Geneva International Music Competition
The Geneva Competition was founded in 1939 under the name "Concours international d'exécution musicale de Genève". It is one of the world’s leading international music competitions. In 1957, it was one of the founding members of the World Federation of International Music Competition (WFIMC), whose headquarters are in Geneva.[1]
Today, the Geneva Competition alternates between several main disciplines: piano, flute, oboe, clarinet, cello, viola, string quartet, voice and percussion. Every second year, it offers a Composition Prize. Upcoming competitions are cello & oboe (2021), piano & composition (2022), flute & string quartet (2023) and voice & composition (2024).[2]
Its prizewinners include world-famous artists such as Martha Argerich, Arturo Benedetti-Michelangeli, Victoria De Los Angeles, Alan Gilbert, Nelson Goerner, Friedrich Gulda, Heinz Holliger, Nobuko Imai, Quatuor Melos, Emmanuel Pahud, Maurizio Pollini, Georg Solti, José Van Dam, Christian Zacharias and Tabea Zimmermann.[3]
In addition to its official prizes, the Geneva International Music Competition offers a career development programme, which provides precious support and advice to help boost laureates’ careers. This programme includes two years of concert management, as well as CD recordings, international tours, a festival and professional workshops.[4]
1st prize winners
- 2019 Composition: Hinako Takagi Japan (ex aequo)
- 2019 Composition: Daniel Arango-Prada Colombia (ex aequo)
- 2019 Percussion: Hyeji Bak, South Korea
- 2018 Clarinet: Kevin Spagnolo
Italy - 2018 Piano: Dmitry Shishkin
Russia (ex aequo) - 2018 Piano: Théo Fouchenneret France (ex aequo)
- 2017 Composition: Jaehyuck Choi
- 2016 Quartet: Vision String Quartet
Germany - 2015 Composition: Shoichi Yabuta
Japan - 2014 Piano: Ji-Yeong Mun
South Korea - 2013 Composition: Kwang Ho Cho
South Korea - 2012 Piano: Lorenzo Soulès
France - 2011 Composition: Artur Akshelyan
Armenia - 2011 Quartet: Armida Quartet
Germany (ex aequo) - 2011 Quartet: Hermès Quartet
France (ex aequo) - 2010 Piano: Mami Hagiwara
Japan - 2009 Voice: Polina Pasztircsák
Hungary - 2008 Cello: István Várdai
Hungary - 2005 Viola: Ryszard Groblewski
Poland - 2002 Percussion: Aiyun Huang
Canada - 2002 Piano: Sergey Koudriakov
Russia - 2001 Flute: Silvia Careddu
Italy - 2001 Piano: Roland Krüger
Germany - 2001 Quartet: Quatuor Terpsycordes, Switzerland
- 2000 Voice: Annette Dasch
Germany (ex aequo) - 2000 Voice: Werner Erik Nelson
United States (ex aequo) - 2000 Cello: Rafael Rosenfeld
Switzerland - 1998 Oboe: Alexei Ogrintchouk
Russia - 1998 Double Bass: Janusz Widzyk, Poland
- 1997 Clarinet: Martin Fröst
Sweden - 1996 Trumpet: André Henry, France
- 1995 Cello: Claudio Bohorquez
Sweden - 1995 Guitar: Georgi Vassiliev
Bulgaria - 1995 Bassoon: Laurent Lefèvre, France
- 1994 Conducting: Alan Gilbert
United States - 1993 Voice: Jane Irwin
United Kingdom - 1993 Organ: Alessio Corti
Italy - 1993 Violin Manara Francesco
Italy - 1992 Flute Emmanuel Pahud
Switzerland - 1991 Tuba Jens Bjørn-Larsen
Denmark - 1991 Cello Wenn-Sinn Yang
Switzerland - 1990 Clarinet Fabio Di-Casola
Switzerland - 1990 Piano Nelson Goerner
Argentina - 1990 Violin Zheng-Rong Wang
China - 1988 Guitar Viktor Vidović
Yugoslavia - 1988 Trombone Jonas Bylund
Sweden - 1988 Oboe Alex Klein, Brazil
- 1987 Viola Hong-Mei Xiao
China - 1987 Voice Maria Diaconu
Romania - 1987 Trumpet Ole Edvard Antonsen
Norway - 1986 Cello Leonid Gorokhov
Soviet Union - 1985 Voice Chihiro Bamba
Japan - 1985 Organ Jonathan Biggers
United States - 1984 Conducting Grzegorz Nowak
Poland - 1983 Voice Juliana Gondek
United States - 1983 Bass Nico Abondolo
United States - 1982 Viola Tabea Zimmermann
West Germany - 1982 Percussion Peter Sadlo
West Germany - 1982 Piano Evgeny Krouchevsky
Soviet Union - 1980 Bassoon Gilbert Audin
France - 1980 Vocal Quartet New York Vocal Ensemble
United States - 1979 Voice Jean Christian
France - 1978 Voice Margareta Haverinen
Finland - 1977 Viola AnaBela Chaves
Portugal - 1977 Voice Kristine Ciesinski
United States - 1977 Oboe Jean-Christophe Gayot
France - 1976 Voice Katherine Ciesinski
United States - 1976 Piano Tatiana Chebanova
Soviet Union - 1975 Guitar Dusan Bogdanovic
Yugoslavia - 1974 Voice Gary Kendall
United States - 1974 Harp Olga Ortenberg
Soviet Union - 1973 Quartet Quatuor Kreuzberger
West Germany - 1973 Flute Kohno Toshiko
Japan - 1973 Trombone Anatole Skobelev
Soviet Union - 1973 Double Bass Ivan Kotov
Soviet Union - 1972 Viola Atar Arad
Israel - 1972 Voice Konstantin Ploujnikov
Soviet Union - 1972 Clarinet Thomas Friedli
Switzerland - 1971 Cello Myung-wha Chung
South Korea - 1962 Organ Joachim Grubich
Poland - 1960 Clarinet Peter Rieckhoff
West Germany - 1957 Clarinet Petkov Radev
Bulgaria - 1957 Piano Martha Argerich
Argentina (ex aequo) - 1957 Piano Dominique Merlet
France (ex aequo) - 1954 Voice Pamela Bowden
United Kingdom - 1953 Piano Jacques Klein
Brazil - 1950 Clarinet Paul-Jacques Lambert
France - 1947 Clarinet Henri Druart
France - 1942 Piano Georg Solti
Hungary - 1939 Clarinet Robert Gugolz
Switzerland - 1939 Voice Maria Stader,
Hungary - 1939 Piano Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Italy
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References
- "Who we are". World Federation of International Music Competitions. 2018-06-17. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- "The Competition | Concours de Genève". www.concoursgeneve.ch. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- "Search Laureates | Concours de Genève". www.concoursgeneve.ch. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- "Career development | Concours de Genève". www.concoursgeneve.ch. Retrieved 2020-06-25.