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20th Haverhill Sinfonia Soloist Competition

£8,675 in prizes & engagements

woodwind, brass, strings, piano & singers

Saturday 26 September 2009

COMPETITION CLOSED - details remain for your information


The Haverhill Sinfonia Soloist Competition was first held in 1990 and is now an established event in music diaries, annually attracting a broad medley of artists of the highest calibre from the UK and abroad. The Competition was devised with the intention of providing a public platform for talent which might otherwise go unheard and to give musicians the opportunity to acquire experience of solo performing, whether or not a professional career is envisaged, also to encourage the pursuance of classical music among listeners and performers. The Competition is an exciting showcase for musicians – invitations are sent to orchestras, music societies, other promoters and agents to attend the Competition to hear the array of talent.

Promoters of the performance prizes have, in previous years, offered further engagements to winners for return visits in following seasons. Visiting promoters also sometimes offer engagements to other Competitors they have heard throughout the day of the Competition.


previous winners

1990, Nicholas Vallis (flute)

1991, Guy Cowley (clarinet)

1992, Rupert Egerton-Smith (piano)

1993, Ben Lasserson (cello)

1994, Julian Sperry (flute)

1995, Rebecca Gilliver (cello)

1996, Sung-Im Kim (piano)

1997, Yuko Nishino (violin)

1998, Jewgenij Sudbin (piano)

1999, Alexandra Wood (violin)

2000, Louisa Breen (piano)

2001, Marisa Gupta (piano)

2002, Martin Sturfält (piano)

2003, Yurie Miura (piano)

2004, Yann Dubost (double bass)

2005, Hayley Wolfe (violin)

2006, Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin)

2007, Sasha Grynyuk (piano)

2008, Jaroslaw Nadrzycki (violin)


PRIZES  (please see Rules for full details)


First prize

recital: Charterhouse - £225

recital: Haywards Heath Music Society - £225

recital: Hoddesdon Music Club - £225

recital: Leighton Buzzard Music Club - £250

recital: Steyning Music Society - £225

recital: Stratford-upon-Avon Chamber Music Society - £225

recital: The King's School, Ely - £225

recital: University of Essex - £225

recital: Witney Music Society - £225

solo work: Airedale Symphony Orchestra - £325

solo work: Bedford Sinfonia - £325

solo work: City of Rochester Symphony Orchestra - £325

solo work: Lambeth Orchestra - £300

solo work: Surrey Philharmonic Orchestra - £325

solo work: Wymondham Symphony Orchestra - £325


Second prize £250


Third prize £200


Fourth prize £175 donated by Marchant Manufacturing Co. Ltd.


Fifth prize £150 donated by The Herbert Group


Sixth prize £125 donated by Frankie & Benny's


Seventh prize £100


Highest-placed prize-winner, other than pianist

solo work: Arnold Sinfonia - £325 donated by Days Inn Haverhill


Highest-placed prize-winner, other than singer

recital: Brockenhurst Music Society - £225

recital: Linton Music Society - £225


Highest-placed violinist or cellist

recital: Music at St. Peter's, Wallingford - £225


Highest-placed pianist

recital: Bridport & West Dorset Music Club - £225

recital: Bury St. Edmunds Concert Club - £225

recital: Letchworth Music Club - £225

recital: Louth & District Concert Society - £225

recital: Pound Arts - £225


Highest-placed woodwind player

recital: The Church Stretton and South Shropshire Arts Festival - £225


Highest-placed woodwind or brass player

solo work: City of Southampton Orchestra - £325


Highest-placed pianist, violinist, violist, cellist, clarinettist or oboist

recital: Derby Chamber Music Society - £225


Best performance of a work by a British composer - £200

donated by Evans-Pughe Strings of Hitchin Ltd


Best performance of a work written since 1959 - £200

donated by Music Sales Group


Highest-placed string player - £200

donated by Sandarac Ltd.


Best accompanist - £200

donated by Mrs. Pat Taylor & Mr. Nicholas Jarman



adjudicating panel

Kevin Hill MBE

Music Director – Haverhill Sinfonia & Arnold Sinfonia

Piers Lane

Professor of Piano, Royal Academy of Music


Stephen Bryant

Leader, BBC Symphony Orchestra


Timothy Lines

Professor of Clarinet, Royal Academy of Music & Royal College of Music


official accompanist

Tom Blach


in association with

Airedale Symphony Orchestra

Arnold Sinfonia

Bedford Sinfonia

Bridport & West Dorset Music Club

Brockenhurst Music Society

Bury St. Edmunds Concert Club

Charterhouse

Derby Chamber Music Society

City of Rochester Symphony Orchestra

City of Southampton Orchestra

Haywards Heath Music Society

Hoddesdon Music Club

Lambeth Orchestra

Leighton Buzzard Music Club

Letchworth Music Club

Linton Music Society

Louth & District Concert Society

Music at St Peter’s, Wallingford

Pound Arts

Stratford-upon-Avon Chamber Music Society

Surrey Philharmonic Orchestra

Steyning Music Society

The Church Stretton and South Shropshire Arts Festival

The King’s School, Ely

University of Essex

Witney Music Society

Wymondham Symphony Orchestra


sponsored by

Days Inn Haverhill

Empire Pianos, Braintree

Evans-Pughe Strings of Hitchin Ltd.

Frankie & Benny's

Marchant Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

Mrs. Pat Taylor and Mr. Nicholas Jarman

Music Sales Group

Printwise (Haverhill) Ltd.

Sandarac Ltd.

STP Stationery

The Herbert Group


promoted by Haverhill Sinfonia Registered Charity No. 801519

Haverhill Sinfonia, 8 Templars Court, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 9AJ, United Kingdom.

Tel (UK): 01440 763799 Tel (International): +44 1440 763799

Email: info@haverhillsinfonia.co.uk

Please note: the details of this Competition are in 3 parts – (i) Brochure/Details (ii) Entry Form (iii) Rules.