International Arthur Grumiaux Competition for Young Violinists

The Arthur Grumiaux International Violin Competition is a violin competition held in Brussels, Belgium.[1][2] First held in 2008 under the name of "Bravo",[3] in 2015 the competition was renamed in honor of the violinist Arthur Grumiaux.[4][5] The competition takes place at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels in Belgium.

Arthur Grumiaux International Violin Competition
VenueRoyal Conservatory of Brussels, Belgium
Presented byMusiq'3
First awarded2008; 16 years ago (2008)
Websitewww.agivc.eu

History

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The competition was created in 2008 at the "Institut Supérieur de Musique et de Pédagogie in Namur",[6] originally under the name of "Bravo!" competition.[7] It took place each year at the Institut[8] and since 2017 in the Royal Conservatoire in Brussels. In 2015, the competition was supported by the foundation Baron Arthur Grumiaux[9] and was renamed International Arthur Grumiaux Competition for Young Violinists.[10] The same year, Princess Léa of Belgium rewarded the winners at the Royal Theater of Namur. The competition is international and was represented in 2016 by 27 different nationalities

Since 2016 edition, Musiq'3 became the official partner of the project[11] and in the same year, the Belgian TV news RTBF show a spot on television [12]

Prize winners

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There are three age categories : Category I (0-11 y.o.), Category II (12-16 y.o.) and Category III (17-21 y.o.)

Year 1st Prize Cat A 1st Prize Cat B 1st Prize Cat C 1st Prize Cat D Special Prize
2019   Himari Yoshimura (Grand prize)
  Nguyen Le Nguyen
   Kai Gergov
  Bianca Ciubancan
 Naz Irem Turkmen
 Kyota Kakiuchi   Ayaka Uchio  Samuel Hirsch (Best interpretation of a Belgian piece)
2018   EunSeo Cho
  SungWoo Lee
  Viktor Vasiliev
 Leonard Toschev
  Pauline Van Der Rest
 Michael Germer   Emma Gibout  Michael Germer (Special jury prize )

 Ariel Horowitz (Best interpretation of a Belgian piece)

2017   Fiona Khuong-Huu
 Ryota Nakamura

  Yunci Kaelyn Soh

 Georgii Moroz

 Pal Laszlo Szomora

-  Meurice Victorine (Special Prize – Young Hope )

 Georgii Moroz (Best interpretation of a Belgian piece)

2016[13]   Bade Daştan   Aliaksandra Arbuzava

  Veronika Mona Bogic

  Emiri Kobayashi

  Ilgin Top

  Yurina Arai   Emiri Kobayashi (Best Interpretation of a Belgian piece)

  Avraham Tirfe (Encouragement)
 Bilal Alnemr (Dora Schwarzberg Prize)

2015   NAKANO Lina (Grand prize)

  ÇATAKOĞLU Gökçe
  KIM Theodore

  KARLS Lorenz

  FAULISI Luka

  CARDAROPOLI Gennaro   RIMBU Remus   Spruit Charlotte (Best Interpretation of a Belgian piece)

  Lut Bilegtugs (Dora Schwarzberg Prize)

2014   VAN DER REST Pauline (Grand prize)

  BLYUMIN Matviy
  LIST Darya

  SCHMÖLZER Eva Lucia

  WAKAMATSU Hana Lucia

  TING Belle Chang-Yuan   DEBROEYER Quentin   Belle Ting (Best Interpretation of a Belgian piece)

  Anne Friederike Greuner (Best Interpretation of a Belgian piece)

2013   Cooreman Alexandra (Grand prize)

  Vasylieva Varvara
  Yushkovskaya Maria

  Walder Julian(Grand prize)

  Pashchenko Snezhana

  Ibrahimova Aytan

  Durand-Rivière Suzanne

  Šroubková Olga

  Michaluk Maxime

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2012   von Albertini Emilia (Grand prize)

  Voisin Morgane

  Csikos Anett   Girard Grégoire - -
2011   Lozakovitj Daniel -   Willem Floris

  Decamps Sarah
  Seyidova Jeyla

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2010   Guo Linda   Egorovs Andrels

  Martynov Fedor

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2009   Boschkor Laras

  Kuzmina Alexandra

  Levy Maya   Grauman Marina   Managadze-Postnikova Nikolai -
2008    Csikos Anett    Csikos Vilmos    Lee Jae-Eun - -

Jury 2019

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  1. Mr. Igor Tkatchouk – Belgium – President of the jury
  2. Mrs Dora Schwarzberg – Austria
  3. Mrs Shirly Laub – Belgium
  4. Mrs Tetiana Zolozova – France
  5. Mr. Roman Fedchuk – Czech Rep
  6. Mr. George Tudorache – Belgium
  7. Mr. Muhammedjan Turdiev – Turkey

Previous years

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  1. Alexei Moshkov – Belgium (2012)
  2. Anna Sundin – Sweden (2013, 2014, 2015)
  3. Anne Léonardo – Belgium (2009)
  4. Dora Schwarzberg – Austria (2013 to 2019)
  5. Guido Jardon – Belgium (2008 à 2012)
  6. Jean-Frédéric Molard – Belgium (2010, 2011)
  7. Luba Aroutiounian – Belgium (2008)
  8. Michel Poskin – Belgium (2009)
  9. Muhammedjan Turdiev – Turkey (2014 to 2019)
  10. Nina Nazymova – France (2013)
  11. Philippe Descamps – Belgium (2011, 2012, 2013)
  12. Roman Fedchuk – Czech Republic (2009 to 2019)
  13. Saveliy Shalman – Russia (2009)
  14. Shirly Laub – Belgium (2010, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2019)
  15. Tatiana Samouil – Belgium (2008, 2012, 2013)
  16. Tetiana Zolozova – France (2013 à 2019)
  17. Ulysse Waterlot – Belgium (2010)
  18. Valery Oistrakh – Belgium (2011)
  19. Igor Tkatchouk – Belgium (Chairman 2008 to 2019)

References

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  1. ^ "Revivez le concert des lauréats du Concours Grumiaux 2016". RTBF (in French). 1 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Un prestigieux concours international pour jeunes violonistes a lieu à Namur". RTBF (in French). 10 February 2016.
  3. ^ "8ème CONCOURS INTERNATIONAL "Arthur Grumiaux"". Institut Supérieur de Musique et de Pédagogie (in French).
  4. ^ "Concours pour violonistes". lavenir.net (in French). 23 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Contact". Best of Violin (in French). Archived from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Revivez le concert des lauréats du Concours Grumiaux 2016" (in French). 1 January 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  7. ^ "8e Concours International Arthur Grumiaux". Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  8. ^ "IMEP » 8ème CONCOURS INTERNATIONAL " Arthur Grumiaux "".
  9. ^ "Welcome". grumiaux.net. Archived from the original on 9 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  10. ^ L. S. "Concours pour violonistes".
  11. ^ Musiq'3 partenaire du Concours Grumiaux
  12. ^ Un prestigieux concours international pour jeunes violonistes a lieu à Namur
  13. ^ Heifetz (18 February 2016). "Prizes Awarded at 2016 Grumiaux International Junior Violin Comp". Retrieved 21 July 2016.
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