Sam Rosenthal from the United States has recently been awarded first prize at the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition - Tertis and Aronowitz International Viola Competitions | Sam will receive a £5,000 cash prize, a debut album with Champs Hill Records, a recital at London’s Wigmore Hall in October 2025, as well as the option to borrow a fine viola for one year through the Beare’s International Violin Society Here, Sam performs the Bowen Viola Concerto with the Royal Northern Sinfonia

3.1K views · 179 reactions | British viola virtuoso Lionel Tertis was born on this day in 1876 | At the age of 24, Tertis became the first viola professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London, whilst maintaining an international solo career | Here Lionel plays the first movement of Brahms' Sonata No. 1 in F Minor Op. 120 with pianist Harriet Cohen | Read more at https://theviolinchannel.com/british-violist-lionel-tertis-born-on-this-day-1876-2/ | The Violin Channel | Facebook