Prize in the Wieniawski Violin Competition held in Poland... |
Mark Komissarow | |||
| Poznań 1962 | Charles Treger | Oleh Krysa Oleh Krysa -Early life:Oleh Krysa was born in Uchanie, now Gmina Uchanie in the Lublin Voivodeship, Poland, into a family of Ukrainian aristocrats. In 1945, as a result of the so-called Operation Vistula, Oleh's family found itself in Lviv, where he grew up and spent his school years.Although none of the... |
Krzysztof Jakowicz | |||
| Poznań 1967 | Piotr Janowski Piotr Janowski Piotr Janowski was a Polish violinist, first Polish winner of the Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition.Janowski was born in Grudziądz, Poland. In 1967, at the age of 16, he won the V International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition in Poznań, Poland... |
Michał Bezwierchnyj | Kaja Danczowska | |||
| Poznań 1972 | Tatiana Grindenko | Shizuka Ishikawa | Barbara Górzyńska | |||
| Poznań 1977 | Vadim Brodski Vadim Brodski Vadim Brodski is a Polish-Ukrainian violinist, longtime resident of Rome, Italy. A descendant of Adolf Brodsky, Vadim was born in Kiev, where he played as the soloist of Kiev Philharmonic at the age of 11... |
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| Poznań 1981 | Keiko Urushihara | Elisa Kawaguti | Aureli Błaszczok | |||
| Poznań 1986 | Ewgenij Buszkow | Nobu Wakabayashi | Robert Kabara | |||
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Chie Abiko | Reiko Shiraishi | ||
| Poznań 1996 | Reiko Otani | Akkiko Tanaka | Łukasz Błaszczyk Asuka Sezaki |
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| Poznań 2001 | Alena Baeva Alena Baeva Alena Baeva is a Russian violinist, winner of the Grand-prix at the Second Moscow Paganini violin competition in 2004, the First Prize and nine Special Prizes at the XII International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition in 2001, and the First Prize at the International T... |
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Gaik Kazazian Gaik Kazazian is an Armenian violinist, winner of the III prize ex aequo of the Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition in 2001.- External links :*... |
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| Poznań 2006 | Agata Szymczewska Agata Szymczewska Agata Szymczewska is a Polish violinist, and a student of Academy of Music in Poznań and Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hannover, of professors Bartosz Bryła and Krzysztof Węgrzyn... |
Airi Suzuki Airi Suzuki (violinist) is a Japanese violinist. She joined the Toho Gakuen School of Music in 2005. In 2006, she was second prize winner in the XIII Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition. Suzuki performed her debut recital at Yokosuka in spring 2005 and was selected as best talented young violinist... |
Anna Maria Staśkiewicz | |||
| Poznań 2011 | Soyoung Yoon | Miki Kobayashi | Stefan Tarara | |||
1935
- I. Ginette NeveuGinette NeveuGinette Neveu was a French violinist.-Biography:Born in Paris into a musical family, Ginette Neveu became a violinist and her brother Jean-Paul Neveu a classical pianist. She was also the grandniece of composer Charles-Marie Widor...
- France - II. David OistrakhDavid OistrakhDavid Fyodorovich Oistrakh , , David Fiodorović Ojstrakh, ; – October 24, 1974, was a Soviet violinist....
- USSR - III. Henri TemiankaHenri TemiankaHenri Temianka was a virtuoso violinist, conductor, author and music educator.-Early years:Henri Temianka was born in Scotland of Polish-Jewish parents...
- Great Britain - IV. Boris GoldsteinBoris GoldsteinBoris Goldstein was one of the brightest stars of violin....
- USSR - V. Ljerko Spiller - Yugoslavia
- VI. Mary Luisa SARDO - Italy
- VII. Ida HaendelIda HaendelIda Haendel, CBE is a British violinist of Polish birth.- Career :Ida Haendel was born in Chełm, a small city in Eastern Poland. She took up the violin at the age of three and as a seven-year-old was admitted at the Warsaw Conservatory. She later studied with Carl Flesch and George Enescu in Paris...
- Poland - VIII. Hubert Anton - Estonia
- IX. Bronislav GimpelBronislav GimpelBronislav Gimpel was a Polish-American violinist, and teacher. He was born in Lvov, Austria-Hungary, part of Polish Galicia , to a family of Jewish origin...
- Poland
1952
- I. Igor OistrakhIgor OistrakhIgor Oistrakh is a Russian violinist.He was born in Odessa, Ukraine and is the son of violinist David Oistrakh. He attended the Central Music School in Moscow and made his concert debut in 1948. From 1949 to 1955 he studied at the Moscow Conservatory, winning first prizes and international...
- USSR - II. Julian SitkovetskyJulian SitkovetskyJulian Sitkovetsky was a Russian-Ukrainian violinist.-Biography:Sitkovetsky was born in Kiev. He started violin lesson at age 4, first with his father, then with David Bertie at the Central School in Kiev. As a child prodigy, he was chosen to play for Jacques Thibaud at age 8...
- USSR - Wanda Wiłkomirska - Poland
- III. Blanche Tarjus - France
- Marina Jaszwili - USSR
- Olga Parchomlenko - USSR
- IV. Emil Kamilarow - Poland
- Edward Statkiewicz - Poland
- Igor Iwanow - Poland
- Henryk Palulis - Poland
- V. Csaba Bokay - Hungary
1957
- I. Roza Fajn - USSR
- II. Sidney HarthSidney HarthSidney Harth was an American violinist and conductor.In 1957 Harth became the first American to receive the Laureate Prize in the Wieniawski Violin Competition held in Poland...
- USA - III. Mark Komissarow - USSR
- IV. Augustin Leon-ARA - Spain
- V. Ayla Erduran - Turkey
- VI. Władimir Malinin - USSR
1962
- I. Charles Treger - USA
- II. Oleh KrysaOleh Krysa-Early life:Oleh Krysa was born in Uchanie, now Gmina Uchanie in the Lublin Voivodeship, Poland, into a family of Ukrainian aristocrats. In 1945, as a result of the so-called Operation Vistula, Oleh's family found itself in Lviv, where he grew up and spent his school years.Although none of the...
- USSR - III. Krzysztof Jakowicz - Poland
- IV. Izabella Petrosjan - USSR
- V. Mirosław Rusin - USSR
- Henryk Jarzynski - Poland
- Priscilla A. Ambrose - USA
- VI. Tomasz Michalak - Poland
1967
- I. Piotr JanowskiPiotr JanowskiPiotr Janowski was a Polish violinist, first Polish winner of the Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition.Janowski was born in Grudziądz, Poland. In 1967, at the age of 16, he won the V International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition in Poznań, Poland...
- Poland - II. Michał Bezwierchnyj - USSR
- III. Kaja Danczowska - Poland
- IV. Eduard Tatewosjan - USSR
- V. Anatolij Mielnkow - USSR
- VI. Michał Grabarczyk - Poland
- Minczo Minczew - Bulgaria
1972
- I. Tatiana Grindienko - USSR
- II. Shizuka Ishikawa - Japan
- III. Barbara Górzyńska - Poland
- V. Tadeusz Gadzina - Poland
- Graczija Arutunian - USSR
- VI. Stefan Czermak - Poland
- VII. Edward Z. Zienkowski - Poland
1977
- I. Vadim Brodsky - USSR
- II. Piotr Milewski - Poland
- Michał Wajman - USSR
- III. Zachar Bron - USSR
- Peter A. Zazofsky - USA
- IV. Charles A. Linale - France
- V. Hiro Kurosaki - Austria
- Anna A. Wódka - Poland
- VI. Kazuhiko Sawa - Japan
- Awards: Asa Konishi - Japan
- Keiko Mizuno - Japan
1981
- I. Keiko Urushihara - Japan
- II. Elisa Kawaguti - Japan
- III. Aureli Błaszczok - Poland
- IV. Seiji Kageyama - Japan
- V. Iwao Furusawa - Japan
- VI. Megumi Shimane - Japan
1986
- I. Ewgenij Buszkow - USSR
- III. Nobu Wakabayashi - Japan
- Robert Kabara - Poland
- IV. Wiktor Kuzniecow - USSR
- V. Alexander Romanul - USA
- VI. Hiroko Suzuki - Japan
1991
- I. Bartłomiej NiziołBartek NiziolBartłomiej "Bartek" Nizioł is a Polish violinist playing in a bel canto style. His interpretations tend to be objective and comprehensive.- Education :...
- Poland - Piotr Pławner - Poland
- II. Chie Abiko - Japan
- III. Reiko Shiraishi - Japan
- IV. Monika Jarecka - Poland
- V. Tomoko Yoshimura - Japan
1996
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- II. Reiko Otani - Japan
- III. Akkiko Tanaka - Japan
- IV. Łukasz Błaszczyk - Polska, Asuka Sezaki - Japan
- V. Anna Reszniak - Poland
- VI. Maria M. Nowak - Poland
2001
- I. Alena BaevaAlena BaevaAlena Baeva is a Russian violinist, winner of the Grand-prix at the Second Moscow Paganini violin competition in 2004, the First Prize and nine Special Prizes at the XII International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition in 2001, and the First Prize at the International T...
- Russia - II. Soojin Han - S.Korea Roman Simowic - Yugoslavia
- III.Gaik KazazianGaik KazazianGaik Kazazian is an Armenian violinist, winner of the III prize ex aequo of the Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition in 2001.- External links :*...
- Armenia - Bracha Malkin - USA
- Hiroko Takahashi - Japan
- IV. Mayuko Kamio - Japan
- V. Jaroslaw Nadrzycki - Poland
- VI. Alexandra Wood - Great Britain
2006
- I. Agata SzymczewskaAgata SzymczewskaAgata Szymczewska is a Polish violinist, and a student of Academy of Music in Poznań and Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hannover, of professors Bartosz Bryła and Krzysztof Węgrzyn...
- Poland - II. Airi SuzukiAiri Suzuki (violinist)is a Japanese violinist. She joined the Toho Gakuen School of Music in 2005. In 2006, she was second prize winner in the XIII Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition. Suzuki performed her debut recital at Yokosuka in spring 2005 and was selected as best talented young violinist...
- Japan - III. Anna Maria Staśkiewicz - Poland
- IV. Lev Solodovnikow - Russia
- V. Maria Machowska - Poland
- V. Jarosław Nadrzycki - Poland
- VI. Wojciech Pławner - Poland
- Distinction. Simeon Klimashevskiy - Russia
2011
- I. Soyoung Yoon - South KoreaSouth KoreaThe Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
- II. Miki Kobayashi - JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
- III. Stefan Tarara - GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
- Distinction. Erzhan KulibaevErzhan KulibaevErzhan Kulibaev, , is a Kazakhstani violinist.-Education:He began his formal musical education in 1995 at the Republican Special Music School for Talented Children of Kulyash Baiseitova in the class of Prof. N.M. Patrusheva. In 1998 he moved to the Moscow Conservatory, where he studied in the...
- KazakhstanKazakhstanKazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe... - Distinction. Aylen Pritchin - RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
- Distinction. Arata Yumi - Japan
See also
- List of classical music competitions
- World Federation of International Music CompetitionsWorld Federation of International Music CompetitionsThe World Federation of International Music Competitions is an organization based in Geneva, Switzerland that maintains a network of the internationally recognized organisations that aim to discover the most promising young talents in classical music through public competition...