All competition articles – Page 3
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NewsWinners announced at SVA Violin Makers Competition
The contest, which takes place every two years, was held according to strict Covid-19 guidance
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NewsString quartets revealed for 2021 Trondheim Competition
The ten groups will compete for a €15,000 first prize at the contest, to be held in Trondheim in September
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NewsJavier Comesaña wins 2021 International Jascha Heifetz Competition
The Spanish violinist, 22, receives the €10,000 first prize
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NewsEgmont Trio takes first prize at ‘Beethoven in His Time’ Competition
The group, founded in 2019, receives €15,000 and a Naxos recording
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NewsHannari Piano Trio wins Lenzewski Foundation Prize
The award is open to students of the Frankfurt Hochschule für Musik
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NewsEos Quartet wins 2020 Orpheus Chamber Music Competition
The Italian foursome receives the CHF5,000 first prize at the Zurich competition
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NewsWinners named in 2020 Sphinx Competition
Gabriel Martins takes $50,000 first prize in senior division while Esme Arias-Kim wins the junior section
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NewsClarissa Bevilacqua wins International Mozart Competition
The 18-year-old takes home €11,000 in prize money at the Salzburg-based contest
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NewsBarbican Quartet joins St John’s Smith Square Young Artists scheme
The London-based ensemble will receive performance dates at the chamber venue and career support
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FeaturePostcard from Odense
This year’s Carl Nielsen International Violin Competition, which took place in March, succeeded not only as a joyous celebration of the composer’s music, but in bringing together exciting young players set to make their mark on the world stage, writes Charlotte Smith
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Premium ❘ NewsCompetitions and Appointments
The Barbican Quartet has won the €10,000 first prize at the International Joseph Joachim Chamber Music Competition in Weimar, Germany. Founded in 2014 at London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the quartet comprises violinists Amarins Wierdsma and Tim Crawford, violist Christoph Slenczka and cellist Yoanna Prodanova. Second prize went ...
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NewsTimothy Chooi wins 2018 Joseph Joachim Violin Competition
The 24-year-old performed Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in the final round
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NewsIndianapolis '21st Century Violin Search' names two winning luthiers
Instruments by the winners will be bought by the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis and loaned to the laureates of the 2018 contest
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NewsRichard Lin wins 10th International Violin Competition of Indianapolis
The 27-year-old violinist takes home the Gold Medal and the top prize of $30,000
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NewsString players lead the field at Eurovision Young Musicians 2018 final
Four out of six finalists perform on bowed stringed instruments
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NewsWinners announced at 2018 Schoenfeld Competition
Lorenz Chen and Zlatomir Fung win top honours at the event in Harbin, China
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DebateIs playing a concerto really the ultimate test of musicianship?
Performing a concerto has long been regarded as the highest test of a string player's musical prowess. But what exactly do they prove, asks Toby Deller
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NewsJury named for 2018 Schoenfeld Competition
Jean-Jacques Kantorow and David Geringas to chair the violin and cello divisions respectively
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NewsNancy Zhou wins $50,000 first prize at International Music Competition Harbin
American violinist, 25, adds the Chinese accolade to a number of recent competition successes
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News17-year-old Anne Luisa Kramb takes top string prize at Manhattan Competition
Prize includes paid recital at Carnegie Hall to take place on 22 September this year
