International Violin Competition Henri Marteau

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Logo of the competition
International music meeting place Haus Marteau in Lichtenberg
Liberty Hall in Hof

The Henri Marteau International Violin Competition is held every three years in the Haus Marteau International Music Meeting Center in Lichtenberg in the Hofer Land and in the Freiheitshalle in Hof .

The 7th Henri Marteau International Violin Competition - scheduled from April 26 to May 9, 2020 - has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The next competition is to take place in 2023.

Foundation, sponsorship and cooperation

The 125th birthday of the Franco-German violinist and composer Henri Marteau in 1999 inspired the Freundeskreis Haus Marteau eV to plan the violin competition and to hold it in 2002 and 2005. In 2007, the district of Upper Franconia took over the sponsorship of the competition under the leadership of District Assembly President Günther Denzler . Since then, the overall artistic and organizational management has been with the culture and education company Hofer Symphoniker . The competition has been a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions since 2012 .

Goals and funding program

The aim of the competition is to encourage young violinists up to 25 years of age on their way to a solo career and to make the name of Henri Marteau better known, who during his lifetime was particularly interested in promoting his students. The competition also enables the young musicians to get in touch with recognized professors and soloists.

Another feature of the competition is the subsequent sponsorship program, which includes concert engagements, scholarships for master classes and follow-up productions with Bayerischer Rundfunk . This is how the young artists become known to a wider public after the competition. For the winners of the competition, this can be an important step towards working as a solo artist.

Commissioned compositions

The competition has been awarding composition commissions for compulsory pieces since 2011. The following works have been created so far:

  • for 2011: Fazıl Say , Cleopatra op.34 for solo violin
  • for 2014: Steven Mackey , Repeated Notes for violin solo
  • for 2017: Søren Nils Eichberg , improvisation on a thought from Henri Marteau's Violin Concerto for solo violin
  • for 2020: Xiaogang Ye , Golden Hydrangea for violin solo

Admission: impartial jury

In the discussion about fair competitions, the International Violin Competition Henri Marteau decided in 2017 not to allow students from jury members to participate:

“ Students of jurors of the competition are not allowed to participate. A student is someone who has received lessons from a jury member between October 2019 and April 2020 or in the past for more than six months. Violinists who attend a master class with a jury member between January 2020 and April 2020 are also excluded from participating in the competition. "

- Rule of competition 2020

jury

The jury chairman and artistic advisor for the competition is the conductor Gilbert Varga , son of the famous Hungarian violinist Tibor Varga and from 1980 to 1985 chief conductor of the Hof Symphony Orchestra . The following personalities were involved as the jury for the 2020 competition:

procedure

The competition will be opened in the International Music Meeting Center Haus Marteau in Lichtenberg with an opening concert, at which the winners of the last competitions will appear.

The competition consists of three rounds in which the participants perform challenging works of concert literature for violin in front of the jury , solo, with piano accompaniment and in the final with orchestra accompaniment. The first round and the semifinals of the competition will take place in Haus Marteau in Lichtenberg . The finale, in which a great violin concerto is required, takes place with the Hof Symphony Orchestra in the Hof Freedom Hall .

The competition closes with a festive gala concert by the winners together with the Hof Symphony Orchestra in the Hof Freedom Hall.

Prices

The prizes and awards amount to a total of 35,000 euros, including 10,000 euros for 1st place, 7,500 euros for 2nd place and 5,000 euros for 3rd place. In addition, there are numerous special prizes (1,000 euros each), scholarships for master classes, the three-year loan of a copy of Marteau's famous Maggini violin, and a radio production with Bayerischer Rundfunk followed by a CD release.

Award winners

The first winners of the previous competitions were:

2017
  • 1st prize: Lorenz Chen , Germany
  • 2nd prize: Yukino Nakamura, Japan
  • 3rd prize: Stepan Starikov, Russia
2014
  • 1st prize: Fedor Rudin , France / Russia
  • 2nd prize: Misako Akama, Japan
  • 3rd prize: Minkyum Kim, South Korea
2011
  • 1st prize: Tobias Feldmann , Germany
  • 2nd prize: Edouard Mätzeer, Switzerland
  • 3rd prize: Ji Young Lim, South Korea
2008
  • 1st prize: Andrei Baranow , Russia
  • 2nd prize: Alexandra Conunova, Moldova
  • 3rd prize: Byol Kang, Germany
2005

Category A (born after December 31, 1987):

  • 1st prize: Danae Papamatthäou-Matschke , Greece
  • 2nd prize: Paula Sumane, Latvia
  • 3rd prize: Sarah Christian, Germany
  • 4th prize: Nizan Bartana, Israel

Category B (born between January 1, 1980 and December 31, 1987):

  • 1st prize: Stefan Tarara , Germany
  • 2nd prize: Rebekka Hartmann, Germany
  • 3rd prize: Sang-Mee Huh, South Korea
  • 4th prize: Zsolt-Tihamer Visontay, Hungary
2002

Category A (born after December 31, 1984):

  • 1st prize: Yuki Manuela Janke , Germany / Japan
  • 2nd prize: Jung Yoon Yang, South Korea
  • 3rd prize: Adam Banda, Hungary

Category B (born between January 1, 1977 and December 31, 1984):

  • 1st prize: Andreas Janke , Germany / Japan
  • 2nd prize: Yoon Shin Song, South Korea
  • 3rd prize: Lucja Madziar, Poland

Honorary Committee

The honorary committee, made up of personalities from cultural, political and economic life, supports the competition with ideas and provides advice. These include:

  • Christoph Adt , President of the Nuremberg University of Music, artistic advisor to the International Music Meeting Center Haus Marteau
  • Ulrike Brett-Einsiedel, 1st chairwoman of the Freundeskreis Haus Marteau eV
  • Thomas Goppel , President of the Bavarian Music Council
  • Heidrun Piwernetz , District President of Upper Franconia, Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees of the Upper Franconian Foundation
  • Henry Schramm , District Assembly President of Upper Franconia
  • Bernd Sibler , Member of the State Parliament, Bavarian State Minister for Science and Art

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cancellation 2020 . Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  2. ↑ Facebook statement of April 3, 2020 . Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  3. ↑ Presence of the competition on the website of the World Federation of International Music Competitions . Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  4. ↑ Cleopatra op. 34 on the publisher's website . Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  5. ↑ Repeated Notes on the publisher's website . Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  6. ↑ Improvisation on a thought from Henri Marteau's Violin Concerto on the publisher's website . Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  7. ↑ Commissioned composer for the 2020 competition . Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  8. ↑ Rules of the competition 2020 . Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  9. ↑ Jury of the 2020 competition . Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  10. ↑ Previous winners . Retrieved April 15, 2020.