The LVII Maria Canals International Music Competition took place in Barcelona

Barcelona

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, Spain

Spain

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 from March 19 to April 1, 2011. It was won by Mateusz Borowiak, who followed the steps of Andrzej Jasinski

Andrzej Jasinski

Andrzej Jasiński is a Polish pianist.In 1959 he graduated with honors from the University of Music in Katowice in the piano class of Władysława Markiewiczówna. The following year he won the Maria Canals Competition, and subsequently completed his training under Magda Tagliaferro...

 (1960) and Piotr Machnik (2004) as the third Polish

Poland

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 pianist to win the competition. Russian pianists Alexey Lebedev and Alexey Chernov were awarded the 2nd and 3rd prize respectively, the former winning also the Audience Prize.

Jury

• •   Carlos Cebro (president)
  •   Maite Berrueta
  •   Hervé Billaut
  •   Thomas Böckheler
  •   Ian Hobson
  •   Yangsok Lee
  •   David Lively
  •   Raquel Millàs
  •   Ewa Osińska
  •   Stanislav Pochekin
  •   Montse Brunet (secretary)

First Round

Minjung Baek Juan Marcelo Balat Enrique Bernaldo de Quirós Tatyana Bezmenova Mateusz Borowiak Oliver Bunnenberg Ina Charuashvili Yunji Chen Seul-Ki Cheon Alexey Chernov Mischa Cheung Galina Christiakova Irakli Chumburidze Da-Hyun Chung Lorenzo Cossi Fernando Cruz Valentin Dmitriev Ivan Drevalev Stanisław Drzewiecki David Encalada Juan Carlos Fernández Nieto Noelia Fernández Rodiles Madoka Fukami Yoshiko Furukawa Saskia Giorgini Melissa Gore James Guan Giuseppe Gullotta Ekaterina Gumenyuk Amy Elizabeth Gustafson Erika Hanada Patrick Hemmerle Yu-Ching Hsu

Katsura Irie Junna Iwasaki Emil Jensen Seong-Hye Jeong Irene de Juan Daria Kameneva Yukino Kano Macha Kanza Kiryl Keduk Nikolay Khozin Denis Khusainov Joon Kim Ohnul Kim Sang-Won Kim Julia Kocina Camilla Kohnken Vasyl Kotys Naomi Kudo Tuomas Kyyhkynen Alexey Lebedev Whaeyon Lee Yumi Lee Marina Mise Madarys Morgan Emi Munakata Margarita Muzychenko Yoshihiro Nagase Maasa Nakazawa Riyad Nicolas Natsuki Nishimoto Schaghajegh Nosrati Shafagh Nosrati Takuya Otaki

Sophie Patey Dominika Peszko Susanna Piermartini Mihkel Poll Marianna Prjevalskaya Marianna Prjevalskaya Marianna Prjevalskaya is a Russian pianist and a naturalised Spanish citizen, having settled in A Coruña in 1992. She was awarded the 2008 José Iturbi Competition's 3rd prize.-References:* Yale University* Toradze Piano Studio... Ilya Rashkovsky Ilya Rashkovsky Ilya Rashkovsky is a Russian pianist.He is a pupil of Vladimir Krainev at the Musikhochschule Hannover. At 17 Rashkovsky was second to Dong-Hyek Lim at the XXII Long-Thibaud Competition, and subsequently won the XLVIII Premio de Jaén and the inaugural edition of the Hong Kong Competition... Ksenia Rodionova Piotr Rozanski Yuko Sano Daniil Sayamov Primavera Shima Shang-Eil Shin Dmitri Shishkin Guillaume Sigier Marcelo Silva Stepan Simonian Marian Sobula Yang Song Mikhail Sporov Olga Stezhko Mahani Teave Hui-Nien Tsai Hung-Lin Tsai Viller Valbonesi Ambrosio Valero Polina Ushakova Georgy Voylochnikov Lingling Wang Mimijue Wang Prmezyslaw Winnicki Prmezyslaw Witek Yonghee Yang Hao Zhu

Second Round

Enrique Bernaldo de Quirós Mateusz Borowiak Seul-Ki Cheon Alexey Chernov Galina Christiakova Lorenzo Cossi Emil Jensen Daria Kameneva Joon Kim

Vasyl Kotys Tuomas Kyyhkynen Alexey Lebedev Takuya Otaki Marianna Prjevalskaya Marianna Prjevalskaya Marianna Prjevalskaya is a Russian pianist and a naturalised Spanish citizen, having settled in A Coruña in 1992. She was awarded the 2008 José Iturbi Competition's 3rd prize.-References:* Yale University* Toradze Piano Studio... Ilya Rashkovsky Ilya Rashkovsky Ilya Rashkovsky is a Russian pianist.He is a pupil of Vladimir Krainev at the Musikhochschule Hannover. At 17 Rashkovsky was second to Dong-Hyek Lim at the XXII Long-Thibaud Competition, and subsequently won the XLVIII Premio de Jaén and the inaugural edition of the Hong Kong Competition...  Guillaume Sigier Olga Stezhko Georgy Voylochnikov

Semifinals

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|valign="top"| Mateusz Borowiak Alexey Chernov Galina Christiakova Daria Kameneva Alexey Lebedev Marianna Prjevalskaya

Marianna Prjevalskaya

Marianna Prjevalskaya is a Russian pianist and a naturalised Spanish citizen, having settled in A Coruña in 1992. She was awarded the 2008 José Iturbi Competition's 3rd prize.-References:* Yale University* Toradze Piano Studio...

Final

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Rank !! Score !! Av. Score !! Nat. !! Name
|-
| || 9.58 || 9.53 ||   || Mateusz Borowiak
|-
| || 9.31 || 9.37 ||   || Alexey Lebedev
|-
| || 8.86 || 9.28 ||   || Alexey Chernov
|}