All competitions articles – Page 5
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Queen Elisabeth Competition 2017 names 12 cello finalists
The 12 international cellists are competing for a grand prize of €25,000 in Brussels from 8 May to 3 June 2017
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Olga Šroubková wins Prague Spring International Violin Competition 2017
The 24-year-old Czech violinist takes home the top prize of CZK 200,000 ($8,400) in addition to two special awards
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Double bassist William McGregor wins Stulberg International String Competition 2017
The 17-year-old is only the second double bassist to have won the contest in its 42-year history
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Milton String Quartet wins 2017 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition Grand Prize
The ensemble receives $10,000 for its Grand Prize win and a further $3,500 for winning the Senior String Division
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Lorenz Chen wins International Henri Marteau Violin Competition 2017
The 23-year-old Taiwanese-German violinist receives €10,000 and a recording produced by Bayerischer Rundfunk
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$100,000 M-Prize Chamber Music Competition names winners
The grand prize goes to Russian Renaissance, while the Argus Quartet takes home the top prize in the Senior Strings category
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Tibor Varga International Violin Competition Sion Valais names 28 shortlisted candidates
The selected violinists will compete for a top prize of CHF15,000 over several live rounds taking place from 22 to 29 August in Sion, Switzerland
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Yolanda Bruno wins Isabel Overton Bader Canadian Violin Competition
The young violinist receives a $20,000 cash award and performance and broadcasting opportunities
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Conductor Hannu Lintu on what makes a competition winner
Performing as a soloist with an orchestra can be a nerve-wracking experience, particularly for competition finalists who have very little rehearsal time, Hannu Lintu tells Pauline Harding
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Menuhin Competition 2018 to take place in Switzerland for the first time
The biennial violin contest's jury has also been announced, including Maxim Vengerov
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Inaugural Bartók World Competition and Festival names 65 shortlisted violinists
The candidates will take part in four live rounds from 10-17 September 2017 at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, performing some of Bartók's principal works
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Violinist Emily Sun wins Bromsgrove International Musicians Competition
The UK-based contest is open to instrumentalists and vocalists of all nationalities aged between 18 and 25
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Cellist Jamal Aliyev wins Musicians’ Company Prince’s Prize Competition
The Azerbaijani musician receives £10,000 and a Musicians’ Company silver medal
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Bradetich Foundation International Double Bass Solo Competition names 21 candidates
Taking place in September 2017, the contest offers a top prize worth more than $30,000
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Queen Elisabeth Music Competition 2017 announces cello jury
This year's contest is the first to be dedicated to the cello - 70 candidates of 22 different nationalities will compete for a grand prize of €25,000 in three rounds in Brussels from 8 May to 3 June
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Queen Elisabeth Music Competition 2017 names 70 cello candidates
The 21 women and 49 men of 22 different nationalities will compete for a grand prize of €25,000 in three rounds in Brussels from 8 May to 3 June 2017
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Malta International Violin Making Competition 2017 names winners
Run by the Central Academy of Arts, the contest received 61 separate instrument and bow entries this year, while makers hailed from nine different countries
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Violinist Nathan Meltzer, aged 16, wins Windsor Festival International String Competition
2017's youngest finalist, Meltzer wins a £5,000 cash award, a fine contemporary bow from Bishop Instruments and Bows, a solo recording on Champs Hill Records and performance opportunities
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Windsor Festival International String Competition names three finalists
Violinists Luke Hsu, Nathan Meltzer and Jonian Ilias Kadesha will perform in tomorrow's final, held in the Waterloo Chamber of Windsor Castle
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Avery Fisher Career Grants awarded to violinists Chad Hoopes and Stephen Waarts, plus the Dover Quartet
The awards are designed for young musicians or chamber groups with the potential for major careers, and are each worth $25,000