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Premium ❘ NewsCompetitions and Award Winners: November
Chinese violinist Ming Liu , 24, has won China’s Harbin International Music Competition . She receives $50,000. Liu studied at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music with Vera Tsu Weiling. Second prize went to Sinying Chan, 22, from Hong Kong, and third prize to Haram Kim, 21, from South Korea. ...
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Double firsts: Postcards from Moscow and St Petersburg
At this year’s quadrennial International Tchaikovsky Competition, the judges awarded the $30,000 first prize in both the violin and cello categories. Tim Homfray attended the violin section in Moscow, while Andrew Mellor visited St Petersburg to hear the cellists – and both were impressed by what they saw ...
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Postcard 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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A Royal Occasion – Postcard from Windsor
A castle setting, an enticing top prize and some highly promising string players were what Tom Stewart encountered at the Windsor Festival International String Competition final in March
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Review
Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition 2019
Tully Potter hears some ravishing playing at the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition, although standout performances were somewhat thin on the ground
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Competitions 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 ...
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Richard 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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Nancy Zhou wins Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition 2018
The US violinist triumphed in the all-female final to take home the $100,000 first prize
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Diana Adamyan wins 2018 Menuhin Competition Senior Division
This year’s Senior Final, featuring violinists aged between 17 and 20, took place in Victoria Hall, Geneva
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Chloe Chua and Christian Li share Menuhin Competition 2018 Junior Division first prize
This year’s Junior Final, featuring violinists aged between 10 and 13, took place in Victoria Hall, Geneva
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Debate
Is 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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European instrument and bow makers in 3/4-size benevolence
39 instruments and 41 bows now loaned to children aged 8 to 13 through second Con-takt Junior competition organised by Klanggestalten group
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Rustem Khamidullin wins second Benyamin Sönmez Cello Competition
Russian wins competition in Fethiye, Turkey, named in honour of brilliant Turkish cellist who died aged 28 in 2011
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Zhuhai International Mozart Competition enters violin finals
Young musician competition has announced winners for two of three age groups
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Cosima Soulez-Larivière wins inaugural Bartók World Competition
Twenty-year-old, educated at Menuhin School in England, takes first prize in all-female final
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Violin competition with $100,000 first prize returns in 2018
Second Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition now open for applications
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ARD Violin Competition awards no first prize – again
Munich event has many precedents of leaving the top spot empty, including at its last edition in 2013
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Bradetich Double Bass Competition names winner
Austrian 20-year-old Dominik Wagner takes $10,000 first prize and four-year career development deal
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Blogs
The 4 crucial components of a winning competition performance
Qian Zhou, jury chair of the Singapore International Violin Competition, gives some tips on what it takes to win a share of its $110,000 prize money – plus a bonus tip on the application process
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ARD Competition announces violin finalists
Launched in 1952, the competition focuses each year on different instrumental categories, selected from 21 disciplines.
