Viotti International Music Competition
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The Viotti International Music Competition, (Italian: Concorso Internazionale di Musica Viotti) named after the Italian composer and violinist Gian (Giovanni) Battista Viotti (1755-1824), is held in Vercelli, Piedmont, Italy. It was founded by violinist Joseph Robbone in 1950 and has been, since 1957, a Member of the World Federation of Music Competitions.
It is primarily dedicated to piano and opera singing, but the competition frequently features sections for the violin, chamber music, the oboe, the guitar, the dance and composition, among others.
In the fifty years since its inception, thousands of competitors have taken part and many have reached international fame. Among them, Luigi Alva, Claudio Abbado, Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni, Nicola Martinucci, Salvatore Accardo, Joaquim Achucarro, Daniel Barenboim, Renato Bruson, Piero Cappuccilli, Raina Kabaivanska, Sumi Jo.
The judges have included Franco Corelli, Carlo Maria Giulini, Yehudi Menuhin, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Birgit Nilsson, Carl Orff, Aureliano Pertile, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Renata Scotto, and Joan Sutherland.
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