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COMPETITIONS
Javus Quartet
1 The Vienna-based Javus Quartet has received the 2024 Jürgen Ponto Foundation Music Prize, receiving €60,000 and concert engagements. The quartet comprises violinists Marie-Therese Schwöllinger, 27, Alexandra Moser, 28, violist Marvin Stark, 24, and cellist Oscar Hagen, 27. The award promotes upcoming string quartets from Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Yuki Hirano
2 Japanese violinist Yuki Hirano, 19, has won first prize at the inaugural Vienna Classic Violin Competition in Vienna, Austria, receiving €20,000. The second prize of €10,000 was awarded to Polish violinist Mariusz Patyra, 46, and the third prize of €5,000 to Chinese violinist Ruifeng Lin, 24.
Maxine Gimbel
JAVUS QUARTET PHOTO VICTORIA NAZAROVA. GIMBEL PHOTO EILEEN MOLONY
3 US double bassist Paul Sharpe has been awarded the 2024 University of North Carolina board of governors’ Award for Excellence in Teaching by the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. He receives $12,500 and a commemorative bronze medallion.
4 US double bassist Maxine Gimbel, 18, has received the International Society of Bassists’ ISB 2024 Jane Little Scholarship for a female double bassist beginning college as a freshman. The award is worth $10,000. The inaugural ISB Al Fisher Scholarship Grant for career development was awarded to US double bassist
Broner McCoy, 23, who receives $5,000.
FORTHCOMING COMPETITIONS & AWARDS
Vienna International Music Competition in Vienna, Austria, for solo instrumentalists and chamber ensembles aged 6–27. Grand prize €1,000 Deadline 30 June; competition 5–10 August Web viaf.at
Alberto Lysy International Violin Competition in Gstaad, Switzerland, for violinists aged 28 and under. First prize CHF10,000 Deadline 15 July; competition 18–20 October Web albertolysy.org/competition.php
International Johannes Brahms Competition in Pörtschach am Wörthersee, Austria, for violinists, violists and chamber groups aged 14 and older. First prize €4,000 Deadline 15 July; competition 1–8 September
Web
brahmscompetition.org/en