Description
The Tibor Varga International Violin Competition is open
to violinists of all nationalities from 15 to 32 years of
age (born between the 1st January
1978 and the
31st December 1995). Its purpose is
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to help discover new talent,
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to enrich the musical experience and competence of the
participants,
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to encourage and support prize-winners in their future
careers.
The
Jury, comprising eminent violin experts (performers and
teachers) and distinguished personalities in the world of
music, will endeavour to discern the essential musical
values in the interpretations of each candidate.
The programme as well as the administration of the
Competition, established by its founder
Tibor Varga, correspond
perfectly to the regulations of the World Federation of
International Music Competitions (WFICM). The Competition's
conception reflects the eminent artistic and pedagogic
wisdom of the founder, who was repeatedly invited as a
member or president of juries at the most important
competitions for violin and chamber music: ARD Munich (for
the first time in 1952), Tchaïkovsky in Moscow, Paganini in
Genoa, Geneva Competition, Competition of Indianapolis,
Queen Elisabeth in Brussels, Carl Nielsen in Odense,
Marguerite Long- Jacques Thibaud in Paris, Georges Enescu in
Bucarest, Competition of Evian, Schubert and the Music of
Modernity in Graz, etc.
All rounds are open to the public. There is no pre-selection
(on the basis of audio or video recordings) in closed
session.
The full programme consists of three public performances
which will be recorded on CD. Every competitor will
receive a copy of his own performances. On the basis of the
recordings, the performer can analyse his interpretations,
discuss them with jury members and eventually benefit from
such study in his artistic development.
Jury
The Jury is composed of
eminent international authorities of the violin (performers
and teachers) and distinguished personalities from the world
of music.
Jury members of the previous editions of the Tibor Varga
International Violin Competition (selection) include:
Tibor Varga (founder of the Competition) -
Harry Blech - Örnulf
Boye-Hansen - Zakhar Bron - Gilles Cantagrel - Chiu-Sen
Chen - Pierre Colombo - Lukas David - Dimo Dimov - Christian
Ferras - Erick Friedman - Silvie Gazeau -Stefan Gheorghiu
- Latica Honda-Rosenberg - Nam Yun Kim - Andras Kiss - Valerij Klimov - Sherry Kloss - Pavel Kogan
- Denes Kovacs - Silvia Marcovici - Wolfgang Marschner -
Jacques Mayencourt - Henri Meyer - Gyorgy Pauk - Ricardo Odnopossoff -
Raphael Oleg - Igor Oistrakh - Viktor Pikayzen - Tobias
Richter - Michel Schwalbé - Michalis Semsis - Hubert
Simacek - Gyula Stüller - Muhai Tang - Georges Tessier -
Gilbert Varga - Ion Voicu
Laureats
Maintaining a strong tradition since its first year of
existence, the Tibor Varga International Violin Competition
is one of the most important competitions in international
musical life, and numbers of prize-winners have found it to
be a turning point in their artistic careers. Among the more
than 100 laureats, many are today artists who are well known
in international musical circles :
See
the list of laureats (pdf - 56Ko) 
Laureats
of the 42nd Competition :
Laureats of
the 41st Competition :
Laureats of
the 40th Competition :
|
 |
A-Rah SHIN |
 |
2nd
prize |
|
 |
Jose Maria
Blumenschein |
 |
3rd
prize |
|
 |
Ayano NINOMIYA |
 |
Prize for
encouragement |
|
 |
Maria SOLOZOBOVA |
 |
Prize for
encouragement |
|
|
Jose Maria
Blumenschein |
 |
Public
prize |
Laureats of
the 39th Competition :
|
 |
Soyoung YOON |
|
2nd Prize
ex aequo |
|
 |
Antal SZALAI |
 |
2nd Prize
ex aequo |
|
 |
Hyun-Su SHIN |
|
3rd
Prize ex aequo |
|
 |
Korbinian
ALTENBERGER |
|
3rd
Prize ex aequo |
|
|
Soyoung YOON |
|
Prize of
the required work |
|
|
Korbinian
ALTENBERGER |
|
Public
Prize |
Artistic
Committee
Committee of honour
Comittee
