Henryk Wieniawski (1835 - 1880), Polish composer and violinist, and his brother Józef Wieniawski (1837 - 1912), composer and pianist. Photo PAP / Alamy
Competition performance by British violinist Henry Temianka. On the left, the jury members are visible (from the right of the table, the director of the Warsaw Music Society in Warsaw, Adam Wieniawski). Photo NAC / IKC. sign. 1-M-614-4
The Sardo Sisters from Italy: Mary Luiza (violin) and Clara (piano) during the rehearsal. Photo NAC / IKC. sign. 1-M-614-2
French violinist Ginette Neveu during the rehearsal before the competition. Photo NAC / IKC. sign. 1-M-614-1
Jury members during decisive deliberations before announcing the results. President Adam Wieniawski is visible directly at the front. Photo NAC / IKC. sign. 1-M-614-7
The jury chairman, Adam Wieniawski, presents the award to Henry Temianka, who took third place in the competition. Photo NAC / IKC. sign. 1-M-614-8
Ginette Neveu accepts the award and diploma for winning the competition from Minister Wacław Jędrzejewicz. Next to the minister, you can also see the Polish Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Władysław Korsak (on the right) and the vice-president of the Capital City of Warsaw, Józef Ołpiński. Photo NAC / IKC. sign. 1-M-614-9
The group of the highest-ranked contestants. Shown from left: 3rd Prize winner Henry Temianka from Great Britain, 4th Prize winner Mary Luisa Sardo from Italy, 1st Prize winner Ginette Neveu from France, 2nd Prize winner David Oistrakh from the USSR. Photo NAC / IKC. sign. 1-M-614-10
Reception for the competition participants with President Ignacy Mościcki at the Royal Castle. Visible, among others: President Ignacy Mościcki (straight ahead), Minister Wacław Jędrzejewicz (seated 2nd from the right), Władysław Korsak (seated 1st from the left), 2nd Prize winner David Oistrakh, 1st Prize winner Ginette Neveu, 6th Prize winner Mary Luisa Sardo, Henry Temianka 3rd Prize laureate. Photo NAC / IKC. sign. 1-M-614-11
It was her to whom he owed his musical development - the mother of the great violinist Regina and Henryk Wieniawski himself. Photo from the left: “Henryk Wieniawski. Life and work "(Wladimir Grigoriev, PWN, Warszawa - Poznań, 1986) and Fritz Luckhardt (part of the Friedrich Nicolas Manskopf portrait collection in the library of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main) - Public Domain, Wikipedia
1st Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition in Warsaw, May 3 - 15, 1935