Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists

The Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists, often simply called the Menuhin Competition, is an international violin competition for young players under the age of 22, founded by Yehudi Menuhin. This competition is a member of EMCY.

The next edition will be held in April 2016 in London, UK.^[1]

Competition

The competition usually runs every two years. Since its first edition in 1983, it has attracted young violinists under the age of 22 from around the world. Many of the participants and prize winners have gone on to become international soloists.

The Menuhin Competition combines a violin competition with a festival of education, music and cultural exchange. All competitors stay throughout the entire event, often with local host families.

In addition to the competition rounds, the Menuhin Competition stages a series of concerts, master classes and outreach events. Recent competitions have been live-streamed on the Internet and many performances can be viewed on YouTube.

Location

The competition has been held in various locations:

History

The first edition took place in Folkestone, UK in 1983.

In 2004, the competition was located in London, UK.

In 2010, the competition was held in Oslo, Norway. It was organised in partnership with the Norwegian Academy of Music, the Barratt Due Institute of Music, the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Oslo Opera House and the Norwegian Council for Schools of Music and Performing Arts.

In 2012, the competition took place at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, China from 6 to 15 April, in association with the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA Beijing) and the China Philharmonic Orchestra.

In 2014, the competition took place in Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music at the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA from 21 February to 2 March. This was the first time that the event was held in the Americas.

Organization

The Menuhin Competition asks jury members to perform a concert and give a masterclass as part of their jury service. Past and present jury members include Maxim Vengerov, Renaud Capuçon, Dong-Suk Kang, Kyoko Takezawa, Bruno Canino, Raphael Wallfisch, Igor Oistrakh, Olivier Charlier and Miriam Fried. The current chair of the jury is the American violinist Pamela Frank.

The Trustees of the Menuhin Competition are Duncan Greenland (Chair), Joji Hattori (President), Farad Azima, Celia Blakey, Sir John Boyd, Prince Etienne d'Arenberg, Zamira Menuhin Benthall (Yehudi Menuhin's daughter) and Aaron Menuhin (Yehudi Menuhin's grandson).

The Artistic Director of the competition is the pianist Gordon Back. The General Manager is Susanne Barthelmes.

Prize winners with dedicated articles on Wikipedia

Sorted by family name:

Prize winners

Category "Senior"

Year	1st Prize	2nd Prize	3rd Prize	4th Prize
2014	Stephen Waarts	In Mo Yang	Christine Seohyun Lim	Stephen Kim
2012	Kenneth Renshaw	Ji Eun Anna Lee	Alexi Kenney	Siyan Guo
2010	Xiang Yu	Nigel Armstrong	Suyeon Kang	Ji Won Song
2008	Ray Chen	Jiafeng Chen	Evgeny Sviridov	Stella Chen
2006	Hrachya Avanesyan	Robin Scott	Shuai Shi	Sulki Yu
2004	Hye-Jin Kim	Daniel Khalikov	Je Hye Lee	Yusuke Hayashi
2002	Soyoung Yoon	Rintaro Omiya	Simone Lamsma	Maksim Brylinski
2000	Akiko Ono	Feng Ning	Viatcheslav Chestiglazov	Chen Gu
1998	Susie Park	Akiko Ono	Boris Brovtsyn	Xu Yang
1995	Lisa Kim	Corina Belcea	Yoo-Kyung Min	Zhanna Tonaganyan
1993	Gabriela Demeterova	Alina Komissarova	Stefan Milenkovic	Marta Abraham
1991	--	Qing Guo	Evgeny Andrusenko	Birgit Kolar
1989	Joji Hattori	Yuan-Qing Yu	Bartlomiej Niziol	Karen Lee
1987	Elisabeth Glass	Elisa Barston	Zheng Qing	Joji Hattori
1985	Xiao-Dong Wang	Tasmin Little	Liang Chai	Abigail Young
1983	Leland Chen	Isabelle van Keulen	Tasmin Little	He Hong Ying

Other Prizes:

2014: EMCY Prize – Aaron Timothy Chooi
2012: EMCY Prize – Kenneth Renshaw
2012: Bach Prize – Gabriel Ng
2012: Composer's Prize – Victor Zeyu Li
2010: Violin Prize – Aaron Timothy Chooi
2008: Bach Prize – Evgeny Sviridov
2006: Composer's Prize – Samika Honda
2006: Outstanding Performance in Semi-Finals – Dragos Mihail Manza
2006: Outstanding Performance in Semi-Finals – Mathieu van Bellen
2004: Chamber Music Award – Anthony Sabberton
2002: Composer's Prize – Anna Savytska
1995: Audience Prize – Lisa Kim
1995: President’s Prize – Lisa Kim + Natalia Lomeiko
1995: Bach Prize – Zhanna Tonaganyan
1993: Audience Prize – Gabriela Demeterova
1991: Bach Prize – Qing Guo + Eugeny Andrusenko
1991: Senior 5th Prize – Nikolaj Znaider
1991: Audience Prize – Nikolaj Znaider
1989: Bach Prize – Joji Hattori
1989: Audience Prize – Joji Hattori
1987: Bach Prize – Elisabeth Glass + Zheng Qing
1987: Audience Prize – Elisa Barston
1985: Bach Prize – Xiao-Dong Wang
1985: Tunnicliffe Prize – Xiao-Dong Wang
1985: Audience Prize – Abigail Young
1983: Bach Prize – Leland Chen
1983: Audience Prize – Isabelle van Keulen
1983: Senior 5th Prize – Dorota Siuda
1983: Senior 6th Prize – Micha Sugiura

Category "Junior"

Year	1st Prize	2nd Prize	3rd Prize	4th Prize	5th Prize	6th Prize
2014	Rennosuke Fukuda	Daniel Lozakovitj	Ludvig Gudim	Alex Zhou	Jaewon Wee	--
2012	Kevin Zhu	Soo-Been Lee	Taiga Tojo	Grace Clifford	Yehun Jin	--
2010	Kerson Leong	Stephen Waarts	Ji Eun Anna Lee	Taiga Tojo	Callum Smart	--
2008	Chad Hoopes	Dmitry Smirnov	Mindy Chen	Ke Zhu	Seohyun Lim	--
2006	Sunao Goko	Fumiaki Miura	Yu-Chien Tseng	Robyn Bollinger	Stella Chen	Sirena Huang
2004	Joel C. Link	Danbi Um	Ray Chen Yoo Jin Jang	--	Esther Kim	--
2002	Chiharu Taki	Yyun-Su Shin	Markus Tanneberger	Jennifer Pike	Saki Shirokoji	Alexandra Korobkina
2000	Mi Sa Yang	Alina Ibragimova	Naoto Sakiya	Yossif Ivanov	Hye Jin Kim	Ja Ram Kim
1998	Zhi-Jiong Wang	Oleg Yatsina	Mikhail Simonian	Mayuko Kamio	Sophie Moser	Yoon Jung Cho
1995	Julia Fischer	Jeanne de Ricaud	Piotr Kwasny	Teruyoshi Shirata	Daniel Khalikov	Ilya Gringolts
1993	Daishin Kashimoto	Igor Malinovsky	Wei Wei Le	Yi Jia Hou	Natasha Lomeiko	Akiko Ono
1991	Ning Kam	Wen Lei Gu	Jennifer Koh	Yonatan Gandelsman	Natsuko Yoshimoto	Mona Marie Knock
1989	Livia Sohn	Sylvie Sentenac	Mu Na	Jennifer Koh	Ye Sha	Krzysztof Baranowski
1987	Dong Qun	Bartlomiej Niziol	Suzy Whang	Ryotaro Ito	David Chan	Carla Kihlstedt
1985	Chang Guo	Elizabeth Glass	Scott St. John	Lara St. John	David Le Page	Chwan-Liang Lee
1983	Xiao-Dong Wang	Zheng-Rong Wang	Le Zhang	Julian Shevlin	Lu Siqing	Eunice Lee