- Prix Henry Vieuxtemps
The Prix Henry Vieuxtemps is a
violin competition held inVerviers ,Belgium . It is named after the famedViolinist /Composer Henri Vieuxtemps . At one time it was biannual, but is now held every four years.Applicants must be at or below 30 years of age, have attended a Belgian Conservatory for one year, and received a degree in violin performance.
Compulsory Pieces
* A predetermined concerto by Vieuxtemps
* A sonata or Partita ofJ. S. Bach
* A virtuoso piece my Henry Vieuxtemps
* any concerto
* a work by a Belgian composer,
* a modern work composed after 1920,
* another work chosen by the candidatePrevious Winners
*1920 : A. Dubois
*1923 : H. Clokers
*1925 : L. Hody
*1927 : E. Ferari
*1929 : F. Wigny
*1931 : A. Michot
*1933 : C. van Neste
*1935 : M. Walthéry
*1937 : A. Speguel
*1939 : A. Grumiaux
*1941 : G. Octors
*1943 : M. Debot
*1945 : not awarded
*1947 : not awarded
*1949 : G. Lardinois
*1951 : P. Jetteur
*1953 : C.-R. Quatacker
*1955 : H.-E. Koch
*1957 : not awarded
*1959 : S. Karolyi
*1961 : L. Douin
*1963 : Ch. Jongen
*1966 : J. Herve
*1970 : M. Fujikawa
*1974 : J. Maté
*1978 : J. Snow
*1982 : G. De Cuyper
*1986 : E. Melon
*1990 : P. P. Zhu
*1994 : J.-G. Raelet
*1998 : T. Samouïl
*2002 : L. Wang
*2006External links
*http://www.vieuxtemps.be/
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