The XVII José Iturbi International Piano Competition

José Iturbi International Piano Competition

The José Iturbi Competition is an international piano competition named after the famed Spanish virtuoso José Iturbi, who later became a famous Hollywood actor. Created in 1981, it has been held ever since in the month of September and is part of the World Federation of International Music...

took place in Valencia from September 13 - 26, 2011. It was won by Russian pianist Andrey Yaroshinsky, who had been awarded the 2nd prize in 2006. Arta Arnicane and Alexey Lebedev were awarded the 2nd and 3rd prizes.

Jury and Results

Joaquin Soriano

Joaquín Soriano

Joaquín Soriano is a Spanish pianist.Trained in Valencia, he was a disciple of Vlado Perlemuter at the Conservatoire National de Paris...

 (chairman) Emilio Baró Michel Béroff

Michel Béroff

-Biography:Béroff was born at Épinal, and trained at the Nancy Conservatory, winning the 1st prize in 1962 and the prize of excellence in 1963. He completed his studies at the Paris Conservatory with Yvonne Loriod, winning the 1st prize in 1966. In 1967 he made his Paris debut and won 1st prize in...

 Michel Dalberto

Michel Dalberto

Michel Dalberto is a French concert pianist.-Biography:Dalberto was born in Paris into a non-musical family which has its roots in Dauphiné and Italian Piemonte. He began studying the piano at the age of three and a half...

 Elza Kolodin

Elza Kolodin

Elza Kolodin is a pianist from Poland. She studied in Kraków, Warsaw and Paris.She has gained much acclaim from the international press,who have described her "rapturous playing" as being distinguished by "brilliant virtuosity" and a very "personal mixture of electrifying energy and profound...

 Marián Lapšanský Kun-Woo Paik

Kun-Woo Paik

Kun-woo Paik is a South Korean pianist.-Early life:Kun Woo Paik was born in Seoul. he gave his first concert, aged 10, with the Korean National Orchestra . In the following years he performed many important works in Korea, including several premieres such as Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition...

 Fernando Puchol Rosa Torres-Pardo Tamás Ungár

Contestant	R1	R2	SF	F
Arta Arnicane
Elisa D'Auria
Juan Balat
Kristhyan Benítez
Giulio Biddau				6th
Fabiane de Castro
Miguel Ángel Castro
Pietro Ceresini
Christian Chamorel Christian Chamorel Christian Chamorel is a Swiss pianist.He was trained at Lausanne, Munich and Zürich's Conservatories, graduating in 2004 and 2006; while a student he was prized by the Yamaha, Leenaards and Kiefer Hablitzel foundations. He has performed through Western Europe since...				4th
Frederic Chen
Shh-wei Chen
Min-hye Cho
Ksenia Dyachenko
Ana Hyoung
Mi-Yeon I
Hayoung Jeong
Minjeong Jeong
Eduard Kunz Eduard Kunz Eduard Kunz , born October 30 1980, Omsk, - Russian pianist.- Biography :Named among 10 tomorrow's great pianists by the BBC Music Magazine, Eduard Kunz has performed and broadcast frequently with almost every major orchestra in the UK including BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Concert Orchestra,...
Alexey Lebedev
Mattia Mistrangelo
Zeeyoung Moon				5th
Alexander Shaykin
Evgeny Starodubtsev
Jenna Sung
Alessandro Taverna
Xavier Torres
Alessandro Trebeschi
Yana Vasilyeva
Jia Wang
Jingjing Wang
Andrey Yaroshinsky