Full list of Winners and Prizes of the Menuhin Competition London 2016

As the curtain falls on what has been an extraordinary 11-days of all things Menuhin, all 44 exceptional competitors of the MENUHIN COMPETITION LONDON 2016 were praised as winners.

On Sunday night (17/04/16) at the Prize Giving Ceremony at Southbank’s Royal Festival Hall, there was a surprise new award announced and given – The Jonathan Moulds Award for Outstanding Potential; which was awarded to 13 year old Kevin Miura (USA/Japan). The prize: the loan of a very fine golden period Stradivarius violin from the private collection of Jonathan Moulds CBE.

Very generously, Jonathan Moulds has agreed with the Menuhin Competition London 2016 and the Menuhin Competition Geneva 2018, to offer this new prize for outstanding potential on the violin.  The recipient of this fine violin will be given full use of the instrument between Competitions. The prize will be administered in conjunction with the Beare’s International Violin Society and the recipient will be chosen by Gordon Back, Artistic Director of the Menuhin Competition, the jury and Jonathan Moulds. 2016’s winner, Kevin Miura was speechless with delight when his name was announced – at 13, to have the loan of a Strad is the greatest gift a young violinist can have.

The jury for the Menuhin Competition London 2016 were: Pamela Frank (Chair); five former laureates Julia Fischer, Ray Chen, Tasmin Little, Ning Feng and Joji Hattori. Menuhin’s son and pianist Jeremy Menuhin, Korean violinist Dong-Suk Kang and director of the Verbier Festival Martin Engstroem.

FULL LIST OF ALL PRIZES – MENUHIN COMPETITION LONDON 2016

Senior Section

1st Prize. Winner: Ziyu He (16, China)

£ 10,000 Donated by Beare International Violin Society Prize plus a 1-year loan of a golden period Stradivarius violin Sponsored by J&A Beare

2nd prize. Winner: SongHa Choi (16, South Korea)
£ 7,500 Donated by Sir George Iacobescu

3rd prize. Winner  Yu–Ting Chen (20, Taiwan)
£ 5,000 Donated by Mrs Toyoko Hattori

4th prize. Winner: Jeein Kim (20, South Korea)
“So that the thread of music may continue”, £ 3,000 donated by the Henri Moerel Foundation

Bach Prize. Winner: Ziyu He (16, China)
£1,000. For the best performance of Bach, donated in memory of Robert Masters

Bartók Prize. Winner: Yu-Ting Chen (20, Taiwan)
£1,000. For the best performance of the Solo Sonata, donated by Erich Gruenberg

Composer Award. Winner: Ziyu He (16, China)
£500. For the best performance of the Panufnik commission, donated by John Hughes

Mozart Prize. Winner: Ziyu He (16, China)
£500. For the best performance of Mozart, donated by Dr Peter Outen

Audience Prize.Winner: SongHa Choi (16, South Korea)
£500. Donated by IDAGIO

Junior Section

1st prize: Winner: Yesong Sophie Lee (12, USA)

Florian Leonhard Prize for Outstanding Young Musical Talent  £ 5,000 plus a 1-year loan of a fine old Italian violin (Guarnieri Del Gesu)
Sponsored by Florian Leonhard Fine Violins

2nd prize. Winner: Kevin Miura (13, USA/Japan)
£ 4,000. Donated by The Menuhin Family

3rd prize. Winner: Johan Dalene (15, Sweden)
£ 3,000. “So that the thread of music may continue”, donated by the Henri Moerel Foundation

4th prize. Winner: NaKyung Kang (12, South Korea)
£ 2,000. Donated by The Lin Yao Ji Music Foundation

5th prize. Winner: Anne Luisa Kramb (15, Germany)
£ 1,000. Donated in memory of Yfrah Neaman

Chamber Music Award. Winner: Johan Dalene (15, Sweden)
£500. Donated by The Kohn Foundation

Composer Award. Winner: Yesong Sophie Lee (12, USA)
£500. For the best performance of the Colomina i Bosch commission, donated by James Chau

Wieniawski Prize. Winner: Johan Dalene (15, Sweden)
£500. For the best performance of Wieniawski, donated by Dr Peter Outen

Jonathan Moulds Award for Outstanding Potential. Winner: Kevin Miura (13, USA/Japan)
The loan of a very fine golden period Stradivarius violin from the private collection of Jonathan Moulds CBE

Audience Prize. Winner: Kevin Miura (13, USA/Japan)
£500. Donated by IDAGIO

More information about the competition can be found at menuhincompetition.org