Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition

The international Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition is a competition for violinists up to age 30 that takes place every five years in Poznań, Poland, in honor of the virtuoso and composer Henryk Wieniawski. The first competition took place in 1935 in Warsaw, 100 years after the birth of its patron, and consisted of two stages. The second, after a gap of 17 years in 1952, and subsequent events were held in Poznań in three stages. In 2001 it was decided that the competition will henceforth be held in four stages.

14th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, shall be held on 8 - 23 October 2011. Candidates shall be qualified for the Competition subject to preliminary selection auditions run by Maxim Vengerov and another member of the Jury. Precise information http://www.wieniawski.pl/

The following three statutory prizes shall be awarded in the Competition:

First Prize: 30,000 Euro and Gold Medal
Second Prize: 20,000 Euro and Silver Medal
Third Prize: 12,000 Euro and Bronze Medal.

Three honorary distinctions of 5,000 Euro and the special extra-statutory prize funded by Maxim Vengerov: 12 individual lessons for one of the Competition Participants.

Laureates of the competition

Competition	1st Prize		2nd Prize		3rd Prize
Warsaw 1935	Ginette Neveu	France	David Oistrakh	Soviet Union	Henri Temianka	United Kingdom
Poznań 1952	Igor Oistrakh	Soviet Union	Julian Sitkovetsky Wanda Wiłkomirska	Soviet Union Poland	Blanche Tarjus Marina Jaszwili Olga Parchomienko	France Soviet Union Soviet Union
Poznań 1957	Roza Fajn	Soviet Union	Sidney Harth	United States	Mark Komissarow	Soviet Union
Poznań 1962	Charles Treger	United States	Oleh Krysa	Soviet Union	Krzysztof Jakowicz	Poland
Poznań 1967	Piotr Janowski	Poland	Michał Bezwierchnyj	Soviet Union	Kaja Danczowska	Poland
Poznań 1972	Tatiana Grindenko	Soviet Union	Shizuka Ishikawa	Japan	Barbara Górzyńska	Poland
Poznań 1977	Vadim Brodski	Soviet Union	Piotr Milewski Michał Wajman	Poland Soviet Union	Zakhar Bron Peter A. Zazofsky	Soviet Union United States
Poznań 1981	Keiko Urushihara	Japan	Elisa Kawaguti	Japan	Aureli Błaszczok	Poland
Poznań 1986	Ewgenij Buszkow	Soviet Union	Nobu Wakabayashi	Japan	Robert Kabara	Poland
Poznań 1991	Bartłomiej Nizioł Piotr Pławner	Poland Poland	Chie Abiko	Japan	Reiko Shiraishi	Japan
Poznań 1996	Reiko Otani	Japan	Akkiko Tanaka	Japan	Łukasz Błaszczyk Asuka Sezaki	Poland Japan
Poznań 2001	Alena Baeva	Russia	Soojin Han Roman Simowic	South Korea Yugoslavia	Gaik Kazazian Bracha Malkin Hiroko Takahashi	Armenia United States Japan
Poznań 2006	Agata Szymczewska	Poland	Airi Suzuki	Japan	Anna Maria Staśkiewicz	Poland
Poznań 2011	Soyoung Yoon	South Korea	Miki Kobayashi	Japan	Stefan Tarara	Germany