Thank you to everyone who made the Menuhin Competition London 2016 such a wonderful 11 days and congratulations to all of our prizewinners!

Senior Section

1st prize £ 10,000
Beare International Violin Society Prize
plus a 1-year loan of a golden period Stradivarius violin Sponsored by J&A Beare

Winner: Ziyu He, 16, China

2nd prize £ 7,500
Donated by Sir George Iacobescu

Winner: SongHa Choi, 16, South Korea

3rd prize £ 5,000
Donated by Mrs Toyoko Hattori

Winner: Yu–Ting Chen, 20, Taiwan

4th prize £ 3,000
“So that the thread of music may continue”, donated by the Henri Moerel Foundation

Winner: Jeein Kim, 20, South Korea

Bach Prize £1,000
For the best performance of Bach, donated in memory of Robert Masters

Winner: Ziyu He, 16, China

Bartók Prize £1,000
For the best performance of the Solo Sonata, donated by Erich Gruenberg

Winner: Yu-Ting Chen, 20, Taiwan

Composer Award £500
For the best performance of the Panufnik commission, donated by John Hughes

Winner: Ziyu He, 16, China

Mozart Prize £500
For the best performance of Mozart, donated by Dr Peter Outen

Winner: Ziyu He, 16, China

Audience Prize £500
Donated by IDAGIO

Winner: SongHa Choi, 16, South Korea

Junior Section

1st prize: Florian Leonhard Prize for Outstanding Young Musical Talent £ 5,000
plus a 1-year loan of a fine old Italian violin (Guarnieri Del Gesu)
Sponsored by Florian Leonhard Fine Violins

Winner: Yesong Sophie Lee, 12, USA

2nd prize £ 4,000
Donated by The Menuhin Family

Winner: Kevin Miura, 13, Japan/USA

3rd prize £ 3,000
“So that the thread of music may continue”, donated by the Henri Moerel Foundation

Winner: Johan Dalene, 15, Sweden

4th prize £ 2,000
Donated by The Lin Yao Ji Music Foundation

Winner: NaKyung Kang, 12, South Korea

5th prize £ 1,000
Donated in memory of Yfrah Neaman

Winner: Anne Luisa Kramb, 15, Germany

Chamber Music Award £500
Donated by The Kohn Foundation

Winner: Johan Dalene, 15, Sweden

Composer Award £500
For the best performance of the Colomina i Bosch commission, donated by James Chau

Winner: Yesong Sophie Lee, 12, USA

Wieniawski Prize £500
For the best performance of Wieniawski, donated by Dr Peter Outen

Winner: Johan Dalene, 15 Sweden

Jonathan Moulds Award for Outstanding Potential
The loan of a very fine golden period Stradivarius violin from the private collection of Jonathan Moulds CBE

Winner: Kevin Miura, 13, USA/Japan

Audience Prize £500
Donated by IDAGIO

Winner: Kevin Miura, 13, USA/Japan