Support Us

Whether you give as an individual, through a corporation, or in any other way, your support is critical to the success of our mission. We are grateful to every supporter who believes in our work.

Tertis Aronowitz Viola Competition is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales with company number 15147496 and registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales with registration number 1207517.

Would you like to ‘Make a Gift’ to the Tertis Aronowitz Viola Competition? 

Please consider making a donation to ensure the future of the Competition. Your support will help us build on our success 2025 competition and subsequent events, enabling us to continue to elevate and celebrate the distinctive voice of the viola whilst supporting the early careers of young and aspiring young musicians. 

There are several ways that you can make a gift.

One-off donation (unrestricted)

Monthly donation (unrestricted) 

Support a young musician. This could pay for the airfare and subsistence for a competitor who without support would not be able to participate. 

It could also include ongoing or one-off support for a specific musician of your choice £2,000-£10,000 (including administration costs).

Please contact Competition Administrator Jack Gillett on admin@tertisaronowitz.co.uk for further information.

Support a master class, concert or talk during the Competition week or as part of our ongoing annual activities. Support starting at £750

Name a prize £6,000 (£1,000 administration costs)

Our Patrons are the Tertis Aronowitz Viola Competition’s lead benefactors, whose support forms the bedrock of our organisation’s sustainability, resilience, and innovation. Your support will help us to realise our commitment to transforming the lives of young musicians through our ongoing annual events culminating in the triennial competition and festival.  

Play a vital role in underpinning our work with Tertis Aronowitz Viola Competition and beyond with an annual gift starting at £1,000. 

Tertis Aronowitz Viola Competition (TAVC) is the only ongoing international viola event in the UK, an event crafted specifically to perpetuate and elevate recognition of an instrument that is integral to the future of classical music. One that is often overlooked by a tradition that has historically placed the violin and cello in a loftier position. Unless the future of the viola is innovatively and methodically curated the time will come when our symphony orchestras and chamber music groups will simply not have the requisite quantity or quality of violists. This future necessarily includes luthiers, teachers, composers, researchers and performers. Tertis Aronowitz exists solely to uphold and further the cause of the viola and all of its protagonists. 

TAVC is also the only registered charity created to support the viola in this way. 

As a Patron, your support helps to underpin all areas of our artistic and educational programme, enabling us to provide innovative and life-changing opportunities to young musicians. In return, you will become part of a vibrant community right at the heart of our work with invitations to exclusive Patron events and personal contact with our prize winners and competitors. 

Tertis Aronowitz Viola Competition is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales with company number 15147496 and registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales with registration number 1207517.

Our Gold Patrons are Tertis Aronowitz Viola Competitions lead benefactors, whose foundational support forms the bedrock of our organisation’s sustainability, resilience, and innovation. With an annual donation of £10,000 or more, our Gold Patrons sit right at the heart of our community. We enjoy working closely with individual Gold Patrons to understand which areas of our work most inspire them, crafting unique experiences to recognise their gift – from private invitations to observe our creative process, to special access and opportunities to meet our artistic and education team. 

Gold Patrons often choose to direct their giving to a specific area of our work; recent bespoke areas of support have included sponsoring prizes, specific artists, commissions, private concerts and core running costs.