Menuhin Competition

Absolutely beautiful!

SongHa Choi (London 2016) was awarded 2nd Prize & Audience Prize. SooBeen Lee (Beijing 2012) won 3rd Prize. Yesong Sophie Lee (London 2016) won the Award for the Best Performance of a virtuosic work. Congratulations to everyone! Watch all rounds now: bit.ly/44JVPxK

Congratulations to all of the participants at this year's @CMIMontreal! Dmytro Udovychenko was awarded 1st Prize. We were delighted to hear that a number of Menuhin Competition alumni won prizes. Photo courtesy Tam Lan Truong

Congratulations María Dueñas! María's debut album, Beethoven and Beyond, has been released today by Deutsche Grammophon. Order or stream now: bit.ly/42oEPLF

Simon will be performing in London with @ASMForchestra on Friday 26th May. He will perform Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major ‘Turkish’ K.219 as part of a programme including works by Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Corelli & JS Bach. Find out more: bit.ly/43c0UOB

Happy birthday Simon Zhu! We wish the winner of Richmond 2021 Senior 2nd Prize the very best. Today we're listening to his performance of Wieniawski's Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22, Allegro moderato with pianist Alkistis Milioni. bit.ly/3Kf8TSv

Tickets are free - and for those who can't make it to the venue, there will be a livestream available to watch through the CIM website. Find out more and reserve your seat here: bit.ly/431qlCt

Karisa Chiu, Richmond 2021 laureate and winner of the 2021 IsangYun Violin Competition, will be performing at @cim_edu on 12th April 2023! Karisa will perform the virtuosic Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with the CIM Orchestra with conductor JoAnn Falletta. 📷Cristina Cutts

Truly delighted to see a number of members of the Menuhin Competition family featured in the @ClassicFM Rising Stars list! Read on below to find out more about their careers.

We can't wait to listen to María Dueñas' debut album - released 5th May 2023 through @DGclassics!

Don't miss the chance to win a signed copy of María Dueñas's DG debut album "Beethoven and Beyond"! Enter the raffle here 👉 umgt.de/A454gx

Béla Bartók was born on 25 March 1881. Today we're listening to Ziyu He's performance of Bartók's Sonata for Solo Violin I. Tempo di ciaccona, performed at the London 2016 Menuhin Competition. bit.ly/3ZcVrUH

338 years after the birth of Bach, musicians continue to learn from his music. We're watching juror Henning Kraggerud's masterclass with Takumi Taguchi, working together on how movement while practicing can influence our sense of freedom as we play. bit.ly/3YZ7pB1

Chloe Chua's debut album has officially been released on all platforms! Recorded with @singaporesymph, the album is available now through @PENTATONEmusic and can be streamed on all major services, including Apple Music, Spotify and Idagio. bit.ly/3yqGF1N

@MenuhinComp @FreefromTorture Please note, it is Monday 13 MARCH, rather than April. Info & tickets here: cadoganhall.com/whats-on/the-d…

For those unable to join us at Cadogan Hall, the event will be livestreamed and you can find out more here: bit.ly/3ZzJxoQ

Freedom from Torture provide specialist psychological therapy to help asylum seekers and refugees who have survived torture recover and rebuild their lives in the UK, as well as providing training for professionals working with torture survivors. freedomfromtorture.org

Only a few days until Nathan Mierdl performs Sibelius' Violin Concerto in London! Together with The Doctor's Orchestra, Nathan will be performing at @cadoganhall on 13th April in aid of @FreefromTorture bit.ly/3ZHFmXM

Another member of the Menuhin Competition family, Zachary Brandon, also received an Honorable Mention. We'd like to wish Hina and Zach many congratulations! See their performances on the EOIVC YouTube channel now: bit.ly/3DMs8k6

Congratulations to all of the violinists who participated in the Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition! We were delighted to hear that Hina Khuong-Huu, one of our #Geneva2018 prizewinners, was awarded 1st Prize!