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Premium ❘ NewsCompetitions, Awards and Appointments: June 2025
The latest competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
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Premium ❘ NewsCompetitions, Awards and Appointments: February 2025
The latest competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
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Premium ❘ NewsCompetitions, Awards and Appointments: October 2024
The latest competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
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NewsWinner of the 2024 Tibor Junior International Violin Competition announced
Of a total of 15 candidates from all over the world who came to Sion, Switzerland, to participate in the biannual competition, the 16-year-old Corina Deng won first prize as well as three special prizes.
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Premium ❘ NewsCompetitions, Awards and Appointments: July 2024
The latest competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
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NewsTrio Sheliak takes top prize at the Filippo Nicosia Chamber Music Awards
The piano trio from Switzerland received a cash prize of €4,000 as well as performance and publicity opportunities
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BlogsCrash course: are there benefits when things go wrong in a competition?
There was drama at the inaugural Carl Nielsen International Chamber Music Competition this week, in everything but the string result, writes Andrew Mellor. From 2015
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BlogsViolinist Aaron Rosand on how to succeed in competitions and auditions
The American virtuoso covers technical issues including accuracy, rhythm, intonation and vibrato, and also discusses musical authenticity and practice. From 2016
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FocusHow to prepare for a competition: Sam Suggs, ISB Double Bass Performance Competition
The double bass player won the $2,500 first prize at the ISB Double Bass Performance Competition in Fort Collins, CO, US, in June 2015. Here, he recalls the lead up to his competition victory
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FocusHow to prepare for a competition: Andrea Burger, Tokyo International Viola Competition
The violist recalls the strategies that led to her victory in June 2015
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FocusHow to prepare for a competition: Queen Elisabeth winning violinist Ji Young Lim
The violinist won the competition in Brussels in May 2015, receiving €25,000, concert performances and the loan of the ‘Huggins’ Stradivarius for four years.
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NewsTrio scoop chamber music victory with all-female programme
The Félicité Piano Trio won the Leamington Music Prize on 21 March
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NewsPrizes awarded at the Ton & Erklärung cello competition
18-year-old cellist Lionel Martin took first prize at the competition in Hanover, organised by the Cultural Committee of the Germany Economy
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #34: Maria Ioudenitch on her competition success
The winner of both the Tibor Varga and Joseph Joachim International Violin Competitions in 2021 reflects on a successful year
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NewsWinners announced at New Zealand’s National String and Piano Competitions
Local musical talent took to the stage over the weekend, with cellist Hyein Kim and pianist Otis Prescott-Mason taking the top prizes
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NewsJoint first prize awarded at Barbash J.S. Bach Competition
The competition that celebrates the unaccompanied string works by Bach was won by violinists Lun Li and Tianyou Ma
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NewsPrizes awarded at Princess Astrid International Violin Competition
Japanese violinist Yukari Ohno took first prize of NOK 160,000 (€15,000), future solo engagements and professional career guidance
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NewsViolinist Elias David Moncado wins Valsesia Musica International Competition
The former winner of the Karol Lipiński and Sendai violin competitions wins €8000
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NewsViolinist Yume Tomita wins 1st prize at the 2021 Il Piccolo Violino Magico Competition
Held in San Vito al Tagliamento in north-eastern Italy, the international competition is for young violinists between the age of 9 and 14
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NewsViolinist Marlon Barrios Araya wins Junior Guildhall Lutine Prize 2021
The 18-year-old violinist performed a winning recital of Beethoven, Ysaÿe and Sarasate at Milton Court Concert Hall on 25 June
