The world's leading competition for young violinists. Under royal patronage of His Majesty King Harald V of Norway<a name="a1606"></a> <div class="articlearea"> <h1>12 July 2010 - Chad Hoopes invited back to Menuhin Festival</h1><p><img title= "" border="0" alt= "" src="http://www.menuhincompetition.org/media/images/chad_hoopes_Gstaad.jpg" /></p> <p>2008 Junior 1st Prize winner Chad Hoopes was invited again to perform at this year's Menuhin Festival in Gstaad/Switzerland. His performance last year had wowed audiences and organisers, who immediately wanted to bring him back. <a href= "http://www.menuhinfestivalgstaad.ch/pages/en/programme/2010/heritage2-chad-hoopes.html" target="_blank">Chad will return to Gstaad as part of the Menuhin's Heritage&nbsp;series&nbsp;on 19 August</a> with an exciting recital repertoire, with pianist and Competition Director Gordon Back.</p> <p> _____________________________________________________________</p> </div> <p><a href="http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1606">Read the full article</a></p>http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1606http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1606Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:12:39 +01002010-07-13T15:12:39<a name="a1602"></a> <div class="articlearea"> <h1>July 2010 - Callum Smart on Ole Bull Tour in the UK</h1><p>Inspired by Harld Herresthal's research about Ole Bull's time and work in the UK - Carreglwyd in Wales to be precise - the Menuhin Competition has arranged a tour in partnership with the Norwegian Embassy.</p> <p><img title= "" border="0" hspace="3" alt= "" vspace="5" align="right" src= "http://www.menuhincompetition.org/media/images/callum_smart_web-01.jpg" />"A Load of Ole Bull" -&nbsp;a three-part event comprising a recital by Callum Smart, Junior prize winner of the Menuhin Competition Oslo 2010 and Finalist of the BBC Young Musician 2010, accompanied by Competition Director&nbsp;Gordon Back, a talk on Ole Bull by his biographer Harald Herresthal and a screening of Aslak Aarhus’s compelling 2006 documentary, which tells the story of Bull’s extraordinary life with fine musical contributions by violinist Henning Kraggerud.</p> <p>Callum, Gordon and Harald will be in at Chetham's in Manchester on 2nd July, Carreglwyd on 4th July and at the Cheltenham Festival on 5th July 2010.</p> <p> _____________________________________________________________</p> </div> <p><a href="http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1602">Read the full article</a></p>http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1602http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1602Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:21:05 +01002010-07-13T11:21:05<a name="a1601"></a> <div class="articlearea"> <h1>June 2010 - Junior Winners 2008 and 2010 perform together in Ottawa</h1><p><img title= "" border="0" hspace="3" alt= "" vspace="5" align="right" src= "http://www.menuhincompetition.org/media/images/Kerson-and-Chad.jpg" />During this year's Summer Music Institute Young Artists Programme, founded by Pinchas Zukerman, two of our 1st Prize winner have an opportunity to meet, talk and play together. Canadian Junior 1st Prize winner Kerson Leong got together with Chad Hoopes, Junior winner of the 2008 competition. "They got on great and had a lot of experiences to share" says Kerson's mother.&nbsp;Their encounter culminates in the performance of Wieniawski's caprices in a concert for the Governor General.</p> <p> _____________________________________________________________</p> </div> <p><a href="http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1601">Read the full article</a></p>http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1601http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1601Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:43:21 +01002010-07-13T10:43:21<a name="a1593"></a> <div class="articlearea"> <h1>When is the next Competition and how to apply?</h1><p>The next Menuhin Competition will&nbsp;take place&nbsp;in Beijing, China from 6 - 15 April 2012. It will be hosted by the Central Conservatory of Music.</p> <p>Application information, the competition repertoire and jury will be&nbsp;announced in April 2011. To be among the first to receive the information, please sign up to our newsletter and indicate your interest.</p> <p> <strong>_________________________________________________________</strong></p> </div> <p><a href="http://www.menuhincompetition.org/the-competition.html#a1593">Read the full article</a></p>http://www.menuhincompetition.org/the-competition.html#a1593http://www.menuhincompetition.org/the-competition.html#a1593Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:42:13 +01002010-07-12T12:42:13<a name="a1539"></a> <div class="articlearea"> <h1>24 April - Senior Prize winners nominated</h1><p>Four Senior finalists have wowed Oslo's audiences&nbsp;at the Opera House&nbsp;with their performances of Sibelius' and Prokofiev's violin concertos; each of them played twice in the course of the evening. The finalists were accompanied by the Norwegian Broadcasting Orchestra (KORK) with Markus Lehtinen conducting.</p> <p><img title= "" border="0" hspace="3" alt= "" vspace="5" align="right" src= "http://www.menuhincompetition.org/media/images/finalisrtene_web-01.jpg" />Following a short deliberation, the jury announced the Prize Winners as follows:</p> <p><strong>1. Prize - Xiang Yu, China</strong></p> <p><strong>2. Prize - Nigel Armstrong, USA</strong></p> <p><strong>3. Prize - Suyeon Kang, Australia</strong></p> <p><strong>4. Prize - Ji Won Song, Korea</strong></p> <p>The Prize Giving ceremony will take place before the <a href= "" target="">Gala Concert</a>, which is equally taking place at the Oslo Opera House tomorrow.</p> <p>Note that reviewing the&nbsp;web stream of the performances will take some time to publish; it should be available around 12.00h CET on 25 April.</p> _____________________________________________________________ </div> <p><a href="http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1539">Read the full article</a></p>http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1539http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1539Sat, 24 Apr 2010 16:53:12 +01002010-04-24T15:53:12<a name="a1538"></a> <div class="newsbox"> <h2>Prize Winners 2010</h2> <div class="newstext"><p>24 April 2010: Following 10 days of competition rounds with "the highest standard ever", as stated by Jury Chairman Erich Gruenberg, <a href="http://www.menuhincompetition.org/2010-prize-winners.html" target="">all Prize Winners have been announced</a>.</p> <p align="center"><img title= "" border="0" alt= "" src="http://www.menuhincompetition.org/media/images/finalisrtene_web.jpg" /></p> <p>Despite the travel chaos, 38 out of 42 competitors made it to Oslo to perform. <a href="http://www.menuhincompetition.org/competitors-2010-01.html" target="">More...</a></p></div> </div> <p><a href="http://www.menuhincompetition.org/index.html#a1538">Read the full article</a></p>http://www.menuhincompetition.org/index.html#a1538http://www.menuhincompetition.org/index.html#a1538Sat, 24 Apr 2010 16:47:09 +01002010-04-24T15:47:09<a name="a1536"></a> <div class="articlearea"> <h1>23 April - The best Junior Finals ever</h1><p>Audiences and jury were completely overwhelmed by the performances of the&nbsp;eight Junior Finalists in a sold out concert hall at the Norwegian Academy of Music. Livestreamed and live broadcast via the EBU, the&nbsp;contestants have delivered some <a href="http://www.nmh.no/menuhincompetition2010" target= "_blank">amazing performances, which can be reviewed on our media page</a>.</p> <p>After short deliberation, the jury announced the Junior Prize winners of this year's Menuhin Competition.<img title= "" border="0" hspace="0" alt= "" align="right" src="http://www.menuhincompetition.org/media/images/Kerson-Leong.jpg" /></p> <ol> <li><strong>Prize Junior - Kerson Leong</strong>&nbsp;</li> <li><strong>Prize Junior - Stephen Waarts</strong></li> <li><strong>Prize Junior - Ji Eun Anna Lee</strong></li> <li><strong>Prize Junior - Taiga Tojo</strong></li> <li><strong>Prize Junior - Callum Smart</strong></li> </ol> <p><strong>Guro Kleven Hagen was awarded the EMCY award for Music</strong></p> <p>Both Artistic Director Gordon Back and Jury Chairman Erich Gruenberg stated that the competition has never seen such level of playing at the Junior Finals before. Supporting these outstanding performances was&nbsp;a fantastic&nbsp;orchestra of&nbsp;players from the&nbsp;Norwegian Academy of Music and the&nbsp;Barratt Due Music Institute under the baton of Per Kristian Skalstad.&nbsp;</p> <p>The <a href= "" target="">Senior Finals</a> will take place at the Oslo Opera House on 25 April and the Prize giving ceremony will take place before the Gala Concert on Sunday at 5.30pm.</p> <p>__________________________________________________________</p> </div> <p><a href="http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1536">Read the full article</a></p>http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1536http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1536Fri, 23 Apr 2010 22:58:52 +01002010-04-23T21:58:52<a name="a1534"></a> <div class="articlearea"> <h1>22 April - Senior Finalists chosen</h1><p>Nine competitors performed in the Senior Semi Finals on Thursday. Their individual&nbsp;35 minute performances included&nbsp;a Beethoven quartet, a quick study work, Arne Nordheim’s Partita fuer Paul and a virtuoso work of their own choice.&nbsp;In the early evening the jury announced the results of who will be going forward to the <a href= "" target="">Finals at the Oslo Opera House on Saturday 24 April.</a> The level of playing was very high and choosing only four finalists was not an easy task for the jury. “You all played really fantastically well” said jury chairman Erich Gruenberg when he announced the Finalists:<img title= "" border="0" hspace="0" alt= "" align="right" src="http://www.menuhincompetition.org/media/images/seniorfinalister_small.jpg" /></p> <ul> <li><strong>Ji Won Song</strong></li> <li><strong>Suyeon Kang</strong></li> <li><strong>Nigel Armstrong</strong></li> <li><strong>Xiang Yu</strong></li> </ul> <p>The jury was very impressed by the way the Semi Finalists played a work by Arne Nordheim. It inspired the president of The Menuhin Competition Trust, Joji Hattori, to award a special prize of 5000 Norwegian crowns to the best performance of Nordheim’s Partita fuer Paul.</p> <p>Mr. Gruenberg was in no doubt that even though not all nine of the competitors made it to the finals, they can all look forward to great careers as musicians. Stating also that the standard of the competitors seemed to rise from competition to competition, he encouraged the musicians to search as much for the spirit in music as for the technique.</p> <p align="left">The Senior Finals will take place at the Oslo Opera House&nbsp;with the Norwegian Broadcasting Orchestra (KORK) on Saturday at 19.30 CET. <a href= "http://www.operaen.no/Default.aspx?ID=27382&amp;E=N&amp;QL=S1231|P10490|VDNO|K2|GEventFlashPlan.aspx" target="_blank"><strong>Book your tickets now</strong></a> - they are selling fast!</p> <p>_______________________________________________________</p> </div> <p><a href="http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1534">Read the full article</a></p>http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1534http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1534Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:28:33 +01002010-04-23T07:28:33<a name="a1533"></a> <div class="articlearea"> <h1>21 April - Jury announces Junior Finalists</h1><p><img title= "" border="0" hspace="3" alt= "" vspace="3" align="right" src= "http://www.menuhincompetition.org/media/images/juniorfinalistene---Kopi-01.jpg" />After an exciting two days of Junior First Rounds, with the last competitors arriving on the morning of the 21 April, the jury has nominated the Junior Finalists. Despite the travel chaos caused by the Icelandic volcano eruption, 19 out of 20 nominated Juniors arrived in Oslo on time to perform.</p> <p align="left">The jury has nominated the following&nbsp;Junior competitors to proceed to the Junior Finals on Friday 23 April (start from 14.00h CET):</p> <ul> <li><strong>Kerson Q Xun Leong</strong></li> <li><strong>Guro Kleven Hagen</strong></li> <li><strong>Alice Ivy-Pemberton</strong></li> <li><strong>Callum Smart</strong></li> <li><strong>Seung Hee Lee</strong></li> <li><strong>Ji Eun Anna Lee</strong></li> <li><strong>Taiga Tojo</strong></li> <li><strong>Stephen Waarts</strong></li> </ul> <p> ______________________________________________________________________</p> </div> <p><a href="http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1533">Read the full article</a></p>http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1533http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1533Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:01:48 +01002010-04-21T21:01:48<a name="a1530"></a> <div class="articlearea"> <h1>19 April 2010 - Jury announces Senior Semi-Finalists</h1><p align="left">The jury has nominated the following Senior competitors to proceed to the Semi-Finals on Thursday 22 April (start from 11.00h CET):</p> <ul> <li><strong><img title= "" border="0" hspace="3" alt= "" vspace="3" align="right" src= "http://www.menuhincompetition.org/media/images/semifinalister---Kopi-(2).jpg" />Ji Won Song</strong></li> <li><strong>Christopher Tun Andersen</strong></li> <li><strong>Joanna Emilia Kreft</strong></li> <li><strong>Suyeon Kang</strong></li> <li><strong>Ji Yoon Lee</strong></li> <li><strong>Eric Gratz</strong></li> <li><strong>A. Timothy Chooi</strong></li> <li><strong>Nigel Armstrong</strong></li> <li><strong>Xiang Yu</strong></li> </ul> <p> <strong>_______________________________________________________</strong></p> </div> <p><a href="http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1530">Read the full article</a></p>http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1530http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1530Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:51:31 +01002010-04-19T21:51:31<a name="a1529"></a> <div class="articlearea"> <h1>18 April - Changes to jury panel for the First Round</h1><p>Competitors and jury alike are trying to come to Oslo by all means but not all could arrive in time for the start of the competition. Three concertmasters - Tim Frederiksen from Copenhagen/Denmark, Christer Thorvaldsen from Gothenburg/Sweden, Winfried Ruessmann from Hamburg/Germany&nbsp;and the Competition Director Gordon Back from London/England have stepped in for the first round of the competition.</p> <p>Ruessmann, Thorvaldsen and Frederiksen jumped in cars, on ferries and, buses and trains to make it to Oslo in time. All jury have great admiration for the the determination of this year's competitors to make it to Oslo. During yesterday's lunch break many experiences were shared of long trips and nearly missed performances.</p> <p>Erich Gruenberg, Hu Kun and Lidia Baich are sharing the competitor's experiences, all of them also travelling by train, car and ferry to Oslo.</p> <p>The competitors can be sure to find a jury panel with a lot of sympathy for the extraordinary and partly very exhausting&nbsp;efforts it took to get to Oslo - and perform despite it all.</p> <p>We wish everyone good luck and look forward to today's performances. <a href="http://www.nmh.no/menuhincompetition2010/" target="_blank">Join us on the web stream.</a></p> <p> _____________________________________________________________</p> </div> <p><a href="http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1529">Read the full article</a></p>http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1529http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1529Mon, 19 Apr 2010 06:57:21 +01002010-04-19T05:57:21<a name="a1519"></a> <div class="articlearea"> <h1>17 April 2010 - Business as (un)usual</h1><p align="left">Competition kicked off with fantastic Opening Concert. "A full hall, excellent playing and terrific atmosphere" says Artistic Director Gordon Back. And despite the travel chaos in Europe, all concerts will take place as scheduled.</p> <p align="center"><img title= "" border="0" alt= "" src="http://www.menuhincompetition.org/media/images/Mo---Silberger-4_web.jpg" /><br /> <em>Travelling competitors keep up the spirit; Boson Mo and Eric Silberger practicing at Newark airport</em></p> <p align="left">The Competition will start with the Senior First Round on Sunday 18 April at 12pm; Junior Rounds start on Tuesday at 10am. All timetable changes will be published shortly.</p> <p> <strong><strong>_________________________________________________________</strong></strong></p> </div> <p><a href="http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1519">Read the full article</a></p>http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1519http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1519Sat, 17 Apr 2010 11:32:17 +01002010-04-17T10:32:17<a name="a1506"></a> <div class="articlearea"> <h1>Menuhin Competition goes to Beijing in 2012</h1><p><img title= "" border="0" hspace="3" alt= "" vspace="5" align="right" src="http://www.menuhincompetition.org/media/images/beijing_web.jpg" />The Menuhin Competition 2012 will be held for the first time ever outside Europe. It will be hosted by the <a href= "http://www.menuhincompetition.org/background.html#a1589" target="">Central Conservatory of Music</a> in Beijing <strong>from 6 to 15 April 2012</strong>.</p> <p>“Yehudi would have been thrilled!” says Menuhin’s daughter Zamira Menuhin Benthall. The connection between Menuhin and China goes back a long time. Yehudi Menuhin was the first Western musician to receive an Honorary Professorship from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing in 1979.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.menuhincompetition.org/the-competition.html" target="">Find out how and when to apply!</a></strong></p> <p> <strong>_________________________________________________________</strong></p> </div> <p><a href="http://www.menuhincompetition.org/index.html#a1506">Read the full article</a></p>http://www.menuhincompetition.org/index.html#a1506http://www.menuhincompetition.org/index.html#a1506Tue, 13 Apr 2010 06:53:50 +01002010-04-13T05:53:50<a name="a1487"></a> <div class="articlearea"> <h1>2008 senior winner Ray Chen signed with CAMI and Sony Classical</h1><p><img title= "" border="0" hspace="2" alt= "" vspace="5" align="right" src="http://www.menuhincompetition.org/media/images/ray-chen_new.jpg" />NEW YORK, March 22 /PRNewswire/ Violinist <b>Ray Chen</b>, who captivated the classical music scene with his consecutive victories at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2009 and the Yehudi Menuhin Competition in 2008, has signed an exclusive multi-year recording contract with Sony Classical. In February of this year, Mr. Chen signed a worldwide general management contract with CAMI Music. <a href= "http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ray-chen-signs-exclusive-contract-with-sony-classical-88807372.html" target="_blank">Read full press release at PRNewswire</a></p> <p> <strong>_________________________________________________________</strong></p> </div> <p><a href="http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1487">Read the full article</a></p>http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1487http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1487Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:31:19 +00002010-03-23T21:31:19<a name="a1481"></a> <div class="articlearea"> <h1>Olympics of the Violin 2012: The Menuhin Competition goes to Beijing</h1> <div style="position:relative;float:right;margin:0 0 5px 15px;padding:0;width:120px"> <img style="display:block" src="http://www.menuhincompetition.org/media/images/Zamira-Menuhin-Benthall_webportrait-01.jpg" width="120" height="120" alt="" title="" /> <span class="bildunterschrift">Zamira Menuhin Benthall</span> </div><p><i>(London, 03/03/2010)</i> The Menuhin Competition Trust is delighted to announce that its 2012 Competition will be held for the first time ever outside Europe. It will be hosted in Beijing, China by the Central Conservatory of Music April 6-15, 2012. <strong>“Yehudi would have been thrilled!” says Menuhin’s daughter Zamira Menuhin Benthall.</strong> The connection between Menuhin and China goes back a long time. Yehudi Menuhin was the first Western musician to receive an Honorary Professorship from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing in 1979. <a href= "http://www.menuhincompetition.org/media/files/Files/100303_PRESS-RELEASE_Menuhin-Competition-goes-to-Beijing.pdf" target="_blank">Read full press release</a></p> <p> <strong>_________________________________________________________</strong></p> </div><br class="clearx" /> <p><a href="http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1481">Read the full article</a></p>http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1481http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1481Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:24:28 +00002010-03-03T06:24:28<a name="a1414"></a> <div class="articlearea"> <h1>A rare honour for music competition</h1> <div style="position:relative;float:right;margin:0 0 5px 15px;padding:0;width:110px"> <img style="display:block" src="http://www.menuhincompetition.org/media/images/HM-King-Harald-V.jpg" width="110" height="110" alt="" title="" /> <span class="bildunterschrift">HM King Harald V </span> </div><p>His Majesty King Harald of Norway has agreed to be the Royal Patron of the Menuhin Competition Oslo 2010. This is an honour that the Competition shares with few other Norwegian cultural organisations. “We are very privileged that King Harald has agreed to become the Competition’s patron”, says Eirik Birkeland, leader of Oslo Host Organisation, the partnership of music establishments hosting the 2010 competition. <a href= "http://www.nmh.no/menuhincompetition2010/press_english/press_releases/81353" target="_blank">Read&nbsp;full press release</a></p> <p><font size="1"><font color="#D3D3D3">Image <i>©</i> <i>Cathrine Wessel</i>/</font><i><font color="#D3D3D3">Det Kongelige Hoffet</font></i></font></p> <p> <strong>_________________________________________________________</strong></p> </div><br class="clearx" /> <p><a href="http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1414">Read the full article</a></p>http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1414http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1414Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:36:47 +00002009-12-17T17:36:47<a name="a1339"></a> <div class="articlearea"> <h1>42 competitors from 10 countries selected</h1><p><img title= "" alt= "" hspace="10" src="http://www.menuhincompetition.org/media/images/Junior_Boulogne_2_web-01-01.jpg" align="right" vspace="3" border="0" />The&nbsp;international pre-selection jury consisting of <strong>Gordon Back</strong> (UK), <strong>Erich Gruenberg</strong> (UK) and <strong>Olivier Charlier</strong> (France) has selected 22 Senior and 20 Junior candidates from 140 applications. Entries came from 29 nations around the globe. The youngest competitor&nbsp;will be&nbsp;12 years of age and&nbsp;the oldest 21. Candidates are looking forward to their stay in Oslo: <u>"I am overwhelmed by joy at being invited to the Menuhin Competition 2010 in Oslo. For a young violinist it is a dream come true to be able to participate in such a prestigious event."</u> And the level of playing displayed on the audition DVDs promises to make for fantastic performances next April.</p> <p> <strong>_________________________________________________________</strong></p> </div> <p><a href="http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1339">Read the full article</a></p>http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1339http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1339Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:19:58 +00002009-12-02T12:19:58<a name="a1161"></a> <div class="articlearea"> <h1>Mindy Chen wins 1st Prize at International Competition for Young Violinists in Lublin</h1><P><IMG title='' alt='' hspace=3 src="http://www.menuhincompetition.org/media/images/Mindy_Chen.bmp" align=left vspace=3 border=1>Mindy Chen, 3rd Prize winner of the Junior division of the Menuhin Competition Cardiff 2008, has won a joint 1st Prize at the <A href="http://www.wieniawski.lublin.pl/?Competitions&amp;For%20Violinists&amp;Prize-winners" target=_blank>11th International Competition for Young Violinists in Lublin</A> (Poland). 62 candidates entered the first round and 17 advanced into the second stage. Candidates were judged by 16 international jurors under the presidency of Zakhar Bron.</P> <P>Mindy Chen shares the 1st Prize with Japanese violinist Mone Hattori.</P> <P><STRONG>_________________________________________________________</STRONG></P> </div> <p><a href="http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1161">Read the full article</a></p>http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1161http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1161Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:08:41 +01002009-10-15T16:08:41<a name="a1159"></a> <div class="articlearea"> <h1>16-year-old Fumiaki Miura wins the Hannover International Violin Competition </h1><p><img title= "" alt= "" hspace="3" src="http://www.menuhincompetition.org/media/images/Fumiaki-Miura.png" align="right" vspace="3" border="1" />In 2006 Fumiaki Miura impressed the jury of the Menuhin Competition, then winning 2nd Prize of the Junior division at the age of 13. This year he entered the <a href= "http://www.violin-competition.de/en/violinwettbewerb/presseservice/presseinformationen/pm_2009_10_12.html" target="_blank">Hannover International Violin Competition</a> as second youngest competitor. With technical precision, impressive virtuosity and heart-warming performances he not only convinced the International Jury (and won the First Prize), the Music Critics‘ Jury (for the Music Critics‘ Prize), but he also won over the audience, scooping up the newly awarded Audience Prize as well. Fumiaki Miura is the youngest ever winner of the Hannover&nbsp;Competition.</p> <p> <strong>_________________________________________________________</strong></p> </div> <p><a href="http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1159">Read the full article</a></p>http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1159http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1159Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:24:41 +01002009-10-14T08:24:41<a name="a1133"></a> <div class="articlearea"> <h1>Christophe Landon organises Ole Bull Guarneri del Gesù Project</h1><P><A href="http://www.landon-violins.com/olebull/index.html" target=_blank name=""><IMG hspace=3 src="http://www.menuhincompetition.org/media/images/Ole_Bull_Guarneri_del_Gesu_2.jpg" align=right vspace=3 border=1></A>Internationally renowned violin maker,&nbsp;restorer and dealer <A href="http://www.landon-violins.com/Pages/home.html" target=_blank name="">Christophe Landon</A> is organising an exciting project around&nbsp;Ole Bull's famous Guarneri del Gesù violin.</P> <P>Violinmakers of the world are invited to make a copy of the ‘<A href="http://www.landon-violins.com/olebull/index.html" target=_blank name="">Ole Bull</A>’ 1744 <A href="http://www.landon-violins.com/olebull/index.html" target=_blank name="">Guarneri del Gesù</A> violin.</P> <P>All&nbsp;copies will be on display at the Norwegian Academy of Music during the&nbsp;entire competition in Oslo next&nbsp;April.The copies&nbsp;will looked and and played by some of the world's most talented players and the project will culminate in a concert of the music by Ole Bull, played on some of the copies displayed.</P> <P>For more details on the project and how to enter visit <A href="http://www.landon-violins.com/olebull/index.html" target=_blank name="">The Ole Bull Project</A>.</P> <P><STRONG>_________________________________________________________</STRONG></P> </div> <p><a href="http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1133">Read the full article</a></p>http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1133http://www.menuhincompetition.org/NEWS.html#a1133Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:29:49 +01002009-09-23T12:29:49Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:25:05 GMThttp://www.menuhincompetition.orgWed, 28 Jul 2010 10:25:05 GMT