The International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition (Polish: MiÃÂdzynarodowy Konkurs Skrzypcowy im. Henryka Wieniawskiego) is a competition for violinists up to age 30 that takes place every five years in PoznaÃ
Â, Poland, in honor of the virtuoso and composer Henryk Wieniawski (1835âÂÂ1880). 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 PoznaÃ
 in three stages. In 1957 the competition became one of the founding members of the World Federation of International Music Competitions in Geneva. In 2001 it was decided that the competition would henceforth be held in four stages.
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; and 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. The inaugural winner of the competition was France's Ginette Neveu. One of the participants was also GraÃ
¼yna 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.
Prizewinners
2022
- I.
- II. Meruert Karmenova
- III. Qingzhu Weng
- Distinction. // Hana Chang & Jane Hyeonjin Cho & Dayoon You
2016
2011
2006
- I. Agata Szymczewska
- II. Airi Suzuki
- III. Anna Maria StaÃ
Âkiewicz
- IV. Lev Solodovnikow
- V. Maria Machowska
- V. JarosÃ
Âaw Nadrzycki
- VI. Wojciech PÃ
Âawner
- Distinction. Simeon Klimashevskiy
2001
1996
- I. Not awarded
- II. Reiko Otani
- III. Akkiko Tanaka
- IV. Ã
Âukasz BÃ
Âaszczyk & Asuka Sezaki
- V. Anna Reszniak
- VI. Maria M. Nowak
1991
- I. BartÃ
Âomiej NizioÃ
 & Piotr PÃ
Âawner
- II. Chie Abiko
- III. Reiko Shiraishi
- IV. Monika Jarecka
- V. Tomoko Yoshimura
1986
- I. Ewgenij Buszkow
- III. Nobu Wakabayashi & Robert Kabara
- IV. Wiktor Kuzniecow
- V. Alexander Romanul
- VI. Hiroko Suzuki
1981
- I. Keiko Urushihara
- II. Elisa Kawaguti
- III. Aureli BÃ
Âaszczok
- IV. Seiji Kageyama
- V. Iwao Furusawa
- VI. Megumi Shimane
1977
- I. Vadim Brodsky
- II. Piotr Milewski & MichaÃ
 Wajman
- III. Zakhar Bron & Peter A. Zazofsky
- IV. Charles A. Linale
- V. Hiro Kurosaki & Anna A. Wódka
- VI. Kazuhiko Sawa
- Awards. Asa Konishi & Keiko Mizuno
1972
- I. Tatiana Grindienko
- II. Shizuka Ishikawa
- III. Barbara GórzyÃ
Âska
- V. Tadeusz Gadzina & Graczija Arutunian
- VI. Stefan Czermak & Kenji Iwamoto
- VII. Edward Z. Zienkowski
1967
- I. Piotr Janowski
- II. MichaÃ
 Bezwierchnyj
- III. Kaja Danczowska
- IV. Eduard Tatewosjan
- V. Anatolij Mielnkow
- VI. MichaÃ
 Grabarczyk & Mincho Minchev
1962
- I. Charles Treger
- II. Oleg Krysa
- III. Krzysztof Jakowicz
- IV. Izabella Petrosjan
- V. MirosÃ
Âaw Rusin & Henryk Jarzynski & Priscilla A. Ambrose
- VI. Tomasz Michalak
1957
- I. Roza Fajn
- II. Sidney Harth
- III. Mark Komissarow
- IV. Augustin Leon-Ara
- V. Ayla Erduran
- VI. WÃ
Âadimir Malinin
1952
1935
Laureates by country
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