prizewinners of the previous competitions

2004 - 1999 - 1991

Concours 2004 : registrated

216 violin and bow makers - 288 instruments or bows
violin, 113 - viola, 47 - cello, 25 - boublebass, 6 - bow, 97

Argentina, Australia, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Brasil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Denmark, Germany, Korea, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New-Zeland, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Czechoslovakia, Russia, Singapor, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

Instruments : 191

INSTRUMENTS

Violin category
- Grand Prize of the City of Paris : Joël KLEPAL - France
- Second Prize: Jan SPIDLEN - Republic of Czechoslovakia

Viola category
- Grand Prize of the City of Paris : Marcus KLIMKE - Germany
- Second Prize: Toshiyuki MATSUSHITA - Japan

Cello category
- Grand Prize of the City of Paris : Silvio LEVAGGI - Italy
- Second Prize: Soung Hyun PARK - Corée

Double bass category
- Grand Prize of the City of Paris : Noémie BARONNET - France
- Second Prize: non-adjudged

BOWS

Violin category
- Grand Prize of the City of Paris: non-adjudged
- Second Prize: ex aequo:
Thomas M. GERBETH - Germany
Yannick LE CANU - France

Viola category
- Grand Prize of the City of Paris: Mitsuaki SASANO - Japan
- Second Prize: Yannick LE CANU - France

Cello category
- Grand Prize of the City of Paris: Mitsuaki SASANO - Japan
- Second Prize: Pierre-Yves FUCHS - Switzerland/France

Double bass category
- Grand Prize of the City of Paris: Pierre-Yves FUCHS - Switzerland/France
- Second Prize: non-adjudged

Instruments

Violin

Certificat of merit for sound: Jan SPIDLEN - Republic of Czechoslovakia
Certificat of merit: Silvio LEVAGGI - Italy
Certificat of merit for sound: Toshiyuki MATSUSHITA - Japan

Viola

Special prize for personality and maturity given by the Groupement des Luthiers et Archetiers d'Art de France : Dominique NICOSIA - France
Certificat of merit for sound: Patrick CHARTON - France

Cello

Certificat of merit for sound: Patrick CHARTON - France

Doublebass

Certificat of merit for sound: Noémie BARONNET - France

Bows

Violin

Certificat of merit for the perfect workmanship: Thomas M. GERBETH - Germany
Certificat of merit for contemporary design: Yannick LE CANU - France

Certificat of merit: Pascal CAMURAT - France
Certificat of merit: Gregor WALBRODT - Germany

Viola

Certificat of merit: Mitsuaki SASANO - Japan
Certificat of merit: Thomas M. GERBETH - Germany
Certificat of merit for contemporary design: Jeong Bong LEE - Corée
Certificat of merit: Marcin KRUPA - Poland

Cello

Certificat of merit: Mitsuaki SASANO - Japan
Certificat of merit: Pascal CAMURAT - France
Certificat of merit: Franck DAGUIN - France
Certificat of merit for contemporary design: Jeong Bong LEE - Korea

Doublebass

Certificat of merit: Bernd-Michael DÖLLING Germany
Certificat of merit: Katia LOUIS France
Certificat of merit for contemporary design: Boris FRITSCH France
Certificat of merit for contemporary design: Christophe COLLINET France

violons

Joël KLEPAL, France - Grand Prize of the City of Paris

Jan SPIDLEN, République Tchèque - Second Prize and Certificat of merit for sound

Silvio LEVAGGI, Itlay - Certificat of merit

Toshiyuki MATSUSHITA, Japan - Certificat of merit for sound

Anna TARTARI, Itlay

Swantje HIRSCHMANN, Germany

Luca SALVADORI, Itlay

Pia KLAEMBT, Germany

Philippe MAHU, France

Altos

Markus KLIMKE, Germany - Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris

Toshiyuki MATSUSHITA, Japan - Second Prize

Christopher ROWE, United Kingdom

Dominique NICOSIA, France - Special prize for personality and maturity

Patrick CHARTON France - Certificat of merit for sound

Violoncelles

Silvio LEVAGGI, Itlay Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris

Soung Hyun PARK, Korea Second Prize

Patrick CHARTON, France - Certificat of merit for sound

François VARCIN, France

Robin JOUSSON, Switzerland

Pascal HORNUNG, Switzerland

Contrebasse

Noémie BARONNET, France - Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris and Certificat of merit for sound

Violons

Duncan Mac DONALD, U.S.A.
Jean Charles PIRIOU, France
Jan BARTÓS, Poland
Shiquan ZHAO, China
Hajime KOBAYASHI, Japan
Susanne MÜLLER, Germany
Jaakko MÄKELÄ, Finland
Patricia BARBIEUX, France
Paul BELIN, France
Marko PENNANEN, Finland
Mitoma YUKIKO, Japan
Krzysztof KRUPA, Poland
An ZHANG, China
Nicolas CHASSAING, France
Claudia ROOK, Germany
Jian Jun ZONG, China
Christophe VERRON, France
Takuya NIHIRA, Japan

Altos

6 cellos and 1 doublebass admided in the Final round

Joanna PLES, Poland
Lionel MICHON, France
Armelle RICHAUD, France
Thomas ROJAHN, Germany
Jean-Louis BLIVET, France
Savine DELAPORTE, France
Andrea SCHUDTZ, Itlay
Joerg WUNDERLICH, Germany
Joaquim Domingos CAPELA, Portugal
Marek OLMA, Poland
Takaomi SHIBATA, Japan
Tomasz LINKA, Poland
Giuseppe Lorenzo QUAGLIANO, Itlay
Stefan LINDHOLM, Suède
Geoffroy MERCIER, France
Bénédicte FRIEDMANN, France
Luiz Alfredo DOS SANTOS, Brazil
Jean-Jacques FASNACHT, Switzerland
Maria SCHUDTZ, Spain
Laurence HAMELIN, France
Jarkko NIEMI, Finland
Cesar Gabriel ACOSTA, Argentina
Gert EICHHORN, Germany
Elie HOFFMANN, France
Marine LOOS, France
David AYACHE, France
Koichi FURUKAWA, Japan
Guido MARIOTTO, Itlay
Shuichi TAKAHASHI, Japan
Fabien PEYRUC, France
Alicia ALVAREZ-MOTESERÍN, Spain
Markus SCHERSCHEL, Germany
Gaetano Gerardo PUCINO, Itlay
Luis Gilberto LAVALLE GUILLÉN, Mexico
Hector Fernando GONZÁLEZ ARIKI, Argentina
Claire RYDER, France
Anne Sophie BENOIT, France
Anne LE FOLL, France
Vassil VALTCHEV, Bulgarie
Laurent PAQUIER-LUQUE, France
Eliakim BOUSSOIR, France
Anthony (Zhao Te) TEO, Singapor
Guennady MALTSEV, Russie
Dominique GALAND, France
Frédéric de MOOR, France
Konrad SCHILL, Germany
Hracia GALSTIAN, Arménie
Bernhard FISCHER, Germany

could not be juged

Gildas BELLÉGO, France
Clément CHEVAUCHÉ, France

Viola

Joaquim Antonio CAPELA, Portugal
Sophie BARBAULT NICOLLEAU, France
Wolfgang SCHNABL, Germany
Luiz Alfredo DOS SANTOS, Brazil
Yann SCHOENER, France
Tomoko MURAI, Japan
Marie France STULZ UMIGLIA, Switzerland
Dong-In KIM, Korea
Katsuyuki SANO, Japon
Ghaleb HASSAN, France
Stéphane GARNIER, France
Bénédicte FRIEDMANN, France
Pascal DOUILLARD, France
Bogdan SIKORA, Poland
Florian ZEILHOFER, Germany
Denis DECLERCK, Belgium
Jean-Jacques RIVOIRE, France
Elisabetta GIORDANO, Italy
Vassil VALTCHEV, Bulgarie

Cello

Yuta TAKAHASHI, Japon
Tomasz LINKA, Poland
Krzysztof KRUPA, Poland
Wolfgang SCHNABL, Germany
David AYACHE, France
Denis DECLERCK, Belgique
Olivier FLAJOLLET, France
Hong CHEN, China
Pierre BURGOS, France

Doublebass

Stefan KRATTENMACHER, Germany
Swen MENTEC, France
Shiqiong CHEN, China
Alain HERARD, France

Violin bows

Thomas M. GERBETH, Germany - Second Prize ex aequo and Certificat of merit pour la précision du travail
Yannick LE CANU, France - Second Prize ex aequo and Certificat of merit for contemporary creation
Pascal CAMURAT, France - Certificat of merit
Gregor WALBRODT, Germany - Certificat of merit
Marcin KRUPA, Poland
Thierry DOISON, France
Bernd ETZLER, Hungary
Jean-Pascal NEHR, France
Gerald R. KNOLL, Germany
Ivanyi PÉTER, Hungary
Bernd DÖLLING, Germany
Sai GAO, U.S.A.
Sebastian DIRR, Germany
Heiko WUNDERLICH, Germany
Jochen SCHMIDT, Germany
Tamàs SZIRÀKI, Hungary
Pierre NEHR, France
Burkhard Klaus MENZE, Germany
Thomas KOENIG, France
Pascal HALLÉ, France
Gaëtan DARIEL, France
Rodolphe DUNET, France
Daniele WALLEN, Germany
Ming-Feng TSAI, Taïwan non conforme au règlement

Viola bows

Mitsuaki SASANO, Japan - Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris and Certificat of merit
Yannick LE CANU, France - Second Prize
Thomas M. GERBETH, Germany - Certificat of merit
Jeong Bong LEE, Corée - Certificat of merit for contemporary creation
Marcin KRUPA, Poland - Certificat of merit
Franck DAGUIN, France
Stéphane MULLER, France
Bernd-Michael DÖLLING, Germany
Doriane BODART, France
Arnaud SUARD, France
Andrew McGILL, Grande Bretagne
Katsuyuki SANO, Japan
Ming-Feng TSAI, Taïwan non conforme au règlement

Cello bows

Mitsuaki SASANO, Japan - Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris and Certificat of merit
Pierre-Yves FUCHS, Switzerland/France - Second Prize
Pascal CAMURAT, France - Certificat of merit
Franck DAGUIN, France - Certificat of merit
Jeong Bong LEE, Corée - Certificat of merit for contemporary creation
Gerald R. KNOLL, Germany
Christopher J. HALSTEAD, Grande Bretagne
Bernd ETZLER, Hungary
Arnaud SUARD, France
Bernd DÖLLING, Germany
Sai GAO, U.S.A.
Pierre NEHR, France
Sylvain BIGOT, France
Jean-Pascal NEHR, France
Sebastian DIRR, Germany
Jean-Luc TAUZIEDE, France
Vladimir HAVLIK, Germany
Heiko WUNDERLICH, Germany
Roch PETITDEMANGE, France
Gaëtan DARIEL, France
David TAMBLYN, Canada
Gilles DUHAUT, France non conforme au règlement

Doublebass bows

Pierre-Yves FUCHS, Switzerland/France - Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris
Bernd-Michael DÖLLING, Germany - Certificat of merit
Katia LOUIS, France - Certificat of merit
Boris FRITSCH, France - Certificat of merit for contemporary creation
Christophe COLLINET, France - Mention pour la création contemporaine
Jean-Luc TAUZIEDE, France
Armin SEEBASS, Germany
Vladimir HAVLIK, Germany
Roch PETITDEMANGE, France

Violin category
- Grand Prize of the City of Paris : Andrew FINNIGAN (United Kingdom)
- Second Prize : Francis KUTTNER (United States)
- Third Prize : Isabelle WILBAUX (Belgium)
the tree prize are given by the Mécénat Musical Société Générale.

Viola category
- Grand Prize of the City of Paris : Stephan VON BAEHR (Germany)
- Second Prize : Jaakko MÄKELÄ (Finland)
- Third Prize : Thomas MEUWISSEN (Belgium)

Cello category
- Grand Prize of the City of Paris : Viola ZIESSOW (Germany)
- Second Prize : Francis KUTTNER (United States)
- Third Prize : Stephan VON BAEHR (Germany)

Double bass category
- Grand Prize of the City of Paris : Michel BROLY (France)
- Second Prize : Laurent DEMEYERE (France)
- Third Prize : not given

BOWS

Violin category
- Grand Prize of the City of Paris : Noel BURKE (Ireland)
- Second Prize : Peter OXLEY (United Kingdom)
- Third Prize : Mitsuaki SASANO (Japan)

Viola category
- Grand Prize of the City of Paris : Edwin CLEMENT (Belgium)
- Second Prize : Tino LUCKE (Germany)
- Third Prize : MULLER Stéphane (France)

Cello category
- Grand Prize of the City of Paris : Peter OXLEY (United Kingdom)
- Second Prize : Noel BURKE (Ireland)
- Third Prize : Tino LUCKE (Germany)

Double bass category
- Grand Prize of the City of Paris : Jean GRUNBERGER (France)
- Second Prize : Sylvain BIGOT (France)
- Third Prize : Rodney MOHR (United States)

SPECIAL PRIZES

Prize of the Editions L'Archet given to the youngest bow maker finalist : Yannick LE CANU (23 ans, France)

Medal Antonio Capela given to the youngest finalist (violin category) : Elio SEVERGNINI (28 ans, Italy)

Distinction Soroku Murata given to the Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris (violin category) : Andrew FINNIGAN (United Kingdom)

Spécial prize given by "Les Bois d’Harmonie" : Isabelle WILBAUX (Belgium)

INSTRUMENTS

Violin category
SEVERGNINI Elio (Italy)
SPIDLEN Jan (Republic of Czechoslovakia)
ROWE Christopher (United Kingdom)

Viola category
ROWE Christopher (United Kingdom)
SPIDLEN Jan (Republic of Czechoslovakia)

Cello category
LEVAGGI Silvio (Italy)
LOCHMANN Kolja Jens (Germany)
STÜRZENHOFECKER Michael (Germany)

Double bass category
LABORIE Christian (France)
MENTEC Swen (France)

BOWS

Violin category
GRANDCHAMP Eric (France)
KNOLL Gerald R. (Germany)
KOT Shu Sheng (China)
LE CANU Yannick (France)
WALBRODT Gregor (Germany)

Viola category
SALAÜN Richard (France)
WALCHER Jutta (Germany)

Cello category
CLEMENT Edwin (Belgium)
DIRR Sebastian (Germany)
SASANO Mitsuaki (Japan)

Double bass category
DÖLLING Michael B. (Germany)
LOUIS Katia (France)

1991 1st Competition : Grand Prizes of the City of Paris

instruments

Violin category
Grand Prize: Patrick ROBIN (France)
2d Prize: Francis KUTTNER (U.S.A.)
3rd Prize: David GUSSET (U.S.A.)

Viola category
Grand Prize: Andrea ROBIN-FRANDSEN (Denmark)
2d Prize: Francis KUTTNER (U.S.A.)
3rd Prize: Nicolien HAAHTI VAN DER GRITTEN (Pays-Bas)

Cello category
Grand Prize: Patrick ROBIN (France)
2d Prize: Eero HAAHTI (Finland)
3rd Prize: Jacques BAUER (France)

Double bass category
Grand Prize: Patrick CHARTON (France)
2d Prize: Jean AURAY (France)
3rd Prize: Luc MUSELET (France)

bows

Violin category
Grand Prize: Martin DEVILLERS (France)
2d Prize: Eric GRANDCHAMP (France)
3rd Prize: Morgan ANDERSEN (U.S.A.)

Viola category
Grand Prize: Martin DEVILLERS (France)
2d Prize: Arnaud SUARD (France)
3rd Prize: Jean Marc PANHALEUX (France)

Cello category
Grand Prize: Robert SHALLOCK (U.S.A.)
2d Prize: Eric GRANDCHAMP (France)
3rd Prize: Paul SIEFRIED (U.S.A.)

Double bass category
Grand Prize: Jean Marc PANHALEUX (France)
2d Prize: Jean GRUNBERGER (France)
3rd Prize: Jean Jacques AUGAGNEUR (France)