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Maurice Vieux International Viola Competition
The Maurice Vieux International Viola Competition (French: Le Concours International d'Alto Maurice Vieux) is an international music competition for viola players established in 1983 by the French viola society Les Amis de l'Alto. The competition is named for the French viola player and teacher Maurice Vieux. Maurice Vieux International Viola Competition {, class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" , - align="center" ! width="30", No. !! width="40", Year !! width="190", Location !! width="180", 1st Prize !! width="180", 2nd Prize !! width="180", 3rd Prize !! Notes / Jurists , -valign=top , align=center, 5 , , align=center, 2000 , , , Antoine Tamestit ''(tie)'' Aroa Sorin ''(tie)'' , align=center, — ''not awarded'' — , Lawrence Power , Marc-Olivier Dupin (Chairman), Gérard Caussé, Bruno Pasquier, Michaël Lévinas, Tabea Zimmermann, Thomas Riebl, Jesse Levine , -valign=top , align=center, 4 , , align=center, 1992 , , Ville Nouvelle de Melun-Sénart , align= ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viola
The viola ( , also , ) is a string instrument that is bow (music), bowed, plucked, or played with varying techniques. Slightly larger than a violin, it has a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of the violin family, between the violin (which is tuned a perfect fifth above) and the cello (which is tuned an octave below). The strings from low to high are typically tuned to scientific pitch notation, C3, G3, D4, and A4. In the past, the viola varied in size and style, as did its names. The word viola originates from the Italian language. The Italians often used the term viola da braccio meaning literally: 'of the arm'. "Brazzo" was another Italian word for the viola, which the Germans adopted as ''Bratsche''. The French had their own names: ''cinquiesme'' was a small viola, ''haute contre'' was a large viola, and ''taile'' was a tenor. Today, the French use the term ''alto'', a reference to its range. The viola was popular in the heyd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orléans
Orléans (;"Orleans" (US) and , ) is a city in north-central France, about 120 kilometres (74 miles) southwest of Paris. It is the prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Loiret and of the Regions of France, region of Centre-Val de Loire. Orléans is located on the river Loire nestled in the heart of the Loire Valley, classified as a Loire Valley, World Heritage Site, where the river curves south towards the Massif Central. In 2019, the city had 116,269 inhabitants within its municipal boundaries. Orléans is the center of Orléans Métropole that has a population of 288,229. The larger Functional area (France), metropolitan area has a population of 451,373, the 20th largest in France. The city owes its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primrose International Viola Competition
The Primrose International Viola Competition (PIVC), also referred to as the Primrose Memorial Scholarship Competition (PMSC), is an international music competition for viola players sponsored by the American Viola Society and named for the 20th-century virtuoso William Primrose. The 16th Primrose International Viola Competition was held December 12–19, 2021 in Los Angeles. The next competition is planned for June 2024. Retrieved 11 Aug 2022. History International music competitions for instruments such as violin and piano had been held for decades. However, there was a void in the music world to recognize the viola as a major solo instrument. Because of a lack of substantial viola solo literature, the instrument's potential was not realized until the appearance of |
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. Participants are of any nationality and are under 30 years of age. The 13th Lionel Tertis International Festival was held from 6 to 13 April 2019, and attracted 107 entries from around the world. Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition Required composition A compulsory work to be performed by all competitors is commissioned (or selected) for each competition. * 2019 – ''Canto'' for viola solo (2018) by Roxanna Panufnik * 2016 – ''fenodyree'' for viola solo (2015) by Stuart MacRae * 2013 – ''6 Sorano Variants'' for viola solo (2012) by Peter Maxwell Davies; published by Boosey & Hawkes * 2010 – ''Petite Sonatine 1'' for viola solo (2009) by Roger Steptoe; published by Editions BIM * 2006 – '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Classical Music Competitions
European Classical music has long relied on music competitions to provide a public forum that identifies the strongest players and contributes to the establishment of their professional careers. This is a list of current competitions in classical music, with each competition and reference link given only once. Many offer competitions across a range of categories and in these cases they are listed under "General/mixed". Competitions with age restrictions are listed under "Young musicians". Chamber music * "Città di Barletta - International Young Musician Competition " International Young Musician Chamber Music Competition (Barletta/Apulia, Italy) *Bucharest International Music Competition , Wind Quintet & Brass Quintet * International Chamber Music Competition Hamburg for piano trios and string quartets (Hamburg, Germany) * International Chamber Music Ensemble Competition of New England (Boston, Massachusetts, US) * International Contest–Festival of Chamber Ensemble Performan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betsy Jolas
Elizabeth Jolas (born 5 August 1926) is a Franco-American composer. Biography Jolas was born in Paris in 1926. Her mother, the American translator Maria McDonald, was a singer. Her father, the poet and journalist Eugene Jolas, founded and edited the magazine '' transition'', which published over ten years most of the great names of the interwar period. Her family settled in the United States in late 1940. While completing her general studies in New York, then specializing in music at Bennington College, she joined the Dessoff Choirs, thus discovering notably Renaissance music which was to have a lasting influence on her work.Jeremy Thurlow, "Jolas, Betsy", ''Grove Music Online'', accessed 24 July 2017. Having returned to Paris in 1946, Jolas resumed her studies at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique, notably with Darius Milhaud and Olivier Messiaen. From 1971 to 1974 she served as Messiaen's assistant at the Conservatoire and was appointed herself to the faculty i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabine Toutain
Sabine Toutain (born in 1966) is a contemporary French violist. Biography Training and prizes Sabine Toutain was born in Le Mans in 1966; she began her musical studies there and then entered the Conservatoire de Paris in 1982. . In 1984, she won the first prize of alto in Serge Collot's class and first prize in Chamber music with Bruno Pasquier. She perfected herself in Jean Moullière's string quartet class in order to take part in international competitions. She was then a finalist in the Eurovision competition for young musicians and a prize-winner of the Maurice Vieux International Viola Competition. Finally, she won the second prize at the Geneva International Music Competition and the Jacques Murgier Prize at the international competition of Reims. Career Since 1990, she has been performing in many European concert halls and festivals, either as a soloist (Bartok and Walton's concertos with the Orchestre national de France for example) or as part of the Turner Trio co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lars Anders Tomter
Lars Anders Tomter (born 30 November 1959) is a Norwegian viola player. He plays on a 1590 Gasparo da Salò Gasparo da Salò (20 May 154214 April 1609) is the name given to Gasparo Bertolotti, one of the earliest violin makers and an expert double bass player. Around 80 of his instruments are known to have survived to the present day: violins (small ... viola. References 1959 births Living people Norwegian classical violists Place of birth missing (living people) Norwegian male musicians {{Norway-music-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lille
Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department, and the main city of the Métropole Européenne de Lille, European Metropolis of Lille. The city of Lille proper had a population of 234,475 in 2019 within its small municipal territory of , but together with its French suburbs and exurbs the Lille metropolitan area (French part only), which extends over , had a population of 1,510,079 that same year (Jan. 2019 census), the fourth most populated in France after Paris, Lyon, and Marseille. The city of Lille and 94 suburban French municipalities have formed since 2015 the Métropole Européenne de Lille, European Metropolis of Lille, an Indirect election, indirectly elected Métropole, metr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuri Bashmet
Yuri Abramovich Bashmet (russian: link=no, Юрий Абрамович Башмет; born 24 January 1953) is a Russian conductor, violinist, and violist. Biography Yuri Bashmet was born on 24 January 1953 in Rostov-on-Don in the family of Abram Borisovich Bashmet and Maya Zinovyeva Bashmet (née Krichever). His paternal grandmother, Tsilya Efimovna, studied singing at the conservatory for two years in her youth. His maternal grandmother, Darya Axentyevna, interpreted native Hutsul songs. In 1971, he graduated from the Lviv secondary special music school. From 1971 till 1976, he studied at the Moscow Conservatory. His first viola teacher was Professor Vadim Borisovsky; after whose death in 1972 was succeeded by Professor Fyodor Druzhinin. Druzhinin was also the tutor of Yuri Bashmet for the probation period and for his postgraduate study at the Moscow Conservatory (1976–78). In 1972, Bashmet purchased a 1758 viola made by Milanese luthier Paolo Testore, which he uses for h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Lénert
Pierre Lénert (born in 1966) is a French viola, violist. An international concertist, he is first solo violist of the Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris. Biography Pierre Lénert regularly performs in large concert halls: the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, the Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, the Tchaikovski hall in Moscow, the Brick Hall in Nagasaki, the salle Pleyel, the Théâtre du Châtelet, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, the Palais Garnier in Paris, the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Concertgebouw of Amsterdam etc. Born in France to a family of musicians, Pierre Lénert had his own father Jean Lenert as his first master. He then studied with Kim Kashkashian in Luxemburg, Yuri Bashmet in France and Hatto Beyerle in Germany. Pierre Lénert has won major international competitions: "Markneukirchen" (Germany), Maurice Vieux International Viola Competition (France) and Lionel Tertis competition (Isle of Mann, Great-Britain). He was sponsored by the Philipp Morris foundati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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