Competition Results 2004

Including the latest update, the results of 161 international piano competitions and one international 'mixed' music competition that have been held in 2004 are listed below, in chronological order. By clicking on the list on the left (alphabetical by country, city or name), you will jump to the right spot.

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Concorso Internazionale per Pianisti e Cantanti "V. Bellini", Caltanissetta (it)
18 - 22 December 2004

Pianists

  1. (ex aequo:) Daria Tchaikovskaya (rus) 
                          Viktoria Yermolyeva (ukr) 
  2. ---.
  3. Grace Eunhae Kim (cor)

Total: 14 pianists took part

 

Concours International de Piano "Francis Poulenc", Brive (f)
15 - 21 December 2004

  1. Jean Muller (f)
  2. Evelina Borbei (rus) 
  3. Sarah Lavaud (f)

Total: 16 pianists took part

 

Concorso Pianistico Internazionale, Marsala (it)
14 - 19 December 2004

  1. Viktoria Yermolyeva (ukr) 
  2. Kaori Takahashi (jpn) 
  3. (ex aequo:) Chuan-yi Lin (tai) 
                          Vaclav Pacl (cz) 

Total: 35 pianists took part

 

International Piano Competition "Dimitrios Vikelas", Veria (gr)
13 - 18 December 2004

  1. Stanislav Khristenko (ukr) 
  2. Joshua Hannum-Izzard (usa) 

Total: 15 pianists took part

 

International Competition "Musicians of the new Millenium", Skopje (mace)
8 - 12 December 2004

Piano - Category 3

            1-1. Alexandra Mikulska (pol) 
            1-2. Maxim Podkurkov (rus) 
            2.    ---.
            3.    Domagoj Gushcic (crt) 

Total: 7 pianists took part in this highest category

 

International Music Competition "Ersi Saratsi", Volos (gr)
4 - 9 December 2004

  1. ---.
  2. Susanna Kadzhoyan (rus) 
  3. Apostolos Payos (gr) 

Other finalist:
      Dimitriavi Efriviki (gr)

Total: 10 pianists took part

 

Concorso Pianistico Internazionale, San Nicola (it)
4 - 9 December 2004

  1. Luca Trabucco (it) 
  2. Alexander Yakovlev (rus) 
  3. Tanja Chernichka (rus) 

Total: 22 pianists took part

 

Concours International de Piano et Violon "J.S. Bach", Paris (f)
4 December 2004

Piano

  1. Rena Miyamoto (jpn) 

No more pianists took part

 

Concorso Pianistico Internazionale "Camillo Togni", Gussago (it)
2 - 5 December 2004

Pianoforte e Orchestra

  1. ---.
  2. (ex aequo:) Vittorio Forte (it) 
                         Vincenzo de Stefano (it) 

 

Concorso Pianistico Internazionale "Ennio Porrino", Cagliari (it)
30 November - 4 December 2004

  1. ---.
  2. Irina Bogdanova (rus) 
  3. (ex aequo:) Kae Shiraki (jpn) 
                         Masataka Takada (jpn) 

Total: 10 pianists took part

 

First International 'M. Balakirev' Piano Competition 'Russian Music', Krasnodar (rus)
27 November - 5 December 2004

Category B

  1. Natalya Taldykina (rus) 
  2. (ex aequo:) Masaya Tanaka (jpn)  
                         Ekaterina Kulikova (ukr) 
  3. Yuri Panov (rus) 
  4. Ekaterina Petrovskaya (rus) 

Total: 36 pianists took part in this highest category

 

Concours International Marguerite Long - Jacques Thibaud, Paris (f) (Fed.)
26 November - 4 December 2004

       1. Siheng Song (chn) 
       2. Alberto Nose (it) 
       3. Jean-Frederic Neuburger (f) 
       4. Mu-Ye Wu (chn)
       5. Pavel Dombrovsky (rus) 
       6. Vera Tsybakova (rus) 

Total: 37 of the 49 invited pianists took part

 

Rencontres Internationales des Jeunes Pianistes (EPTA), Namur (b)
25 - 28 November 2004

Category 3       

       1. Darko Varga (serb)
       2. Andrea Schueltz (frg)
       3. Galina Avdonina (rus) 

Total: 7 pianists took part in this highest category

 

Concorso Internazionale Pianistico "Florestano Rossomandi", Bovino (it)
25 - 27 November 2004

   1. ---.
   2. (ex aequo:) Karoly Felegyhazi (hun) 
                           Tomita Kan (jpn)
   3. Ryo Horiuchi (jpn) 

 

International Piano Competition, Andorra
20 - 29 November 2004

       1. Joon Kim (cor)
       2. Artem Selivanov (rus)
       3. Miku Omine (jpn)
       4. Daniel Lucien de Burlet (brs) 

Other finalists:
       Boris Feiner (isr) 
       Adonis Gonzales (cub) 
       Elizaveta Stepanova (belo) 

Total: 40 pianists took part

 

Concurso Internacional de Piano 'Compositores de Espana' - Joaquin Rodrigo, Las Rozas (esp)
20 - 27 November 2004

       1. Evgueni Starodubchev (rus)
       2. Julian Riem (frg)
       3. Vaclav Pacl (cz)

 

Concorso Internazionale Pianistico, Treviso (it)
15 - 22 November 2004

   1. Mikhail Lifits (uzb) 
   2. Elena Melnikova (rus) 
   3. Marian Sobula (pol) 
   4. Giuseppe Gullotta (it) 

Total: 31 pianists took part

 

International Piano Competition, Panama City (pan)
15 - 21 November 2004

   1. Yung-Wook Yoo (cor) 
   2. Tatjana Mitchko (rus) 
   3. Alexander Moutouzkine (rus) 
   4. Inessa Synkevich (isr) 
   5. Eduardo Fernandez (esp) 
   6. Amir Tebenikhin (kzk)

Total: 11 of the 12 invited pianists took part

 

International Piano Competition "Ignaz Paderewski", Bydgoszcz (pol) (AAF)
6 - 18 November 2004

   1. Mariya Kim (ukr) 
   2. Esther Jung-A Park (cor) 
   3. Maryna Baranova (ukr) 
   4. Rieko Nezu (jpn) 
   5. (ex aequo:) Maki Inoue (jpn) 
                           Takashi Yamamoto (jpn) 

Total: 35 of the 45 invited pianists took part

 

Concurso Internacional de Piano "Premio Xavier Montsalvatge" (20th Century Music)
Girona (esp)
12 - 14 November 2004

   1. Xenia Pestova (can)
   2. Wilhelm Latchoumia (f) 

Total: 7 pianists took part

 

Concorso Pianistico Internazionale "Premio Stefano Marizzo", Trieste (it)
10 - 11 November 2004

   1. Ali Hireche (f)
   2. (ex aequo:) Lorenzo Cossi (it) 
                           Silvia Tessari (it) 
                           Naru Wakamatsu (jpn) 

Total: 11 pianists took part

 

International Competition for Young Pianists to the memory of Vladimir Horowitz, Kiev (ukr)
3 - 8 November 2004

Category D 'Advanced'

   1. Khrystyna Sapelyak (ukr) 
   2. (ex aequo:) Anton Genkin (ukr)
                           Roman Lopatynsky (ukr)
   3. Arsen Yakovenko (ukr)
   4. Veronika Rogachova (ukr)
   5. Veronika Voloshyna (ukr)
   6. (ex aequo:) Daria Shevchenko (ukr)
                           Valeriya Shushkevich (ukr) 

 

Julia Crane International Piano Competition, Potsdam (usa)
5 - 7 November 2004

Young Artists

   1. Yundu Wang (usa) 
   2. Ronny Michael (can) 
   3. Gaspard Tanguay-Labrosse (can) 

Total: 14 of the 15 invited pianists took part
in this highest category

 

Concorso Pianistico Internazionale "Benedetto XIII", Puglia (it)
29 October - 1 November 2004

   1. Alexander Yakovlev (rus)
   2. Yuliya Kaya (rus)

 

Concorso Pianistico Internazionale "Giuliano Pecar", Gorizia (it)
25 - 31 October 2004

   1. ---.
   2. (ex aequo:) Motoi Kawashima (jpn) 
                           Michael Okser (usa)
   3. (ex aequo:) Zoltan Fuzessery (hun) 
                           Marian Sobula (pol)

Other finalists:
       Ivana Andric (y) 
       Aleksandra Pavlovic (slvn) 
       Alexei Petrov (rus)

Total: 29 pianists took part

 

Nordic Piano Competition, Malmo (sw)
24 - 29 October 2004

   1. Julia Mustonen (fin) 
   2. Oskar Ekberg (sw) 
   3. Lina Felberg-Braaten (n) 
   4. Jonas Olsson (sw)

Total: 17 pianists took part

 

International Piano Competition "Konzerteum", Marathon (gr)
22 - 29 October 2004

Grand Konzerteum

   1. ---.
   2. (ex aequo:) Cathal Breslin (irl) 
                           Tatiana Dardykina (rus) 
   3. Giuseppe Cataldi (it) 
   4. (ex aequo:) Anna Kounadi (gr) 
                           Noel McRobbie (can) 

Total: 8 pianists took part in this main category

 

Concorso Pianistico Internazionale "Sanremo Classico", Sanremo (it)
22 - 28 October 2004

   1. Boris Feiner (isr) 
   2. Michelangelo Carbonara (it) 
   3. Hanna Mykra (fin) 

 

Concorso Pianistico Internazionale, Trani (it)
19 - 24 October 2004

   1. Viktoriya Yermolyeva (ukr) 
   2. Masayuki Tayama (jpn) 
   3. Manila Santini (it) 

   4. Ivan Rutkauskas (arg) 
   5. Julia Hsu (tai) 
   6. Gesualdo Coggi (it)

Total: 16 pianists took part

 

Concorso Internazionale Pianistico "Luciano Gante", Pordenone (it)
20 - 23 October 2004

   1. ---.
   2. (ex aequo:) Alessio Cioni (it) 
                          Marian Sobula (pol) 
   3. Bruna Pullini (it) 

Other finalists:
       Gabriele del Santo (it)
       Aleksandra Mozgiel (pol)

Total: 14 pianists took part

 

International Piano Competition for Students, Utrecht (hol)
(N.B. this is a competition for amateur pianists)
18 - 22 October 2004

   1. Pavel Chistyakov (rus) 
   2. Fabian van Houwelingen (hol) 
   3. Jiyoon Im (cor) 

 

International Piano Competition for Young Musicians, Enschede (hol) (AAF)
17 - 22 October 2004

Category B

   1. Dmitry Onishchenko (ukr) 
   2. Anna Polusmiak (ukr/usa) 
   3. Lulu Yang (chn) 

Other finalists:
       Hye-Jin Kim (cor) Spec. Prize
       Natalia Kuchaeva (rus) Spec. Prize
       Sergei Basukinsky (rus) 
       Konstantin Denkov (kzk) 
       Nicolas Franco (b) 
       Shuen Da Wong (mal) 

Total: 27 pianists took part in this highest category

Category A

   1. Philipp Kopachevskiy (rus) 
   2. Chi Yan Adrian Wong (hk) 
   3. (ex aequo:) Aleksandra Jablczynska (pol) 
                           Sofia Vacheruk (rus)

Total: 17 pianists took part in this junior category

 

Concorso Pianistico Internazionale "Roma", Rome (it)
5 - 18 October 2004

                       1. Luca Rasca (it) 
                       2. Marc Pierre Toth (can) 
                       3. Mikhail Semenov (rus)

Total: 11 pianists took part in the main competition

 

Frinna Awerbuch International Piano Competition, New York (NY, usa)
9 - 17 October 2004

         1. ---.
         2. (ex aequo:) Michelle Myeong Jin (cor) 
                                 Natalia Lavrova (rus)
         3. Hyun-Jung Oh (cor) 
         4. (ex aequo:) Eun Sook Shin (cor) 
                                 Wenli Zhou (chn)

Other finalist:
             Jei-Yern Rhu 

Total: 35 pianists took part

 

Concorso Internazionale Pianistico, Sulmona (it)
4 - 10 October 2004

   1. Ekaterina Ivanova (rus) 
   2. (ex aequo:) Giuseppe Gullotta (it) 
                           Marian Sobula (pol) 

Other finalists:
       Markus Ecseghy (frg) 
       Alexei Muratov (rus) 
       Darya Novokreshenova (rus) 
       Tanya Wan Lim (can) 
       David Wolf (usa) 

Total: 26 pianists took part

 

Concorso Internazionale Pianistico "Rina Sala Gallo", Monza (it)
1 - 10 October 2004

   1. Mihkel Poll (est) 
   2. Mikhail Mordvinov (rus) 
   3. Marlena Maciejkowicz (frg) 

Total: 13 pianists took part

 

International Prokofiev Competition for Young Pianists, Almaty (kzk)
1 - 9 October 2004

   1. Ekaterina Egorova (rus) 
   2. Mikhail Morozov (rus) 
   3. Eduard Kiprskiy (rus) 

Total: 19 pianists took part

 

Concorso Internazionale di Musica "G.B. Viotti", Vercelli (it) (Fed.)
30 September - 9 October 2004

  1. Fedor Amirov (rus) 
  2. ---.
  3. ---.

Other finalists:
   Chihiro Ishioka (jpn) 
   Miku Omine (jpn) 

Total: 37 pianists took part

 

Concurso Internacional de Musica, Porto (prt) (Fed.)
29 September - 9 October 2004

   1. Tae-Hyung Kim (cor)
   2. Inesa Synkevich (ukr) 
   3. Sam Armstrong (gb) 
   4. Vladimir Milosevic (y)
   5. Nikolai Saratovski (rus) 
   6. Diana Ismailova (uzb)

Total: 55 pianists took part

 

Concorso Pianistico Internazionale, Borgo Maggiore (San Marino)
24 - 30 September 2004

Concorso Esecuzione Pianistico

                1. Sofiya Gulyak (rus)
                2. Alessio Cioni (it) 
                3. Motoi Kawashima (jpn) 

Total: 43 pianists took part in this main category

 

Internationaler Instrumental- und Gesangswettbewerb "Verfemte Musik", Schwerin (frg)
19 - 26 September 2004

Piano

    1. Gints Racenis (lat)
    2. Clemens Berg (frg) 
    3. (ex aequo:) Ekaterina Moskaleva (rus) 
                            Wakana Yamazaki (jpn)

Total: 8 pianists took part

 

Concorso Internacional de Piano "Jose Iturbi", Valencia (esp) (Fed.)
15 - 25 September 2004

    1. Alexandre Moutouzkine (rus) 
    2. Jean-Frederic Neuburger (f) 
    3. Ingmar Schwindt (frg) 

    4. Panos Karan (gr)
    5. Jose Enrique Bagaria (esp)
    6. Alessandro Roselletti (it)

Total: 35 pianists took part

 

Concorso Internazionale Musicale - "Premio Vittoria Caffa Righetti", Cortemilia (it)
10 - 19 September 2004

Piano - Category H

                     1. Vera Almazova (rus)
                     2. Dario Bonuccelli (it) 
                     3. Ana Ilic (y) 

Total: 9 pianists participated in this highest category

 

Scotland International Piano Competition, Glasgow (sct) (Fed.)
8 - 18 September 2004

        1. Tanya Gabrielian (usa) 
        2. Evgenyi Brakhman (rus) 
        3. Amir Tebenikhin (kzk) 
        4. Dmitry Kaprin (rus) 

Total: 37 of the invited pianists participated

 

International Chopin Competition for Young Pianists, Moscow (rus)
9 - 17 September 2004

        1. Jia-yi Sun (chn) 
        2. (ex aequo:) Anna Fyodorova (ukr) 
                                Lukas Geniushas (rus) 
        3. Haochen Zhang (chn) 
        4. ---.
        5. (ex aequo:) Konstantin Alexeev (rus) 
                                Jia-yan Sun (chn) 

Total: 27 pianists participated

 

Carl Filtsch International Competition-Festival for Pianists and Composers, Sibiu (rum)
6 - 11 September 2004

Pianists - Group C

1. ---.
2. (ex aequo:) Ruxandra Oancea (rum) 
                        Valeria Vetrici (mold) 
3. (ex aequo:) Ana Cristea (rum)
                        Eugen Dumitrescu (rum) 
                        Mircea Itcus (rum) 
                        Martina Minkova Borisova (bul) 

(piano) Composers - Group C

1. Katherina Hihevich (belo) 

(piano) Composers

Carl Filtsch Prize (ex aequo):
         Edit Maria Fazakas (rum) (Group C)
         Nikolai Khozianov (rus) (Group A) 
         Relinda Iulia Ratiu (rum) (Group B)
         Larisa Soboleva (mold) (Group C)

 

International Grieg Concours, Oslo (n)
28 August - 5 September 2004

Piano Solo

1. (ex aequo) Hinrich Alpers (frg) 
                      Tatjana Kolesova (rus) 
                      Mayumi Sakamoto (jpn) 

Total: 15 pianists participated

 

Concorso Internazionale di Musica "Valsesia-Musica", Varallo (it
28 August - 5 September 2004

1. Ilia Raskovsky (rus) 
2. (ex aequo) Vincenzo de Stefano (it) 
                      Yoshifumi Morita (jpn) 
3. Victor Stanislavsky (isr) 
4. Kostyantyn Travinskii (ukr) 

Total: 56 pianists participated

 

Internationaler Johannes Brahms Wettbewerb, Poertschach (a)
29 August - 5 September 2004

Piano

  1. Giampaolo Stuani (it)
  2. Jozsef Balogh (hun) 

Other finalists:
  Tatjana Brijan (rus) 
  Laetitia Grisi (f) 
  Min-Kyong Kim (cor)

Total: 28 pianists participated

 

International Master Class Competition "Premio Fausto Zadra", Abano Terme (it)
29 August - 4 September 2004

  1. Taro Ota (jpn)
  2. Chiara Cipelli (it) 
  3. Chie Satake (jpn) 
  4. (ex aequo:) Josep Ardit Salvador (esp) 
                          Ester Lopez Lorca (esp)

 

PTNA International Piano Competition, Tokyo (jpn) (AAF)
August 2004

Superior Grade

  Grand Prize:       Masataka Goto (jpn) 
  Semi Gold Prize: Kyoko Kaise (jpn) 

  Other finalists:   Ichiro Kaneko (jpn)
                            Minako Kishi (jpn) 
                            Maki Kurihara (jpn) 

Total: 60 pianists took part in this highest cateogry

 

Concorso Internazionale "Ferruccio Busoni", Bolzano (it) (Fed.)
22 - 29 August 2004 - First phase

The following 23 pianists were selected
to appear in the Festival and
to participate in the second phase (2005) 

           Hwi-Min An (cor) 
           Giuseppe Andaloro (it) 
           Marina Baranova (ukr) 
           Mauro Bertoli (it) 
           Katarzyna Borek (pol) 
           Jae-Won Cheung (cor) 
           Nataliia Katyukova (rus) 
           Hye-Jin Kim (cor) 
           Tatjana Kolesova (rus) 
           Hyo-Sun Lim (cor) 
           Nikolaj Mazhara (rus) 
           Mikhail Mordvinov (rus) 
           Anna Solevieva (rs) 
           Yasuko Sugimoto (jpn) 
           Alexandra Troussova (frg) 
           Mariangela Vacatello (it) 
           Anna Vinnitskaya (rus) 
           Gilles Vonsattel (ch) 
           Si-Yuan Wang (chn) 
           Henry Wong Doe (nzl) 
           Tetsumichi Yoshinaga (jpn) 
           Ji Yeon You (cor) 
           Saori Zetsu (jpn) 

Total: 111 pianists took part

 

Concorso Internazionale di Musica da Camera "Palma d'Oro", Finale Ligure (it)
18 - 23 August 2004

Piano

  1. Sonoko Ishii (jpn) 
  2. (ex aequo:) Elina Minorikawa (jpn) 
                          Ianka Simowitsch (frg) 
  3. ---.

 

Wiener Pianistenwettbewerb, Vienna (a)
7 - 15 August 2004

Category C

                  1. Soo-Jin Chae (cor) 
                  2. Yi-chih Lu (tai) 
                  3. Bo-Kyung Kim (cor) 

Total: 18 pianists took part in this highest category

 

Ettlingen International Competition for Young Pianists, Ettlingen (frg)
7 - 15 August 2004

Category B

                  1. Sun-Wook Kim (cor) 
                  2. Soo-Jung Park (cor) 
                  3. Hidekazu Yasuda (jpn) 
                  4. Oleksiy Gorlach (ukr/frg)
                  5. Natalia Kuchaeva (rus) 

Ecouragement awards:
                  Yukino Kano (jpn) 
                  Da-Hee Kim (cor) 
                  Erina Morita (jpn) 
                  Tokuya Tainaka (jpn) 
                  Evgeniya Vasicheva (rus) 

      Other finalists:
                  Numata Satomi (jpn) 
                  Feng Wu (chn) 

Total: 45 of the 51 invited pianists took part in this highest category

 

Eastman Young Artists International Piano Competition, Rochester (usa)
31 July - 6 August 2004

   1. Natalia Kazaryan (geor) 
   2. Georgi Chaidze (rus)
   3. Sun-A Park (cor)

Total: 25 pianists took part

 

Concorso Internazionale Pianistico, Bojano (it)
2 - 4 August 2004

Absolute winners (ex aequo):
                            Ivan Donchev (bul) 
                            David Michael Wolff (usa) 
     1. (ex aequo:) Luca Bruno (it) 
                            Danilo Panico (it) 
                            Fiorenzo Pascalucci (it) 
     2. (ex aequo:) Marco Ciampi (it) 
                            Stefano Guarascio (it) 
     3. (ex aequo:) Gabriele de Carlo (it) 
                            Lorenzo Pisanova (it) 

Total: 15 pianists took part

 

Concorso Pianistico Internazionale "Sergio Fiorentino", Morcone (it)
28 - 31 July 2004

Absolute winner: Ivan Donchev (bul) 
    1. (ex aequo:) Paolo Cuccaro (it) 
                            David Michael Wolff (usa) 
    2. Shihoko Aihara (jpn)
    3. (ex aequo:) Antonella Anile (it) 
                            Danilo Panico (it) 
                            Salvatore Pezzotti (it) 

Total: these 7 pianists took part

 

"Vianna da Motta" International Piano Competition, Lisbon (prt) (Fed.)
19 - 31 July 2004

   1. ---.
   2. Eleonora Karpukhova (rus)
   3. Olga Monakh (ukr)
   4. Ketevan Sepashvili (kzk)
   5. Maria Massytcheva (rus)
   6. Bei-lin Han (chn) 
   7. Tristan Pfaff (f) 

Total: 25 pianists took part

 

New Orleans International Piano Competition, New Orleans (usa)
17 - 25 July 2004

   1. Alexandre Moutouzkine (rus)
   2. Jae-Hyuck Cho (cor) 
   3. Darrett Zusko (can) 

Total: 12 invited pianists took part

 

Concorso Musicale Internazionale "Premio Rovere d'Oro", San Bartolomeo al Mare (it)
17 - 24 July 2004

   1. Luca Rasca (it)
   2. (ex aequo:) Takashi Fujii (jpn) 
                           Ekaterina Richter (rus) 
   3. Gioia Giusti (it) 
   4. (ex aequo:) Dario Bonuccelli (it) 
                           Fabio Rosai (it)

Total: 12 pianists took part

 

Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia, Sydney (aus) (Fed.)
30 June - 17 July 2004

   1. John Chen (nzl)
   2. Rem Urasin (rus) 
   3. Daniel Jonathan Hill (aus)
   4. Ayano Shimada (jpn)
   5. Aleksandr Lubyanzhev (rus)
   6. Chufang Huang (chn) 

Total: 36 invited pianists took part

 

Muenchener Klavierpodium der Jugend, Muenchen (frg)
16 - 17 July 2004

Prizewinners Category V

                            Timur Enikeev (uzb)
                            Ines Hopfl (y)
                            Tobias Koltun (frg)
                            Yoko Mito (jpn)
                            Shafagh Nosrati (irn)
                            Ekaterina Richter (rus)
                            Janka Simowitsch (frg)
                            Fang Yuan (chn)
                            Dan-dan Zheng (chn)

All 9 contestants in this highest category received awards
(no ranking)

 

"Ricard Vines" International Competition, Lleida (esp)
8 - 11 July 2004

   1. Christopher Devine (gb/hol)
   2. Miguel Angel Castro Martin (esp) 
   3. Jose Enrique Bagaria (esp) 

Other finalists:
       Miguel Campinho (prt) (Diploma) 
       Hector Valls Trabal (esp)

Total: 10 of the selected pianists took part

 

"AMSA" World Piano Competition, Cincinnati (OH, usa)
2 - 11 July 2004

   1. Ekaterina Mechetina (rus)
   2. (ex aequo:) Clara Jung-Yang Shin (cor) 
                           Anastasia Terenkova (rus) 

   4. Jei-Yern Ryu (cor) 
   5. Pavel Petrov (bul) 
   6. Klara Yu-Kyoung Min (cor)

Total: 10 of the selected pianists took part

 

Ibla Grand Prize, Ragusa (it)
30 June - 11 July 2004

Piano Adult Category
Top Winners

   Soyeon In (cor) "Liszt Award"
    Gesa Luecker (frg) "Beethoven Award"
    Anna Rutkowska-Schock (pol) "Prokofiev Award"

Total: 35 pianists took part in this highest category

 

Concours International de Piano "Son Altesse Royale la Princesse Lalla Meryem", Rabat (mrc)
1 - 8 July 2004

Category Virtuosite

                      1. Nima Sarkechik (f)
                      2. Anael Bonnet (f)
                      3. Julien Martineau (f) 

Other finalist:    Saya Hashino (jpn)

Total: 8 pianists took part in this highest category

 

International Young Concert Artists Competition, Tunbridge Wells (gb)
1 - 4 July 2004

Piano

   1. Soyeon Kim (cor)
   2. Viktor Valkov (bul)
   3. Ksenia Apalko (rus) 
   4. (ex aequo:) Omri Epstein (isr) 
                           Tau Wey (tai)

 

International Chopin Piano Competition, Budapest (hun)
21 - 30 June 2004

Category 4

   1. Adam Gyorgy (hun) 
   2. (ex aequo:) Istvan Hornok (hun) 
                           Piotr Zukowski (pol) 

Total: 4 pianists took part in this highest category

 

International Piano Competition "Scriabin", Moscow (rus)
20 - 30 June 2004

   1. Andrey Korobeinikov (rus) 
   2. Stanislav Hegai (kzk)
   3. Galina Chistiakova (rus) 

Total: 24 pianists took part

 

Concorso Internazionale per Pianoforte, Minerbio (it)
19 - 26 June 2004

   1. Luca Rasca (it)
   2. Viller Valbonesi (it)
   3. (ex aequo:) Mitsue Niimi (jpn) 
                           Maulen Salzhanov (kzk) 

Other finalists:
       Alibek Batyrov (kzk)
       Young-Shin Kim (cor) 

Total: 16 pianists took part

 

Concorso Pianistico Internazionale "Premio Concerti in Villa", Vicenza (it)
18 - 21 June 2004

Piano

   1. Mariangela Vacatello (it)
   2. Kensei Yamaguchi (jpn)
   3. Marlena Maciejkowicz (pol) 

Total: 14 pianists took part

 

Concorso "Premio Schumann", Messina (it)
16 - 19 June 2004

Piano

Absolute winner: Antonino Fiumara (it) (Cat. B)

"Esecuzione Pianistica"

     1. ---.
     2. (ex aequo:) Marco Bellano (it)
                            Gabriele Tomasello (it)
     3. ---.

Total: 3 pianists took part in the highest category

 

International Piano Competition "Europa -Asia", Orsk (rus)
15 - 19 June 2004

Absolute winner: Maria Irgalena (belo) (Cat. E)

Category F

     1. Konstantin Tjulkin (rus)
     2. Olga Astashenok (rus)
     3. (ex aequo:) Elena Borodina (rus)
                            Nikita Kryutchov (rus) 
                            Mikhail Smekalov (rus)
                            Alexander Zlatin (rus)

 

Gina Bachauer 'Junior' Piano Competition, Salt Lake City (UT, usa)
13 - 19 June 2004

     1. Rachel Wai-ching Cheung (hk) 
     2. Si-Jing Ye (chn)
     3. Hyun-Jung Kim (cor) 
     4. Qi Zhen He (chn) 
     5. Karsten Gimre (usa) 
     6. Sara Vujadinovic (serb) 

Total: 37 young pianists took part

 

Nordiske(*) Pianistkonkurrence, Nyborg (dan)
13 - 19 June 2004
(*): only open to pianists from Scandinavia

     1. Juho Puhjonen (fin) 
     2. Matilda Karkkainen (fin)
     3. Kristian Lindberg (n) 
     4. Rikke Sandberg (dan) 
     5. (ex aequo:) Emil Gryesten Jensen (dan) 
                             Paavo Pietari Maijala (fin) 

Total: 31 pianists took part

 

2nd Sendai International Music Competition, Sendai (jpn)
Piano: 5 - 19 June 2004

Piano

     1. Xiao Tang Tan (chn) 
     2. Masataka Takada (jpn)
     3. Mikhail Namirovsky (isr) 
     4. Elizaveta Dmitrieva (rus) 
     5. Sean Kennard (usa) 
     6. Florence Boiselle (f) 

Total: 36 invited pianists took part

 

Concorso Pianistico Internazionale "Pausilypon", Napoli - S. Giovanni a Teduccio (it)
14 - 18 June 2004

     1. Asuka Toriyama (jpn) 
     2. Marouan Benabdallah (hun) 
     3. Sergei Morozov (ukr) 

Other finalists:
     Clelia Cafiero (it) 
     Tatjana Ivleva (rus)
     So-Hyung Kim (cor) 
     Ya-ou Xie (chn)

Total: 14 pianists took part

 

Robert Schumann International Music Competition, Zwickau (frg) (Fed.)
8 - 18 June 2004

Piano

     1. Akiko Yamamoto (jpn) 
     2. Nicolas Bringuier (f) 
     3. Soojin Ahn (cor) 

Other finalists:
     Sofia Lissitchenko-Lissitsa (rus) 
     Akiko Nikami (jpn)
     Hironao Suzuki (jpn) 

Total: 49 pianists took part

 

Concorso di Musica del Val Tidone, Pienello del Val Tidone (it) (AAF)
9 - 13 June 2004

Piano - Premio Silvio Begalli

                    1. Alice Sara Ott (frg) 
                    2. (ex aequo:) Petr Ovtcharov (rus) 
                                            Anna Khanina (rus) 
                    3. ---.
                    4. Igor Levit (rus/frg)
                    5. Serhii Morozov (ukr)
                    6. Ivaylo Zlatev (bul)
                    7. Liu Le (chn) 

Total: 53 pianists competed for in this competition
for the Premio Silvio Bengalli

 

Concorso Pianistico Nazionale (*), Cesenatico (it)
4 - 12 June 2004
(*) but open to all pianists

Trofeo Febo Villani

Luca Rasca (it) (Cat. F)

Category F (June 10)

   1. Luca Rasca (it) (100/100)
   1. Vincenzo Baglio (it) (98/100)
   1. Cristina Ratti (it) (98/100)
   2. Marco Santia (it) 

No more pianists in this highest category

 

Concorso Europeo di Musica "Pietro Argento", Gioia del Colle (it)
3 - 6 June 2004

Absolute winner: Ilaria Baleani (it) (Cat. E)

Category F

                    1. Vitantonio Caroli (it) 
                    2. Sebastiano Nobile (it) 
                    3. Marianna Casola (it) 

Total: 3 pianists took part in the highest category

 

Concorso Pianistico Internazionale "Alessandro Casagrande", Terni (it) (Fed.)
26 May - 6 June 2004

     1. Herbert Schuh (frg) 
     2. Romain Descharmes (f) 
     3. Alessandro Roselletti (it) 

Total: 32 pianists took part

 

4th International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs, Fort Worth (TX, usa)
26 May - 5 June 2004

     1. Paul Anthony Romero (usa) 
     2. Averill Piers Baker (can) 
     3. Ann Herlong (usa) 

Other finalists:
         Victor Alexeeff (rus) 
         Ellen Weiss Dodson (usa) 
         Marisa Naomi Haines (usa) 

Total: 72 amateur pianists took part

 

International Piano-e-Competition, Minneapolis (MN, usa) (AAF)
25 May - 5 June 2004

               1. Jie Chen (chn) 
               2. Yung Wook Yoo (cor) 
               3. Denis Evstiukhine (rus) 
               4. Tatiana Kolesova (rus) 
               5. Hanna Shybayeva (belo) 
               6. Inessa Sinkevych (ukr) 

Total: 22 of the 24 invited pianists took part

 

Concorso Internazionale Pianistico "Sigismund Thalberg", Naples (it)
31 May - 4 June 2004

       1. Viktoriya Yermolyeva (ukr) 
       2. Yuliya Smolskaya (rus) 
       3. (ex aequo:) Tatyana Larionova (belo) 
                               Mikhail Lifits (ukr)

Total: 20 pianists took part

 

International Jeunesses Musicales Competition, Montreal (can) (Fed.)
25 May - 4 June 2004

               1. Sergei Salov (ukr) 
               2. David Fray (f) 
               3. Darya Rabotkina (rus) 
               4. Spencer Myer (rus) 
               5. Natalja Zagalskaya (rus) 
               6. Darrett Zusko (can)

Other finalists:
               Gintaras Janusevicius (lit) 
               Alexander Orlov (rus) 
               Eliane Reyes (b) 

Total: 23 of the 24 invited pianists took part

 

Theodor Leschetizky International Piano Competition, Taipei (tai)
21 May - 2 June 2004

               1. Anton Salnikov (rus) 
               2. Yu (Jue) Wang (chn) 
               3. Bo Hu (chn) 

Other finalists:
               Yi He (chn) 
               Gan Jin (chn) 
               Yuliya Zaichkina (rus) 

Total: 38 of the 48 invited pianists took part

 

Concorso Pianistico Internazionale "Monterosa - Kawai", Varallo Sesia (it)
29 - 30 May 2004

Absolute winner

Ekaterina Mirokova (rus) (Cat. D)

Category F

     1. ---.
     2. Barbara Mayer (frg) 

Only one contestant in this highest category

 

Concorso Pianistico Internazionale per Giovani Esecuroti "Marco Fortini, Bologna (it)
26 - 29 May 2004

Category G

        1. ---.
        2. ---.
        3. (ex aequo:) Fabio Casanova (it) 
                                Hye-Won Cho (cor) 

Total: 9 pianists took part in this highest category

 

"Seiler" International Piano Competition, Rhodos (gr)
21 - 29 May 2004

                    1. Kanae Endo (jpn) 
                    2. Alina Novak (ukr) 
                    3. Viktor Valkov (bul) 
                    4. Spiros Thomas (gr) 

Other finalists:
                        Lussine Khatchatryan (arm) 
                        Young Shin Kim (cor)
                        Johannes Knoll (frg) 
                        Hara Kostogianni (gr) 
                        You Jung Lee (cor) 

Total: 39 pianists took part in the main competition

Young Pianists

                    1. Jiayan Sun (chn) 
                    2. (ex aequo:) Valianatos Konstantinos (gr) 
                                            Christopher Park (frg)
                    3. (ex aequo:) Eduard Kiprsky (rus)
                                            Chau Harmonic Lok Ting (chn) 
                    4. (ex aequo:) Dilyan Ivanov (bul)
                                            Ziqi Fang (chn) 

Total: 21 pianists took part in this Young Pianists section

 

Concorso Internazionale Pianisico "A.M.A. Calabria", Lamezia Nicastro (it)
24 - 30 May 2004

     1. ---.
     2. (ex aequo:) Mikhail Mordvinov (rus) 
                             Yukako Murikawa (jpn)
     3. (ex aequo:) Vanda Albota (rum) 
                             Saya Hashino (jpn) 

Other finalists:
         Keum Bo Ra (cor) 
         Haruka Kuroiwa (jpn) 
         Ekaterina Popova (belo) 
         Keiko Watanabe (jpn) 

Total: 40 pianists took part

 

"Leos Janacek" International Piano Competition, Brno (cz)
22 - 24 May 2004

     1. (ex aequo:) Martina Mergentalova (cz) 
                             Eva Procházkova (cz)
     2. Pavla Reiffersova (slvn) 

Total: 6 pianists took part

 

Concorso Internazionale per Pianoforte e Orchestra, Cantu (it)
13 - 23 May 2004

Classic concerto

     1. Michael Namirovsky (isr)  
     2. ---.
     3. Maria Mazo (rus) 

Total: 38 pianists took part in this category

Romantic concerto

     1. Michael Namirovsky (isr)  
     2. Shohei Sekimoto (jpn)
     3. Maria Mazo (rus) 

Total: 50 pianists took part in this category

 

Concorso Internazionale Pianistica "Arcangelo Speranza", Taranto (it)
19 - 22 May 2004

     1. Ines Elisabetta Mangiullo (it) 
     2. Antonio Siringo (it) 
     3. Alice Severi (it) 

Total: 13 pianists took part

 

International Competition "Zlatko Grgosevic", Sesvete (crt)
15 - 22 May 2004

       1. Yumi Kimachi (jpn) 
       2. Eleonora Karpunkhova (rus) 
       3. Natalja Zagalskaya (rus) 

Total: 17 pianists took part

 

International Piano Competition, Sakai (jpn)
11 - 16 May 2004

General category

       1. David Violi 
       2. Tadashi Suenaga (jpn) 
       3. Shintaro Kawahara (jpn) 

       4. Mika Yukawa (jpn) 
       5. Mirei Asano (jpn) 
       6. (ex aequo:) Yumi Sato (jpn) 
                               Ayako Tanaka (jpn)

Total: 57 pianists took part in this highest category

 

Concorso Internazionale di Esecuzione Pianistica
"Premio Mauro Paolo Monopoli", Barletta (it)
10 - 16 May 2004

       1. Anna Vinnitskaya (rus) 
       2. Pei-chun Liao (tai) 
       3. Yukari Arai (jpn) 

Total: 35 pianists took part

 

3rd China International Piano Competition, Beijing (chn)
6 - 16 May 2004

       1. Chenxin Xu (chn) 
       2. Albert Mamriev (isr)
       3. Sergei Y. Kuznetsov (rus)
       4. Chu-fang Huang (chn) 
       5. Jing Du (chn)
       6. Heidi Hau (usa)

Total: 38 pianists took part

 

Jeunesses Musicales International Music Competition, Bucharest (rum)
9 - 15 May 2004

Piano - Category D

                    1. Piotr Szychowski (pol) 
                    2. Shunji Hirota (jpn) 
                    3. Mircea Itcus (rum)

Other finalist:   Yuko Tanaka (jpn)

Total: 18 pianists took part in this highest category

 

Prague Spring International Music Competition, Prague (cz) (Fed.)
6 - 15 May 2004

Piano

       1. Ivo Kahanek (cz) 
       2. Dong-Min Lim (cor) 
       3. (ex aequo:) Matej Arendarik (slvk)
                              Takashi Yamamoto (jpn) 

Total: 42 pianists took part

 

Concurso Internacional de Musica "Maria Canals", Barcelona (esp) (Fed.)
24 April - 11 May 2004

Piano

1. Piotr Machnik (pol)
2. Yi-chih Lu (tai) 
3. Mattei Varga (rum) 

Total: 67 pianists took part

 

Internationaler Klavierwettbewerb, Freiburg (ch)
8 - 9 May 2004

Niveau 5

       1. Joanna Goodall (gb) 
       2. Viva Morand Sanchez Reynozo (ch) 
       3. Luzi Meier (ch) 

Total: no more contestants in this highest category

 

Concurso Internacional de Piano, Carlet (esp)
4 - 8 May 2004

Category A

       1. Cathal Breshlin (irl) 
       2. (ex aequo:) Jorge Pico Alvarez (esp) 
                              Xavier Torres Cuenca (esp) 
       3. Kayo Ishizuka (jpn) 

Total: 6 pianists took part in this highest category

 

Russian Music International Competition, San Jose (TX, usa)
May 2004

1. Kateryna Titova (rus) 
2. Vlada Vassilieva (mex) 
3. (ex aequo:) Tatjana Kuleshova (rus) 
                        So Young Yoon (cor)

 

Rachmaninoff International Competition for Young Pianists, Tambov (rus)
30 April - 5 May 2004

1. Dmitro Klimenko (ukr) 
2. Marina Zotova (rus) 

 

Concorso Europeo Pianistico, Vasto (it)
28 April - 2 May 2004

1. (ex aequo) Wen-chieh Lo (tai) 
                      Viller Valbonesi (it) 
2. Hsin-yu Tuan (tai) 
3. (ex aequo) Pascaluca Fiorenzo (it) 
                      Su-ting Lan (tai) 

Total: 7 pianists took part

 

International Piano Competition "Maria Campina", Faro (prt)
26 April - 1 May 2004

Category A

1. ---.
2. Christiaan Kuyvenhoven (hol) 
3. Sergio Morais de Almeida A. Coelho (prt) 

Total: 3 pianists took part in this highest category

 

Concurso Internacional de Piano, Berga (esp)
24 April - 1 May 2004

Category A

1. ---.
2. (ex aequo) Jordi Farran Lapena (esp) 
                      Eleonora Pastor San Luis (esp) 
3. ---.

Total: 9 pianists took part in this highest category

 

International Piano Competition "Valery Gavrilin", Vologda (rus)
21 - 28 April 2004

Senior Group

         1. ---.
         2. (ex aequo) Elena Aksenova (rus) 
                               Ekaterina Berniokova (rus) 
         3. (ex aequo) Asiya Akperova (rus) 
                               Nadezhda Gordeeva (rus) 

Total: 27 pianists took part in this highest age group

 

Concours International "Jean Francaix", Vanves (f)
22 - 25 April 2004

Piano

1. (ex aequo) Evelina Borbei (rus) 
                      Jean Muller (lux)

Other finalists:
                       Maie-Ange Bozzini (ch) 
                       Stephanie Elbaz (f) 
                       Michael Guido (f)
                       Saya Hashino (jpn) 
                       Masashi Tomomitsu (jpn) 

Total: 27 pianists took part

 

Concours International de Piano "Nikolaj Rubinstein", Paris (f)
23 - 25 April 2004

Category Excellence

                           1. Anna Peletsis (rus)
                           2. (ex aequo:) Romi Kato (jpn) 
                                                  Darius Mazintas (lit) 
                                                  Gulrukh Shakirova (uzb) 

Total: 6 pianists took part in this highest category
(a total of 255 pianists applied for the 6 categories in this competition)

 

Missouri International Piano Competition, Joplin (MO, usa)
19 - 24 April 2004

Seniors

                    1. Jie Chen (chn)
                    2. ---.
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