Prix Henry Vieuxtemps
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The Prix Henry Vieuxtemps is a violin competition held in Verviers, Belgium. It is named after the famed Violinist/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.
[edit] Compulsory Pieces
- A predetermined concerto by Vieuxtemps
- A sonata or Partita of J. 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 candidate
[edit] Previous 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
- 2006
