International Arthur Grumiaux Competition for Young Violinists

Arthur Grumiaux International Violin Competition
VenueRoyal Conservatory of Brussels, Belgium
Presented byMusiq'3
First award2008 (2008)
Websitewww.agivc.eu

The Arthur Grumiaux International Violin Competition is a violin competition held in Brussels, Belgium.[1][2] First held in 2008 under the name of "Bravo",[3] in 2015 the competition was renamed in honor of the violinist Arthur Grumiaux.[4][5] The competition takes place at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels in Belgium.

History

The competition was created in 2008 at the "Institut Supérieur de Musique et de Pédagogie in Namur",[6] originally under the name of "Bravo!" competition.[7] It took place each year at the Institut[8] and since 2017 in the Royal Conservatoire in Brussels. In 2015, the competition was supported by the foundation Baron Arthur Grumiaux[9] and was renamed International Arthur Grumiaux Competition for Young Violinists.[10] The same year, Princess Léa of Belgium rewarded the winners at the Royal Theater of Namur. The competition is international and was represented in 2016 by 27 different nationalities

Since 2016 edition, Musiq'3 became the official partner of the project[11] and in the same year, the Belgian TV news RTBF show a spot on television [12]

Prize winners

There are three age categories : Category I (0-11 y.o.), Category II (12-16 y.o.) and Category III (17-21 y.o.)

Year 1st Prize Cat A 1st Prize Cat B 1st Prize Cat C 1st Prize Cat D Special Prize
2019 Himari Yoshimura (Grand prize)
Nguyen Le Nguyen
Kai Gergov
Bianca Ciubancan
Naz Irem Turkmen
Kyota Kakiuchi Ayaka Uchio Samuel Hirsch (Best interpretation of a Belgian piece)
2018 EunSeo Cho
SungWoo Lee
Viktor Vasiliev
Leonard Toschev
Pauline Van Der Rest
Michael Germer Emma Gibout Michael Germer (Special jury prize )

Ariel Horowitz (Best interpretation of a Belgian piece)

2017 Fiona Khuong-Huu
Ryota Nakamura

Yunci Kaelyn Soh

Georgii Moroz

Pal Laszlo Szomora

- Meurice Victorine (Special Prize – Young Hope )

Georgii Moroz (Best interpretation of a Belgian piece)

2016[13] Bade Daştan Aliaksandra Arbuzava

Veronika Mona Bogic

Emiri Kobayashi

Ilgin Top

Yurina Arai Emiri Kobayashi (Best Interpretation of a Belgian piece)

Avraham Tirfe (Encouragement)
Bilal Alnemr (Dora Schwarzberg Prize)

2015 NAKANO Lina (Grand prize)

ÇATAKOĞLU Gökçe
KIM Theodore

KARLS Lorenz

FAULISI Luka

CARDAROPOLI Gennaro RIMBU Remus Spruit Charlotte (Best Interpretation of a Belgian piece)

Lut Bilegtugs (Dora Schwarzberg Prize)

2014 VAN DER REST Pauline (Grand prize)

BLYUMIN Matviy
LIST Darya

SCHMÖLZER Eva Lucia

WAKAMATSU Hana Lucia

TING Belle Chang-Yuan DEBROEYER Quentin Belle Ting (Best Interpretation of a Belgian piece)

Anne Friederike Greuner (Best Interpretation of a Belgian piece)

2013 Cooreman Alexandra (Grand prize)

Vasylieva Varvara
Yushkovskaya Maria

Walder Julian(Grand prize)

Pashchenko Snezhana

Ibrahimova Aytan

Durand-Rivière Suzanne

Šroubková Olga

Michaluk Maxime

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2012 von Albertini Emilia (Grand prize)

Voisin Morgane

Csikos Anett Girard Grégoire - -
2011 Lozakovitj Daniel - Willem Floris

Decamps Sarah
Seyidova Jeyla

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2010 Guo Linda Egorovs Andrels

Martynov Fedor

- - -
2009 Boschkor Laras

Kuzmina Alexandra

Levy Maya Grauman Marina Managadze-Postnikova Nikolai -
2008 Csikos Anett Csikos Vilmos Lee Jae-Eun - -

Jury 2019

  1. Mr. Igor Tkatchouk – Belgium – President of the jury
  2. Mrs Dora Schwarzberg – Austria
  3. Mrs Shirly Laub – Belgium
  4. Mrs Tetiana Zolozova – France
  5. Mr. Roman Fedchuk – Czech Rep
  6. Mr. George Tudorache – Belgium
  7. Mr. Muhammedjan Turdiev – Turkey

Previous years

  1. Alexei Moshkov – Belgium (2012)
  2. Anna Sundin – Sweden (2013, 2014, 2015)
  3. Anne Léonardo – Belgium (2009)
  4. Dora Schwarzberg – Austria (2013 to 2019)
  5. Guido Jardon – Belgium (2008 à 2012)
  6. Jean-Frédéric Molard – Belgium (2010, 2011)
  7. Luba Aroutiounian – Belgium (2008)
  8. Michel Poskin – Belgium (2009)
  9. Muhammedjan Turdiev – Turkey (2014 to 2019)
  10. Nina Nazymova – France (2013)
  11. Philippe Descamps – Belgium (2011, 2012, 2013)
  12. Roman Fedchuk – Czech Republic (2009 to 2019)
  13. Saveliy Shalman – Russia (2009)
  14. Shirly Laub – Belgium (2010, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2019)
  15. Tatiana Samouil – Belgium (2008, 2012, 2013)
  16. Tetiana Zolozova – France (2013 à 2019)
  17. Ulysse Waterlot – Belgium (2010)
  18. Valery Oistrakh – Belgium (2011)
  19. Igor Tkatchouk – Belgium (Chairman 2008 to 2019)

References

  1. ^ "Revivez le concert des lauréats du Concours Grumiaux 2016". RTBF (in French). 1 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Un prestigieux concours international pour jeunes violonistes a lieu à Namur". RTBF (in French). 10 February 2016.
  3. ^ "8ème CONCOURS INTERNATIONAL "Arthur Grumiaux"". Institut Supérieur de Musique et de Pédagogie (in French).
  4. ^ "Concours pour violonistes". lavenir.net (in French). 23 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Contact". Best of Violin (in French). Archived from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Revivez le concert des lauréats du Concours Grumiaux 2016" (in French). 1 January 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  7. ^ "8e Concours International Arthur Grumiaux". Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  8. ^ "IMEP » 8ème CONCOURS INTERNATIONAL " Arthur Grumiaux "".
  9. ^ "Welcome". grumiaux.net. Archived from the original on 9 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  10. ^ L. S. "Concours pour violonistes".
  11. ^ Musiq'3 partenaire du Concours Grumiaux
  12. ^ Un prestigieux concours international pour jeunes violonistes a lieu à Namur
  13. ^ Heifetz (18 February 2016). "Prizes Awarded at 2016 Grumiaux International Junior Violin Comp". Retrieved 21 July 2016.