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Competitors announced for 2024 Primrose International Viola Competition
24 live-round competitors will have the chance to perform for the first prize of $15,000 in June this year
Violin winners of the Hong Kong International Young Musicians Competition announced
Violinist Kim Byeol Claire won the senior category, receiving $2,000
Competitors announced for 2024 Primrose International Viola Competition
24 live-round competitors will have the chance to perform for the first prize of $15,000 in June this year
Violin winners of the Hong Kong International Young Musicians Competition announced
Violinist Kim Byeol Claire won the senior category, receiving $2,000
Semi-finalists announced for the 2025 Antonio Mormone International Prize
In a unique semi-final round where the jurors follow competitors over ten months, ten violinists will have the opportunity to compete for a first-prize package, which includes €30,000, a recording contract, concert engagements and artist management
Arthur Grumiaux International Violin Competition announces 2024 winners
Winner of the senior division, violinist Ilva Eigus, receives €3,000 and a violin bow
Vienna Classic Violin Competition announces winners
Japanese violinist Yuki Hirano wins the first prize of €20,000 and advances to the Classic Violin Olympus Competition in Dubai in 2025
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Winners announced for the inaugural Tokyo Classic Violin Competition
The first prize of €20,000 was awarded to South Korean violinist Soyoung Yoon
Cellist Gaeun Kim wins 2024 Schadt String Competition
Kim scooped first prize of $12,000 plus future concert engagements
Violinist wins the 2024 Ars Classica International Competition
First prizewinner violinist Anna Im receives a recording opportunity to the of value of €30,000
Canadian cellist wins the Windsor Festival International String Competition
Andrew Byun receives a host of prizes including £5,000 and performance opportunities
Windsor Festival International String Competition announces finalists for 2024
Two cellists and a violinist will proceed to the final round on the evening of 15 March
Prizes awarded at Belgium’s International Music Competition Triomphe de l’Art
This year’s competition was dedicated to string instrumentalists aged 15 to 35 and chamber ensembles
Queen Elisabeth Competition announces violin candidates for 2024
69 participants have been chosen to take part in this year’s competition, taking place in Brussels from 6 May to 12 June 2024
German Musical Instrument Fund competition announces winners
37 young musicians have been loaned fine instruments, while four have extended the loan agreements of their current instruments
The 2024 Stuttgart International Violin Competition announces winners
The first prize of €30,000 was awarded to 25-year-old South Korean violinist Anna Im, along with the loan of a 1746 Giovanni Battista Guadagnini violin for three years and concert engagements
Semi-finalists announced for 2024 Windsor Festival International String Competition
Twelve international string players will have the chance to compete for a prize package worth over £30,000, including a cash prize, a recording deal and numerous performance opportunities
Winners announced for the 2024 Netherlands Violin Competition
The Oskar Back prize of €12,000 was awarded to 22-year-old Dutch violinist Salomé Bonnema
Winners announced for the 2024 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition
The Viatores Quartet won the first prize of €6,000 and the Friends of Young Musicians Award
Winner announced for the 2024 Credit Suisse Young Artist Award
28-year-old Austrian cellist Julia Hagen has won CHF 75,000 (£68,400) and a performance engagement with the Vienna Philharmonic
Vilém Vlček wins the 4th International Krzysztof Penderecki Cello Competition
First prize of PLN 80,000 (£16,000) was awarded to Czech cellist Vilém Vlček, along with the prize for the best concerto performance
Winners announced at the Karol Lipiński International Violin Competition
Polish violinists dominated the top three places in the violin competition held in Wrocław
