The sixth edition of the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition took place in 1955 and was the third one devoted to violin. The Soviet violin school couldn't attain a third victory after the successes of David Oistrakh in 1937 and Leonid Kogan in 1951 as Berl Senofsky managed to beat Julian Sitkovetsky. Senofsky remains the only American who has won the violin competition to date.
| Winner | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st Prize |  Berl Senofsky | |
| 2nd Prize | Julian Sitkovetsky | |
| 3rd Prize |  Pierre Doukan | |
| 4th Prize | Francine Dorfeuille-Boussinot | |
| 5th Prize | Viktor Pikaizen | |
| 6th Prize |  Alberto Lysy | |
| 7th Prize | Marina Iashvili | |
| 8th Prize |  Tessa Robbins | |
| 9th Prize |  Luben Yordanoff | |
| 10th Prize |  Clemens Quataker | |
| 11th Prize | Igor Politkovsky | |
| 12th Prize |  Marcel Debot |
Necil Kazım Akses Yvonne Astruc
Oskar Back Marcel Cuvelier (chairman) Désiré Defauw Zino Francescatti
Sadanori Maki Yehudi Menuhin Philip Newman Ricardo Odnoposoff
Alfred Pochon Maurice Raskin