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The Arthur Grumiaux International Violin Competition is a violin competition held in Brussels, Belgium. First held in 2008 under the name of "Bravo", in 2015 the competition was renamed in honor of the violinist Arthur Grumiaux. The competition takes place at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels in Belgium.

History

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

Prize winners

There are three age categories : Category I (0-11 y.o.), Category II (12-16 y.o.) and Category III (17-21 y.o.)

Year	1st Prize Cat A	1st Prize Cat B	1st Prize Cat C	1st Prize Cat D	Special Prize
2019	Himari Yoshimura (Grand prize) Nguyen Le Nguyen Kai Gergov	Bianca Ciubancan Naz Irem Turkmen	Kyota Kakiuchi	Ayaka Uchio	Samuel Hirsch (Best interpretation of a Belgian piece)
2018	EunSeo Cho SungWoo Lee Viktor Vasiliev	Leonard Toschev Pauline Van Der Rest	Michael Germer	Emma Gibout	Michael Germer (Special jury prize ) Ariel Horowitz (Best interpretation of a Belgian piece)
2017	Fiona Khuong-Huu	Ryota Nakamura Yunci Kaelyn Soh	Georgii Moroz Pal Laszlo Szomora	-	Meurice Victorine (Special Prize – Young Hope ) Georgii Moroz (Best interpretation of a Belgian piece)
2016	Bade Daştan	Aliaksandra Arbuzava Veronika Mona Bogic	Emiri Kobayashi Ilgin Top	Yurina Arai	Emiri Kobayashi (Best Interpretation of a Belgian piece) Avraham Tirfe (Encouragement) Bilal Alnemr (Dora Schwarzberg Prize)
2015	NAKANO Lina (Grand prize) ÇATAKOĞLU Gökçe KIM Theodore	KARLS Lorenz FAULISI Luka	CARDAROPOLI Gennaro	RIMBU Remus	Spruit Charlotte (Best Interpretation of a Belgian piece) Lut Bilegtugs (Dora Schwarzberg Prize)
2014	VAN DER REST Pauline (Grand prize) BLYUMIN Matviy LIST Darya	SCHMÖLZER Eva Lucia WAKAMATSU Hana Lucia	TING Belle Chang-Yuan	DEBROEYER Quentin	Belle Ting (Best Interpretation of a Belgian piece) Anne Friederike Greuner (Best Interpretation of a Belgian piece)
2013	Cooreman Alexandra (Grand prize) Vasylieva Varvara Yushkovskaya Maria	Walder Julian(Grand prize) Pashchenko Snezhana	Ibrahimova Aytan Durand-Rivière Suzanne	Šroubková Olga Michaluk Maxime	-
2012	von Albertini Emilia (Grand prize) Voisin Morgane	Csikos Anett	Girard Grégoire	-	-
2011	Lozakovitj Daniel	-	Willem Floris Decamps Sarah Seyidova Jeyla	-	-
2010	Guo Linda	Egorovs Andrels Martynov Fedor	-	-	-
2009	Boschkor Laras Kuzmina Alexandra	Levy Maya	Grauman Marina	Managadze-Postnikova Nikolai	-
2008	Csikos Anett	Csikos Vilmos	Lee Jae-Eun	-	-

Jury 2019

1. Mr. Igor Tkatchouk – Belgium – President of the jury
2. Mrs Dora Schwarzberg – Austria
3. Mrs Shirly Laub – Belgium
4. Mrs Tetiana Zolozova – France
5. Mr. Roman Fedchuk – Czech Rep
6. Mr. George Tudorache – Belgium
7. 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 to 2019)
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 to 2019)
10. Nina Nazymova – France (2013)
11. Philippe Descamps – Belgium (2011, 2012, 2013)
12. Roman Fedchuk – Czech Republic (2009 to 2019)
13. Saveliy Shalman – Russia (2009)
14. Shirly Laub – Belgium (2010, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2019)
15. Tatiana Samouil – Belgium (2008, 2012, 2013)
16. Tetiana Zolozova – France (2013 à 2019)
17. Ulysse Waterlot – Belgium (2010)
18. Valery Oistrakh – Belgium (2011)
19. Igor Tkatchouk – Belgium (Chairman 2008 to 2019)

References

1. "Revivez le concert des lauréats du Concours Grumiaux 2016". RTBF (in French). 1 February 2016.
2. "Un prestigieux concours international pour jeunes violonistes a lieu à Namur". RTBF (in French). 10 February 2016.
3. "8ème CONCOURS INTERNATIONAL "Arthur Grumiaux"". Institut Supérieur de Musique et de Pédagogie (in French).
4. "Concours pour violonistes". lavenir.net (in French). 23 March 2015.
5. "Contact". Best of Violin (in French). Archived from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
6. "Revivez le concert des lauréats du Concours Grumiaux 2016" (in French). 1 January 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
7. "8e Concours International Arthur Grumiaux". Retrieved 21 July 2016.
8. "IMEP » 8ème CONCOURS INTERNATIONAL " Arthur Grumiaux "".
9. "Welcome". grumiaux.net. Archived from the original on 9 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
10. L. S. "Concours pour violonistes".
11. Musiq'3 partenaire du Concours Grumiaux
12. Un prestigieux concours international pour jeunes violonistes a lieu à Namur
13. Heifetz (18 February 2016). "Prizes Awarded at 2016 Grumiaux International Junior Violin Comp". Retrieved 21 July 2016.

External links

• Official website

• Classical music

• Violin competitions
• Music competitions in Belgium
• Events in Brussels
• Belgian awards
• Recurring events established in 2008
• 2008 establishments in Belgium
• 2000s in Brussels