International Arthur Grumiaux Competition for Young Violinists

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Arthur Grumiaux International Violin Competition
Venue Royal Conservatory of Brussels, Belgium
Presented by Musiq'3
First awarded2008;16 years ago (2008)
Websitewww.agivc.eu

The Arthur Grumiaux International Violin Competition is a violin competition held in Brussels, Belgium. [1] [2] First held in 2008 under the name of "Bravo", [3] in 2015 the competition was renamed in honor of the violinist Arthur Grumiaux. [4] [5] The competition takes place at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels in Belgium.

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History

The competition was created in 2008 at the "Institut Supérieur de Musique et de Pédagogie in Namur", [6] originally under the name of "Bravo!" competition. [7] It took place each year at the Institut [8] and since 2017 in the Royal Conservatoire in Brussels. In 2015, the competition was supported by the foundation Baron Arthur Grumiaux [9] and was renamed International Arthur Grumiaux Competition for Young Violinists. [10] The same year, Princess Léa of Belgium rewarded the winners at the Royal Theater of Namur. The competition is international and was represented in 2016 by 27 different nationalities

Since 2016 edition, Musiq'3 became the official partner of the project [11] and in the same year, the Belgian TV news RTBF show a spot on television [12]

Prize winners

There are three age categories : Category I (0-11 y.o.), Category II (12-16 y.o.) and Category III (17-21 y.o.)

Year1st Prize Cat A1st Prize Cat B1st Prize Cat C1st Prize Cat DSpecial Prize
2019 Flag of Japan.svg Himari Yoshimura (Grand prize)
Flag of Vietnam.svg Nguyen Le Nguyen
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Flag of Japan.svg Kai Gergov
Flag of the United States.svg Flag of Romania.svg Bianca Ciubancan
Flag of Turkey.svg Naz Irem Turkmen
Flag of Japan.svg Kyota Kakiuchi Flag of Japan.svg Ayaka Uchio Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Samuel Hirsch (Best interpretation of a Belgian piece)
2018 Flag of Korea (1899).svg EunSeo Cho
Flag of Korea (1899).svg SungWoo Lee
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Viktor Vasiliev
Flag of Germany.svg Leonard Toschev
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Pauline Van Der Rest
Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Germer Flag of France.svg Emma Gibout Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Germer (Special jury prize )

Flag of the United States.svg Ariel Horowitz (Best interpretation of a Belgian piece)

2017 Flag of Japan.svg Fiona Khuong-Huu
Flag of Japan.svg Ryota Nakamura

Flag of Singapore.svg Yunci Kaelyn Soh

Flag of Ukraine.svg Georgii Moroz

Flag of Hungary.svg Pal Laszlo Szomora

- Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Meurice Victorine (Special Prize – Young Hope )

Flag of Ukraine.svg Georgii Moroz (Best interpretation of a Belgian piece)

2016 [13] Flag of Turkey.svg Bade Daştan Flag of Belarus.svg Aliaksandra Arbuzava

Flag of Serbia.svg Veronika Mona Bogic

Flag of Japan.svg Emiri Kobayashi

Flag of Turkey.svg Ilgin Top

Flag of Japan.svg Yurina Arai Flag of Japan.svg Emiri Kobayashi (Best Interpretation of a Belgian piece)

Flag of Israel.svg Avraham Tirfe (Encouragement)
Flag of Syria.svg Bilal Alnemr (Dora Schwarzberg Prize)

2015 Flag of Japan.svg NAKANO Lina (Grand prize)

Flag of Turkey.svg ÇATAKOĞLU Gökçe
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg KIM Theodore

Flag of Austria.svg KARLS Lorenz

Flag of France.svg FAULISI Luka

Flag of Italy.svg CARDAROPOLI Gennaro Flag of Romania.svg RIMBU Remus Flag of the Netherlands.svg Spruit Charlotte (Best Interpretation of a Belgian piece)

Flag of Mongolia.svg Lut Bilegtugs (Dora Schwarzberg Prize)

2014 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg VAN DER REST Pauline (Grand prize)

Flag of Ukraine.svg BLYUMIN Matviy
Flag of Austria.svg LIST Darya

Flag of Austria.svg SCHMÖLZER Eva Lucia

Flag of France.svg WAKAMATSU Hana Lucia

Flag of Austria.svg TING Belle Chang-Yuan Flag of Belgium (civil).svg DEBROEYER Quentin Flag of Austria.svg Belle Ting (Best Interpretation of a Belgian piece)

Flag of Germany.svg Anne Friederike Greuner (Best Interpretation of a Belgian piece)

2013 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Cooreman Alexandra (Grand prize)

Flag of Ukraine.svg Vasylieva Varvara
Flag of Russia.svg Yushkovskaya Maria

Flag of Austria.svg Walder Julian(Grand prize)

Flag of Russia.svg Pashchenko Snezhana

Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Ibrahimova Aytan

Flag of France.svg Durand-Rivière Suzanne

Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Šroubková Olga

Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Michaluk Maxime

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2012 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg von Albertini Emilia (Grand prize)

Flag of France.svg Voisin Morgane

Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Csikos Anett Flag of France.svg Girard Grégoire--
2011 Flag of Sweden.svg Lozakovitj Daniel- Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Willem Floris

Flag of France.svg Decamps Sarah
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Seyidova Jeyla

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2010 Flag of Germany.svg Guo Linda Flag of Latvia.svg Egorovs Andrels

Flag of Russia.svg Martynov Fedor

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2009 Flag of Germany.svg Boschkor Laras

Flag of Russia.svg Kuzmina Alexandra

Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Levy Maya Flag of Russia.svg Grauman Marina Flag of Spain.svg Managadze-Postnikova Nikolai-
2008 Flag of Hungary.svg Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Csikos Anett Flag of Hungary.svg Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Csikos Vilmos Flag of Korea (1899).svg Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lee Jae-Eun--

Jury 2019

  1. Mr. Igor Tkatchouk – Belgium – President of the jury
  2. Mrs Dora Schwarzberg – Austria
  3. Mrs Shirly Laub – Belgium
  4. Mrs Tetiana Zolozova – France
  5. Mr. Roman Fedchuk – Czech Rep
  6. Mr. George Tudorache – Belgium
  7. Mr. Muhammedjan Turdiev – Turkey

Previous years

  1. Alexei Moshkov – Belgium (2012)
  2. Anna Sundin – Sweden (2013, 2014, 2015)
  3. Anne Léonardo – Belgium (2009)
  4. Dora Schwarzberg – Austria (2013 to 2019)
  5. Guido Jardon – Belgium (2008 à 2012)
  6. Jean-Frédéric Molard – Belgium (2010, 2011)
  7. Luba Aroutiounian – Belgium (2008)
  8. Michel Poskin – Belgium (2009)
  9. Muhammedjan Turdiev – Turkey (2014 to 2019)
  10. Nina Nazymova – France (2013)
  11. Philippe Descamps – Belgium (2011, 2012, 2013)
  12. Roman Fedchuk – Czech Republic (2009 to 2019)
  13. Saveliy Shalman – Russia (2009)
  14. Shirly Laub – Belgium (2010, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2019)
  15. Tatiana Samouil – Belgium (2008, 2012, 2013)
  16. Tetiana Zolozova – France (2013 à 2019)
  17. Ulysse Waterlot – Belgium (2010)
  18. Valery Oistrakh – Belgium (2011)
  19. Igor Tkatchouk – Belgium (Chairman 2008 to 2019)

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