Benjamin Britten International Violin Competition

Prizes and Winners' Engagements

“Competitions provide a means of promoting talented musicians in an environment which is at once edifying, stimulating and challenging for both competitors and audiences alike”.

First Prize "Benjamin Britten Prize"
donated in Honour of Wilson Kerr by Judith and Willia Bollinger

£10,000 and Gold Medal,

and a violin of Andrea Guarneri lent for one year by Florian Leonhard Fine Violins

Second Prize
£5,000 and Silver Medal

Third Prize

donated by The Belgravia Trichological Centre
£2,000 and Bronze Medal

Fourth Prize

donated by Catalyst Investment Group
£1,000 and Bronze Medal

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Special Prize

for the best performance of Britten's Reveille in the First round of the Competition
£500

Special Prize

for the best performance of the obligatory piece, Stankovych's Poem,

in the Second round of the Competition
£500

Artistic Director's Special Prize

a violin bow made specially for the Competition by violin maker Igor Gontar

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Other special prizes and concert engagements may be offered