International Competition for Young Pianists in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz
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International competition for Young Pianists in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz is an international competition that is held every two years in Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

 (Ukraine
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).

The competition was founded in 1995 by Kiev City State Administration, Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

 and R.M.Glier (Glière) Kiev State Music College (now it’s R.M.Glier Kiev Institute of Music).

The Competition is a biennial one. Since its foundation eight competitions have taken place.

738 young musicians from 32 countries have taken part in the competition
Competition
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 so far. Victory in the Competition is honourable and high recommendation for a performer. It’s confirmed by the further success of the Competition’s laureates who became winners of the prestigious world musical contests such as Hamamatsu International Piano
Piano
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 Competition (Japan) – Alexej Gorlatch; Hamamatsu International Piano Competition (Japan) and Arthur Rubinstein
Arthur Rubinstein
Arthur Rubinstein KBE was a Polish-American pianist. He received international acclaim for his performances of the music of a variety of composers...

 International Piano Master Competition (Israel) – Olexandr Gavrylyuk; Van Cliburn
Van Cliburn
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 International Piano Competition (USA) – Olexej Koltakov; ARD International Music Competition (Germany) – Denys Proshchaiev; Maria Callas Grand Prix (Greece) – Vadym Kholodenko, Maria Kim; Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia – Yevgen Ukhanov; Ettlingen International Competition for Young Pianists (Germany) – Kostiantyn Tovstukha; the International Tchaikovsky Competition (Russia) – Dmytro Onishchenko; Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition
Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition
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 (USA) – Cheung Wai Ching Rachel; International piano competition Ettore Pozzoli (Italy) - Alexandr Pirojenko; Competition in Shanghai – Olexij Grynyuk; “George Enescu” International Festival and competition (Rumania) - Eduard Kunz
Eduard Kunz
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In 2000 the Competition became one of the founders of the Association of academic musical competitions (Ukraine) which consists of the most recognized competitions of our country.

In 2002 the Competition became a member of the European Union of Music Competitions for Youth (EMCY) and in 2004 the Competition was accepted as a member to the World Federation of International Music
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 Competitions (WFIMC).

In August 2005 the General Assembly of Jeunesses Musicales International (JMI) admitted the International Charitable Fund of Vladimir Horowitz
Vladimir Horowitz
Vladimir Samoylovich Horowitz    was a Russian-American classical virtuoso pianist and minor composer. His technique and use of tone color and the excitement of his playing were legendary. He is widely considered one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century.-Life and early...

Competition to JMI.

Concert tours of prize and diploma winners of the Competition

Numerous concert tours of prize and diploma winners promote development of the Competition. The Competition Direction provides organization of prize winners’ concert appearances in Ukraine and abroad. The work is held actively and, what is more important, creatively. The main aim of the activity is to support the talented youth, wide popularization of the Competition in memory of glorious pianist of the 20th century, and also an active entering of gifted young musicians into world musical space.

Talented pianists have been applauded in Ukraine, USA, Australia, Israel, France, Russia. Great Britain, Rumania, Germany, Czech, Hungary, Malaysia, China, Croatia, Japan, Greece, South Korea, Yugoslavia, Switzerland, Turkey, Poland, Italy, Lithuania, Belarus, the Netherlands, Serbia. From 1995 to 2006 about 300 concerts were held in 26 countries of the world.

Ironically, Vladimir Horowitz stated he was "absolutely against" musical competitions, and Horowitz's Will stated that he did not want any competitions in his name.
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