2012 Queen Elisabeth Music Competition

The 2012 Queen Elisabeth Music Competition is the competition's 50th edition, comprising its 17th Eugène Ysaÿe Violin Competition and its 19th Composition Competition.

The violin competition took place between 30 April and 26 May 2012 in Brussels' Centre for Fine Arts. Andrey Baranov won it to become the first Russian violinist to do so since the collapse of the Soviet Union, while Tatsuki Narita and Su-shin Hyun were awarded the silver and bronze medals.

Jury

 * 🇧🇪 Arie van Lysebeth (chairman)
 * 🇫🇷 Pierre Amoyal
 * 🇫🇷 Augustin Dumay
 * 🇫🇷 Patrice Fontanarosa
 * Daniel Hope
 * 🇹🇼 Hu Nai-yuan
 * 🇺🇸 Lewis Kaplan
 * 🇰🇷 Kim Min
 * 🇧🇪 Philippe Koch
 * 🇧🇪 Shirly Laub
 * Mihaela Martin
 * 🇷🇺 Natalia Prischepenko
 * 🇷🇺 Tatiana Samouil
 * 🇯🇵 Akiko Suwanai
 * 🇨🇳 Vera Tsu Weiling