Winners

Meet the Winners

We are proud to announce the winners of the Primrose International Viola Competition® 2021.

1st Prize, BIPOC Prize & Audience Award

Natalie Loughran
United States

2nd Prize

Samuel Rosenthal
United States

3rd Prize

Nicholas Swensen
Denmark/United States

Transcriptions Prize

Keoni Bolding
United States

Past Winners

2018

1st: Hae-Sue Lee
2nd: Zoë Martin-Doike
3rd: Leonid Plashinov-Johnson

2014

1st: Zhanbo Zheng
2nd: Manuel Vioque-Judd
3rd: Cong Wu
Honorable Mention:
Born Lau, Kei Tojo

2011

1st: Ayane Kozasa
2nd: Elias Goldstein
3rd: Vicki Powell
Honorable Mention:
Da Kyung Kwak, Matthew Lipman

2008

1st: Dimitri Murrath
2nd: Emily Deans
3rd: Molly Carr

2005

1st: Jennifer Stumm
2nd: David Aaron Carpenter, David Kim
3rd: Not awarded
Honorable Mention:
Yu Jin

2003

1st: Che-Yen (Brian) Chen
2nd: Teng Li
3rd: Nils Mönkenmeyer
Honorable Mention:
Amalia Aubert, Abigail Evans

2001

1st: Antoine Tamestit
2nd: Ula Žebriunaitė
3rd: Not awarded

1999

1st: Lawrence Power
2nd: Roland Glassl
3rd: Elizabeth Freivogel

1997

1st: Christina Castelli
2nd: Rita Porfiris
3rd: Karin Brown

1995

1st: Catherine Basrak
2nd: Joan DerHovsepian
3rd: Scott Lee

1993

1st: Nokuthula Ngwenyama
2nd: Kathryn Lockwood
3rd: Not awarded

1991

1st: Kirsten Docter
2nd: Kin-Fung Leung
3rd: Not awarded

1989

1st: Daniel Foster
2nd: Ming Pak
3rd: Kai Tang

1987

1st: Lynne Richburg
2nd: Carla-Maria Rodrigues
3rd: Paris Anastasiadis

1979

1st: Geraldine Walther
2nd: Jun Takahira
3rd: Patricia McCarty