Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition
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The Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition is a music competition for young pianists
that takes place in Bolzano, Italy
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The first Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition was organized by Cesare Nordio in 1949 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the death of pianist and composer Ferruccio Busoni
. Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
was a supporter of the competition and was part of the jury of the first competition. Alfred Brendel
won the 4th prize of this competition. For a few years a piano composition competition took place together with the piano competition.
In 1956, a young Maurizio Pollini
took part in the competition and in 1957 Martha Argerich
won the first prize. Other prize winners include Bruno Canino
, Agustin Anievas
, Joaquín Achúcarro
, Jerome Rose
, Garrick Ohlsson
and Alberto Nosè
.
Members of the jury have included: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
, Nikita Magaloff
, Igor Markevitch
, Carlo Maria Giulini
, Garrick Ohlsson
, Bruno Canino
, Paul Badura-Skoda
, Rafael Orozco, Joaquín Soriano
, Gerhard Oppitz
, Abdel Rahman El Bacha
, Michele Campanella
, Leif Ove Andsnes
, Hiroko Nakamura
, Valery Afanassiev
and Eliso Virsaladze
.
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
that takes place in Bolzano, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
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History
The first Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition was organized by Cesare Nordio in 1949 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the death of pianist and composer Ferruccio Busoni
Ferruccio Busoni
Ferruccio Busoni was an Italian composer, pianist, editor, writer, piano and composition teacher, and conductor.-Biography:...
. Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli was a virtuoso Italian classical pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century, as well as one of the most important Italian pianists along with Ferruccio Busoni and Maurizio Pollini.-Biography:Born in Brescia, Italy, he began...
was a supporter of the competition and was part of the jury of the first competition. Alfred Brendel
Alfred Brendel
Alfred Brendel KBE is an Austrian pianist, born in Czechoslovakia and a resident of the United Kingdom. He is also a poet and author.-Biography:...
won the 4th prize of this competition. For a few years a piano composition competition took place together with the piano competition.
In 1956, a young Maurizio Pollini
Maurizio Pollini
Maurizio Pollini is an Italian classical pianist.- Biography and career :Pollini was born in Milan to the Italian rationalist architect Gino Pollini. Maurizio studied piano first with Carlo Lonati, until the age of 13, then with Carlo Vidusso, until he was 18...
took part in the competition and in 1957 Martha Argerich
Martha Argerich
Martha Argerich is an Argentine pianist.-Early life:Argerich was born in Buenos Aires and started playing the piano at age three...
won the first prize. Other prize winners include Bruno Canino
Bruno Canino
Bruno Canino is an Italian classical pianist and composer.-Early life:Bruno Canino was born in Naples, Italy in 1935, where he studied piano with Vincenzo Vitale. He continued his musical education in Milan, studying both piano and composition. His teachers included Enzo Calace and Bruno Bettinelli...
, Agustin Anievas
Agustin Anievas
Agustin Anievas is an American pianist, specializing in the works of Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt and Sergei Rachmaninoff....
, Joaquín Achúcarro
Joaquín Achúcarro
Joaquín Achúcarro is a Basque Spanish classical pianist.- Biography and career :Achúcarro was born in Bilbao, Spain, in the difficult years of the Spanish post-war period. He began piano lessons at the Bilbao Conservatory and, in 1956, at the age of 13, made his concerto debut in Bilbao playing a...
, Jerome Rose
Jerome Rose
-Biography:A pupil of Adolph Baller, Rose debuted with the San Francisco Symphony at the age of 15. A Mannes College and Juilliard School of Music graduate, he also studied with Leonard Shure and Rudolf Serkin at Marlboro Music School. He was a Fulbright Scholar in Vienna as well...
, Garrick Ohlsson
Garrick Ohlsson
Garrick Ohlsson is an American classical pianist.Ohlsson was the first American to win first prize in the International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition, in 1970. He also won first prize at the Busoni Competition in Italy and the Montreal Piano Competition in Canada...
and Alberto Nosè
Alberto Nosè
Alberto Nosè , is an Italian pianist.-Biography:Born in Villafranca di Verona, Italy in 1979, Alberto Nosé studied at the Verona Conservatory F. E. Dall’Abaco...
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Members of the jury have included: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli was a virtuoso Italian classical pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century, as well as one of the most important Italian pianists along with Ferruccio Busoni and Maurizio Pollini.-Biography:Born in Brescia, Italy, he began...
, Nikita Magaloff
Nikita Magaloff
Nikita Magaloff was a Georgian-Russian pianist.He was born in Saint Petersburg to a Georgian noble family named Maghalashvili. Magaloff and his family left Russia in 1918 for Finland and then Paris, where he studied with Isidor Philipp, chair of the piano department at the Paris Conservatory...
, Igor Markevitch
Igor Markevitch
Igor Markevitch was a Ukrainian, Italian, and French composer and conductor.- Origin :Igor Markevich was born in Kiev, to an old family of Ukrainian Cossack starshyna ennobled in the 18th century...
, Carlo Maria Giulini
Carlo Maria Giulini
Carlo Maria Giulini was an Italian conductor.-Biography:Giulini was born in Barletta, Italy, to a father born in Lombardy and a mother born in Naples; but he was raised in Bolzano, which at the time of his birth was part of Austria...
, Garrick Ohlsson
Garrick Ohlsson
Garrick Ohlsson is an American classical pianist.Ohlsson was the first American to win first prize in the International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition, in 1970. He also won first prize at the Busoni Competition in Italy and the Montreal Piano Competition in Canada...
, Bruno Canino
Bruno Canino
Bruno Canino is an Italian classical pianist and composer.-Early life:Bruno Canino was born in Naples, Italy in 1935, where he studied piano with Vincenzo Vitale. He continued his musical education in Milan, studying both piano and composition. His teachers included Enzo Calace and Bruno Bettinelli...
, Paul Badura-Skoda
Paul Badura-Skoda
Paul Badura-Skoda is an Austrian pianist.He won first prize in the Austrian Music Competition in 1947. In 1949, he performed with distinguished conductors like Wilhelm Furtwängler and Herbert von Karajan...
, Rafael Orozco, Joaquín 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...
, Gerhard Oppitz
Gerhard Oppitz
Gerhard Oppitz is a German classical pianist.He studied with Paul Buck, Hugo Steurer and Wilhelm Kempff. In 1981 he was appointed professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München - the youngest in the history of the institute - where he still teaches. As a soloist he has appeared with...
, Abdel Rahman El Bacha
Abdel Rahman El Bacha
Abdel Rahman El Bacha is a Lebanese pianist and composer.His repertory includes over fifty concertos and is largely based on the works of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Schubert, Schumann, Rachmaninov, Ravel and Prokofiev .-Biography:...
, Michele Campanella
Michele Campanella
Michele Campanella is an Italian pianist who specialises in the music of Franz Liszt, and is also a conductor.Campanella was born in Naples in 1947. He won the Alfredo Casella Prize at age 19, after studying with Vincenzo Vitale...
, Leif Ove Andsnes
Leif Ove Andsnes
Leif Ove Andsnes is a Norwegian pianist and an ardent champion of the works of Edvard Grieg.-Biography:He studied with Jiří Hlinka at the Bergen Music Conservatory and made his debut in Oslo in 1987, in Britain at the Edinburgh Festival with the Oslo Philharmonic in 1989, and in the United States...
, Hiroko Nakamura
Hiroko Nakamura
is a Japanese pianist. She is the youngest, and the second Japanese prizewinner at the 7th International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition...
, Valery Afanassiev
Valery Afanassiev
- Life :Valery Afanassiev was born in Moscow. He studied piano at the Moscow Conservatory with Emil Gilels and Yakov Zak. In 1969 he was the winner of the Bach Competition in Leipzig, and three years later at the Concours Reine Elisabeth in Brussels...
and Eliso Virsaladze
Eliso Virsaladze
Eliso Virsaladze is a Georgian pianist.She was born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR. Her father Constantine Virsaladze was a prominent physician, so was her grandfather Spiridon Virsaladze. She received her first piano lessons at the age of 8 from her grandmother, Anastasia Virsaladze, a well-known music...
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Winners
Complete list of winners http://www.concorsobusoni.it/en-94-1987.aspx- 1949 First Prize: not awarded. Second Prize: Lodovico Lessona . Third Prize: Rossana Orlandini . Fourth Prize: Alfred BrendelAlfred BrendelAlfred Brendel KBE is an Austrian pianist, born in Czechoslovakia and a resident of the United Kingdom. He is also a poet and author.-Biography:...
. - 1950 First Prize: not awarded. Second Prize: Karl Heinz Schlüter. Third Prize: Jacques Coulaud.
- 1951 First Prize: not awarded. Second Prize: not awarded. Third Prize: Karl EngelKarl EngelKarl Engel was a Swiss pianist.In 1952 Engel was awarded the second prize at the Queen Elisabeth competition. Throughout his concert career he cultivated the art song repertory and worked extensively on works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven and Robert Schumann...
and Walter KlienWalter KlienWalter Klien was an Austrian pianist.-Career:Klien was born in Graz. His mother was the artist Erika Giovanna Klien . She emigrated to the United States in 1929, and their only further contact was by correspondence.Klien studied piano with Josef Dichler at the Music Academy in Vienna and with...
. - 1952 First Prize: Sergio Perticaroli. Second Prize: Andrzej Wasowski . Third Prize: Marisa Candeloro and Agostino Orizio.
- 1953 First Prize: Ella Goldstein. Second Prize: Monte Hill DavisMonte Hill Davis- Concert career :Davis has toured and performed in Europe, Brazil, Peru, Balzano, Italy , Geneva, Switzerland, and Munich, Germany. Davis won first prize in the International Piano Competition in Munich in 1955. She won second place in the 1953 Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition...
. Third Prize: Esteban Sanchez Herrero . - 1954 First Prize: Aldo Mancinelli. Second Prize: Gabriel TacchinoGabriel TacchinoGabriel Tacchino is one of the premier post-war French classical pianists; he also teaches piano.Tacchino was born in Cannes. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire from 1947 to 1953, where his teachers included Jacques Février and Marguerite Long...
. Third Prize: Günter Ludwig. - 1955 First Prize: not awarded. Second Prize: Germaine Devéze. Third Prize: Günter Ludwig and Maria da Penha.
- 1956 First Prize: Jörg DemusJörg DemusJörg Demus is an Austrian pianist.At the age of six, Demus received his first piano lessons. Five years later, at the age of 11, he entered the Vienna Academy of Music, studying piano and conducting. He graduated in 1945, then 17 years old...
. Second Prize: Ivan DavisIvan DavisIvan Roy Davis, Jr. , is an American classical pianist.-The Early Years:Davis received his Bachelor of Music in 1952 from University of North Texas College of Music, and an Artist's Diploma, as a Fulbright Scholar, from the Santa Cecilia Academy in Rome...
. Third Prize: James Mathis . Fourth Prize: Bruno CaninoBruno CaninoBruno Canino is an Italian classical pianist and composer.-Early life:Bruno Canino was born in Naples, Italy in 1935, where he studied piano with Vincenzo Vitale. He continued his musical education in Milan, studying both piano and composition. His teachers included Enzo Calace and Bruno Bettinelli...
and Michael PontiMichael PontiMichael Ponti is a concert and recording pianist.-Life and career:Ponti was born in Germany, but has lived in the United States for most of his life...
. - 1957 First Prize: Martha ArgerichMartha ArgerichMartha Argerich is an Argentine pianist.-Early life:Argerich was born in Buenos Aires and started playing the piano at age three...
. Second Prize: Ivan DavisIvan DavisIvan Roy Davis, Jr. , is an American classical pianist.-The Early Years:Davis received his Bachelor of Music in 1952 from University of North Texas College of Music, and an Artist's Diploma, as a Fulbright Scholar, from the Santa Cecilia Academy in Rome...
and Jerome LowenthalJerome LowenthalJerome Lowenthal is an American classical pianist. He is a professor of piano at the Juilliard School in New York, where he was also chair of the piano department. Additionally, Lowenthal is on the faculty at Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California.He made his debut at 13 with the...
. Third Prize: Jeaneane Dowis. - 1958 First Prize: not awarded. Second Prize: José Kahan and Ronald Turrini. Third Prize: Fabio Peressoni and Michael Ponti. Fourth Prize: Bruno CaninoBruno CaninoBruno Canino is an Italian classical pianist and composer.-Early life:Bruno Canino was born in Naples, Italy in 1935, where he studied piano with Vincenzo Vitale. He continued his musical education in Milan, studying both piano and composition. His teachers included Enzo Calace and Bruno Bettinelli...
- 1959 First Prize: not awarded. Second Prize:Cécile OussetCécile OussetCécile Ousset is a French pianist.Cécile Ousset was born in Tarbes, France, and gave her first recital at the age of five, subsequently studying at the Paris Conservatoire at the age of 10 with Marcel Ciampi where, aged only fourteen, she was awarded first prize in the piano graduation class of...
and John Perry. Third Prize: Imre Antal and Leonhard Hokanson. Fourth Prize: Joaquín AchúcarroJoaquín AchúcarroJoaquín Achúcarro is a Basque Spanish classical pianist.- Biography and career :Achúcarro was born in Bilbao, Spain, in the difficult years of the Spanish post-war period. He began piano lessons at the Bilbao Conservatory and, in 1956, at the age of 13, made his concerto debut in Bilbao playing a...
. - 1960 First Prize: not awarded. Second Prize: Agustin AnievasAgustin AnievasAgustin Anievas is an American pianist, specializing in the works of Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt and Sergei Rachmaninoff....
and James Mathis. Third Prize: Imre Antal. - 1961 First Prize: Jerome RoseJerome Rose-Biography:A pupil of Adolph Baller, Rose debuted with the San Francisco Symphony at the age of 15. A Mannes College and Juilliard School of Music graduate, he also studied with Leonard Shure and Rudolf Serkin at Marlboro Music School. He was a Fulbright Scholar in Vienna as well...
. Second Prize: Norma FisherNorma Fisher-Biography:Norma Fisher was born in London of Russian-Polish parents. She was soon recognised as "a rare musical talent" winning an exhibition at the age of eleven, to study with Sidney Harrison at the Guildhall School of Music...
and Howard Aibel. Third Prize: Dubravka Tomšič SrebotnjakDubravka Tomšic SrebotnjakDubravka Tomšič Srebotnjak is a Slovenian pianist and music teacher.Her substantial talent as a pianist was made obvious while receiving private instruction at a young age, so it was only natural that she continue her education in the field, first at the Music high school in Ljubljana and later at...
. - 1962 First Prize: not awarded. Second Prize: Brenton Dale Bartlett . Third Prize: Iván ErődIván ErödIván Erőd, also Iván Eröd , is an Hungarian-Austrian composer and pianist.- Career :Erőd studied at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music with Pál Kadosa and Ferenc Szabó . He emigrated to Austria in 1956 and studied there at the Vienna Music Academy, with Richard Hauser and Karl Schiske...
and Reynaldo Reyes. - 1963 First Prize: not awarded. Second Prize: Gernot Kahl. Third Prize: José Maria Contreras.
- 1964 First Prize: Michael PontiMichael PontiMichael Ponti is a concert and recording pianist.-Life and career:Ponti was born in Germany, but has lived in the United States for most of his life...
. Second Prize: François-Joël Thiollier. Third Prize: Ivan Drenikov. - 1965 First Prize: not awarded. Second Prize: Bojidar NoevBozhidar NoevBozhidar Noev is a Bulgarian pianist.He's the head of the keyboards department of Innsbruck's Conservatory, where he teaches since 1977.- References :...
. Third Prize: James Dick. - 1966 First Prize: Garrick OhlssonGarrick OhlssonGarrick Ohlsson is an American classical pianist.Ohlsson was the first American to win first prize in the International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition, in 1970. He also won first prize at the Busoni Competition in Italy and the Montreal Piano Competition in Canada...
. Second Prize: Richard GoodeRichard GoodeRichard Goode is an American classical pianist, especially known for his interpretations of Ludwig van Beethoven and chamber music.Goode was born in East Bronx, New York...
. - 1967 First Prize: not awarded. Second Prize: Ivan Klansky. Third Prize: Pietro Maranca.
- 1968 First Prize: Vladimir Selivochin. Second Prize: Mark ZeltserMark ZeltserMark Zeltser is a Soviet-born American pianist.-Biography:Zeltser was born in Kishinev in 1947. His mother Bertha was a concert pianist and teacher. Her grandfather, Mark Pester, was a well-known Bessarabian violinist and conductor...
. Third Prize: Benedikt Köhlen and Craig Sheppard. - 1969 First Prize: Ursula OppensUrsula OppensUrsula Oppens is an American classical pianist.-Biography:After earning her master's degree from the Juilliard School of Music, Oppens won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in 1968. This win led to her New York City debut at Carnegie Hall in 1969...
. Second Prize: Annamaria Cigoli. Third Prize: Akiko Kitagawa. - 1970 First Prize: not awarded. Selection Prize: Maria Luisa Lopez-Vito.
- 1971 First Prize: not awarded. Second Prize: Nina Tichman. Third Prize: Ilan Rogoff and Marioara Trifan.
- 1972 First Prize: Arnaldo CohenArnaldo Cohen-Biography:Cohen graduated in Engineering from the Federal University, Cohen also studied violin and piano and started his professional career as a violinist of the Rio de Janeiro Opera House Orchestra...
. Second Prize: not awarded. Third Prize: Peter Bithell and David Oei. - 1973 First Prize: not awarded. Second Prize: Roland Keller and Andrzej Ratusinski.
- 1974 First Prize: Robert Benz. Second Prize: Pascal Devoyon. Third Prize: Diane Walsh.
- 1975 First Prize: not awarded. Second Prize: Staffan Scheja. Third Prize: Laszlo Simon and Terence JuddTerence JuddTerence Judd was an outstanding 20th century English pianist who died young, poised on the verge of a musical career....
. - 1976 First Prize: Roberto Cappello. Second Prize: Daniel RiveraDaniel RiveraHéctor Alejandro Daniel Rivera is an Argentine pianist settled in Italy. He was prized at the 1973 Vincenzo Scaramuzza Competition in Buenos Aires , 1974 Rina Sala Gallo, Monza , 1974 Alessandro Casagrande, Terni , 1976 Concorso Busoni , 1975 International Ettore Pozzoli Piano Competition , 1977...
. Third Prize: Susan Ann Howes and Adrienne Shannon. - 1977 First Prize: not awarded. Second Prize: Ayami Ikeba and Veronique Roux. Third Prize: Joop Celis and Kyoto Ito.
- 1978 First Prize: Boris Bloch. Second Prize: Dennis Lee. Third Prize: Arnulf von Arnim . Fourth Prize: Josep ColomJosep ColomJosep Colom is an Spanish Catalan classical pianist.- Biography and career :Colom was born in Barcelona, Spain, in the difficult years of the Spanish post-war. He began piano lessons in Barcelona with his aunt Rosa Colom, and later moved to Paris to study at the École Normale de Musique...
. - 1979 First Prize: Catherine VickersCatherine VickersCatherine Vickers is a Canadian pianist, born in Regina.She won the 1979 Concorso Busoni and was awarded the 1981 Sydney Competition's 3rd prize...
. Second Prize: not awarded. Third Prize: Alyce Le Blanc. - 1980 First Prize: not awarded. Second Prize: Ruriko Kikuchi, Rolf Plagge and Hai-Kyung Suh.
- 1981 First Prize: Margarita Höhenrieder. Second Prize: Lev NatochennyLev NatochennyLev Natochenny is a Russian-American classical pianist and professor of piano.Born in Moscow, Natochenny graduated from the Moscow "Tchaikovsky" Conservatoire, where he was taught by Lev Oborin...
. Third Prize: Boyan Vodenitcharov. - 1982 First Prize: not awarded. Second Prize: Hung-Kuan Chen . Third Prize: Daniel BlumenthalDaniel Blumenthal (pianist)Daniel Blumenthal is a German-born American pianist.Daniel Blumenthal was born in Landstuhl, Germany in September, 1952. His first music studies at age 5 in Paris. Later on he enrolled at American University in Washington, D.C., then continued studies at the University of Michigan, where he...
and Yukino Fujiwara. - 1983 First Prize: not awarded. Second Prize: Robert Mc Donald. Third Prize: Frederick Blum and Arthur Greene.
- 1984 First Prize: Louis LortieLouis LortieLouis Lortie, OC, CQ is a French-Canadian pianist. He currently lives in Berlin.He is known for his interpretation of Ravel, Chopin and Beethoven...
. Second Prize: Matthias Fletzberger. Third Prize: Bernd GlemserBernd GlemserBernd Glemser is a German pianist. A student of Vitaly Margulis, in 1989 he became Germany's youngest piano professor at Saarbrücken's Musikochschule....
. - 1985 First Prize: José Carlos CocarelliJosé Carlos CocarelliJosé Carlos Cocarelli is a Brazilian pianist.Between 1984-89 he won XXXVII Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition and the XXII Concours Long-Thibaud, and was awarded 2nd prizes at the Paloma O'Shea and Van Cliburn competitions; an international career ensued. He's active in...
. Second Prize: Uriel Tsachor and Akira Wakabayashi. Third Prize: Nataljia Vlassenko. - 1986 First Prize: not awarded. Second Prize: Benjamin FrithBenjamin FrithBenjamin Frith is a British classical pianist. He studied under Fanny Waterman and won several awards early in his career, including the Gold Medal at the 1989 Arthur Rubinstein Piano Competition in Israel...
and Pedrag Muzijevic. Third Prize: R. Clipper Erickson and Igor Kamenz. - 1987 First Prize: Lilya ZilbersteinLilya Zilberstein-Biography:Born in Moscow on April 19, 1965, and educated at the Gnessin State Musical College , she rose to prominence after winning the 1987 Concorso Busoni. This triumph opened up the Italian halls to her, and as soon as she graduated she embarked on a tour, debuting in the Maggio Musicale...
. Second Prize: Valery Kuleshof. Third Prize: Ian MunroIan Munro (pianist)Ian Munro is an Australian pianist, composer, writer and music educator. His career has taken him to over 30 countries in Europe, Asia, North America and Australasia.-Biography:...
and Alfredo Perl. - 1988 First Prize: not awarded. Second Prize: Igor Kamenz and Benjamin Pasternack. Third Prize: Fabio BidiniFabio BidiniFabio Bidini is an Italian pianist. He was a finalist at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth in 1993. In addition, he teaches at the Universität der Künste in Berlin, Germany.-External links:***...
. - 1989 First Prize: not awarded. Second Prize: Alexandar Madzar. Third Prize: Francesco Cipolletta and Valery Grohovsky.
- 1990 First Prize: not awarded. Second Prize: Olivier CazalOlivier CazalOlivier Cazal is a French pianist.He was awarded 2nd prizes at the 1988 Maria Canals Competition, the 1991 Concorso Busoni , the 1991 Long-Thibaud Competition, and the 1992 Sydney International Piano Competition...
. Third Prize: Midori Nohara. - 1991 First Prize: not awarded. Second Prize: Olivier Cazal and Igor Kamenz. Third Prize: Stanislav JudenichStanislav IoudenitchStanislav Ioudenitch , is a pianist from the former Soviet Republic of Uzbekistan. He was a Gold Medalist at the Eleventh Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2001, tying for first place with Olga Kern...
. - 1992 First Prize: Anna KravtchenkoAnna KravtchenkoAnna Kravtchenko is an Italian pianist of Ukrainian, German and Georgian origin.At 16, she won the XLIV Concorso Busoni, a competition whose 1st prize had not been awarded for the 4 previous years. She has since had an international concert career and recorded a Fryderyk Chopin monographic for...
. Second Prize: Fabio BidiniFabio BidiniFabio Bidini is an Italian pianist. He was a finalist at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth in 1993. In addition, he teaches at the Universität der Künste in Berlin, Germany.-External links:***...
. Third Prize: Mark Anderson and Sergei BabayanSergei BabayanSergei Babayan is an Armenian-American concert pianist.-Biography:Babayan began his musical studies at age six with Luisa Markaryan. He studied under Lev Naumov and at the Moscow Conservatory under Vera Gornostayeva and Mikhail Pletnev. In 1989 Babayan travelled to the United States...
. - 1993 First Prize: Roberto Cominati. Second Prize: Vitaly Samoschko. Third Prize: Olivier CazalOlivier CazalOlivier Cazal is a French pianist.He was awarded 2nd prizes at the 1988 Maria Canals Competition, the 1991 Concorso Busoni , the 1991 Long-Thibaud Competition, and the 1992 Sydney International Piano Competition...
. - 1994 First Prize: Mzia Simonishwili. Second Prize: Iwao Murakami. Third Prize: Corrado Rollero.
- 1995 First Prize: Alexander Shtarkman. Second Prize: Sergei Tarasov.
- 1996 First Prize: not awarded. Second Prize: Jan Gottlieb Jiracek. Third Prize: Michael Dantschenko.
- 1997 First Prize: not awarded. Second Prize: Yoon-Soo Lee. Third Prize: Dimitri Vorobieff.
- 1998 First Prize: not awarded. Second Prize: Olaf John Laneri. Third Prize: Catherine Chi.
- 1999 First Prize: Alexander KobrinAlexander KobrinAlexander Kobrin is a Russian pianist.At age five, he enrolled in the Gnessin Special School of Music in Moscow where his primary teacher was Tatiana Zelikman...
. Second Prize: Alberto NosèAlberto NosèAlberto Nosè , is an Italian pianist.-Biography:Born in Villafranca di Verona, Italy in 1979, Alberto Nosé studied at the Verona Conservatory F. E. Dall’Abaco...
. Third Prize: Min-Soo Sohn. - 2000 First Prize: not awarded. Second Prize: not awarded. Third Prize: Ayako Kimura and Carl Wolff.
- 2001 First Prize: Alexander RomanovskyAlexander Romanovsky (pianist)Alexander Romanovsky is a Ukrainian classical pianist.Romanovsky appeared at age 11 with the Moscow Virtuosi under Vladimir Spivakov. His piano teacher was Leonid Margaruis, a pupil of Regina Horowitz, who was the sister of pianist Vladimir Horowitz...
. Second Prize: Hea-Jung Cho. Third Prize: Dong-Min LimDong-Min LimDong-Min Lim is a South Korean classical pianist. He and his brother Dong-Hyek Lim won third prize at the 2005 International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. Dong Min Lim studied at the Moscow Conservatory, at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover and at Mannes College...
. - 2003 First Prize: not awarded . Second Prize: Maria Stembolskaia. Third Prize: Lyubov Gegetchkori and Mu-Ye Wu.
- 2004/2005 First Prize: Giuseppe AndaloroGiuseppe AndaloroGiuseppe Andaloro is an Italian pianist.Winner of the Bolzano Ferruccio Busoni Competition in 2005, the London World Piano Competition in 2002, and before of the Sendai International Piano Competition , the "Cidade do Porto" International Piano Competition , the "Premio Venezia - Teatro La...
. Second Prize: Mariangela Vacatello. Third Prize: Hye-Jin Kim. - 2006/2007 First Prize: not awarded. Second Prize: Sofya GulyakSofya GulyakSofya Gulyak is a Russian pianist. In 2006 she won the 1st Prize in the Sigismund Thalberg International Piano Competition. In 2007 she won the William Kapell Competition and shared the Concorso F. Busoni 2nd prize with Dinara Nadzhafova...
and Dinara Nadzhafova. Third Prize: Lilian Akopova. - 2008/2009 First Prize: Michail LifitsMichail LifitsMichail Lifits is a prizewinning concert pianist of German nationality who was born into a family of musicians in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in 1982.-Biography:...
. Second Prize: Alexey Lebedev. Third Prize: Gesualdo Coggi.