{{unreferenced, date=February 2016 The Prix Henry Vieuxtemps is a

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competition held in Verviers,

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. It is named after the famed

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Henri Vieuxtemps. Applicants must be at or below 26 years of age, have attended a Belgian Conservatory for one year, and received a degree in violin performance.

Program

First Round: * The first movement of a concerto by W. A. Mozart (with cadenza) * A sonata or partita for solo violin by J. S. Bach or a sonata by E. Ysaye * One of the studies (Op. 48) or a short piece by Henry Vieuxtemps Final Round: * A virtuoso piece by Henry Vieuxtemps (this work can be a movement of a concerto) * A complete violin sonata * A complete violin concerto * A piece of your choice

Previous winners

*1920 : Alfred Dubois *1923 : Hector Clokers *1925 : Lambert Hody *1927 : Edmond Ferari *1929 : François Wigny *1931 : Arthur Michot *1933 : Carlo van Neste *1935 : Marie Walthéry *1937 : Albert Speguel *1939 : Arthur Grumiaux *1941 : Georges Octors *1943 : Marcel Debot *1945 : not awarded *1947 : not awarded *1949 : G. Lardinois-Altmann *1951 : Pierre Jetteur *1953 : Clémens-René Quatacker *1955 : Henri-Emmanuel Koch *1957 : not awarded *1959 : Sándor Károlyi *1961 : Léopold Douin *1963 : Charles Jongen *1966 : Jean Hervé *1970 : Mayumi Fujikawa *1974 : János Máté *1978 : John Snow *1982 : Ginette De Cuyper *1986 : Eric Melon *1990 : Péi Péi Zhu *1994 : Jean-Gabriel Raelet *1998 : Tatiana Samouïl *2002 : Lei Wang *2006 : Hrachya Avanesyan *2011 : Claire Dassesse *2015 : Floris Willem *2017 : not awarded *2020 : Vilmos Csikos

External links

*http://www.prixvieuxtemps.be/index.htm *http://associationhenryvieuxtemps.com/concours-vieuxtemps-a-verviers/ Violin competitions Verviers Music competitions in Belgium