The Maurice Vieux International Viola Competition (French: Le Concours International d'Alto Maurice Vieux) is an international music competition for viola players established in 1983 by the French viola society Les Amis de l'Alto. The competition is named for the French viola player and teacher Maurice Vieux.
Maurice Vieux International Viola Competition No. Year Location 1st Prize 2nd Prize 3rd Prize Notes / Jurists5 2000 Antoine Tamestit (tie) Aroa Sorin (tie)— not awarded — Lawrence Power Marc-Olivier Dupin (Chairman), Gérard Caussé, Bruno Pasquier, Michaël Lévinas, Tabea Zimmermann, Thomas Riebl, Jesse Levine4 1992 Ville Nouvelle de Melun-Sénart—not awarded— Hiroto Tobisawa Benoît Marin Michel Zbar(Chairman), Sabine Toutain, Emile Cantor, Serge Collot, Ulrich Koch, Yfrah Neaman, Dionisio Rodriguez Suarez3 1989 Orléans Andrei Gridchuk (Андрей Гридчук) Tomoko Ariu Pierre Lénert Claude-Henry Joubert (Chairman), Yuri Bashmet, Marc Carles, Thomas A. Guilissen, Ulrich Koch, Bruno Pasquier, Tabea Zimmermann2 1986 Lille Lars Anders Tomter François Schmitt (tie) Teodor Coman (tie) Sabine Toutain Betsy Jolas (Chairman), Emile Cantor, Claude Ducrocq, Paul Hadjaje, Georges Longrée, Erwin Schiffer, Maurice W. Riley1 1983 Paris Tabea Zimmermann Pascal Cocheril 4th Prize: Pascal Robault
See also List of classical music competitions Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition Primrose International Viola Competition
References Riley, Maurice W. (1991). The History of the Viola, Volume II, 175-180.
External links Les Amis de l'Alto