Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition

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The international Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition is a competition for violinists 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 would henceforth be held in four stages.

Candidates shall be qualified for the competition subject to preliminary selection auditions run by Maxim Vengerov and another member of the jury.

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.

1935

I. Ginette Neveu – France

II. David Oistrakh – USSR

III. Henri Temianka – Great Britain

IV. Boris Goldstein – USSR

V. Ljerko Spiller – Yugoslavia

VI. Mary Luisa Sardo – Italy

VII. Ida Haendel – Poland

VIII. Hubert Anton – Estonia

IX. Bronislav Gimpel – Poland

1952

I. Igor Oistrakh – USSR

II. Julian Sitkovetsky – USSR, Wanda Wiłkomirska – Poland

III. Blanche Tarjus – France, Marina Jaszwili – USSR, Olga Parchomlenko – USSR

IV. Emil Kamilarov – Bulgaria, Edward Statkiewicz – Poland, Igor Iwanow – Poland, Henryk Palulis – Poland

V. Csaba Bokay – Hungary

1957

I. Roza Fajn – USSR

II. Sidney Harth – 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 Krysa – USSR

III. Krzysztof Jakowicz – Poland

IV. Izabella Petrosjan – USSR

V. Mirosław Rusin – USSR, and Henryk Jarzynski – Poland, Priscilla A. Ambrose – USA

VI. Tomasz Michalak – Poland

1967

I. Piotr Janowski – Poland

II. Michał Bezwierchnyj – USSR

III. Kaja Danczowska – Poland

IV. Eduard Tatewosjan – USSR

V. Anatolij Mielnkow – USSR

VI. Michał Grabarczyk – Poland, Mincho Minchev – 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 Nizioł – Poland, Piotr Pławner – Poland

II. Chie Abiko – Japan

III. Reiko Shiraishi – Japan

IV. Monika Jarecka – Poland

V. Tomoko Yoshimura – Japan

1996

I. –

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 Baeva – Russia

II. Soojin Han – S.Korea, Roman Simowic – Yugoslavia

III.Gaik Kazazian – Armenia, Bracha Malkin – USA, Hiroko Takahashi – Japan

IV. Mayuko Kamio – Japan

V. Jaroslaw Nadrzycki – Poland

VI. Alexandra Wood – Great Britain

2006

I. Agata Szymczewska – Poland

II. Airi Suzuki – 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 Korea

II. Miki Kobayashi – Japan

III. Stefan Tarara – Germany

Distinction. Erzhan Kulibaev – Kazakhstan, Aylen Pritchin – Russia, Arata Yumi – Japan

2016

I. Veriko Tchumburidze – Georgia / Turkey

II.Bomsori Kim – South Korea, and Seiji Okamoto – Japan

III. Not awarded

IV. Luke Hsu – United States

V. Richard Lin – Taiwan / United States

VI. Maria Włoszczowska – Poland

VII. Ryosuke Suho – Japan

References

Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition Wikipedia

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