Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition

The International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition (Polish: Międzynarodowy Konkurs Skrzypcowy im.

Henryka Wieniawskiego) is a competition for violinists up to age 30 that takes place every five years in Poznań, Poland, in honor of the virtuoso and composer Henryk Wieniawski (1835–1880).

[1] The first competition took place in 1935 in Warsaw, 100 years after the birth of its patron, and consisted of two stages.

[2] Candidates shall be qualified for the competition subject to preliminary selection auditions run by Maxim Vengerov and another member of the jury.

One of the participants was also Grażyna Bacewicz who received an honorary diploma and was to become a future juror of the competition.