Maurice Vieux International Viola Competition

No.	|Location	|2nd Prize	Antoine Tamestit Antoine Tamestit Antoine Tamestit is a French violist.Tamestit, who studied at the Paris Conservatory, has performed at such venues as the Royal Concertgebouw, the Vienna Musikverein, and Carnegie Hall...  (tie)   Aroa Sorin (tie)	— not awarded —	Lawrence Power Lawrence Power Lawrence Power is a British viola player, born 1977, noted both for solo performances and for chamber music with the Nash Ensemble and Leopold String Trio.-Career:...	Marc-Olivier Dupin (Chairman), Gérard Caussé Gérard Caussé Gérard Caussé is a violist.He gave the first performance of the celebrated Ainsi la nuit quartet by Henri Dutilleux. The first movement of Gérard Grisey's celebrated work, Les Espaces Acoustiques , is inscribed "à Gérard Caussé." His discography amounts to thirty recordings... , Bruno Pasquier, Michaël Lévinas, Tabea Zimmermann Tabea Zimmermann Tabea Zimmermann, born on October 8, 1966 in Lahr, , is a German violist.She began learning to play the viola at the age of three, and commenced piano studies at age five... , Thomas Riebl, Jesse Levine
4	1992	Ville Nouvelle de Melun-Sénart Sénart Sénart is a new town in southern Île-de-France, covering parts of the departments of Seine-et-Marne and Essonne....
3	1989	Orléans Orléans -Prehistory and Roman:Cenabum was a Gallic stronghold, one of the principal towns of the Carnutes tribe where the Druids held their annual assembly. It was conquered and destroyed by Julius Caesar in 52 BC, then rebuilt under the Roman Empire...	Andrei Gridchuk (Андрей Гридчук)	Tomoko Ariu	Pierre Lénert :fr:Pierre Lénert	Claude-Henry Joubert (Chairman), Yuri Bashmet Yuri Bashmet Yuri Abramovich Bashmet is a Russian conductor and violist.Direct patrilineal descendant of Besht.-Biography:Yuri Bashmet was born on 24 January 1953 in Rostov-on-Don in the family of Abram Borisovich Bashmet and Maya Zinovyeva Bashmet . "Father's mother, Tsilya Efimovna, studied singing at the... , Marc Carles, Thomas A. Guilissen, Ulrich Koch, Bruno Pasquier, Tabea Zimmermann Tabea Zimmermann Tabea Zimmermann, born on October 8, 1966 in Lahr, , is a German violist.She began learning to play the viola at the age of three, and commenced piano studies at age five...
2	1986	Lille Lille Lille is a city in northern France . It is the principal city of the Lille Métropole, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country behind those of Paris, Lyon and Marseille. Lille is situated on the Deûle River, near France's border with Belgium...	Lars Anders Tomter	François Schmitt (tie)   Teodor Coman (tie)	Sabine Toutain	Betsy Jolas Betsy Jolas Betsy Jolas is a French composer.Betsy Jolas was born in Paris. Resident in the United States from 1940 until 1946, she studied composition with Paul Boepple and piano with Helen Schnabel. On her return to France she continued her studies with Simone Plé-Caussade, Darius Milhaud and Olivier...  (Chairman), Emile Cantor, Claude Ducrocq, Paul Hadjaje, Georges Longrée, Erwin Schiffer, Maurice W. Riley
1	1983	Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...	Tabea Zimmermann Tabea Zimmermann Tabea Zimmermann, born on October 8, 1966 in Lahr, , is a German violist.She began learning to play the viola at the age of three, and commenced piano studies at age five...	Marius Nichiteanu	Pascal Cocherli	4th Prize:   Pascal Robault

See also

• List of classical music competitions
• Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition
  Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition
  The Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition is an international music competition for viola players established in 1980 to honor the memory of the English viola virtuoso Lionel Tertis. This triennial event is held at the Erin Arts Centre, Port Erin, Isle of Man...
  
  
• Primrose International Viola Competition
  Primrose International Viola Competition
  The Primrose International Viola Competition , also referred to as the Primrose Memorial Scholarship Competition , is an international music competition for viola players sponsored by the American Viola Society and named for the 20th century virtuoso William Primrose.The 13th Primrose International...