Prizewinner Development Opportunities

The Menuhin Competition Trust aims to discover, nurture, challenge and inspire the next generation of great artists. Following the Competition, we do our best to support our prizewinners as they develop and grow. We feel that in addition to prizes in the form of funds and instrumental loans it is very important for us to facilitate performance and development opportunities for our prizewinners to support them as they begin to establish their careers.

Thanks to generous donations that we have received specifically to assist us in our efforts to expand the prizewinner development opportunities that we are able to offer, the Menuhin Competition Trust has facilitated the wide variety of opportunities listed below. If you would be willing to support us in this endeavour, donations can be made to the Menuhin Competition Trust here or to the American Friends of the Menuhin Competition here, and you can contact us to specify that your donation is intended for this specific purpose.

To see a photo gallery of a variety of our prizewinners’ activities please visit our Flickr page.

2021

Performance as part of the Debüt im Deutschlandfunk Kultur concert series with the Berlin Philharmonie in Berlin, Germany.
Two performances with the Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra in Pécs and Budapest, Hungary
Recital at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival in Gstaad, Switzerland
Participation in the Kronberg Academy Violin Masterclasses in Kronberg, Germany
Solo recital at Wigmore Hall, London, UK.
Due to the global pandemic, the wide variety of concerts arranged for prizewinners and competitors that were due to take place in 2020 and 2021 were postponed. The planned performances included concerts at the Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Cadogan Hall in London, and at the Gower Festival, as well as participation at events including Valdres Sommersymfoni, Atlanta Festival Academy and Morningside Music Bridge. We look forward to announcing details of the rescheduled performances and activities in due course.

2020

Performance of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto with the Worthing Symphony Orchestra in Worthing, UK
Recital at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival in Gstaad, Switzerland
Please note that other scheduled activities were postponed in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

2019

Senior prizewinners and competitors:

Recital at the Gstaad New Year Music Festival in Gstaad, Switzerland
Performance of the Brahms Double Concerto for violin and cello at Cadogan Hall in London, UK
Performance at an event hosted by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Lancaster House in London, UK
Two concerts with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Alpesh Chauhan, one at Cadogan Hall in London and one at The Hexagon in Reading, UK
Three Senior prizewinners participated in the Kronberg Academy Violin Masterclasses in Kronberg, Germany
Attended the Seiji Ozawa Chamber Music Academy in Rolle, Switzerland, and the Seiji Ozawa Festival in Matsumoto, Japan
Participation at the Astona International Festival in Astona, Switzerland
Attendance and performance at the Harpa International Music Academy in Reykjavik, Iceland
Two performances with the Mihail Jora Philharmonic Orchestra in Bucharest and Bacau as well as a recital in Cluj-Napoca during the George Enescu Festival, Romania

Junior prizewinners and competitors:

Performance with the Cameristi della Scala at Crans Montana Classics in Crans-sur-Sierre, Switzerland
Performance with Marin Alsop and the Taki Concordia Orchestra at the Opening Ceremony of the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland (live-streamed, please see below)
Performance at an event held at the Bode Museum in Berlin, Germany
Performance with the Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra in Richmond, VA, USA (live-streamed) and performance as part of the announcement of the Menuhin Competition Richmond 2020 events programme (broadcast live on WCVE radio and live-streamed)
One Junior prizewinner participated in the Kronberg Academy Violin Masterclasses in Kronberg, Germany
Loan of a fine Iorio violin supported by the Caris Foundation, and a J&A Beare bow to a Junior prizewinner
Recitals at the Brazilian Embassy in London, UK, and Lauenen, Switzerland, with the loaned Iorio violin
Performances across the UK, at Wellington College in Crowthorne, the Gower Festival in Swansea, Harrogate International Festivals and Cheltenham Music Festival
Participation at Valdres Festival, Norway
Attendance and performance at the Atlanta Festival Academy in Atlanta, GA, USA
Recital at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival and participation in the Festival’s String Academy in Gstaad, Switzerland
Performance at the Rheingau Music Festival in Rheingau, Germany
Performance with the Basel Chamber Orchestra at the Festival der Nationen in Bad Wörishofen, Germany
Performance in the Hintze Hall of the Natural History Museum during One Young World’s annual summit in London, UK
Performance by two Geneva 2018 prizewinners with the China Philharmonic alongside Lu Siqing (1983 Junior prizewinner and 2012 and 2016 juror) and Kevin Zhu (2012 Junior prizewinner) at the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, China.

Marin Alsop, Conductor, Intermusica Artists' Management, United Kingdom; Cultural Leader capture during the Session "Opening Concert" at the Annual Meeting 2019 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 21, 2019.
Copyright by World Economic Forum / Sikarin Fon Thanachaiary

2018

Senior prizewinners and competitors:

Recital in the Chapel at Brasenose College in Oxford, UK
Recital at the Gower Festival in Wales, UK
Attendance and performance at the Harpa International Music Academy in Reykjavik, Iceland
Recital and Q&A at the Music for Youth Proms in the Royal Albert Hall’s Elgar Room in London, UK

Junior prizewinners and competitors:

Performance by two Junior prizewinners at the Official Ceremony for the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust at the Assembly Hall, Palais des Nations at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland
Performance at an event held at the US Embassy in Berlin, Germany
Participation at the Morningside Music Bridge programme in Warsaw, Poland
Performance at an event held at the Reform Club in London, UK

2017

Senior prizewinners and competitors:

Performance at an event during the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland
Performance at an event held at the US Embassy in Berlin, Germany alongside a Junior prizewinner
One Senior prizewinner participated in the Kronberg Academy Violin Masterclasses in Kronberg, Germany
Recital at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival in Gstaad, Switzerland

Junior prizewinners and competitors:

Performance at an event held at the US Embassy in Berlin, Germany alongside a Senior prizewinner
Three Junior prizewinners participated in the Kronberg Academy Violin Masterclasses in Kronberg, Germany
Attendance and performance at the Harpa International Music Academy in Reykjavik, Iceland
Performance at a World Economic Forum event held in Gstaad, Switzerland
Recital at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival and participation in the Festival’s String Academy in Gstaad, Switzerland
Performance at an event held at Théâtre les Salons in Geneva, Switzerland
Performance at an event held at the Reform Club in London, UK
Performance with the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra in Nuremberg, Germany

2016 (following the Competition in April 2016)

Senior prizewinners and competitors:

Performance with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin in the Konzerthaus Berlin, Germany alongside two Junior prizewinners
Recitals at Harrogate International Festivals and Petworth Festival, UK
Performance with the Festival Orchestra at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival in Gstaad, Switzerland
Performance with the Balearic Symphony Orchestra in Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Performance at an event held at the Reform Club in London, UK

Junior prizewinners and competitors:

Performance with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin in the Konzerthaus Berlin, Germany alongside a Senior prizewinner
Recitals across the UK, at the Gower Festival in Swansea, Harrogate International Festivals, Oundle Festival and Cheltenham Music Festival
Performance at the Mecklenburg Vorpommern Festival in Germany
Performance with the Menuhin School Orchestra at Kings Place in London, UK, and live interview and performance on BBC Radio 3 In Tune in association with the concert