Violin Society
of America

Fourteenth International Competition Winners

 

THE WINNERS

Violin

Silver Medal (Tone): Landi Sheng, Alexander Tulchinsky, Mark Womack
Silver Medal (Workmanship): Feng Jiang, Luca Salvadori, Ming-Jiang Zhu
Certificate of Merit (Tone): Eric Blot, David L. Chrapkiewicz, Edward R. Curtz, Eduardo Gorr, Jeffrey Muller, Benjamin Ruth, Marilyn Wallin
Certificate of Merit (Workmanship): Mario Maria Gastaldi, Ulrich Hinsberger, Pascal Hornung, Christian Lijsen, Silvio Levaggi, David Polstein, Ada Quaranta, Benjamin Ruth, Haiko Seifert

Viola

Gold Medal: Marcus Klimke, William Scott
Silver Medal (Workmanship): Andrea Robin-Frandsen, Benjamin Ruth, Stephan von Baehr
Certificate of Merit (Tone): Thomas Bertrand, William Lakeberg, David Polstein, Jerrold Witkowski, Mark Womack
Certificate of Merit (Workmanship): Thomas Bertrand, Feng Jiang

Cello

Silver Medal (Tone): Gary Davis, William Scott
Silver Medal (Workmanship): Benjamin Ruth, Stephan von Baehr
Certificate of Merit (Tone): Christopher Dungey, David Folland, Gary Garavaglia, John Harrison, Masa Inokuchi, Raymond Melanson
Certificate of Merit (Workmanship): Thomas Bertrand, Silvio Levaggi, Stephen Lohmann, Lawrence Wilke

Bass

Gold Medal: Daniel Hachez
Silver Medal (Workmanship): Patrick Charton
Certificate of Merit (Workmanship): Paul Hart

Quartet

Gold Medal: Benjamin Ruth
Silver Medal (Workmanship): Stephan von Baehr
Certificate of Merit (Workmanship): Martin Heroux and Isabelle Wilbaux, Silvio Levaggi, Toshiyuki Matsushita

Violin Bow

Gold Medal: D. William Halsey, Mitsuaki Sasano, Gregor Walbrodt
Certificate of Merit: David H. Forbes, Pierre-Yves Fuchs, Ole Kanestrom, Roy G. Quade

Cello Bow

Gold Medal: Ole Kanestrom, Mitsuaki Sasano, Gregor Walbrodt
Certificate of Merit: Pierre-Yves Fuchs, Rodney Mohr, Roy G. Quade

Bass Bow

Gold Medal: Pierre-Yves Fuchs
Certificate of Merit: Robert Dow, David H. Forbes, Rodney Mohr, Roy G. Quade

Read the feature story about the VSA convention and competition.



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