Arthur Grumiaux

Arthur Grumiaux
Background information
Birth name Arthur Grumiaux
Born (1921-03-21)21 March 1921
Villers-Perwin, Belgium
Died 16 October 1986(1986-10-16) (aged 65)
Brussels, Belgium
Occupation(s) Violinist

Baron Arthur Grumiaux (French: [gʁy'mjo]; 21 March 1921 – 16 October 1986) was a Belgian violinist.

Early life

Born in the Belgian town of Villers-Perwin, on 21 March 1921,[1] Grumiaux was only three years old when his grandfather urged him to begin music studies. He entered the conservatoire in Charleroi at the age of six; the normal entry age was eleven. He studied violin and piano there until the age of eleven, when he graduated and moved to the Royal Conservatoire in Brussels to study violin.[2]

Career

Arthur Grumiaux (1965)

He variously has been described as having made his debut in Brussels at the age of 14,[2] or in 1935,[1] although his debut is more commonly said to have occurred in 1940.[3][4][5] This performance was made in Belgium with the Brussels Philharmonic playing Mendelssohn's concerto.[4]

Due to the German invasion of his homeland, he next played publicly after liberation in 1945 with the Allied military entertainment organisation,[6][7] making his London debut later that year.[3][4] In 1949 he was appointed professor of violin at the Brussels Conservatoire where he had once studied.[3][8] He debuted in the United States in Boston, in 1951, and toured the United States in the following year.[6][9]

In 1973 he was created a baron by King Baudouin of Belgium for his services to music.[8]

Death

He died of a sudden stroke in Brussels in 1986 at the age of 65.[1]

Recordings

Grumiaux had a long-standing relationship with Philips Records, lasting more than 20 years, and recordings are available from them of him performing works by Handel, Bach, Vivaldi, Michael Haydn, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Bruch, Tchaikovsky, Henryk Wieniawski, and Johan Svendsen.[10][11]

A recording of Grumiaux's performance of one movement from Bach's Sonatas & Partitas for Unaccompanied Violin, the "Gavotte en rondeaux" from the Partita No. 3, is included on the Voyager Golden Record, attached to the Voyager spacecraft, as a sample of the culture of Earth.[12]

His violins

He owned both a Guarneri, the "Rose", made by Giuseppe Guarneri in 1744,[13] and a Stradivarius, the "General Dupont", made in 1727.[14]

Violin Competition

Logo of the competition

The International Grumiaux Competition for Young Violinists is held annually and takes place at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels in Belgium.[15][16] It was first held in 2008 under the name of "Bravo",[17] In 2015, the competition was renamed in honour of Arthur Grumiaux,[18] and is now called Concours International Grumiaux pour Jeunes Violonistes (International Grumiaux Competition for Young Violinists).[19]

History

The competition was created in 2008 by Igor Tkatchouk, a violin professor at the Institut Supérieur de Musique et de Pédagogie in Namur,[20] originally under the name of "Bravo!" competition.[21] It took place each year at the Institut [22] and since 2017 in the Royal Conservatoire in Brussels. In 2015, the competition was supported by the foundation Baron Arthur Grumiaux [23] and was renamed International Arthur Grumiaux Competition for Young Violinists.[24] 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 [25] and in the same year, the Belgian TV news RTBF show a spot on television [26]

Prize winners

There are four categories of prizes, based on the age of the performer: category A : through 10 years old, category B ages 11–13, category C ages 14–17, and category D ages 18–21.[27]

Year 1st Prize Cat A 1st Prize Cat B 1st Prize Cat C 1st Prize Cat D Special Prize
2018 Korea EunSeo Cho
Korea SungWoo Lee
Bulgaria Viktor Vasiliev		 GermanyLeonard Toschev
Belgium Pauline Van Der Rest		 DenmarkMichael Germer France Emma Gibout DenmarkMichael Germer (Special jury prize )

United StatesAriel Horowitz (Best interpretation of a Belgian piece)

2017 Japan Fiona Khuong-Huu
JapanRyota Nakamura

Singapore Yunci Kaelyn Soh

UkraineGeorgii Moroz

HungaryPal Laszlo Szomora

 - BelgiumMeurice Victorine (Special Prize - Young Hope )

UkraineGeorgii Moroz (Best interpretation of a Belgian piece)

2016[28] Turkey Bade Daştan Belarus Aliaksandra Arbuzava

Serbia Veronika Mona Bogic

 Japan Emiri Kobayashi

Turkey Ilgin Top

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

Israel Avraham Tirfe (Encouragement)
SyriaBilal Alnemr (Dora Schwarzberg Prize)

2015 Japan NAKANO Lina (Grand prize)

Turkey ÇATAKOĞLU Gökçe
Belgium KIM Theodore

 Austria KARLS Lorenz

France FAULISI Luka

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

Mongolia Lut Bilegtugs (Dora Schwarzberg Prize)

2014 Belgium VAN DER REST Pauline (Grand prize)

Ukraine BLYUMIN Matviy
Austria LIST Darya

 Austria SCHMÖLZER Eva Lucia

France WAKAMATSU Hana Lucia

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

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

2013 Belgium Cooreman Alexandra (Grand prize)

Ukraine Vasylieva Varvara
Russia Yushkovskaya Maria

 Austria Walder Julian(Grand prize)

Russia Pashchenko Snezhana

 Azerbaijan Ibrahimova Aytan

France Durand-Rivière Suzanne

 Czech Republic Šroubková Olga

Belgium Michaluk Maxime

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2012 Switzerland von Albertini Emilia (Grand prize)

France Voisin Morgane

 Belgium Csikos Anett France Girard Grégoire - -
2011 Sweden Lozakovitj Daniel - Belgium Willem Floris

France Decamps Sarah
Azerbaijan Seyidova Jeyla

 - -
2010 Germany Guo Linda Latvia Egorovs Andrels

Russia Martynov Fedor

 - - -
2009 Germany Boschkor Laras

Russia Kuzmina Alexandra

 Belgium Levy Maya Russia Grauman Marina Spain Managadze-Postnikova Nikolai -
2008 HungaryBelgium Csikos Anett HungaryBelgium Csikos Vilmos KoreaBelgium Lee Jae-Eun - -

Jury 2018

  1. Mr. Igor Tkatchouk - Belgium - President of the jury
  2. Mrs Dora Schwarzberg - Austria
  3. Mr. Roman Fedchuk - Czech Rep
  4. Mrs Tetiana Zolozova - France
  5. Mr. Yossif Ivanov - Belgium
  6. Mr. Philippe Koch - Belgium
  7. Mr. George Tudorache - Belgium
  8. 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 à 2017)
  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 à 2017)
  10. Nina Nazymova – France (2013)
  11. Philippe Descamps – Belgium(2011, 2012, 2013)
  12. Roman Fedchuk – Czech Republic (2009 à 2017)
  13. Saveliy Shalman – Russia(2009)
  14. Shirly Laub – Belgium(2010, 2012, 2016, 2017)
  15. Tatiana Samouil – Belgium(2008, 2012, 2013)
  16. Tetiana Zolozova – France (2013 à 2017)
  17. Ulysse Waterlot – Belgium(2010)
  18. Valery Oistrakh – Belgium(2011)
  19. Igor Tkatchouk – Belgium(Chairman 2008 to 2017)

Further reading

References

  1. 1 2 3 State, Paul F. (2015). Historical Dictionary of Brussels. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 190.
  2. 1 2 Campbell, Margaret (2011). "34 The Musician's Musician". The Great Violinists. Faber and Faber. p. 167.
  3. 1 2 3 "Arthur Grumiaux, Baron". Encyclopædia Britannica.
  4. 1 2 3 Burgess, Patricia; Turner, Roland (1989). The Annual Obituary. St. James Press. p. 580.
  5. ↑ Roth, Henry (1997). Violin Virtuosos: From Paganini to the 21st Century. California Classic Books. p. 203.
  6. 1 2 Campbell, Margaret (2011). "34 The Musician's Musician". The Great Violinists. Faber and Faber. p. 168.
  7. ↑ Lloyd, Stephen (2014). Constant Lambert: Beyond the Rio Grande. Boydell Press. p. 332.
  8. 1 2 "Legendary Violinists: Arthur Grumiaux". www.thirteen.org.
  9. ↑ "Arthur Grumiaux: The Boston Recordings". Parnassus Classical CDs and Records.
  10. ↑ "ARTHUR GRUMIAUX: PHILIPS RECORDINGS 1955-1978". Classics Today.
  11. ↑ "Arthur Grumiaux - Philips Recordings 1955-1977".
  12. ↑ "Golden Record: Music From Earth". JPL.
  13. ↑ "The Art of Arthur Grumiaux". Audiophile Audition. 26 May 2014.
  14. ↑ "Frank Peter Zimmermann receives 'General Dupont', 'Grumiaux' Stradivarius on long-term loan". The Strad. 20 January 2016.
  15. ↑ "Revivez le concert des lauréats du Concours Grumiaux 2016". RTBF (in French). 1 February 2016.
  16. ↑ "Un prestigieux concours international pour jeunes violonistes a lieu à Namur". RTBF (in French). 10 February 2016.
  17. ↑ "8ème CONCOURS INTERNATIONAL "Arthur Grumiaux"". Institut Supérieur de Musique et de Pédagogie (in French).
  18. ↑ "Concours pour violonistes". lavenir.net (in French). 23 March 2015.
  19. ↑ "Contact". Best of Violin (in French).
  20. ↑ "Revivez le concert des lauréats du Concours Grumiaux 2016" (in French). 2016-01-01. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  21. ↑ "8e Concours International Arthur Grumiaux". Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  22. ↑ "IMEP » 8ème CONCOURS INTERNATIONAL " Arthur Grumiaux "".
  23. ↑ http://www.grumiaux.net/entree.cfm
  24. ↑ L. S. "Concours pour violonistes".
  25. ↑ Musiq'3 partenaire du Concours Grumiaux
  26. ↑ Un prestigieux concours international pour jeunes violonistes a lieu à Namur
  27. ↑ "Rules".
  28. ↑ Heifetz (2016-02-18). "Prizes Awarded at 2016 Grumiaux International Junior Violin Comp". Retrieved 2016-07-21.
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