Prix Henry Vieuxtemps

The Prix Henry Vieuxtemps is a violin competition held biennially in Verviers, Belgium since 1922. It is named after the famed violinist and composer Henri Vieuxtemps.

Applicants must be at or below 26 years of age, have attended a Belgian Conservatory for one year, and received a degree in violin performance.

Program
First Round:


 * The first movement of a concerto by W. A. Mozart (with cadenza)
 * A sonata or partita for solo violin by J. S. Bach or a sonata by E. Ysaye
 * One of the studies (Op. 48) or a short piece by Henry Vieuxtemps

Final Round:


 * A virtuoso piece by Henry Vieuxtemps (this work can be a movement of a concerto)
 * A complete violin sonata
 * A complete violin concerto
 * A piece of your choice

Previous winners

 * 1920 : Alfred Dubois
 * 1923 : Hector Clokers
 * 1925 : Lambert Hody
 * 1927 : Edmond Ferari
 * 1929 : François Wigny
 * 1931 : Arthur Michot
 * 1933 : Carlo van Neste
 * 1935 : Marie Walthéry
 * 1937 : Albert Speguel
 * 1939 : Arthur Grumiaux
 * 1941 : Georges Octors
 * 1943 : Marcel Debot
 * 1945 : not awarded
 * 1947 : not awarded
 * 1949 : G. Lardinois-Altmann
 * 1951 : Pierre Jetteur
 * 1953 : Clémens-René Quatacker
 * 1955 : Henri-Emmanuel Koch
 * 1957 : not awarded
 * 1959 : Sándor Károlyi
 * 1961 : Léopold Douin
 * 1963 : Charles Jongen
 * 1966 : Jean Hervé
 * 1970 : Mayumi Fujikawa
 * 1974 : János Máté
 * 1978 : John Snow
 * 1982 : Ginette De Cuyper
 * 1986 : Eric Melon
 * 1990 : Péi Péi Zhu
 * 1994 : Jean-Gabriel Raelet
 * 1998 : Tatiana Samouïl
 * 2002 : Lei Wang
 * 2006 : Hrachya Avanesyan
 * 2011 : Claire Dassesse
 * 2015 : Floris Willem
 * 2017 : not awarded
 * 2020 : Vilmos Csikos
 * 2023 : Leonid Anikin