Maria Canals International Music Competition

The Maria Canals International Music Competition (Catalan: Concurs Internacional de Música Maria Canals Barcelona, IPA: [kuŋˈkuɾs intəɾnəsi.uˈnal də ˈmuzikə məˈɾi.ə kəˈnalz βəɾsəˈlonə]) is a music competition held yearly in the Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona. It was founded as a piano competition in 1954, but in 1964 it was expanded so other modalities could be held occasionally.[1][2]

It was founded in 1954 by the Catalan pianist Maria Remei Canals i Cendrós (1913–2010) and her husband, the composer and writer Rossend Llates (1899–1973).[3] Since 1954, the Competition has welcomed over 7,000 participants from 100 countries and 180 jury members from all over the world.[4] It became a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions in 1958.[5]

The Maria Canals competition, for which artists such as Joan Miró, Antoni Tàpies and Joan Clavé have made publicity posters, was declared to be of public utility by the Spanish Interior Ministry in 1996.

Commentaries on the competition
Pianist performing at Avinguda Diagonal, as part of the Maria Canals competition event in 2015.
Pianist performing at Diagonal metrostation, as part of the Maria Canals competition event in 2017.
  • Of the multitude of international piano competitions, it is comforting to note that a competition like the Maria Canals at Barcelona, in which the piano is judged purely on a musical level, in which the player cannot forget the essential thing, interpretation, that such a competition takes on greater importance every year. Musicians can only praise and thank Maria Canals for her initiative. For my part, I can only warmly salute not only the longevity of this competition, but its ever more important participation in that magnificent combat in which, nobly and with exemplary probity, the artists of the future – those who will pick up the baton from their elders – face each other. – Vlado Perlemuter, 1964.[6]
  • Those of us who follow the Barcelonan musical life can't forget the ascendant evolution of the Maria Canals International Music Competition, initiated in 1954, which has turned into one of the most important European competitions. In celebrating its 40th anniversary we can state that many performers of the highest level have arisen from the competition, such a thing having contributed to expand the prestige of Barcelona as an artistic city. – Xavier Montsalvatge, 2004.[7]

Prize Winners
Piano[8]
19541st prize (men)1st prize (women)
Miquel Farré Maria Neus Miró
1956Grand prize1st prize (men) (ex-a.)1st prize (women) (ex-a.)
Not awarded Klaus Börner Aline Demierre
Giorgio Radicula Núria Escofet
1957Grand prize1st prize (men)1st prize (women)
Not awarded Alberto Colombo Thérèse Castaigne
19581st prize
Françoise Thinat
19591st prize2nd prize (men)2nd prize (women)
Not awarded Jean-Jacques Hauser Yoko Ikeda
19601st prize
Andrzej Jasiński
19611st prize
Catherine Silie
19621st prize
Dinorah Varsi
19631st prize2nd prize (men)2nd prize (women)
Not awarded Jerzy Vajek Françoise Parrot
19641st prize
Dag Achatz
19651st prize
James Tocco
19661st prize
Leonora Milà
19671st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)
Not awarded Franco Angeleri
Jacques Rouvier
19681st prize
Christina Viñas
19691st prize
Joseph W. Fennimore
19701st prize
Guadalupe Parrondo
19711st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)
Not awarded Ewa Bukojemska
Yves Noack
19721st prize
Klára Barányi
19731st prize
Jonathan M. Purvin
19741st prize2nd prize by unanimity2nd prize (ex-a.)
Not awarded Blanca Bodalla Akira Imai
Pierre Réach
19751st prize2nd prize (men) (ex-a.)2nd prize (women)
Not awarded Raimondo Campisi Marioaran Trifan
Roberto Capello
Andrea Bonatta
19761st prize2nd prize
Yasuto Sugimoto Elza Kolodin
19771st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)3rd prize
Arnulf von Arnim Chung-Myung Kim Silvia Natiello
Carmen Or
19781st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Bernard d'Ascoli Erik Berchot Ruriko Kikuchi
19791st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)3rd prize
Not awarded Yves Rault Mario Bosselli
Christine Kiss
19801st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Yuri Rosum Catherine Joly Akos Hernadi
19811st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)3rd prize
Not awarded Kazuoki Fujii José Carlos Cocarelli
Michel Gal
19821st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Hiromi Okada Karoly Mocsari Yuki Matsuzawa
19831st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)3rd prizeSpecial prize
Not awarded Bernd Glemser Antonella Vignali Marcelino López
Kyoko Koyama
19841st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)3rd prize
Not awarded Rie Konishi Galina Vratcheva
Pascal Le Corre
19851st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)3rd prize
Not awarded Detlef Kaiser Constantin Sandu
Ian Munro
19861st prize2nd prize3rd prizeSpecial prize
Chiharu Sakai Carole Carniel Nobuyuki Nagaoka Ignacio Marín
19871st prize2nd prize3rd prize (ex-a.)
Not awarded Christopher Oakden Keiko Nakai
Alexandre Tharaud
19881st prize2nd prize3rd prizeSpecial prize
Zhong Xu Olivier Cazal Junko Saito José Ramón Méndez
19891st prize2nd prize3rd prizeSpecial prize
Gerardo Vila Christophe Simonet Yukiko Hori Miquel Jorba
19901st prize2nd prize3rd prize (ex-a.)
Mathieu PapadiamandisNot awarded Jovianney E. Cruz
Andrei Fadeev
19911st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Yuri Martinov Yuko Nakamichi Eva-Maria Rieckert
19921st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Armands Ābols Akiko Kato Tomoko Doi
19931st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Amir Katz Gustavo Díaz-Jerez Rafal Luszczewski
19941st prize2nd prize3rd prize (ex-a.)
Sviatoslav Lips Dmitri Morozov Frederik Lagarde
Yoko Takemura
19951st prize2nd prize3rd prize (ex-a.)
Won Kim Keiji Serizawa Yulia Botchkovskaia
Birgita Wollenweber
19961st prize2nd prize3rd prize (ex-a.)
Not awarded Jan Gottlieb Jiracek Saar Ahuvia
Kiyo Wada
19971st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)3rd prizeSpecial prize
Not awarded Elina Hata Li Wang Young-Ha Chung
Ayako Kawai
19981st prize2nd prize3rd prize (ex-a.)Special prize
Peter Koczor Takahiro Mita Miwako Takeda Vincent Larderet
Anthony Zerpa-Falcon
19991st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Kirill Gerstein Ayako Kimura Sung-Hoon Hwang
20001st prize2nd prize3rd prize (ex-a.)
Yusuke Kikuchi Ferenc Vizi Piotr Kupka
Fabrice Lanoë
20011st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)3rd prize
Yurie Miura Mel Adkins Mayako Asada
Ekaterina Krivokochenko
20021st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)3rd prize
Viv McLean Alexandre Moutouzkine Yun-Yang Lee
Kook Hee Hong
20031st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Inesa Synkevich Yosuke Niino Sowon Hwang
20041st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Piotr Machnik Yi-Chih Lu Matei Varga
20051st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Jue Wang Yukiko Akagi Fumiyo Kawamura
20061st prize2nd prize3rd prize
José Enrique Bagaría Marie Vermeulin Mi-Yeon I
20071st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)
Mladen Čolić Veronika Böhmova Marisa Gupta
20081st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Martina Filjak Ilya Maksimov Jun Ishimura
20091st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Vestards Šimkus Jong Yun Kim Scipione Sangiovanni
20101st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Denis Zhdanov Olga Kozlova Marko Hilpo
20111st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Mateusz Borowiak Alexey Lebedev Alexey Chernov
20121st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Soo Jung Ann[9] Nozomi Nakagiri Vadym Kholodenko
20131st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Stanislav Khristenko Tomoaki Yoshida Haejae Kim
20141st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Regina Chernychko Sergey Belyavskiy Tatiana Chernichka
20151st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Danylo Saienko Minsung Lee Caterina Grewe
20161st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Hiroo Sato Shiori Kuwahara Yutong Sun
20171st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Levon Avagyan Hit Yat Tsang Anastasia Rizikov
20181st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Evgeny Konnov Luke Jones Alexey Sychev
20191st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Daumants Liepinš Aleksandr Klyuchko Ka Jeng Wong
Chamber Music (1970–87) and Duo-Sonatas (1996 and later)[8]
19701st prize
Fernando Puchol and Pedro León
19731st prize2nd prize by unanimity
Not awarded Dieter Lallinger and Jürgen Besig
19801st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Roland Straumer and Olaf Dressler Izumi Komoriya and Taisuko Yamashita Juan Llinares and Ludovica Mosca
19871st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Michael Sanderling and Gerald Fauth Senoko Numata and Akemi Tadenuma Pierre Luc Denuit and Sylvie Barret
19961st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Avi Downes and Shana Downes Aya Yoshii and Yoko Yoshihara Maria Belousova and Katarzyna Ewald
19991st prize2nd prize3rd prize (ex-a.)
Florian Wiek and Justus Grimm Akiko Okabe and Yuko Aragaki Isabel Gabbe and Leslie Riva
Kyoko Sasaki and Eriko Iso
20041st prize2nd prize3rd prize (ex-a.)
Eung Soo Kim and Moon Young Chae Igor Bobowitsch and Elena Kolesnichenko Julien Beaudiment and Laetitia Bougnol
Katia Novell and Luis Parés
Flute[8]
19681st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)
Not awarded Lô Angelloz
Teresita Frey
19721st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)
Not awarded Christine Turellier
Edelgard Seeman
19781st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)3rd prize
Not awarded Masayoshi Enokida Jadwiga Kotnowska
Philippe Pierlot
19831st prize2nd prize3rd prizeSpecial Prize
Erika Sebök Motoaki Kato Monika Hegedüs Vicenç Prats
19881st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)3rd prize
Dita Krenberga Christel Rayneau Natalia Setchkareva
Iren More
19941st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Natalia Danilina Atsuko Koga Maryse Graciet
19981st prize2nd prize3rd prize (ex-a.)
Olesia Tertychnaia Christian Farroni Kaori Fujii
Dejan Gavric
20011st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Francesca Canali Hyun-im Yoon Petra Orgl
Guitar[8]
19691st prize2nd prize
Not awarded Wolfgang Lendle
19741st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Marie Thérèse Ghirardi Dagoberto Linhares Dušan Bogdanović
19791st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Leonardo Palacios William Waters Guillermo Pérez
19811st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Gabriel García Santos Shin-Ichi Fukuda Nicholas Petrou
19851st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Stefano Cardi Han Jonkers Keiko Fujii
19891st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Esther-Helena Steenbergen István Römer Vladimir Tervo
19921st prize2nd prize3rd prize
George Vassilev Xavier Coll Daisuke Suzuki
19971st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Sara Gianfelici Lorenzo Micheli Daekun Jang
Percussion[8]
19821st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)3rd prizeSpecial prize (ex-a.)
Not awarded Axel Fries Shin-ichi Ueno Jordi Mestres
Peter Sadlo Santiago Molas
19901st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)3rd prize
Ramón Alsina Armin Weigert Stefan Eblenkamp
Ignasi Vila
Trio[8]
20091st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Trio DemianTrio QuintillianTrio Monte
Violin[8]
19641st prize
Rubén González
19671st prize
Edith Volckaert
19711st prize
Ernst Kovacic
19751st prize2nd prize
men Gerardo Ribeiro Eugen Sârbu
women Yukari Tate[10] Rasma Liélmane
19791st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Not awarded Véronique Bogaerts Berthilde Dufour
19841st prize2nd prize3rd prize (ex-a.)Special Prize
Stéphane L. PicardNot awarded Danuta Glowacka Joaquín Palomares
Mark Bleck
19891st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)3rd prize (ex-a.)
Not awarded Franziska Pietsch Thomas Bötcher
Yova Slessareva Kyoko Saburi
19931st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Denitsa Kazakova Ryotaro Ito Olga Nodel
Violoncello[8]
19761st prize2nd prize
Daniel Raclot Antônio Meneses
19861st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Hillel Zori Luca SignoriniNot awarded
19911st prize2nd prize3rd prize (ex-a.)
Valérie Aimard Anita Barbereau Laure Vavasseur
Thorsten Encke
Voice[8]
19651st prize2nd prize
Not awardedNot awarded
19661st prize
Wolfgang Witte
19671st prize
Dirk Schortemeier
19681st prize
Ionel Pantea
19691st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)
Not awarded Kiyoko Ishii
Roswitha Haub
19711st prize
Magdalena Cononovici
19721st prize2nd prize
Not awarded Sandra Sandru
19731st prize
Marilena Marinescu
19741st prize2nd prize by unanimity2nd prize (ex-a.)
Not awarded Marius Cosmescu Juliana Paszthy
Wally Salio
19751st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Ludmila Yourchenco Aleksandr Rudkowsky Aleksandr Vorosilo
19761st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Not awardedNot awardedNot awarded
19771st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)
Not awarded Károly Szilágyi
Keiko Hibi
19781st prize2nd prize
François le Roux Rodica Mitrica
19791st prize2nd prize3rd prize (ex-a.)
Not awarded Eva Tihany Gabriela Mazza
Kuniko Taguchi
19811st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)3rd prize
Nancy Carol Moore Anne Salvan Olim Sadoullaiev
Luis Álvarez Sastre
19831st prize2nd prize3rd prize (ex-a.)
Mabel Perelstein Jennifer Larmore Elise Bédard
Catalina Moncloa
19851st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)3rd prize
Chihiro Bamba Tomas Möwes Teresa Verdera
Annette K. Markert
19871st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)3rd prize (ex-a.)
Not awarded Jenny M. Miller Fumi Yamamoto
Jin-Ok Kim Teodor Ciurdea
19901st prize2nd prize3rd prize (ex-a.)Special prize
Vladimir Dits Mirela S. Spinu Malgorzata Lesiewicz-Przybył Manuel Lanza
Manuel Lanza
19951st prize2nd prize3rd prize (ex-a.)
Mihoko Fujimura Rosa Mateu Hanna Dóra Sturludóttir
Suki Kim
20001st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)3rd prize
Annette Dasch Ramona EremiaNot awarded
Giedré Povilaityté

References
  1. Ana Maria Davila (2007-05-04). "Competició pianística de primera". El Mundo.
  2. Lourdes Morgades (2007-05-02). "Un total de 114 pianistas aspiran a darse a conocer al mundo desde Barcelona en el Concurso Maria Canals". El País.
  3. L'Enciclopèdia
  4. Barcelona Yellow
  5. "Concours Internationaux de musique Maria Canals de Barcelone". World Federation of International Music Competitions. Archived from the original on 11 December 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  6. Vlado Perlemuter. "Dans la multiplicité des Concours Internationaux de Piano..." Archived from the original on 2007-11-14. Dans la multiplicité des Concours internationaux de Piano, il est réconfortant de constater qu’un Concours comme celui de Maria Canals à Barcelona, où le Piano n’est jugé qu’à l’échelle de la Musique, où l’instrumentiste ne peut pas oublier l’essentiel, l’interprète, qu’un tel Concours prend chaque année une ampleur grandissante. Les musiciens ne peuvent que louer et remercier Maria Canals de son initiative. Je ne peut, pour ma part, que souhaiter chaleureusement non seulement la longévité de ce Concours, mais une participation toujours plus importante à cette magnifique joute, où s’affrontent noblement et avec une probité exemplaire, les futurs artistes, qui prendront la relève de leurs aînés.
  7. Xavier Montsalvatge. "Els que ja fa temps que seguim..." Archived from the original on January 8, 2007. Els que ja fa temps que seguim la vida musical barcelonina no podem oblidar l’ascendent evolució del Concurs Internacional d’Execució Musical Maria Canals, iniciat el 1954 per convertir-se en un dels certàmens més imporrtants d’Europa. En celebrar el seu 40 aniversari, podem afirmar que, del concurs, han sorgit molts intèrprets de primera categoria, cosa que ha contribuït a expandir arreu el prestigi de la realitat artística barcelonina.
  8. "The winners of the competition". Concurs Maria Canals. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  9. "South Korean pianist Soo Jung Ann wins the International Music Competition Maria Canals of Barcelona". Catalan News. March 22, 2012. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  10. "6e session musicale". ladepeche.fr. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
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