Count Yvan de Launoit will take over from Baron Huyghebaert, who has reached the maximum age to serve on the board of directors, in April 2025
The board of directors of the prestigious international Queen Elisabeth Competition has unanimously voted in a new president, Count Yvan de Launoit.
Currently the vice-president, he will succeed Baron Huyghebaert, who concludes his term as president of the board of directors in April 2025, as board membership is subject to an age limit of 80. Huyghebaert himself succeeded Count Jean-Pierre de Launoit in 2014, having served as vice-president alongside him since 1987.
The Queen Elisabeth Competition is regarded as one of the most demanding and prestigious international competitions, with a long list of distinguished laureates since David Oistrakh won the first edition in 1937.
Other violin winners over the years have included Leonid Kogan, Miriam Fried, Vadim Repin and Baiba Skride, and Victor Julien-Laferrière, who won the first edition for cello in 2017.
The competition alternates between violin, piano, cello and voice. In 2024 the competition was won by Ukrainian violinist Dmytro Udovychenko. The 2025 edition will be dedicated to the piano.
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