PRELIMINARY SELECTION


We have the pleasure of informing you that over 250 young violin players representing forty countries have applied to take part in the preliminary selection of candidates for 15th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, which will be held in Poznań, Poland, on 8-23 October 2016. We are very glad that the Wieniawski Competition enjoys such recognition throughout the world, and that players from so many countries – incl. such distant ones as Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Venezuela, or the USA – would like to take part in it.

Preliminary selection for the 15th edition of Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition were held in the first half of 2016. Maestro Maxim Vengerov personally listened to candidates. Live auditions were held in four different locations on three continents (Europe, Asia, North America). 

PRELIMINARY SELECTION RESULTS

Preliminary selctions 2016 - a chart - nationality of candidates Preliminary selections 2016 - a diagram - sex of candidates Preliminary selections 2016 - a chart - cities and number of candidates


PRELIMINARY SELECTION:

1. Toronto (Canada), 10 – 11 February 2016 (SCHEDULE)

The Royal Conservatory of Music – Mazzoleni Concert Hall
273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON M5S 1W2, Canada

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2. Interlaken (Switzerland), 28 March – 1 April 2016 (SCHEDULE)

Kunsthaus Interlaken, Jungfraustrasse 55, CH-3800 Interlaken, Switzerland

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3. Gdańsk (Poland), 9-10 April 2016, 16-17 April 2016 (SCHEDULE)

Polska Filharmonia Bałtycka im. Fryderyka Chopina w Gdańsku, 80-751 Gdańsk, ul. Ołowianka 1

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4. Tokyo (Japan), 13-15 May 2016

Toho Gakuen School of Music, Chofu Campus
1-10-1 Chofugaoka, Chofu-shi, Tokyo 182-0021, Japan




Preliminary selection programme includes the following compositions:

1. F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64, mov. 1 (with piano)
2. J. Brahms: Sonata in A major, Op. 100, No. 2, mov. 1 or C. Franck: Sonata in A major, mov. 3
3. H. Wieniawski: Capriccio No. 3 or 4, Op. 18
4. N. Paganini: one of the Capriccios from Op. 1