title: Maurice Vieux International Viola Competition
text: # Maurice Vieux International Viola Competition
  
  The Maurice Vieux International Viola Competition (French: Le Concours International d'Alto Maurice Vieux) is an international music competition for viola players established in 1983 by the French viola society Les Amis de l'Alto. The competition is named for the French viola player and teacher Maurice Vieux.
  
  ## Maurice Vieux International Viola Competition
  
  | No. | Year | Location | 1st Prize | 2nd Prize | 3rd Prize | Notes / Jurists |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 5 | 2000 | | Antoine Tamestit (tie) Aroa Sorin (tie) | — not awarded — | Lawrence Power | Marc-Olivier Dupin (Chairman), Gérard Caussé, Bruno Pasquier, Michaël Lévinas, Tabea Zimmermann, Thomas Riebl, Jesse Levine |
  | 4 | 1992 | Ville Nouvelle de Melun-Sénart | —not awarded— | Hiroto Tobisawa | Benoît Marin | Michel Zbar(Chairman), Sabine Toutain, Emile Cantor, Serge Collot, Ulrich Koch, Yfrah Neaman, Dionisio Rodriguez Suarez |
  | 3 | 1989 | Orléans | Andrei Gridchuk (Андрей Гридчук) | Tomoko Ariu | Pierre Lénert | Claude-Henry Joubert (Chairman), Yuri Bashmet, Marc Carles, Thomas A. Guilissen, Ulrich Koch, Bruno Pasquier, Tabea Zimmermann |
  | 2 | 1986 | Lille | Lars Anders Tomter | François Schmitt (tie) Teodor Coman (tie) | Sabine Toutain | Betsy Jolas (Chairman), Emile Cantor, Claude Ducrocq, Paul Hadjaje, Georges Longrée, Erwin Schiffer, Maurice W. Riley |
  | 1 | 1983 | Paris | Tabea Zimmermann | Marius Nichiteanu [de] | Pascal Cocheril | 4th Prize: Pascal Robault |
  