2002 International Violin Competition winners announced. (Items of Interest).Hungarian violinist Barnabas Kelemen was the gold medal gold medal traditional first prize. [Western Cult: Misc.] See : Prize winner of the Sixth Quadrennial quad·ren·ni·al adj. 1. Happening once in four years. 2. Lasting for four years. quad·ren  ni·al n. Violin Competition of Indianapolis in September 2002, receiving $30,000 and a twenty-four-carat gold medal. He also received a four-year loan of the ex-Gingold Stradivari violin and Tourte bow, a Naxos label compact disc recording engagement and forty concert engagements. Kelemen is a regular performer at major concert venues in Europe, Great Britain Great Britain, officially United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 60,441,000), 94,226 sq mi (244,044 sq km), on the British Isles, off W Europe. The country is often referred to simply as Britain. , Japan, Taiwan, South Africa and the United States. Born in 1978, Kelemen began playing the violin The violin player usually holds the instrument under the chin, supported by the left shoulder (see below for variations of this posture). The strings are sounded either by drawing the bow across them (arco), or sometimes by plucking them (pizzicato). at age 6. Second- and third-place medals also were awarded at the Competition of Indianapolis. The $15,000 silver medal went to Armenian Sergey Khachatryan, age 17, and the $10,000 bronze medal was presented to American Soovin Kim, 26. |
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