Competition Results 2000

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Below, the results of 56 international piano competitions that were held in 2000, are listed in chronological order. By clicking on the list on the left (alphabetical by city), you will jump to the right spot.

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Cesare Durante International Piano Competition, Frattamaggiore (it)
13 - 17 December 2000

1. ---. (not awarded)
2. (ex aequo:) Tobias Bredohl (frg)
                      Roberto Corliano (it)
3. Sung-Hoon Hwang (cor)

 

1st Theodor Leschetizky International Piano Competition, Taichung (tai)
9 - 20 December 2000

1. Ju Jin (chn)
2. Naomi Iwase (jpn)
3. not awarded
4. (ex aequo) Mee-Hyun Ahn (cor)
                     Ivan Roudine (Russia)
5. Siao-Feng Chang (chn)
6. Xing-Chen Liu (tai)

A total of 71 pianists took part.

 

Concours Olivier Messiaen, Paris (f)
3 - 10 December 2000

1. Markus Bellheim (frg)
2. Jean Dubé (f)
3. Hiroaki Ooi (jpn)
Other finalist:
    Ya-ou Xie (chn)

26 pianists took part

 

4th Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, Hamamatsu (jpn) (Fed.)
13 - 26 November 2000

1. Alexander Gavrylyuk (ukr)
2. (ex aequo) Dong-Hyek Lim (cor)
                     Ayako Uehara (jpn)
3. Olga Kern (Pushechnikova) (Russia)
4. Ferenc Vizi (rum)
5. Feodor Amirov (Russia)
6. ---.

79 pianists took part.

 

Franz Liszt International Piano Competition, Weimar (frg)
10 - 19 November 2000

1. not awarded
2. Péter Tóth (hun)
3. (ex aequo) Cora Irsen (frg)
                     Inga Kazantseva (Russia)

24 pianists took part.

 

Esther Honens International Piano Competition, Calgary (can) (Fed.)
9 - 25 November 2000

1. Katherine Chi (can)
2. Marko Martin (est)
3. Alessandra Maria Ammara (it)
4. (ex aequo): Rusen Özgür Aydin (tur/usa)
                      Roger Wright (usa)

 

International Piano Competition, Marsala (it)
9 - 12 November 2000

1. ---. (not awarded)
2. (ex aequo): Motoi Kawashima (jpn)
                      Vyacheslav Zubkov (ukr)
3. Takeo Chinai (jpn)
4. (ex aequo): Lana Genc (crt)
                      Tomomi Maeda (jpn)
                      Eric Rouach (f)
5. Christina Lawrie (gb)

 A total of 33 contestants

 

Concorso Pianistico Internazionale Franz Liszt - Premio Mario Zanfi, Parma (it)
23 - 29 October 2000

1. Massimiliano Motterle (it)
2. ---. (not awarded)
 3. (ex aequo): Alexei Goulenko (mold)
                      Wojciech Waleczek (pol)
 

19 contestants played in this competition.

 

San Antonio International Piano Competition, San Antonio (TX, USA)
15-21 October 2000


1. Naoko Takao (jpn)
2. Michael Schneider (usa)
3. Gloria Chien (tai)
4. Yoshikazu Nagai (jpn)
5. Ganadi Zagor (isr)

10 pianists were invited to take part.

 

Concorso Pianistico Internazionale, Sanremo (it)
14 - 19 October 2000

1. Chong Won Park (cor)
2. Viktoriya Yermolyeva (ukr)

Other finalist:
     Natasha Paremski (Russia)

 

Concorso Florestano Rossomandi, Bovino (FG) (it)
5 - 7 October 2000

1. Ekaterina Ivanova (Russia)
2. Roberto Colianň (it)
 3. Miki Onodera (jpn)

Five contestants played in this competition.

 

Chopin International Piano Competition -  Warsaw (pol) (Fed.)
4 - 22 October 2000

1. Yundi Li (chn)
2. Ingrid Fliter (arg)
 3. Alexander Kobrin (Russia)
 4. Sa Chen (chn)
5. Alberto Nosč (it)
 6. Mika Sato (jpn)

96 contestants played in the first round

 

International Piano Competition, Porto (prt) (Fed.)
26 September - 7 October 2000

1. Giuseppe Andoloro (it)
2. Daria Riabova (Russia)
 3. Rikako Murata (jpn)
 4. Avi Fellner (isr)
5. Jean-Christophe Dijoux (f)
 6. Sergei Smirov (belo)

66 contestants played in the first round

 

Concorso Pianistico Internazionale Rina Sala Gallo, Monza (it)
23 September - 1 October 2000

1. Stefania Cafaro (it)
2. Ryoko Hisayama (jpn)
 3. Anna Vinnitskaya (Russia)

30 contestants

 

Jose Iturbi Concorso Pianistico Internazionale, Valencia (esp)
18 - 29 September 2000

1. Roman Zaslavsky (Russia)
2. Angel Sanchez Herrera (esp)
3. Sheila Arnold (frg)
4. Kiai Nara (jpn)
5. (ex aequo:) Daniel del Pińo (esp)
                      Roberto Plano (it)

 

Concorso Pianistico Internazionale, Senigallia (it)
3 - 16 September 2000

1. Junko Nishikawa (jpn)
2. Naoya Seino (jpn)
 3. Edna Stern (Israel/Belgium)

20 contestants

 

World Music Masters Competition, Monte Carlo (Monaco)
September 2000

1. Kensei Yamaguchi (jpn)

Other finalist:
2. Roustem Saitkulov (Russia)

Total: 8 contestants

 

Concorso Pianistico Internazionale, Varallo Sesia (it)
3 - 10 September 2000

1. Bum Suk Kim (cor)
2. Maxim Phillipov (Russia)
3. Elisa Tomellini (it)
4. Erik Reischl (frg)

Other finalist:
    Ali Hireche (f)

48 contestants

 

Busoni International Piano Competition -  Bolzano (it) (Fed.)
17 August - 2 September 2000

1. not awarded
2. not awarded
 3. (ex aequo) Ayako Kimura (jpn)
    (ex aequo) Carl Wolf (frg)
 4. Marc Toth (can)
5. (ex aequo) Yoko Kikuchi (jpn)
    (ex aequo) Dong-Hyek Lim (cor)
 6. Hironae Suzuki (jpn)

The competition started off with
71 contestants

 

Rachmaninoff Competition, Morcone (it)
2 - 5 August 2000

1. Alessandro Rosselletti (it)
2. Chang Chen-Chevassus (tai)
 3. Constantino Catena (it)

 

New Orleans International Piano Competition (usa)
29 July - 6 August 2000

   1. Stanislav Ioudenitch (uzb)
   2. Dimitry Teterin (Russia)
   3. Ketevan Badridze (geor)

Total: 11 contestants

 

Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia (Fed.)
28 June - 15 July 2000

1. Marina Kolomiitseva (Russia)
2. Ayako Uehara (jpn)
 3. Evgeny Ukhanov (ukr)
 4. Alexei Volodin (Russia)
5. Vera Kameneva (Russia)
 6. Henry Wong Doe (nzl)

The competition started off with
34 contestants

 

Géza Anda International Piano Competition - Zürich (ch) (Fed.)
24 June - 6 July 2000

1. Filippo Gamba (it)
2. Henri Sigfridsson (fin)
3. Andrej Shibko (belo)

56 contestants performed in the first stage

 

Scriabin International Piano Competition - Moscow (Russia)
20 - 30 June 2000

1. Peter Laul (Russia)
2. Jun Nakao (jpn)
3. Sergei Sobolev (Russia)

34 contestants performed in the first stage

 

Pro Piano Competition, Bucharest (rum)
19 - 23 June 2000

Category XII

First prize: Ovidiu Parjol (rum)

Four contestants took part in this top category

 

International Piano Concerto Competition - Cantů (it)
 May/June 2000

Section "Classical Concerto"

1. Vera Kameneva (Russia)
2. (ex aequo):
     Olga Kern (Pushechnikova) (Russia)
     Elisa Tomellini (it)
3. Roberto Corlianň (it)

 

International Piano Concerto Competition - Cantů (it)
 May/June 2000

Section "Romantic Concerto"

1. Olga Kern (Pushechnikova) (Russia)
2. Elisa Tomellini (it)
3. Vera Kameneva (Russia)

 

Robert Schumann International Music Competition - Zwickau (frg) (Fed.)
15 - 25 June 2000

The results of the piano competition:

1. Kiai Nara (jpn)
2. Ulugbek Palvanov (uzb)
3. Andrea Rebaudengo (it)

Total: 45 contestants

 

Clara Schumann International Piano Competition - Düsseldorf (frg)
1 - 9 June 2000

1. not awarded.
2. Irene Russo (it)
3. Rintaro Akamatsu (jpn)

 

Alessandro Casagrande International Piano Competition - Terni (it) (Fed.)
31 May - 11 June 2000

1. ---.
2. (ex aequo:) Giuseppe Andaloro (it)
                      Mikko Merjanen (fin)
3. Luca Rasca (it)

Total: 31 contestants

 

Jeunesses Musicales Competition - Bucharest (rum)
May 2000

D Category

1. Satoko Yamamoto (jpn)
2. Yuki Negishi (jpn)

24 pianists took part in this category

 

Rencontre International des Pianistes - Viseu (prt)
May 2000

1. Jean-Christophe Dijou (f)

Other finalists:
     Sergei Saratovski (Russia)
     Chuan Qin (chn)

Six pianists invited to participate

 

Jean Françaix International Piano Competition - Paris (f)
12 - 13 May 2000

1. ---. (not awarded)
2. Tamaki Niga (jpn)
3. Marco di Perna (it)

Other finalists:
    Mariann Kerényi (hun)
    Sophie Patey (f)

Total: 8 contestants

 

AXA International Piano Competition - Dublin (irl) (Fed.)
5 - 18 May 2000

1. Alexei Nabiulin (Russia)
2. Chiao-Ying Chang (tai)
3. Cyrin Gerstein (Russia)
4. David Jalbert (can)
5. Jewgeni Sudbin (frg)
6. Lidija Bizjak (y)

Total: 45 contestants

 

World Piano Competition - London (gb)
 19 - 29 April 2000

Winner: Antti Siirala (fin)

Read on the page News what incredible luck
Antti Siirala had !

 

Regional (semi-international) Piano Competition, Almaty (kzk)

16 - 23 April 2000

Oldest age group

1. ---. (not awarded
2. Alibek Alpiev (kzk)
3. (ex aequo): Marat Maksudov (uzb)
                      Zhumabek Bekishev (kzk)

Other finalists:
     Bayan Kozhahmetova (kzk)
     Akhmed Mizoev (azer)
     Dina Omarbaeva (kzk)

Total in this age group: 24 contestants

 

International Piano Competition - Joplin, Missouri (usa)
 11 - 15 April 2000

1. Petronel Malan (rsa)
2. Elisei Babanov (Russia)
3. Yoshikazu Nagai (jpn)
4. Soo-Yeon Lee (cor)
5. Li Wang (can)

 

International Chopin Competition for Young Pianists - Moscow (Russia)
 9 - 17 April 2000

1. (ex aequo:) Galina Chistyakova (Russia)
                      Hyo-Joo Lee (cor)
2. ---. (not awarded)
3. Maria Harsel (ukr)
4. Timor Scherbakov (belo)
5. Soo Jung Ann (cor)
6. Ilya Kazantsev (Russia)

Total: 33 contestants

 

International Piano Competition "Arthur Rubinstein in Memoriam" - Bydgoszcz (pol)
 7 - 16 April 2000

1. (ex aequo:) Miku Omine (jpn)
                      Piotr Zukowski (pol)
2. ---. (not awarded)
3. (ex aequo:) Elena Drozdova (Russia)
                      Daniel Jonathan Hill (gb)
4. Age Juurikas (est)
5. Natalja Danilova (Russia)
6. Ying-Hsuan Lee (tai)

Total: 26 contestants

 

María Canals Competition - Barcelona (esp) (Fed.)
2 - 18 April 2000

The results of the piano competition are:

1. Yusuke Kikuchi (jpn)
2. Ferenc Vizi (rum)
3. (ex aequo): Piotr Kupka (pol)
                      Fabrice Lanoë (f)

There were 71 contestants.

 

Maria Callas Competition - Athens (gr) (Fed.)
24 March - 3 April 2000

The results of the piano competition:

Grand Prix:
Duncan Gifford (aus)

First prize (ex aequo):
Lu-Hui Yu (tai)
Georges Philadelphes (gr)

There were 12 contestants.

 

Steinway Competition - Paris (f)
19 March 2000

Category Excellence

   1. (ex aequo:) Lise de la Salle (f)
                         Aurélia von Hoven (f)

There were 10 participants in this top category.

 

Rencontre Internationale des Jeunes Pianistes - Paris (f)
 8 - 10 March 2000

1. Oliver Kern (frg)
2. Olaf John Laneri (it)

Other finalists:
Inon Barnatan (isr)
Chuan Qin (chn)

There were 12 participants.

 

International Piano Competition "XXth Century Music", Orléans (f) (Fed.)
 21- 29 February, 2000

Winner: Saori Mizumura (jpn)

Other finalists:
Alexandre Pirojenko (Russia)
Andrea Corazziari (it)

 

International Piano Competition, Brest (f)
12 - 21 February, 2000

Category R: "Chopin"

1. (ex aequo): Eric Artz (f)
                      Adam Laloum
2. (ex aequo): Oleg Babij
                      Xavier Bouchaud (f)
3. (ex aequo): Guigla Katsarava (geor)
                      Ferenc Vizi (rum)

 

International Music Competition "Franz Schubert and Music of the Modernities"
 Graz (a) (Fed.), 23 January - 3 February, 2000

The results of the piano competition:

1. ---.
 2. (ex aequo): Olga Andryushenko (Russia)
                      Michael Wendeberg (frg)
3. Svetlana Sokolova (Russia)

16 pianists took part.

 

Liszt - Bartók Piano Competition for Young Pianists, Budapest (hun)
26 - 29 January, 2000

1. Jozsef Balog (hun)
2. Szilvia Mikó (hun)

19 contestants

 

9th UNISA International Piano Competition - Pretoria (rsa) (Fed.)
 January 20 - February 5, 2000

Jury

Anthony Melck (rsa) (chm)
John O'Conor (irl)
Noel Flores (a)
Virginia Fortescue (gb)
Rex Hobcroft (aus)
Japie Human (rsa)
Neil Immelman (gb)
Franz Müller-Heuser (frg)
John Roos (rsa)
Soo-Jung Shin (cor)

Finalists

1. Dmitry Vorobiev (Russia)
2. Carlo Guaitoli (it)
3. Ju Jin (chn)
4. Ragna Schirmer (frg)
5. Christopher Hinterhuber (a)
6. Evelina Borbei (Russia)

Semi-finalists

Andaloro, Giuseppe (it)
Cilliers, Jeanne-Minette (rsa)
Ferrati, Massimiliano (it)
Hama, Rinko (jpn)
Skride, Lauma (lat)
Telian, Robert (f)

First round

Bogdanov, Yuri (Russia)
Brandner, Christina (frg)
Coburn, Lance (aus)
Deng, Shan (aus)
Elvekjaer, Jens (dan)
Fairweather, Karen (gb)
Hara, Sachiko (jpn)
Herrmann, Cornelia (a)
Koczor, Péter (hun)
Nesterenko, Alexei (Russia)
Niki, Atsuko (jpn)
Nixon, Mark (rsa)
Oshry, Jonathan (rsa)
Razvan, Victor-Dradnea (rum)
Skoumal, Adam (cz)
Wieland, Derek (usa)
Wright, Roger (usa)

 

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