Tokyo International Viola Competition

The Tokyo International Viola Competition is a viola competition established in 2009. It is the first Asian competition dedicated exclusively to the viola and is held in conjunction with Viola Space, a three-year violin festival founded in 1992 by Nobuko Imai.^[1]

In addition to the financial recognition for the three winners, several special prizes are awarded, including instruments and strings donated for the event, prize for the public vote, prize for the best interpretation of a Japanese composition and invitations to play at various international festivals.

Winners

Edition	Year	1st Prize	2nd Prize	3rd Prize	Note
1	2009	Sergej Malov	Dimitri Murrath	Veit Bebedikt Hertenstein	^[2]
2	2012	Wenting Kang	Barbara Buntrock	Kimi Makino	^[3]
3	2015	Andrea Burger	Kei Tojo	Louise Desjardins	^[4]
4	2018	Luosha Fang	Sejune Kim	Ziyu Shen	^[5]

Note

^ "What is TIVC".
^ "Past results 2009". TIVC.
^ "Winners 2012". TIVC.
^ "The 3rd Tokyo International Viola Competition (2015)". TIVC.
^ "The 4th Tokyo International Viola Competition (2018)". TIVC.

[1] "What is TIVC".

[2] "Past results 2009". TIVC.

[3] "Winners 2012". TIVC.

[4] "The 3rd Tokyo International Viola Competition (2015)". TIVC.

[5] "The 4th Tokyo International Viola Competition (2018)". TIVC.

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