Partners
The Conservatoire Municipal Maurice Ravel du 13e Arrondissement (CMA 13) is part of the Paris network of artistic education institutions. It offers programmes in music (classical and jazz), dance and drama, from introductory classes through to preparatory programmes.
As a gateway into the world of the arts, the conservatoire guides young students towards independent artistic practice, with a long-term approach to education that aims to develop their sensitivity to performance, creation and the dissemination of artistic work. It places particular emphasis on listening and sharing, fostering the foundations for social connection, respect for others and an openness to the world.
The Musicales de la « Vallée-aux-Loups » Festival, celebrates live music through a programme that is outstanding, festive and bold. Under the artistic direction of cellist François Salques, Les Musicales offer a broad and demanding programme which, while showcasing the treasures of the Western classical music repertoire, also embraces improvisation, contemporary music and new musical creations.
For the second time this year, François Salques will invite one of the competition's winners to join him for a chamber music concert in 2026.
After studying at the Newark School of Violin Making in London, Charles Coquet worked with Marc Rosenstiel in Veynes, and with Yann Porret and Bernard Sabatier in Paris. In 2003, he was awarded First Prize for Viola at the International Violin Making Competition in Cremona. His violins are inspired by the work of the Amati brothers and Guarneri del Gesù, his violas by Giacomo Gennaro, and his cellos by Matteo Goffriller. He has developed his own model based on the design method established by François Denis. Since 2007, Charles Coquet has run his workshop in Paris together with bow maker Emmanuel Carlier.
Charles Coquet generously offers a BAM viola case to one of the Competition Prize Winners.
BAM (Boîte à Musique) supports the competition by offering the 4th prize of the Young Violists Competition. BAM is a company that manufactures instrument cases designed for musicians who need to travel. A leader in the industry, their cases are handmade in France and combine practicality, innovative technology, and aesthetics.
Charles-Édouard Levillain is a French historian specialising in England and the Netherlands in the early modern period. A professor at Université Paris Cité, his research focuses on political and diplomatic relations between Northern Europe and France under Louis XIV, with particular emphasis on the figure of William III of Orange. A recipient of the Descartes-Huygens Prize and a member of the Academia Europaea, he is widely recognised for the quality of his research and publications.
For several years, Charles-Édouard Levillain has generously supported the winners of the competition as a patron, offering substantial study grants in memory of his late daughter, Clara Levillain.
Created in a rural setting, the Terres Vibrantes Festival has been bringing the Combrailles summers to life since 2020. Artistic creation, promotion of Auvergne's heritage, transmission and the fight against discrimination are objectives that have led the festival to become more firmly rooted in the region, through mediation initiatives and artist residencies in partnership with local cultural structures. An open, eclectic program enables emerging artists to rub shoulders with major musicians from the international European scene.
The Savarez/Lutherie group supports the competition by offering a 3rd prize of €600 for the National Young Violists Competition, and by donating various violin-making equipment to the winners of the National Very Young Violists Competition and to the members of the jury.
Renowned for its guitar strings, Savarez also offers Corelli products, hardware, and strings for stringed instruments.
Maison ONA is an independent publishing house based in Marseille, specialising in contemporary music and placing particular emphasis on the score as an artistic object. It supports composers from different generations and offers a catalogue that embraces contemporary and original approaches to musical writing. Its partnership with the YVC gives participants access to its scores at a preferential rate.
Founded in Paris in 1896, Éditions Billaudot is among the leading French music publishing houses. For over a century, they have supported the transmission, learning, preservation of musical heritage and creation, maintaining a rich catalogue of scores, educational works and works from the repertoire as well as contemporary music.
True to their family history and their commitment to musical life, Éditions Billaudot are contributing this year, for the first time, to the CJA by awarding a Prize for the best interpretation of the required contemporary work, Volutes d'encens by Olivier Marin, in the Licence category.
This prize will include a reward of 300 euros, as well as vouchers allowing the winner to discover a selection of pieces from the Éditions Billaudot collection.