Prizes 2021
Prizes
Senior Section
1st Prize:
USD $20,000
plus a 2-year loan of a golden period Stradivarius violin from the private collection of Jonathan Moulds CBE through the Beare’s International Violin Society and a bow made by Christophe Landon.
Sponsored by the Richmond Area Rotary Clubs
2nd Prize:
USD $15,000
plus a 2-year loan of a fine old violin from Christophe Landon Rare Violins, Inc.
Sponsored by an anonymous Richmond donor
3rd Prize:
USD $10,000
Sponsored by the Henri Moerel Foundation
4th Prize:
USD $5,000
Sponsored by the VCU School of Business
Mozart Prize
USD $1,500
Sponsored by Peter Outen
Composer Award:
USD $1,500
Sponsored by the Richard S. Reynolds Foundation
Audience Prize:
USD $1,500
Presented by CultureWorks
Junior Section
1st Prize:
USD $10,000
plus a 2-year loan of a fine old Italian violin
Sponsored by Florian Leonhard Fine Violins London & New York
2nd Prize:
USD $7,500
plus a 2-year loan of a fine old violin from Christophe Landon Rare Violins, Inc.
Sponsored by an anonymous Richmond donor
3rd Prize:
USD $5,000
Sponsored by the Henri Moerel Foundation
4th Prize:
USD $4,000
Sponsored by Virginia Union University
5th Prize:
USD $3,000
Sponsored by the Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia
Composer Award:
USD $1,000
Sponsored by the Richard S. Reynolds Foundation
Audience Prize:
USD $1,000
Presented by CultureWorks
Additional prizes
4 prizewinners will be selected to receive a GEWA violin case, awarded by GEWA music GmbH
The EMCY Prize for Exceptional Performance, awarded by the European Union of Music Competitions for Youth (EMCY)
Prizewinners will be offered concert opportunities and courses including:
- Four prizewinners will be offered participation in the Kronberg Violin Masterclasses in June 2021.
- The 2022 Morningside Music Bridge Young Artist Award (a scholarship to attend Morningside Music Bridge, an educational program of the Calgary Philharmonic Society in partnership with the Morningside Music Bridge Foundation) will be given to a participant aged 18 years or younger.
- A prizewinner will perform a recital at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival 2022.
- A prizewinner will perform a concerto with The Doctors’ Orchestra at London’s Cadogan Hall in February 2022 in aid of the UK Charity Freedom from Torture.
- One prizewinner will be offered a full-scholarship to participate in Valdres Festival, Norway, in June/July 2022.
- A prizewinner will perform at the Gower Festival in July 2022.
- A prizewinner will perform at the Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Rockport MA, in Summer 2022.
- One Junior and one Senior competitor will be offered a full-scholarship to participate in Astona International, the renowned Summer Music Academy in Switzerland for talented string players and pianists aged 12 to 24, from 10-23 July 2022.
- Opportunity for prizewinners to perform at HIMA (Harpa International Music Academy) Festival in Reykjavik, Iceland; sponsored by the Lin Yao Ji Music Foundation of China.
- Opportunity for prizewinners to perform at the Atlanta Festival Academy in Atlanta, GA, USA; sponsored by the Lin Yao Ji Music Foundation of China.
- A prizewinner will perform a concerto with the Richmond Symphony during the 2022/23 season.
Other opportunities will be added to this list and special prizes may be awarded at the jury’s discretion.
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