The International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition ( Polish: ''Międzynarodowy Konkurs Skrzypcowy im. Henryka Wieniawskiego'') is a competition for

violin The violin, sometimes known as a '' fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone ( string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument ( soprano) in the family in regu ...

ists up to age 30 that takes place every five years in

Poznań Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint Joh ...

, Poland, in honor of the virtuoso and composer

Henryk Wieniawski Henryk Wieniawski (; 10 July 183531 March 1880) was a Polish virtuoso violinist, composer and pedagogue who is regarded amongst the greatest violinists in history. His younger brother Józef Wieniawski and nephew Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski were a ...

(1835–1880). The first competition took place in 1935 in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officiall ...

, 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 Maxim Alexandrovich Vengerov (russian: Максим Александрович Венгеров, , mɐkˈsʲim ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ vʲɪnˈɡʲerəf; he, מקסים ונגרוב; born 20 August 1974) is a Russian-born Israeli violinist, ...

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. Additional prizes include 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. The first edition of the competition took place in 1935 in Warsaw and drew 160 contestants from 23 countries. The inaugural winner of the competition was France's

Ginette Neveu Ginette Neveu (11 August 191928 October 1949) was a French classical violinist. She was killed in a plane crash at the age of 30. Early life Neveu was born on 11 August 1919 in Paris into a musical family. Her brother Jean-Paul became a class ...

. One of the participants was also

Grażyna Bacewicz Grażyna Bacewicz Biernacka (; 5 February 1909 – 17 January 1969) was a Polish composer and violinist. She is the second Polish female composer to have achieved national and international recognition, the first being Maria Szymanowska in the ea ...

who received an honorary diploma and was to become a future juror of the competition. The two first prizes were funded by renowned Polish

luthier A luthier ( ; AmE also ) is a craftsperson who builds or repairs string instruments that have a neck and a sound box. The word "luthier" is originally French and comes from the French word for lute. The term was originally used for makers of ...

Tomasz Panufnik.

Prizewinners

2022

* I. Hina Maeda * II. Meruert Karmenova * III. Qingzhu Weng * Distinction. // Hana Chang & Jane Hyeonjin Cho & Dayoon You

2016

* I. / Veriko Tchumburidze * II.

Bomsori Kim Bomsori Kim (, born December 13, 1989) is a South Korean classical violinist. She performs as a recitalist and as a soloist with leading orchestras and conductors. As a violinist, Bomsori has won prizes at ten international violin competitio ...

& Seiji Okamoto * III. Not awarded * IV. Luke Hsu * V. /

Richard Lin Richard Lin () (born 6 July 1991 at United States) is a Taiwanese American violinist. He won competitions in Poland, United States, Singapore, Japan, and Taiwan. In 2013 he won the first prize in the Sendai International Music Competition. In 20 ...

* VI. Maria Włoszczowska * VII. Ryosuke Suho

2011

* I. Soyoung Yoon * II. Miki Kobayashi * III. Stefan Tarara * Distinction. Erzhan Kulibaev & Aylen Pritchin & Arata Yumi

2006

* I. Agata Szymczewska * II.

Airi Suzuki is a Japanese singer, actress, model, and radio personality associated with Up-Front Works. In 2002, she joined Hello! Project as a member of Hello! Project Kids and later debuted as one of the lead vocalists of the Japanese girl group Cute i ...

* III. Anna Maria Staśkiewicz * IV. Lev Solodovnikow * V. Maria Machowska * V. Jarosław Nadrzycki * VI. Wojciech Pławner * Distinction. Simeon Klimashevskiy

2001

* I.

Alena Baeva Alena Baeva (born 1985) (Russian: Алёна Михайловна Баева) is a Luxembourgisch violinist, winner of the First Prize and nine Special Prizes at the XII International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition in 2001, and the First Pri ...

* II. Soojin Han & Roman Simowic * III. Gaik Kazazian & Bracha Malkin & Hiroko Takahashi * IV. Mayuko Kamio * V. Jaroslaw Nadrzycki * VI. Alexandra Wood

1996

* I. Not awarded * II. Reiko Otani * III. Akkiko Tanaka * IV. Łukasz Błaszczyk &

Asuka Sezaki Asuka Sezaki (born 1977) is a Japanese classical violinist who made an international career. Life Born in Kumamoto, in the eponymous prefecture, Sezaki began to play the violin at age six. She studied violin at the Tokyo University of the Art ...

* V. Anna Reszniak * VI. Maria M. Nowak

1991

* I. Bartłomiej Nizioł & Piotr Pławner * II. Chie Abiko * III. Reiko Shiraishi * IV. Monika Jarecka * V. Tomoko Yoshimura

1986

* I. Ewgenij Buszkow * III. Nobu Wakabayashi & Robert Kabara * IV. Wiktor Kuzniecow * V. Alexander Romanul * VI. Hiroko Suzuki

1981

* I. Keiko Urushihara * II. Elisa Kawaguti * III. Aureli Błaszczok * IV. Seiji Kageyama * V. Iwao Furusawa * VI. Megumi Shimane

1977

* I.

Vadim Brodsky Vadim Brodski ( uk, Вадим Адольфович Бродський, Vadym Adolfovych Brodskyi, pl, Wadim Brodski, born April 24, 1950) is a Polish-Ukrainian violinist, longtime resident of Rome, Italy. A descendant of Adolf Brodsky, Vadim ...

* II. Piotr Milewski & Michał Wajman * III. Zachar Bron & Peter A. Zazofsky * IV. Charles A. Linale * V. Hiro Kurosaki & Anna A. Wódka * VI. Kazuhiko Sawa * Awards. Asa Konishi & Keiko Mizuno

1972

* I. Tatiana Grindienko * II. Shizuka Ishikawa * III. Barbara Górzyńska * V. Tadeusz Gadzina & Graczija Arutunian * VI. Stefan Czermak * VII. Edward Z. Zienkowski

1967

* I.

Piotr Janowski Piotr Janowski (5 February 1951 – 6 December 2008) was a Polish violinist and first Polish winner of the Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition. Janowski was born in Grudziądz, Poland. At the age of 16 in 1967, he won the V International Henry ...

* II. Michał Bezwierchnyj * III. Kaja Danczowska * IV. Eduard Tatewosjan * V. Anatolij Mielnkow * VI. Michał Grabarczyk & Mincho Minchev

1962

* I.

Charles Treger Charles Treger (May 13, 1935 – January 12, 2023) was an American violinist and teacher. He studied with violin pedagogue Ivan Galamian, Szymon Goldberg, William Engel and William Kroll. He was the first and only American to win first place in t ...

* II. Oleh Krysa * III. Krzysztof Jakowicz * IV. Izabella Petrosjan * V. Mirosław Rusin & Henryk Jarzynski & Priscilla A. Ambrose * VI. Tomasz Michalak

1957

* I. Roza Fajn * II.

Sidney Harth Sidney Harth (5 October 1925 in Cleveland – 15 February 2011 in Pittsburgh) was an American violinist and conductor. Education Harth was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Music and studied with Joseph Knitze ...

* III. Mark Komissarow * IV. Augustin Leon-Ara * V. Ayla Erduran * VI. Władimir Malinin

1952

* I. Igor Oistrakh * II.

Julian Sitkovetsky Julian (Yulian) Grigoryevich Sitkovetsky (7 November 1925 – 23 February 1958) was a Soviet violinist. Biography Sitkovetsky was born in Kiev. He started violin lesson at age 4, first with his father, then with David Bertie at the Central School ...

Wanda Wiłkomirska Wanda Wiłkomirska (11 January 1929 – 1 May 2018) was a Polish violinist and academic teacher. She was known for both the classical repertoire and for her interpretation of 20th-century music, having received two Polish State Awards for promoti ...

* III. Blanche Tarjus & Marina Jaszwili & Olga Parchomlenko * IV. Emil Kamilarov & Edward Statkiewicz & Igor Iwanow & Henryk Palulis * V. Csaba Bokay

1935

* I.

* II.

David Oistrakh David Fyodorovich Oistrakh (; – 24 October 1974), was a Soviet classical violinist, violist and conductor. Oistrakh collaborated with major orchestras and musicians from many parts of the world and was the dedicatee of numerous violin ...

* III. Henri Temianka * IV.

Boris Goldstein Boris Goldstein (Busya Goldshtein; 25 December 1922 – 8 November 1987) was a Soviet violinist whose career was greatly hindered by the political situation in the USSR. As a young prodigy, he started violin studies in Odessa with the eminent ped ...

* V. Ljerko Spiller * VI. Mary Luisa Sardo * VII.

Ida Haendel Ida Haendel, (15 December 19281 July 2020) was a Polish-British-Canadian violinist. Haendel was a child prodigy, her career spanning over seven decades. She also became an influential teacher. Early career Born in 1928 to a Polish Jewish fam ...

* VIII. Hubert Anton * IX.

Bronislav Gimpel Bronislav Gimpel (January 29, 1911 – May 1, 1979)''The Penguin Dictionary of Musical Performers'', by Arthur Jacobs, Viking, 1990, was a Polish-American violinist, and teacher. He was born in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary, part of Polish Galici ...

Laureates by country

References

External links

Henryk Wieniawski Society – organizer of the competition
{{Authority control Poznań Music competitions in Poland Polish awards Recurring events established in 1935 Violin competitions

Prizewinners

2022

2016

2011

2006

2001

1996

1991

1986

1981

1977

1972

1967

1962

1957

1952

1935

Laureates by country

See also

References

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