Arthur Grumiaux International Violin Competition | |
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Venue | Royal Conservatory of Brussels, Belgium |
Presented by | Musiq'3 |
First awarded | 2008 |
Website | www.agivc.eu |
The Arthur Grumiaux International Violin Competition is a violin competition held in Brussels, Belgium.[1][2] First held in 2008 under the name of "Bravo",[3] in 2015 the competition was renamed in honor of the violinist Arthur Grumiaux.[4][5] The competition takes place at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels in Belgium.
The competition was created in 2008 at the "Institut Supérieur de Musique et de Pédagogie in Namur",[6] originally under the name of "Bravo!" competition.[7] It took place each year at the Institut[8] and since 2017 in the Royal Conservatoire in Brussels. In 2015, the competition was supported by the foundation Baron Arthur Grumiaux[9] and was renamed International Arthur Grumiaux Competition for Young Violinists.[10] The same year, Princess Léa of Belgium rewarded the winners at the Royal Theater of Namur. The competition is international and was represented in 2016 by 27 different nationalities
Since 2016 edition, Musiq'3 became the official partner of the project[11] and in the same year, the Belgian TV news RTBF show a spot on television [12]
There are three age categories : Category I (0-11 y.o.), Category II (12-16 y.o.) and Category III (17-21 y.o.)
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2012 | ![]() |
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2010 | ![]() |
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2009 | ![]() |
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2008 | ![]() ![]() |
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