HENRYK WIENIAWSKI INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION Poznań, Poland
WFIMC Founding Member
Though it boasts the status of the world’s oldest violin competition in existence, the Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition keeps setting itself new goals, as well as addresses current requirements of both the event’s participants and audiences. The latest edition (2022) brought changes in the composition of the jury, which opened itself to non-violinist musicians, conductors, or managers. A lot of emphasis was also put on transparency: upon closing the event, both the final results, and partial scores of particular stage auditions were published. Besides statutory prizes (prize pool of more than EUR 100.000), and a number of special trophies, for the first time in the history of the competition one of the awards for the winners was also an international Concert Tour, which consisted of over eighty dates on five continents. Competition auditions enjoyed record-breaking viewership: as many as 3 million music lovers around the world followed live coverage and materials related to the 16th edition of the Wieniawski, thus exceeding previous events’ numbers tenfold.
Next Competition Application Due Competition Dates
2026/ Violin Jan 9, 2026
Jury
Bartłomiej Nizioł (Chair), others tba
Artists
Amadeus Chamber Orchestra of Polish Radio Anna Duczmal-Mróz (Semifinals) Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra Łukasz Borowicz (Final Rounds)
Oct 8 - 25, 2026
Second next edition 2031/ Violin
Total Prize Money
EUR 150.000 Concerts/Tours
Other Awards Travel support
no
Streaming
Youtube, Amadeus.tv, Violin Channel, own website/other
Application System OWN/OTHER Application fee
Preselection: EUR 100 Live Rounds: EUR 100
wieniawski.pl
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