Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition

The International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition is a competition for violinists up to age 30 that takes place every five years in Poznań, Poland, in honor of the virtuoso and composer Henryk Wieniawski (1835–1880).^[1] The first competition took place in 1935 in Warsaw, 100 years after the birth of its patron, and consisted of two stages. The second, after a gap of 17 years in 1952, and subsequent events were held in Poznań in three stages. In 2001 it was decided that the competition would henceforth be held in four stages.^[2]

Candidates shall be qualified for the competition subject to preliminary selection auditions run by Maxim Vengerov and another member of the jury.

The following three statutory prizes shall be awarded in the competition:

First prize: 30,000 Euro and gold medal;
Second prize: 20,000 Euro and silver medal;
Third prize: 12,000 Euro and bronze medal.

Additional prizes include three honorary distinctions of 5,000 Euro and the special extra-statutory prize funded by Maxim Vengerov: 12 individual lessons for one of the competition participants. The first edition of the competition took place in 1935 in Warsaw and drew 160 contestants from 23 countries.^[3] The inaugural winner of the competition was France's Ginette Neveu. One of the participants was also Grażyna Bacewicz who received an honorary diploma and was to become a future juror of the competition. The two first prizes were funded by renowned Polish luthier Tomasz Panufnik.^[4]

Prizewinners

1935

I. Ginette Neveu – France
II. David Oistrakh – USSR
III. Henri Temianka – Great Britain
IV. Boris Goldstein – USSR
V. Ljerko Spiller – Yugoslavia
VI. Mary Luisa Sardo – Italy
VII. Ida Haendel – Poland
VIII. Hubert Anton – Estonia
IX. Bronislav Gimpel – Poland

1952

I. Igor Oistrakh – USSR
II. Julian Sitkovetsky – USSR, Wanda Wiłkomirska – Poland
III. Blanche Tarjus – France, Marina Jaszwili – USSR, Olga Parchomlenko – USSR
IV. Emil Kamilarov – Bulgaria, Edward Statkiewicz – Poland, Igor Iwanow – Poland, Henryk Palulis – Poland
V. Csaba Bokay – Hungary

1957

I. Roza Fajn – USSR
II. Sidney Harth – USA
III. Mark Komissarow – USSR
IV. Augustin Leon-Ara – Spain
V. Ayla Erduran – Turkey
VI. Władimir Malinin – USSR

1962

I. Charles Treger – USA
II. Oleh Krysa – USSR
III. Krzysztof Jakowicz – Poland
IV. Izabella Petrosjan – USSR
V. Mirosław Rusin – USSR, and Henryk Jarzynski – Poland, Priscilla A. Ambrose – USA
VI. Tomasz Michalak – Poland

1967

I. Piotr Janowski – Poland
II. Michał Bezwierchnyj – USSR
III. Kaja Danczowska – Poland
IV. Eduard Tatewosjan – USSR
V. Anatolij Mielnkow – USSR
VI. Michał Grabarczyk – Poland, Mincho Minchev – Bulgaria

1972

I. Tatiana Grindienko – USSR
II. Shizuka Ishikawa – Japan
III. Barbara Górzyńska – Poland
V. Tadeusz Gadzina – Poland, Graczija Arutunian – USSR
VI. Stefan Czermak – Poland
VII. Edward Z. Zienkowski – Poland

1977

I. Vadim Brodsky – USSR
II. Piotr Milewski – Poland, Michał Wajman – USSR
III. Zachar Bron – USSR, Peter A. Zazofsky – USA
IV. Charles A. Linale – France
V. Hiro Kurosaki – Austria, Anna A. Wódka – Poland
VI. Kazuhiko Sawa – Japan
Awards: Asa Konishi – Japan, Keiko Mizuno – Japan

1981

I. Keiko Urushihara – Japan
II. Elisa Kawaguti – Japan
III. Aureli Błaszczok – Poland
IV. Seiji Kageyama – Japan
V. Iwao Furusawa – Japan
VI. Megumi Shimane – Japan

1986

I. Ewgenij Buszkow – USSR
III. Nobu Wakabayashi – Japan, Robert Kabara – Poland
IV. Wiktor Kuzniecow – USSR
V. Alexander Romanul – USA
VI. Hiroko Suzuki – Japan

1991

I. Bartłomiej Nizioł – Poland, Piotr Pławner – Poland
II. Chie Abiko – Japan
III. Reiko Shiraishi – Japan
IV. Monika Jarecka – Poland
V. Tomoko Yoshimura – Japan

1996

I. –
II. Reiko Otani – Japan
III. Akkiko Tanaka – Japan
IV. Łukasz Błaszczyk – Poland, Asuka Sezaki – Japan
V. Anna Reszniak – Poland
VI. Maria M. Nowak – Poland

2001

I. Alena Baeva – Russia
II. Soojin Han – S.Korea, Roman Simowic – Yugoslavia
III.Gaik Kazazian – Armenia, Bracha Malkin – USA, Hiroko Takahashi – Japan
IV. Mayuko Kamio – Japan
V. Jaroslaw Nadrzycki – Poland
VI. Alexandra Wood – Great Britain

2006

I. Agata Szymczewska – Poland
II. Airi Suzuki – Japan
III. Anna Maria Staśkiewicz – Poland
IV. Lev Solodovnikow – Russia
V. Maria Machowska – Poland
V. Jarosław Nadrzycki – Poland
VI. Wojciech Pławner – Poland
Distinction. Simeon Klimashevskiy – Russia

2011

I. Soyoung Yoon – South Korea
II. Miki Kobayashi – Japan
III. Stefan Tarara – Germany
Distinction. Erzhan Kulibaev – Kazakhstan, Aylen Pritchin – Russia, Arata Yumi – Japan