Competition Results 2005

Including the latest update, the results of 164 international piano competitions and two other international music competitions that have been held in 2005 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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Concurso Internacional de Piano, Ferrol (esp)
15 - 21 December 2005

       1. Tommaso Cogato (it) 
       2. Inesa Synkevych (ukr)
       3. Jorge Pico Alvarez (esp)

Total: 26 pianists took part

 

Concorso Internazionale de Musica "Vincenzo Bellini", Caltanissetta (it)
14 - 18 December 2005

  1. ---.
  2. Mikhail Lifits (uzb) 

  3. (ex aequo:) Rebecca Cap (irl) 
                         Tatjana Ivleva (rus)

 

Total: 7 pianists took part 

 

Concorso Internazionale de Musica, Marsala (it)
12 - 18 December 2005

  1. ---.
  2. (ex aequo:) Yuliya Smolskaya (rus) 

                          Tatjana Tontikh (rus)

  3. Haruka Kuroiwa (jpn) 

 

Other finalists:

      Yuki Kurashima (jpn) Dipl.

      Kyung-Wha Lee (cor)

      Agata Wrzesniewska (pol) Dipl.

      Aiko Yajima (jpn) Spec. Prize

 

Total: 25 pianists took part

 

International Piano Competition, Minsk (belo)
3 - 18 December 2005

       1. (ex aequo:) Alexei Chernov (rus) 
                               Timur Shcherbakov (belo) 

       2. ---.
       3. ---.

 

Other finalists:
          Konstantin Krasnitzky (belo)
          Vasil Netuk (belo)
          Vlada Shatskaya (belo)
          Vitali Stakhiyevich (belo) 

Total: 37 pianists took part

 

Concorso Pianistico Internazionale "Pausilypon-Denza", Naples (it)
12 - 16 December 2005

     1. Stanislav Khristenko (ukr) 

     2. Eri Yamabe (jpn)
     3. Sofya Gulyak (rus) 

 

Other finalist:

         Masumi Kitabe (jpn)

Total: 24 pianists took part

 

Concorso Pianistico Internazionale, San Nicola di Bari (it)
10 - 15 December 2005

  1. Denis Maslyuk (slvn) 

  2. Georgi Gromov (rus) 
  3. Yashuangzi Xie (chn) 

Total: 27 pianists took part

 

Beethoven Competition Bonn (frg) (AAF)
5 - 15 December 2005

               1. Henri Sigfridsson (fin)

               2. Norie Takahashi (jpn)
               3. David Kadouch (f)

Total: 29 of the 36 invited pianists took part

 

Concorso Internazionale di Esecuzione Pianistica "Florestano Rossomandi", Bovino (it)
11 - 13 December 2005

    1. Tomoko Okawa (jpn)

    2. ---.
    3. (ex aequo:) Boris Feiner (isr) 
                            Tatiana Ivleva (rus) 

 

Concorso Internazionale per Giovani Pianisti - Violonisti
e Formazione Cameristiche "Gianluca Campochiaro", Pedara (it)
8 - 11 December 2005

Piano - Category F

 

Absolute winner: Daniela Flonta (rum)

 

1. (ex aequo:) Gabriele Tomasello (it) 
                        Akiko Yoshimitsu (jpn) 

 

Concorso Pianistico Internazionale "Camillo Togni", Gussago (it)
8 - 11 December 2005

Category "Pianoforte e Orchestra"

 

               1. Mariya Kim (cor)
               2. Irene Veneziano (it)

Total: 11 pianists took part in this category

 

Concorso Pianistico Internazionale "Francesco Durante", Frattamaggiore (it)
8 - 11 December 2005

    1. Vadim Ageev (rus)

    2. Alexander Yakovlev (rus) 
    3. Marc Pierre Toth (can) 

 

Total: 16 pianists took part

 

Concorso Pianistico Internazionale "Premio Liszt", Grottamare (it)
5 - 8 December 2005

    1. ---.
    2. Kaori Takaishi (jpn)
    3. (ex aequo:) Shih-wei Chen (tai) 
                            Hana Son (cor)

Total: 6 pianists took part

 

International Piano-e-Competition, Minneapolis (usa) (AAF)
7 December 2005: Announcement of pianists invited to audition

68 pianists invited to audition

Click here to see their names: www.piano-e-competition.com/whatsnew.htm

 

Grand Prix Animato, Paris (f) (AAF)
4 - 6 December 2005

Four Finalists

               1. Xiaotang Tan (chn)
               2. Jie Chen (chn)
               3. Vladimir Milosevic (y)   
               4. Sofia Gulyak (rus)

Honorary Prize:
               Martina Filjak (crt)

Total: 16 of the 17 invited pianists took part

 

Concorso Pianistico Internazionale "Ennio Porrino", Cagliari (it)
29 November - 2 December 2005

1. Masataka Goto (jpn) 
2. ---.

3. (ex aequo:) Evgeny Cherepanov (rus) 
                        Viller Valbonesi (it)

Total: 15 pianists took part

 

Premio de Piano Frechilla - Zuloaga, Valladolid (esp)
27 November - 2 December 2005

   1. Zlata Chochieva (rus)
   2. Evgueny Starodubtsev (rus)  
   3. Marian Sobula (pol) 

 

Other finalist

       Anna Bulkina (turkm)

Total: 31 pianists took part

 

Rencontres de Jeunes Pianistes, Namur (b)
24 - 27 November 2005

Piano solo - Category C

 

           1. Stephanie Proot (b)
           2. Tea Andrijic (serb)

           3. Sun Mi Han (cor)

Total: 16 pianists took part in this highest category

 

Concurso Internacional de Piano, Andorra
19 - 27 November 2005

    1. Alexander Moutouzkine (rus)

    2. Michael Bulychev-Okser (usa)
    3. (ex aequo:) Anna Bogolyubova (ukr) 

                            Lubov Yanpolsky (isr)
    4. (ex aequo:)  Grace Chia-ying Mo (can)

                            Yohan Ripert (f) 

Total: 51 pianists took part

 

Concurso Internacional de Piano, Las Rozas (Madrid) (esp)
19 - 26 November 2005

    1. Juan Francisco Lago Cuellar (esp)

    2. Enrique Bernaldo de Quiros (esp)
    3. Paulo Roberto Brasil (brs) 

Total: 18 pianists took part

 

Concurso Pianistico "Premio Stefano Marizza", Trieste (it)
19 - 20 November 2005

    1. Matteo Andri (it)

    2. Mai Takahasi (jpn)

Total: 8 pianists took part

 

Concours de Geneve, Geneve (ch) (Fed.)
3 - 18 November 2005

    1. ---.

    2. Louis Schwizgebel-Wang (ch) 
    3. (ex aequo:) Alexander Yakovlev (rus) 

                            Irina Zahharenko (est)

Other finalist:
         Deborah Lee (usa) (Special prize)

Total: 31 pianists took part

 

Hilton Head International Piano Competition, Hilton Head (usa)
November 2005: announcement of selected candidates

24 pianists selected for participation
in the competition (March 2006)

 

  Carlos Avila (usa)
Sheng Cai (can)
Miao Hou (chn)
Grace Kim (cor)
Min-Jung Kim (cor)
Martin Labazevitch
Sungha Lee (cor)
Dimitri Levkovich (ukr)
Ang Li (can)
José Menor (esp)
Irina Naumovska (mace)
Samuel Oram
Jei-Yern Ryu (cor)
Daniil Sayamov (rus)
Di Yi Tang (chn)
Tian Tian (can)
Chetan Tierra
Mana Tokuno (jpn)
Akiko Tominaga (jpn)
Sha Wang (usa)
Takashi Yamamoto (jpn)
Chia-lin Yang (tai)
Clara Yang (chn)
Wen-li Zhou (chn)

 

Internationaler Klavierwettbewerb, Nauen im Havelland (frg)
11 - 13 November 2005

      1. Helene Tysman (f)
      2. Akiko Mori (jpn)
      3. Alexei Lebedev (rus) 

 

Other finalists:
      4. Anne Folger (frg)
      5. Julian Gorus (bul)

Total: 18 pianists took part

 

3rd China Shanghai International Piano Competition, Shanghai (chn)
1 - 13 November 2005

 

      1. ---
      2. Romain Descharmes (f)
      3. (ex aequo:) Esther Jung-A Park (usa) 
                              Zhang Zuo (chn)

Others in the Mozart Concerto finals:
         Jun Asai (usa) (Mozart Concerto prize)
         Xiang Huang (chn)
         Hao Shen (chn) (Mozart Concerto prize)

Total: 23 pianists took part

 

Concorso Pianistico Internazionale "Premio Giuliano Pecar", Gorizia (it)
6 - 12 November 2005

             1. Jakub Cizmarovic (slvk)
             2. Zoltan Füzessery (hun)
             3. Matej Arendarik (slvk)

Other finalists:
                Marija Godjevac (y)
                Nunzio Maria Daniele Petralia (it)
                Gergo Teleki (hun)
                Francesca Vidal (it)

Total: 25 pianists took part in the competition
for the Premio Pecar

 

International Competition "Virtuosi di Pianoforte", Usti nad Labem (cz)
10 - 11 November 2005

Category 3

 

    1. (ex aequo:) Bohumir Stehlík (cz)
                            Karel Vrtiska (cz) 
    2. (ex aequo:) Barbara Bajor (pol)
                            Oleksandr Yankevych (ukr) 
    3. (ex aequo:) Daniel Danilenko (rus)
                            Dordzhaka Ednyashev (rus) 

 

Internationaler Klavieretüden-Wettbewerb "Johann Baptist Cramer", St. Georgen (frg)
3 - 7 November 2005

Category 4

 

1. Mariana Kryzhanivska (ukr)

Total: 3 pianists took part in this highest category

 

Gyeongnam International Music Competition, Tongyeong (cor)
29 October - 5 November 2005

  1. Victoria Korchinskaya-Kogan (rus) 

  2. Da Sol Kim (cor) 

  3. Norie Takahashi (jpn)

  4. Alexander Moutouzkine (rus) 
  5. Young-Ah Tak (cor)

Total: 24 pianists took part

 

Beethoven Competition Bonn, Bonn (frg) (AAF)
1 November 2005: result of preselection

36 pianists have been selected

  Anna Bogolyubova (Godlov) (ukr)
Emre Elivar (tur)
Pavel Gintov (ukr)
Stephen Ham (can)
Chad Heltzel (usa)
Christopher Hinterhuber (a)
Marcel Javorcek (cz)
Oscar Jezior (pol)
David Kadouch (f)
Yusuke Kikuchi (jpn)
Yumi Kimachi (jpn)
Masao Kitsutaka (jpn)
Beatrix Klein (frg)
Ayano Kobayashi (jpn)
Andrej Korobeinikov (rus)
Igor Levit (rus)
Hyo-Sun Lim (cor)
Alicia Gabriela Martinez (ven)
Maria Mazo (rus)
Elena Melnikova (rus)
Alexander Muzykantau (belo)
Petr Ovtcharov (rus)
Tom Poster (gb)
Pavel Raikerous (rus)
Tanja Ruta (ukr)
Anton Salnikov (rus)
Stiri Schütz (gdr)
Ingmar Schwindt (frg)
Henri Sigfridsson (fin)
Inessa Sinkewitch (ukr)
Norie Takahashi (jpn)
Dina Ugorskaya (rus)
Jonas Vitaud (f)
Dmitry Vorobieff (rus)
Xiao-Han Wang (chn)
Carl Wolf (frg)

For more details see: www.beethoven-competition-bonn.de

 

Concorso Pianistico Internazionale "Roma", Roma (it)
18 - 31 October 2005

Premio Chopin

    1. Lilian Akopova (ukr)
    2. ---.
    3. (ex aequo:) Regina Chernychko (ukr) 
                            Marc Toth (can)

Total: 13 pianists took part in this highest category

 

Concorso Pianistico Internazionale "Luciano Gante", Pordenone (it)
26 - 29 October 2005

    1. ---.
    2. (ex aequo:) Federico Gianello (it) 
                            Domenico Monaco (it)
    3. Michele Montemurro (it)

Total: 14 pianists took part

 

International "F. Chopin" Piano Competition, Warsaw (pol) (Fed.) (AAF)
23 September - 24 October 2005

    1. Rafal Blechacz (pol)
    2. ---.
    3. (ex aequo:) Dong-Hyek Lim (cor) 
                            Dong-Min Lim (cor)
    4. (ex aequo:) Shohei Sekimoto (jpn)
                            Takashi Yamamoto (jpn) 
    5. ---.
    6. Ka Ling Colleen Lee (hk) 

Special prizes:
Best Concerto: Rafal Blechacz (pol) 
Best Mazurkas: Rafal Blechacz (pol) 
Best Polonaise: Rafal Blechacz (pol) 

Other finalists:
        Jacek Kortus (pol)
        Rachel Naomi Kudo (usa) 
        Yuma Osaki (jpn)
        Rieko Nezu (jpn)
        Yeol Eum Son (cor)
        Andrey Yaroshinskiy (rus)   

Total: 256 pianists took part

 

Internationaler 'Anton Rubinstein' Klavierwettbewerb, Dresden (frg)
6 - 22 October 2005

 1. Kateryna Titova (ukr)
 2. Elena Melnikova (rus)

Other finalist:
      Vladimir Khomyakov (rus) 
      (Audience Prize)

Total: 12 pianists took part

 

Bremer Klavierwettbewerb, Bremen (frg)
9 - 19 October 2005

   1. David Meier (frg)
   2. Maria Dvoskina (rus)
   3. ---.

Total: 20 pianists took part

 

Concorso Pianistico Internazionale "Fausto Zadra", Abano Terme (it)
14 - 16 October 2005

       1. Lorenzo Cossi (it) 
       2. (ex aequo:) Natsumi Kawashima (jpn) 
                              Irene Veneziano (it)
       3. (ex aequo:) Tatiana Bezmenova (rus) 
                              Giuseppe Gullotta (it)

Total: 20 pianists took part

 

Louisiana International Piano Competition, Alexandria (Louisiana, usa)
11 - 16 October 2005

Artists level

                1. Anna Polusmiak (ukr) 
                2. Rufus Choi (usa)
                3. Alexei Goulenco (mold) 

Total: 27 of the 28 invited pianists took part
in this highest category

Junior Level

                1. Joshua Wright (usa) 
                2. Michael Dawkins (usa)  
                3. Lena Ye

 

Concorso Internazionale di Pianoforte, Sulmona (it)
10 - 16 October 2005

   1. Lilian Akopova (ukr) 
   2. Sun-Jee Song (cor)
   3. Magda Amara (rus) 

Total: 24 pianists took part

 

Concours de Piano International "Andre Dumortier", Leuze-en-Hainaud (b)
8 - 15 October 2005

   1. Philippe Raskin (b) 

Other finalists:
       Jonas de Geyndt (b) 
       Mariya Prakofyeva (belo) 
       Yingjia Xue (chn)

Total: 8 of the 13 selected pianists took part

 

Concorso Pianistico Internazionale, Vercelli (it) (Fed.)
7 - 15 October 2005

      1. Mizuka Kano (jpn)
      2. Yuko Mine (jpn) 
      3. Boris Feiner (isr)

Total: 26 pianists took part

 

International Piano Competition, Tbilisi (geor) (Fed.)
2 - 15 October 2005

 Grand Prix: Daniil Tsvetkov (kzk) 
      1. Tamar Beraya (geor)
      2. Khatia Buniatishvili (geor)
      5. Inna Charuashvili (geor) 
      3. Dizhou Zhao (chn)
      4. Denis Zhdanov (ukr)

Total: 26 pianists took part

 

Concurso Pianistico Internazionale "Premio A.B. Michelangeli", Foligno (it)
7 - 9 October 2005

    1. Michelangelo Carbonara (it)
    2. Marco Vergini (it)
    3. ---.

Total: 8 pianists took part

 

Concurso Internacional de Piano, Porto (prt) (Fed.)
28 September - 8 October 2005

    1. Evgeni Starodubtsev (rus)
    2. (ex aequo:) Andreis Ozokins (lat)
                            Tristan Pfaff (f) 
    3. Keiko Kurachi (jpn) 
    4. Mi-Yeon Lee (cor) 
    5. Yohei Wakioka (jpn)

Total: 34 pianists took part

 

Internationaler Schubert-Klavierwettbewerb, Dortmund (frg) (Fed.) (AAF)
25 September - 2 October 2005

    1. Motoi Kawashima (jpn) 
    2. Hiroyo Imagawa (jpn)
    3. Philip Kopatchevsky (rus)  
    4. Konstantin Lapshin (rus) 
    5. Anastasia Gamaley (rus) 

 

Total: 53 pianists took part

 

Internationaler Klavierwettbewerb Franz Liszt, Wroclaw (pol)
19 September - 1 October 2005

    1. Stanislav Soloviev (rus) 
    2. ---.
    3. (ex aequo:) Hisako Hirata (jpn)
                           Wojciech Waleczak (pol)  
    4. Michael Schneider (usa) 

 

Total: 22 pianists took part

 

International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition, Warsaw (pol) (Fed.) (AAF)
Results of the Preselection stage
23 - 29 September 2005

80 pianists selected for the main competition

See: www.konkurs.chopin.pl/redirect.php?DOC=decyzja_29wrzes2005

 

Total: 256 pianists took part

 

"Carl Czerny" International Piano Competition, Prague (cz)
18 - 25 September 2005

Category 2

 

          1. Misuzu Kikuchi (jpn) 
          2. Karel Vrtiska (cz)
          3. (ex aequo:) Patrick Hevr (cz)  
                                 Alexei Melnikov (rus) 
                                 Martin Safar (cz) 

 

Total: 12 pianists took part in this highest category

 

Internationaler Klavierwettbewerb "Tomassoni", Cologne (frg) (Fed.)
12 - 24 September 2005

   1. Jinsang Lee (cor) 
   2. Joon Kim (cor)
   3. Tomomi Okumura (jpn) 

Total: 29 pianists took part

 

Concorso Pianistico Internazionale "Ettore Pozzoli", Seregno (it) (AAF)
13 - 21 September 2005

    1. Martin Cousin (sct) 
    2. Yoon-Jung Han (cor)
    3. Alexei Yemtsov (ukr)  

 

Total: 43 pianists took part

 

Hong Kong International de Piano, Hong Kong (hk) (AAF)
4 - 19 September 2005

    1. Ilya Rashkovsky (rus) 
    2. Wen-yu Shen (chn)
    3. Sung Hoon Kim (cor)    

Other finalists:

    Mei Yi Foo (mal)

    Ka Ling Colleen Lee (hk) 
    Andrej Ponochevny (rus) 

Total: 20 pianists took part

 

International Music Competition 'Premio Vittoria Caffa Righetti', Cortemilia (it)
12 - 18 September 2005

Piano - Category H

 

  1. Roberto Fabris (it)
  2. Ji Eun Kim (cor)
  3. (ex aequo:) Paolo Flora (it)

                          Madoka Sakurai (jpn) 

                          Nelli Lager (rus)

 

Internationaler Max Reger Klavierwettbewerb, Weiden (frg)
5 - 13 September 2005

    1. Philipp Krondichler (a)    
    2. (ex aequo:) Andreas Hering (frg)

                           Michael Preisser (frg) 

 

Other finalists:

        Barno Khaknazarova (kzk)

        Yoko Yamada (jpn)

Total: 8 pianists took part

 

Concours International de Piano "Clara Haskil", Vevey (ch) (Fed.)
2 - 13 September 2005

Winner: Sunwook Kim (cor)

Other finalists:
            Francesco Piemontesi (ch) 
            Gottlieb Wallisch (a)

Total: 67 pianists took part

 

Internationaler Klavier- und Kompositionswettbewerb-Festival "Carl Filtsch", Sibiu (rum)
6 - 11 September 2005

Category C

 

    1. Istvan Lajko (hun)  

    2. (ex aequo:) Marija Ivanovic (serb) 
                            Andrea Calvani (it)

    3. Ioana Crisu (rum)  

 

Carl Filtsch prize: Angyalka Mayer (rum)

 

Total: 10 pianists took part in this highest category

 

International Music Competition "Georges Enescu", Bucharest (rum) (Fed.)
4 - 11 September 2005

    1. Irina Zahharenkova (est)   
    2. Evgeny Izotov (rus)

    3. Adrian Aimo Pagin (f)

Total: 18 pianists took part

 

Concours Grieg, Oslo (n) (AAF)
3 - 11 September 2005

                        1. Mi-Jung Park (cor)   
                        2. Federico Gianello (it)

                        3. Arta Arnicane (lat)

Total: 38 pianists took part in the solo piano competition

 

International Competition "Valsesia-Musica", Varallo (it) (AAF)
3 - 11 September 2005

    1. Victoria Korchinskaya-Kogan (rus/can)    
    2. Sofya Gulyak (rus)

    3. (ex aequo:) Enrique Bernaldo de Quiros (esp)

                           Alessandra Macellaro la Franca (it) 
    4. Tomoko Okawa (jpn)

Total: 39 pianists took part

 

International Piano Competition, Ibiza (esp)
29 August - 4 September 2005

Senior Group

          1. Giovanni Doria-Miglietta (it)

          2. Mikhail Shilyaev (rus)

          3. Plamena Doncheva (bul)

Total: 32 pianists took part in this highest category

Junior Group

          1. Abigail Sin (sing)

          2. Ganna Zubenko (ukr)

          3. Vladislav Kustovsky (ukr)

 

Johannes Brahms Internationaler Musikwettbewerb, Poertschach (a)
28 August - 4 September 2005

Piano

  1. Geoffroy Couteau (f)
  2. Shiyo Matsuura (jpn)
  3. Jae-Kyung Yoo (cor) 
  4. Dan-dan Zheng (chn) 
  5. Satoko Shimbori (jpn)

Total: 27 pianists took part

 

Concorso Pianistico Internazionale "F. Busoni", Bolzano (it) (Fed.)
(Second phase:) 24 August - 3 September 2005

Three finalists in last stage

      1. Giuseppe Andaloro (it)
      2. Mariangela Vacatello (it)
      3. Hye-Jin Kim (cor) 

Other finalists:
      4. Anna Vinnitskaya (rus)
      5. Spencer Myer (usa)
      6. Wen-yu Shen (chn)

Total: 27 pianists took part
in this second phase of the competition

 

Concorso Pianistico Internazionale "Giuseppe Terracciano", Giffoni Sei Casali (SA) (it)
25 - 28 August 2005

Piano

   1. Ivan Donchev (bul )
   2. ---.
   3. Sung-Hoon Hwang (cor) 

Other finalists:
      Michele Benignetti (it)
      Raffaele Maisano (it)

Total: 6 pianists took part 

 

Concorso Internazionale di Musica "Palma d'Oro, Finale Ligure (it)
24 - 27 August 2005

Piano

   1. Piotr Machnik (pol )
   2. Malgorzata Podstawska (pol) 
   3. Marco Gaggini (it)

Total: 4 pianists took part 

 

Internationaler Wiener Pianistenwettbewerb, Vienna (a)
17 - 25 August 2005

Category C

        1. Wen Xia (chn )
        2. Ji-Eun Park (cor )
        3. (ex aequo) Yuka Ishikawa (jpn)
                               Kaori Tanaka (jpn)
                               Kanako Yamamoto (jpn) 

Other finalist:
            Jooyoun Cho (cor)

Total: 15 pianists took part in this highest category

 

PTNA Competition, Tokyo (jpn) (AAF)
July/August 2005
Award Ceremony: 24 August 2005

Superior Grade

  1. Ichiro Kaneko (jpn)
  2. Akihiro Sekiya (jpn)
  3. Takuya Tainaka (jpn)

Other finalists:
      Hiroo Sato (jpn)
      Erina Ishii (jpn)

Total: 52 pianists took part
in this highest category

 

3rd Nagoya International Music Competition, Nagoya (jpn)
10 - 15 August 2005

Piano

  1. Da Sol Kim (cor)
  2. Anna Sheludko (rus)
  3. Ji-Youn Kim (cor)
  4. Yosuke Shakagori (jpn) 

Total: 51 pianists took part

 

Concorso Musicale Internazionale, Guardiagrele (it)
28 - 31 July 2005

Piano - Category L

             1. Sayumi Yamazaki (jpn)
             2. ---.

Other finalists:
                Sung-Hoon Hwang (cor) (Spec. prize) 
                Reiko Yokoi (jpn) (Spec. prize) 
                 Miona Babic (serb)

No more contestants in this highest category

 

Cleveland International Piano Competition, Cleveland (OH, usa) (Fed.)
27 July - 7 August 2005

             1. Chufang Huang (chn)
             2. Sergei Kuznetsov (rus)
             3. Stanislav Khrystenko (ukr)
             4. Spencer Myer (usa)

Total: 30 of the 35 invited pianists took part

 

Santander International Piano Competition, Santander (esp) (Fed.)
25 July - 7 August 2005

              1. Alberto Nose (it)
              2. Herbert Schuch (frg)
              3. Jie Chen (chn)

Total: 19 of the 22 invited pianists took part

 

International Piano Competition "Sergei Rachmaninov", Morcone (it)
2 - 6 August 2005

     1. Tatiana Chernicka (rus) 
     2. (ex aequo:) Mariya Kim (ukr) 
                             Alexander Vaguener (b) 
     3. Laura McDonald (aus) 

Total: 19 pianists took part

 

Eastman International Competition for Young Pianists, Rochester (NY, usa)
30 July - 5 August 2005

        1. Song-Yuan Tang (chn) 
        2. Jing Yang (chn)
        3. Seejoon Park (cor) 

Other finalists:
            Hye-Jin Kim (cor)
            Mi Eun Kim (cor/usa)
            Xiao Wang (chn)

Total: 21 pianists took part

 

New Orleans International Piano Competition, New Orleans (usa)
24 - 31 July 2005

        1. Tanya Bannister (gb)
        2. Alexandre Pirojenko (rus)
        3. Luca Trabucco (it)

Total: 12 invited pianists took part

 

Concorso di Esecuzione Strumentale e Vocale "Rovere d'Oro", San Bartolomeo (it)
24 - 30 July 2005

Piano

   1. Young-Mi Choi (cor)
   2. Reika Dobashi (jpn) 
   3. Artur Burmistrov (rus) 
   4. (ex aequo:) Dario Bonuccelli (it)
                           Yuriko Nakata (jpn) 
                           Tae Yoshioka (jpn) 

 

Prix Amadeo-Jeunesse for Piano, Vaals (hol)
15 - 16 July 2005

   1. Yumi Sato (jpn) 
   2. Jia Wang (chn) 
   3. (ex aequo:) Asa Mori (jpn) 
                           Boris Radulovic (serb) 

Total: 11 pianists took part

 

Concorso Pianistico Internazionale "Palazzo Spinola", Rocchetta Ligure (AL) (it)
15 - 16 July 2005

Category F

       1. (ex aequo:) Oleg Bellini (it) 
                               Sachiko Yamamoto (jpn) 
       2. Saena Kang (cor) 
       3. Junko Watanabe (jpn) 

No more contestants in this highest category

 

Concurso Internacional de Piano "Ricardo Vines", Lleida (esp)
7 - 11 July 2005

Category A

            1. Luis Pares (ven/it) 
            2. Emmanuelle Swiercz (f) 
            3. Natalia Posnova (rus) 

Total: 15 pianists took part in this highest category

 

Concorso Internazionale "Citta di Massafra", Massafra (it)
4 - 10 July 2005

Piano - Category H

             1. (ex aequo:) Izumi Miyamoto (jpn)
                                    Kazunori Yamanaka (jpn)

Total: ca. 15-20 pianists took part in this highest category

 

IBLA World Competition, Ilba Ragusa (it)
28 June - 10 July 2005

IBLA Grand Prize Awards

Piano

Bartok-Prokofiev Award
Rajung Yang (cor)

Contemporary Music Award
Lenio Liatsou (gr)

Spec. mentions:
   - Ligeti & Rachm.: Anna Shakina (rus)
   - Ginastera & Beeth.: Cezara-Lucia Vladescu (rum) 
   - Debussy - Martin: Nazareno Ferruggio (it)
   - Mozart & Bartok: Yukiko Hinami (jpn)

Other award winner:
      Tatiana Valueva (rus)

 

AMSA International Piano Competition, Cincinnati (OH, usa)
30 June - 9 July 2005

Artists Division
Three finalists

            1. Ilya Yakushev (rus) 
            2. Spencer Myer (usa) 
            3. Scott Meek (can) 

            4. (ex aequo:) Dmitri Shelest (ukr) 
                                    Wenli Zhou (chn) 
            5. Dmitri Levkovich (ukr) 
            6. Polina Bespalko (rus)

Total: 20 pianists took part in the Artists Division

 

Rudolf Firkusny International Piano Competition, Prague (cz)
24 - 30 June 2005

          1. Anastasiya Naplyokova (ukr) 
          2. Jakub Uhlik (cz)
          3. Ilze Zvaigzekaine (lat)

Other finalists:
              Andreas Donat (frg)
              Inara Gurieva (lat)
              Martin Levicky (cz)
              Julia Okruashvili (rus)
              Anna Volovich (rus)
              Alicia Witarska (pol)

Total: 31 pianists took part

 

Concorso Pianistico Internazionale "Concerti in Villa", Vicenza (it)
27 June 2005

              1. Fernando Rossano (it) 
              2. Roberto Corliano (it)
              3. Helios d'Andrea (it) 

Total: 10 of the 13 invited pianists took part

 

International Young Artists Piano Competition, Washington (MD, usa)
23 - 26 June 2005

Group 6 - Young Professionals

                       1. Jeannette Fang (usa)
                       2. Chi-Ming Shul (usa)
                       3. Joseph Irrera (usa) 

Total: 5 selected pianists took part in this highest category

 

Gina Bachauer International Young Artists Piano Competition, Salt Lake City (UT, usa)
20 - 25 June 2005

           1. Kuok-Wai Lio (hk) 
           2. Lukas Geniusas (lit)
           3. Christina Naughton (usa) 
           4. Zuo Zhang (chn) 
           5. Alessandro Deljavan (it) 
           6. Hitomi Maeyama (jpn) 

Total: 34 of the 39 invited pianists took part 

 

Busoni Competition, Bolzano (it) (Fed.)
additional selection: June 2005

Four more contestants
added to the 23 pianists
admitted to the final phase (August 2005)

    Evgeny Brakhman (rus) - 2nd prize Glasgow 2004 
    Ivo Kahanek (cz) - winner Prague 2004
    Spencer Myer (usa) - winner Pretoria 2004 
    Wen-yu Shen (chn) - 2nd prize Brussels 2003 

 

Sviatoslav Richter International Piano Competition, Moscow (rus) (AAF)
12 - 26 June 2005

    1. Eldar Nebolsin (rus) 
    2. (ex aequo:) Yakov Katsnelson (rus) 
                           Makoto Ueno (jpn)
    3. ---.
    4. (ex aequo:) Vadim Rudenko (rus) 
                            Yung-Wook Yoo (cor)
    5. Ani Takidze (geor) 
    6. ---.

Total: 31 of the 34 invited pianists took part

 

International Music Competitions, Pianello (it) (AAF)
16 - 19 June 2005

Piano - "Premio Silvio Bengali"

    1. Ji-Hwan Hong (cor) 
    2. Alexander Yakovlev (rus)
    3. ---.

Other finalists:
     4. Jiny Choi (cor)
    5. Mauro Bertoli (it)
     6. Guzal Hilbertz-Enikeeva (uzb) 

Total: 53 pianists took part

 

Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition, Los Angeles (CA, usa)
4 - 18 June 2005

            1. Wen-yu Shen (chn)
            2. Andrej Korobeinikov (rus) 
            3. Sofia Gulyak (rus) 

Other finalist:
                Denis Evstiukhine (rus) 

Total: 33 of the 34 invited pianists took part

 

Beethoven Internationaler Klavierwettbewerb, Vienna (a) (Fed.)
4 - 14 June 2005

Three finalists

    1. Herbert Schuch (frg) 
    2. Gabrielus Alekna (lit) 
    3. Petr Ovtcharov (rus) 

    4. Norie Takahashi (jpn)
    5. Matthias Soucek (a)
    6. Hyo-Sun Lim (cor)

Total: 35 invited pianists took part

 

Concorso Pianistico Internazionale, Cesenatico (it)
3 - 11 June 2005

Category F

    1. (abs.) Haruka Kuroiwa (jpn) 
                  Giuliano Adorno (it) 
                  Favio Rosai (it)
    2. Stefano Saino (it)
    3. Marco Rinaudo (it)

 

International Piano Competition "Step towards Mastery", St. Petersburg (rus)
1 - 10 June 2005

Category B

                      1. Chun Wang (chn) 
                      2. Jaan Ots (est)
                      3. ---.

Other finalist:    Dariya Goremykina (rus)
                          Dariya Kochetkova (rus)
                          Xunte Si (chn)

Total: 21 pianists took part in this highest category

Category A

                      1. Nan Song Huang (chn)
                      2. Andrej Shichko (belo)
                      3. Elizaveta Ukrainskaya (rus)

Other finalists:   Elena Krasnoselskaya (rus)
                          Ju Li (chn)
                          Polina Mikhailova (rus)

Total: 17 pianists took part in this junior category

 

Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Fort Worth (TX, usa) (Fed.)
20 May - 5 June 2005

    1. Alexander Kobrin (rus)
    2. Joyce Yang (cor)
    3. Sa Chen (chn)

Other finalists:
        Davide Cabassi (it)
        Chu-fang Huang (chn)
        Roberto Plano (it)

Total: 35 invited pianists took part

 

Concorso Europeo dei Duchi d'Acquaviva, Atri (Teramo, it)
31 May - 5 June 2005

    1. Keiko Kurachi (jpn)
    2. Macha Kanza (f) 
    3. Alessandro Rosseletti (it) 

 

Concorso Europeo di Musica "Pietro Argento", Gioia (it)
4 - 5 June 2005

Pianoforte - Category F

                 1. Sachiko Yamamoto (jpn) 
                 2. Andrea la Rosa (it) 
                 3. Alexander Tevelev (rus) 

Total: 9 pianists took part in this highest category

 

J.N. Hummel International Piano Competition, Bratislava (slvk) (Fed.)
29 May - 5 June 2005

    1. Andrew Brownell (usa)
    2. (ex aequo:) Alessandro Deltavan-Farshi (it) 
                           Yi-chih Lu (tai)
    3. ---.

Other finalists:
        Gabor Monostori (hun)
        Sandro Russo (it)
        Anna Semkina (rus)

Total: 27 pianists took part

 

Vladimir Viardo International Piano Competition, Belmont (CA, usa)
28 May - 5 June 2005

Senior Division

          1. ---.
          2. Yi He (chn)
          3. (ex aequo:) Katerina Titova (ukr) 
                                 Alina Novik (ukr)

Other finalists:
              Archie Chen (usa)
              Xin Xin (chn)

Total: 16 pianists took part in this highest category

 

Concorso Internazionale Valsesia - Musica Juniores - Premio Monterosa - KAWAI, Varallo (it)
26 - 29 May 2005

Piano

Absolute winner: Zéphyrine Fesneau (f) (Cat. B)

       Cat. F: no participants
       Cat. E: 1. ---.
                   2. Ester Snider (it)

No more participants in category E

 

Concorso Internazionale Pianistico "Premio Seiler", Palermo (it)
26 - 29 May 2005

                  1. Jie Zheng (chn) 
                  2. Boris Feiner (isr)
                  3. Wojciech Waleczak (pol)

Other finalist:
                      Natalia Posnova (rus)

Total: 8 pianists took part in the main competition 

 

Concorso Internazionale Pianistico "A.M.A. Calabria", Lamezia Terme (it)
23 - 29 May 2005

1. Masataka Takada (jpn) 
2. ---.
3. (ex aequo:) Alla Ivanzhina (rus) 
                       Orazio Sciortino (it) 
4. ---.
5. (ex aequo:) Kaori Takaishi (jpn) 
                       Yohei Wakioka (jpn) 

Other finalists:
    Alessio Cioni (it)
    Anna Solovieva (rus) 
    Maria Perrotta (it) (withdrew)

Total: 35 pianists took part

 

Concorso Internazionale Pianistico "Premio A. Napolitano", Vietri (it)
26 - 28 May 2005

          1. Lukas Klotz (frg)
          2. Vincenzo de Stefano (it)
          3. (ex aequo:) Ekaterina Ivanova (it) 
                                 Mitsue Niimi (jpn)

Total: 16 pianists took part

 

Concorso Internazionale Pianistico "Premio Marco Fortini", Bologna (it)
25 - 28 May 2005

                1. Denis Masliuk (slvn)
                2. Natalya Sukharevitch (rus) 

Total: 7 pianists took part in the main competition 

 

International Music Competition "Queen Elisabeth", Brussels (b) (Fed.) (AAF)
Violin
1 - 28 May 2005

1. Sergei Khatchatryan (arm)
2. Iossif Ivanov (b)
3. Sophia Jaffe (frg)
4. Saeka Matsuyama (jpn)
5. Mikhail Ovrutsky (rus)
6. Hyuk Joo Kwun (cor)

Other finalists:
    Alena Baeva (rus)
    Andreas Janke (frg)
    Keisuke Okazaki (jpn)
    Antal Szalai (hun)
    Kyoko Yonemoto (jpn)
    Dan Zhu (chn)

Total: 132 violinists took part

 

Concorso Internazionale di Interpretazione Musicale "Citta di Racconigi" (it)
19 - 27 May 2005

Category E

   1. ---.
   2. Roberto Fabris (it)
   2. Miki Kawashima (jpn)
   2. Lukas Klotz (frg)
   2. Giulio Pietropaolo (it)
   3. Ester Snider 
   3. Maria Kiosseva
   4. Adachi Tomohiro (jpn)
   4. Irene Castellini (it)
   4. Guendalina Consoli (it)

 

Concorso Internazionale per Pianoforte e Orchestra, Cantu (it)
14 - 23 May 2005

Romantic Concerto

          1. Yoshifumi Morita (jpn)
          2. Yuliyana Avdeeva (rus) 
          3. Ka-Ling Colleen Lee (hk)