Anton Rubinstein Competition
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The original Anton Rubinstein Competition was staged by Rubinstein
himself every five years from 1890 to 1910 http://www.forum-international.net/english/wettbewerbe_klavier.html. The winners of the piano competition usually received a white Schroeder piano as the prize. Winners include:
According to The Music Times, October 1, 1910 The Fifth International Competition for the Rubinstein prize commenced on August 22. Two prizes of 5,000 francs were offered for composition and for pianoforte playing. The two successful competitors were two German musicians Herr Emil Frey (as composer) and Herr Alfred Hoehn, professor at the Hoschsche Konservatorium in Frankfurt (as pianist). Diplomas for excellence in pianoforte playing were awarded to Messrs. Arthur Rubinstein, Emil Frey and Alexandre Borowsky. The Board of Examiners consisted of only Russian musicians. Alexander Glazounov Chairman of the jury presented the awards.
The first prize for pianists graduating from Saint Petersburg Conservatory
was named after Rubinstein as well; Maria Yudina
recalled http://www.math.uchicago.edu/~ryzhik/sofr.html that she and her classmate Vladimir Sofronitsky
had won the prize in 1920.
Since 2003, the "Anton G. Rubinstein" International Piano Competition has been revived in Dresden, Germany. Winners include:
Anton Rubinstein
Anton Grigorevich Rubinstein was a Russian-Jewish pianist, composer and conductor. As a pianist he was regarded as a rival of Franz Liszt, and he ranks amongst the great keyboard virtuosos...
himself every five years from 1890 to 1910 http://www.forum-international.net/english/wettbewerbe_klavier.html. The winners of the piano competition usually received a white Schroeder piano as the prize. Winners include:
- 1890: Ferruccio BusoniFerruccio BusoniFerruccio Busoni was an Italian composer, pianist, editor, writer, piano and composition teacher, and conductor.-Biography:...
, composition (Concert Piece for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 31a) - 1895: Josef LhévinneJosef LhévinneJosef Lhévinne was a Russian pianist and piano teacher.Joseph Arkadievich Levin was born into a family of musicians in Oryol and studied at the Imperial Conservatory in Moscow under Vasily Safonov...
, piano - 1900: Alexander Fyodorovich Gedike, composition
- 1905: Wilhelm BackhausWilhelm BackhausWilhelm Backhaus was a German pianist and pedagogue.Born in Leipzig, Backhaus studied at the conservatoire there with Alois Reckendorf until 1899, later taking private piano lessons with Eugen d'Albert in Frankfurt...
, piano. Béla BartókBéla BartókBéla Viktor János Bartók was a Hungarian composer and pianist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century and is regarded, along with Liszt, as Hungary's greatest composer...
took second prize. - 1910: Emil Frey, composition; Artur LembaArtur LembaArtur Lemba was an Estonian composer and piano teacher, and one of the most important figures in Estonian classical music. Artur and his older brother Theodor were the first professional pianists in Estonia to give concerts abroad. Artur's 1905 opera Sabina was the first opera composed by an...
was a piano finalist
According to The Music Times, October 1, 1910 The Fifth International Competition for the Rubinstein prize commenced on August 22. Two prizes of 5,000 francs were offered for composition and for pianoforte playing. The two successful competitors were two German musicians Herr Emil Frey (as composer) and Herr Alfred Hoehn, professor at the Hoschsche Konservatorium in Frankfurt (as pianist). Diplomas for excellence in pianoforte playing were awarded to Messrs. Arthur Rubinstein, Emil Frey and Alexandre Borowsky. The Board of Examiners consisted of only Russian musicians. Alexander Glazounov Chairman of the jury presented the awards.
The first prize for pianists graduating from Saint Petersburg Conservatory
Saint Petersburg Conservatory
The N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory is a music school in Saint Petersburg. In 2004, the conservatory had around 275 faculty members and 1,400 students.-History:...
was named after Rubinstein as well; Maria Yudina
Maria Yudina
Maria Veniaminovna Yudina was an influential Soviet pianist.Yudina was born to a Jewish family in Nevel, Russia. She studied at the Petrograd Conservatory under Anna Yesipova and Leonid Vladimirovich Nikolayev. She also briefly studied privately with Felix Blumenfeld. Her classmates included...
recalled http://www.math.uchicago.edu/~ryzhik/sofr.html that she and her classmate Vladimir Sofronitsky
Vladimir Sofronitsky
Vladimir Vladimirovich Sofronitsky was a Russian pianist, best known as an interpreter of the Russian composer Alexander Scriabin, whose daughter he married.-Biography:Vladimir Sofronitsky was born to a physics teacher father and a mother from an artistic family...
had won the prize in 1920.
Since 2003, the "Anton G. Rubinstein" International Piano Competition has been revived in Dresden, Germany. Winners include:
- 2003:
Alicia Gabriela Martinez - 2005:
Kateryna Titova - 2007:
Amir TebenikhinAmir TebenikhinAmir Tebenikhin is a Kazakhstani pianist, b. 1977, who won the 1999 Vianna da Motta Competition - its last winner to date. He subsequently made his discographical debut for Naxos Records and performed at the Carnegie Hall, the Salle Pleyel and the Wigmore Hall....