The Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition is an international music competition for

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 ...

players established in 1980 to honor the memory of the English viola virtuoso

Lionel Tertis Lionel Tertis, CBE (29 December 187622 February 1975) was an English violist. He was one of the first viola players to achieve international fame and a noted teacher. Career Tertis was born in West Hartlepool, the son of Polish-Jewish immigrants ...

. This triennial event is held at the Erin Arts Centre,

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. 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 Roxanna Panufnik (born 24 April 1968) is a British composer of Polish heritage. She is the daughter of the composer and conductor Sir Andrzej Panufnik and his second wife Camilla, née Jessel. Panufnik was born in London. She attended Bedales ...

* 2016 – ''fenodyree'' for viola solo (2015) by Stuart MacRae * 2013 – ''6 Sorano Variants'' for viola solo (2012) by

Peter Maxwell Davies Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (8 September 1934 – 14 March 2016) was an English composer and conductor, who in 2004 was made Master of the Queen's Music. As a student at both the University of Manchester and the Royal Manchester College of Music ...

; published by Boosey & Hawkes * 2010 – ''Petite Sonatine 1'' for viola solo (2009) by

Roger Steptoe Roger Steptoe (born 1953) is an English composer and pianist. He studied music at the University of Reading as an undergraduate and then at the Royal Academy of Music, London, from 1974 to 1977 as a post-graduate student. There he studied composit ...

; published by Editions BIM Roger Steptoe website
/ref> * 2006 – ''Darkness Draws In'' for viola solo, Op. 102 (2005) by David Matthews; published by Faber Music Ltd. * 2003 – ''Through a Limbeck'' for viola solo (2002) by

John Woolrich John Woolrich ( ; born 1954 in Cirencester) is an English composer. Biography Woolrich has founded a group (the Composers Ensemble), a festival (Hoxton New Music Days), and has been composer in association with the Orchestra of St John's and th ...

; published by Faber Music Ltd. * 2000 – ''Pennillion'' for viola solo (1998) by

Sally Beamish Sarah Frances Beamish (born 26 August 1956) is a British composer and violist. Her works include chamber, vocal, choral and orchestral music. She has also worked in the field of music, theatre, film and television, as well as composing for chi ...

; available through the Scottish Music Centre; This work was selected, not commissioned. * 1997 – ''Rondel'' for viola solo (1996) by

Richard Rodney Bennett Sir Richard Rodney Bennett (29 March 193624 December 2012) was an English composer of film, TV and concert music, and also a jazz pianist and occasional vocalist. He was based in New York City from 1979 until his death there in 2012.Zachary Woo ...

; published by Novello & Co. * 1994 – ''Odd Man Out'' for viola solo (1994) by

Michael Berkeley Michael Fitzhardinge Berkeley, Baron Berkeley of Knighton, (born 29 May 1948) is an English composer, broadcaster on music and member of the House of Lords. Early life Berkeley is the eldest of the three sons of Elizabeth Freda (née Bernstein ...

; published by Oxford University Press * 1991 – ''February Sonatina'' for viola solo (1990) by

John McCabe John McCabe may refer to: *John McCabe (composer) (1939–2015), British composer and classical pianist *John McCabe (writer) (1920–2005), Shakespearean scholar and biographer *Christopher John McCabe Christopher John McCabe (born 20 Oc ...

; published by Novello & Co. * 1988 – ''Tides of Mananan'' for viola solo, Op. 64 (1988) by Paul Patterson; published by Josef Weinberger * 1984 – Concerto for viola and orchestra, Op. 131 (1983) by

Wilfred Josephs Wilfred Josephs (24 July 1927 – 17 November 1997) was an English composer. Life Born in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, the fourth and youngest son of Russian and South Shields Jewish parents, Wilfred Josephs had his first musical studies in Ne ...

; published by Mornington Music Ltd. / Novello & Co. * 1980 – Concerto No. 2 in G major for viola and orchestra (1979) by

Gordon Jacob Gordon Percival Septimus Jacob CBE (5 July 18958 June 1984) was an English composer and teacher. He was a professor at the Royal College of Music in London from 1924 until his retirement in 1966, and published four books and many articles about m ...

; published by Boosey & Hawkes

References

Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition
* White, John (2006). ''Lionel Tertis The First Great Virtuoso of the Viola'', 362–365. {{reflist

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Required composition

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