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Violincompetition for the '2006 Henri Vieuxtemps Prize' in Verviers Belgium on Saturday 21 October www.vieuxtemps.be

October 3, 2006 at 10:50 AM

As Darcy Lewis told us (I sent her information about it) in Violin News & Gossip, Op. 2, No. 64
there is a violincompetition in Verviers Belgium. Their website is www.vieuxtemps.be On 9.30 and 14.00 on saturday 21 oktobre 2006 in the Big Theatre in Verviers, Belgium, the 10 candidates for the "2006 Henri Vieuxtemps Prize" have to play the 2th violinconcerto of Henri Vieuxtemps with piano. The final is that same day from 20.00 till 23.30 . It is a small competition compared with the Elisabeth competetion with 133 candidates, 24 in the semi's with Mozart and chamber orchestra and 12 finalists with a big symfhony orchestra and a free choice violinconcerto (so that is much better than a compulsory standardviolinconcert like in Indianapolis). In Verviers the 2th violinconcerto of Vieuxtemps is also compulsory, but nobody knows it, like a new composed compulsory modern work for a violincompetition.
I have played 3th Siant-Sanes and Lalo Symf. Espagnole with a former winner of this competition in 1990 Pei Pei Zhu, now playing first violin at first or second desk in the Residentie orchestra The Hague Holland http://www.residentieorkest.nl/ro/index-orkestleden.htm

The big Theatre (grand Theatre) in Verviers

Darcy Lewis is positive about the jury, here a copy from her blog from 21 sept.:

Violin News & Gossip, Op. 2, No. 64
Published: Sep. 21, 2006 at 3:03 AM
Now that we’ve all basked in the incomparable playing of the Indianapolis competitors, it’s time to shift attention to the competitors for the 2006 Henri Vieuxtemps Prize. The finals will be held October 21.
Hrachya Avanesyan, 20, Armenia
Camille Babut du Mares, 20, Belgium
Elisabeth Deletaille, 29, Belgium
Céline Di Fabio, 23, Belgium
Marie Gabriel, 23, Belgium
Weronika Godlewska, 23, Poland
Vincent Hepp, 26, Belgium
Naoko Matsui, 27, Japan
Emilio Mecenero, 20, France
Caroline Poncelet, 24, Belgium
And here is some commentary regarding the judging rules: “The regulations stipulate: Persons, who have a family connection or relationship by marriage from the 1st to 6th degree with a competitor or who have made an essential contribution to the latter’s violin studies are not allowed to be members of the Panel of Judges. The Committee has sovereign authority to appreciate whether or not a person has made an essential contribution to a candidate’s musical learning."
The 2006 Judges are Georges Octors (President), Richard Pieta, Gaby Altmann, Jean-Paul Edgard Lochet and Tomiko Shida.

Statue of Henri Vieuxtemps in Verviers
See you on 21 oktobre in Verviers
Bram, I play the second Vieuxtemps concerto...it's a good piece, much better than the fourth
It is great that you have it on your repertoirelist. I like the sugery second movement of the 2th much. But I like all 7 Vieuxtemps violinconcerto's. Perhaps the second part of the 7th violinconcerto is the best.