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. At one time it was biannual, but is now held every four years.
Applicants must be at or below 30 years of age, have attended a Belgian Conservatory for one year, and received a degree in violin performance.
Compulsory Pieces
- A predetermined concerto by Vieuxtemps
- A sonata or Partita of J. S. Bach
- A virtuoso piece my Henry Vieuxtemps
- any concerto
- a work by a Belgian composer,
- a modern work composed after 1920,
- another work chosen by the candidate
Previous winners
- 1920 : A. Dubois
- 1923 : H. Clokers
- 1925 : L. Hody
- 1927 : E. Ferari
- 1929 : F. Wigny
- 1931 : A. Michot
- 1933 : C. van Neste
- 1935 : M. Walthéry
- 1937 : A. Speguel
- 1939 : A. Grumiaux
- 1941 : G. Octors
- 1943 : M. Debot
- 1945 : not awarded
- 1947 : not awarded
- 1949 : G. Lardinois
- 1951 : P. Jetteur
- 1953 : C.-R. Quatacker
- 1955 : H.-E. Koch
- 1957 : not awarded
- 1959 : S. Karolyi
- 1961 : L. Douin
- 1963 : Ch. Jongen
- 1966 : J. Herve
- 1970 : M. Fujikawa
- 1974 : J. Maté
- 1978 : J. Snow
- 1982 : G. De Cuyper
- 1986 : E. Melon
- 1990 : P. P. Zhu
- 1994 : J.-G. Raelet
- 1998 : T. Samouïl
- 2002 : L. Wang
- 2006 : H. Avanesyan
- 2011 : C. Dassesse
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