International Violin Competition of Indianapolis

International Violin Competition of Indianapolis
Status Active
Genre Competition
Frequency Every four years
Location(s) Indianapolis, Indiana
Country USA
Inaugurated 1982 (1982)
Founder Josef Gingold
Most recent 2014
Member World Federation of International Music Competitions
Website
www.violin.org

The International Violin Competition of Indianapolis is a classical violin competition which takes place once every four years in Indianapolis, Indiana.[1] Since 1984, it has been a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions.[2]

History

The first International Violin Competition of Indianapolis was first held in 1982, directed by Josef Gingold.[3] It was open to violinists aged eighteen to thirty, and its prize was a gold medal and 10 000 United States dollars.[4]

The competition was originally organized as an isolated event, but Gingold decided to repeat it because of its success.[5] For the second competition in 1986, Dorothy DeLay, Ruggiero Ricci, Henryk Szeryng, and Ilona Feher all sat on the jury.[5]

For the 2014 series, the competition commissioned composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich to write Fantasy for Solo Violin, which sixteen semi-finalists played in the second round of the competition.[6] On July 8, 2014, the competition announced that Zwilich would also be on the jury, taking the place of violinist Pamela Frank, who resigned because of a family illness.[7] The other members of the 2014 jury were Jaime Laredo, Miriam Fried, Dong-Suk Kang, Boris Kuschnir, Cho-Liang Lin, Philip Setzer, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, and Kyoko Takezawa.[8]

The reward for winning first prize in the 2014 Indianapolis Violin Competition is a recital in Carnegie Hall, the opportunity to use Gingold's former Stradivarius violin for four years, and 30 000 United States dollars.[9]

Competition

The competition is separated into three parts:

Past Winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze Fourth Fifth Sixth
2014 South Korea Jinjoo Cho United States Tessa Lark South Korea Ji Young Lim South Korea Dami Kim South Korea Yoo Jin Jang South Korea Ji Yoon Lee
2010 Germany/South Korea Clara-Jumi Kang South Korea Soyoung Yoon United States Benjamin Beilman China Haoming Xie Hungary Antal Szalai Russia Andrey Baranov
2006 Germany Augustin Hadelich Netherlands Simone Lamsma United States Celeste Golden South Korea Yura Lee South Korea Ye-Eun Choi Bulgaria Bella Hristova
2002 Hungary Barnabás Kelemen Armenia Sergey Khachatryan United States Soovin Kim United States Frank Huang Australia Susie Park Germany Alina Pogostkina
1998 Iceland Judith Ingolfsson Romania Liviu Prunaru South Korea Ju-Young Baek Bulgaria Svetlin Roussev United Kingdom Andrew Haveron China Bin Huang
1994 Canada Juliette Kang Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Stefan Milenkovich United States David Chan Finland Jaakko Kuusisto Japan Michiko Kamiya United States Robin Sharp
1990 Russia Pavel Berman Italy Marco Rizzi United States Ivan Chan France Virginie Robilliard United States David Kim Canada Martin Beaver
1986 Japan Kyoko Takezawa Greece Leonidas Kavakos United States Andrés Cárdenes South Korea Chin Kim South Korea Sungsic Yang France Annick Roussin
1982 Romania Mihaela Martin United States Ida Kavafian Israel Yuval Yaron France Olivier Charlier Taiwan Nai-Yuan Hu Japan Yuriko Naganuma

From the competition website.[13]

References

  1. Kurzbauer, Heather. "Clara-Jumi Kang Wins 2010 Indianapolis Violin Competition". Strings Magazine Website.
  2. "International Violin Competition of Indianapolis". World Federation of International Music Competitions. line feed character in |website= at position 17 (help)
  3. "Josef Gingold". International Violin Competition of Indianapolis. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  4. "Competitions, Courses". Musical Times Publications Ltd. 122: 445. July 1981. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  5. 1 2 Page, Tim. "MUSIC NOTES; INDIANAPOLIS TO HOLD VIOLIN COMPETITION". New York Times Website. New York Times. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  6. Sullivan, Maria Jean (7 August 2014). "Composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Staying Spry at 75 with Three Premires [sic]: Solo Violin, Flute and Orchestra and New Swedish Radio Documentary". Classicalite (The Classicalite Company, LLC). Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  7. "Composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich to Replace Pamela Frank On Indianapolis Competition Jury". The Violin Channel. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. "Jury". International Violin Competition of Indianapolis. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  9. "Competitors Announced for Indianapolis International Violin Competition – Including 8 VC ‘Young Artists’". The Violin Channel. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  10. "2010 Participants List". International Violin Competition of Indianapolis. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  11. 1 2 3 "2014 Competition Tickets". International Violin Competition of Indianapolis. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  12. 1 2 "Repertory, Rules, and Procedures" (PDF). International Violin Competition of Indianapolis. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  13. "Laureates". International Violin Competition of Indianapolis. Retrieved 23 June 2014.

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