Prix Henry Vieuxtemps

The Prix Henry Vieuxtemps is a violin competition held in Verviers, Belgium. It is named after the famed violinist and composer Henri Vieuxtemps.

Applicants must be at or below 26 years of age, have attended a Belgian Conservatory for one year, and received a degree in violin performance.

Program

First Round:

  • The first movement of a concerto by W. A. Mozart (with cadenza)
  • A sonata or partita for solo violin by J. S. Bach or a sonata by E. Ysaye
  • One of the studies (Op. 48) or a short piece by Henry Vieuxtemps

Final Round:

  • A virtuoso piece by Henry Vieuxtemps (this work can be a movement of a concerto)
  • A complete violin sonata
  • A complete violin concerto
  • A piece of your choice

Previous winners
  • 1920 : Alfred Dubois
  • 1923 : Hector Clokers
  • 1925 : Lambert Hody
  • 1927 : Edmond Ferari
  • 1929 : François Wigny
  • 1931 : Arthur Michot
  • 1933 : Carlo van Neste
  • 1935 : Marie Walthéry
  • 1937 : Albert Speguel
  • 1939 : Arthur Grumiaux
  • 1941 : Georges Octors
  • 1943 : Marcel Debot
  • 1945 : not awarded
  • 1947 : not awarded
  • 1949 : G. Lardinois-Altmann
  • 1951 : Pierre Jetteur
  • 1953 : Clémens-René Quatacker
  • 1955 : Henri-Emmanuel Koch
  • 1957 : not awarded
  • 1959 : Sándor Károlyi
  • 1961 : Léopold Douin
  • 1963 : Charles Jongen
  • 1966 : Jean Hervé
  • 1970 : Mayumi Fujikawa
  • 1974 : János Máté
  • 1978 : John Snow
  • 1982 : Ginette De Cuyper
  • 1986 : Eric Melon
  • 1990 : Péi Péi Zhu
  • 1994 : Jean-Gabriel Raelet
  • 1998 : Tatiana Samouïl
  • 2002 : Lei Wang
  • 2006 : Hrachya Avanesyan
  • 2011 : Claire Dassesse
  • 2015 : Floris Willem
  • 2017 : not awarded
  • 2020 : Vilmos Csikos
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