Paganini Competition
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The Paganini Competition (or Premio Paganini or Paganini Concore) is an international violin
competition named after the famed virtuoso
and founder of contemporary violin technique Niccolò Paganini
. Created in 1954 it has been carried out ever since in the months of September and October. The "Paganini Competition" is one of the most important violin competitions. It is held every two years at "Carlo Felice" theatre in Genoa
, Italy
. There are three levels of competition: preliminaries, semi-finals, and finals and repertoire that is played includes solo
violin, violin and piano
accompaniment, and violin and orchestra
.
from Paganini
's 24 Caprices, Op.1 M.S. 25 for solo violin.
Semi-Finals: Three or four selections for solo violin or violin and piano, one virtuoso piece by Paganini, and one contemporary piece.
Finals: Two pieces with orchestra that may be a whole concerto
or part of a concerto. One of the two pieces is always by Paganini.
Eijin Nimura (Japan) 5 prizes
Yuki Manuela Janke (Germania/Japan) 4 prizes
Jean-Pierre Wallez
(France) 4 prizes
Ilya Gringolts (Russia) 3 prizes
Mengla Huang (China) 3 prizes
Stephanie Jeong (USA) 3 prizes
Feng Ning (China) 3 prizes
Mariusz Patyra (Poland) 3 prizes
Gabriele Pieranunzi (Italy) 3 prizes
Sayaka Shoji (Japan) 3 prizes
Reiko Watanabe (Japan) 3 prizes
2nd Prize: not assigned
3rd Prize: Luciano Vicari (Italy)
4th Prize : Liliane Beretti (France) and Jean Louis Stunrop (Netherlands)
(Hungary) and Gerard Poulet (France)
2nd Prize: not assigned
3rd Prize: not assigned
4th Prize : Carmencita Lozada (Philippine), Luciano Vicari (Italy) and Jean-Pierre
Wallez (France)
2nd Prize : Salvatore Accardo
(Italy) and Pierre Doukan (France)
4th Prize: Jean-Pierre Wallez
(France)
5th Prize: not assigned
6th Prize: not assigned
(Italy)
2nd Prize: Jean-Pierre Wallez
(France)
3rd Prize: not assigned
4th Prize: not assigned
5th Prize: not assigned
6th Prize: not assigned
2nd Prize: Sigfried Gawriloff (Germany)
3rd Prize: Liliane Caillon (France)
4th Prize: Catherine Courtois (France)
5th Prize: Eleonora Of The Aquila (Italy)
6th Prize: Johannes BrÜning (Germany)
2nd Prize : Jean-Pierre Wallez
(France) and Yossef Zivoni (Israel)
4th Prize: Gigino Maestri (Italy)
5th Prize: not assigned
6th Prize: Josef Sivo (Austria)
2nd Prize : Elaine Skorodin (USA) and Carmencita Lozada (Philippines)
4th Prize : Bice Antonioni (Italy) and Paulette Bedin (France)
6th Prize: not assigned
2nd Prize: Etsuko Hirose (Japan)
3rd Prize: Liliane Caillon (France)
4th Prize: Marilyn Dubow (USA)
5th Prize: not assigned
6th Prize: not assigned
(Ukraine)
2nd Prize: Valentin Zuk (USSR)
3rd Prize: Shizuko Ishii (Japan)
4th Prize: Paul Zukofsky (USA)
5th Prize: Diana Cummings (Great Britain)
6th Prize: Igor Politkovsky (USSR)
(France)
2nd Prize : Pierre Amoyal (France) and Yoko Koubo (Japan)
4th Prize : Hisako Tokue (Japan) and Tomotada Soh (Japan)
6th Prize: Antoine Goulard (France)
2nd Prize: Philippe Hirschhorn
(USSR)
3rd Prize: Andrei Korsakov (USSR)
4th Prize: Yoko Kubo (Japan)
5th Prize : Elisabeth Balmas (France), Joshua Epstein (Israel) and Jacques Israelievitch (France)
2nd Prize: Robert Menga (USA)
3rd Prize: Isako Shinozaki (Japan)
4th Prize: not assigned
5th Prize : Nicolai Marangosof (Bulgaria) and Kineko Okumura (Japan)
2nd Prize: Vladimir Spivakov (USSR)
3rd Prize: Patrice Fontanarosa (France)
4th Prize: Petar Delcev (Bulgaria)
5th Prize: Sergio Diacenko (USSR)
6th Prize: Mikhail Gantwarg (USSR)
2nd Prize: Hamao Fujiwara (Japan)
3rd Prize: Gabriella Ijac (Romania)
4th Prize: Petar Delcev (Bulgaria)
5th Prize: Masako Yanagita (Japan)
6th Prize: Emmanuel Krivine (France)
(USSR)
2nd Prize: Kathleen Lenski (USA)
3rd Prize: Joshua Epstein (Israel)
4th Prize: Isidora Schwarzberg (USSR)
5th Prize: Sergey Kravchenko (USSR)
6th Prize: Josef Rissin (USSR)
7th Prize: Adam Korniszewski (Poland)
2nd Prize: Mintcho Mintchev (Bulgaria)
3rd Prize : Thomas Goldschmidt Egel (Germany) and Michał Grabarczyk (Poland)
5th Prize: Adam Korniszewski (Poland)
6th Prize: Keiko Wataya (Japan)
2nd Prize: Bogodar Kotorovych (Ukraine)
3rd Prize: Roswitha Randacher (Austria)
4th Prize: Tadeusz Gadzina (Poland)
5th Prize: Elvira Nakipbecova (USSR)
6th Prize: Maria Balint (Hungary)
2nd Prize: Yoko Sato (Japan)
3rd Prize: Gerald Ribeiro (Portugal)
4th Prize: Georgi Tilev (Bulgaria)
5th Prize: Teresa Glabowna (Poland)
6th Prize: not assigned
2nd Prize: Yuval Yaron (Israel)
3rd Prize: Vania Milanova (Bulgaria)
4th Prize: Sungil Lee (Korea)
5th Prize: Giuliano Carmignola
(Italy) and Stefan Stalanowski (Poland)
2nd Prize : Lynn Chang (USA) and Eugen Sârbu (Romania)
4th Prize: Rasma Lielmane (Mexico)
5th Prize: Josif Rissin (Israel)
6th Prize: Jean-Claude Velin (France)
7th Prize: Marie-France Pouillot (France)
2nd Prize: Petru Csaba (Romania)
3rd Prize: not assigned
4th Prize: not assigned
5th Prize: not assigned
6th Prize : Mark Fornaciari (Italy) and Anna Aleksandra Wodka (Poland)
2nd Prize: Karen Eley (USA)
3rd Prize: Vladimir Nemţeanu (Romania)
4th Prize: Fudeco Takahashi (Japan)
5th Prize: Joanna Madroszkiewicz (Poland)
6th Prize: not assigned
2nd Prize: Sachiko Nakajima (Japan)
3rd Prize: Yumi Mohri (Japan)
4th Prize: Edward Zienkowski (Poland)
5th Prize: Alexei Tawny (USSR)
6th Prize: Ola Rudner (Sweden)
2nd Prize : Karen Eley (USA) and Piotr Milewski (Poland)
4th Prize: Takashi Shimitzu (Japan)
5th Prize: Berthilde Dufour (France)
6th Prize: Daniel Stabrawa (Poland)
2nd Prize: Yuriko Naganuma (Japan)
3rd Prize: Alexis Galperine (France)
4th Prize: Mariko Senju (Japan)
5th Prize: Rodolfo Bonucci (Italy)
6th Prize: not assigned
2nd Prize: Niculae Tudor (Romania)
3rd Prize: Sonig Tchakerian (Italy)
4th Prize: Eduard Wulfson (Latvia)
5th Prize: Mitsuko Ishii (Japan)
6th Prize : Daniel Stabrawa (Poland) and Walter Bertrand (France)
2nd Prize: Leonid Sorokov (USSR)
3rd Prize: Frank Almond (USA)
4th Prize: Kuniko Nagata (Japan)
5th Prize: Mircea Călin http://www.mirceacalin.com (Romania)
6th Prize: Francine Trachier (France)
2nd Prize : Alexander Markov (USA) and Boris Garlitsky (USSR)
3rd Prize: Sonoko Numata (Japan)
4th Prize : Philippe Djokic (Canada), Maxim Fedotov
(USSR) and Hiroko Suzuki (Japan)
2nd Prize: Laurent Korcia
(France)
3rd Prize: Sung-Sic Yang (Korea)
4th Prize: Reiko Watanabe (Japan)
5th Prize: Boris Schmitz (Germany)
6th Prize : Soo-Ik Lee (Korea) and Kazimierz Olechowski (Poland)
2nd Prize: Vadim Brodski (USSR)
3rd Prize: Reiko Watanabe (Japan)
4th Prize: Elisa Kawaguti (Japan)
5th Prize: Stéphane Tran Ngoc (France)
6th Prize: not assigned
2nd Prize: Mark Moghilevski (USSR)
3rd Prize: Gabriel Croitoru (Romania)
4th Prize : Anguelina Abadjieva (Bulgaria) and Anton Kolodenko (USSR)
6th Prize: Thomas Böttcher (East Germany)
2nd Prize: Reiko Watanabe (Japan)
3rd Prize: Yuri Braginski (Belgium)
4th Prize: Andreas Krecher (Germany)
5th Prize: Akiko Ueda (Japan)
6th Prize: Jeanne-Marie Conquer (France)
2nd Prize: Pavel Berman (USSR)
3rd Prize: Alexei Koshvanets (USSR)
4th Prize : Adam Taubic (Poland) and From Bologna Vincenzo (Italy)
6th Prize: Viktor Kuznetsov (USSR)
(Greece)
2nd Prize: Akiko Suwanai (Japan)
3rd Prize: Eijin Nimura (Japan)
4th Prize: Gabriele Pieranunzi (Italy)
5th Prize: Pavel Pekarski (USA)
6th Prize: Ara Malikian (Lebanon/Spain)
2nd Prize: Vasko Vassilev
(Bulgaria)
3rd Prize: Oleg Pokhanovski (USSR)
4th Prize: Anastasia Chebotarova (USSR)
5th Prize: Tomoko Kawada (Japan)
6th Prize : Ilja Sekler (USSR) and Eijin Nimura (Japan)
Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Luca Fanfoni
(Italy)
2nd Prize: Chin Kim (USA)
3rd Prize: Gabriele Pieranunzi (Italy)
4th Prize: Graf Mourja (USSR)
5th Prize: Roberto Cani
(Italy)
6th Prize: Alexander Trostianski (USSR)
Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Gabriele Pieranunzi
2nd Prize: Florin Croitoru (Romania)
3rd Prize : Nicolas Gourbeix (France) and Misha Keylin (USA)
5th Prize: Yumi Makita (Japan)
6th Prize: Ko-Woon Yang (Korea)
Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Massimo Quarta
2nd Prize: Michiko Kamiya (Japan)
3rd Prize: Eijin Nimura (Japan)
4th Prize : Giovanni Angeleri (Italy) and Karen Lee (USA)
5th Prize: Ara Malikian (Armenia)
Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Giovanni Angeleri
2nd Prize: Stefan Milenkovic (Serbia)
3rd Prize: Yuka Eguchi (Japan)
4th Prize: Florin Ionescu-Galaţi (Romania)
5th Prize: Eijin Nimura (Japan)
6th Prize: Giovanni Angeleri (Italy)
Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Giovanni Angeleri
Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Rachel Barton (USA)
2nd Prize: Eijin Nimura (Japan)
3rd Prize: Dmitri Makhtine (Russia)
4th Prize: Stefan Milenković (Serbia)
5th Prize: Giovanni Angeleri (Italy)
6th Prize: Giacobbe Stevanato (Italy)
Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Giovanni Angeleri
Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Bin Huang
Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Aki Sunahara (Japan) and Giordan Nikolitch (Slovenia)
2nd Prize: Alexandru Tomescu (Romania)
3rd Prize: Oleg Pokhanovski (Russia)
4th Prize: Leor Maltinski (Israel)
5th Prize: Stefan Schramm (Germany)
6th Prize: Antonello Manacorda (Italy)
Special prize of the Giuria: Anastasia Khitruk (USA)
Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Leor Maltinski
Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: not assigned
Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Stefan Schramm
2nd Prize: Andrew Haveron (Great Britain)
3rd Prize: Ju-Young Baek (Korea)
4th Prize: Sergei Levitin (Russia)
5th Prize: Florin Croitoru (Romania)
6th Prize: Jasmine Lin (USA)
Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Soovin Kim
Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Sergei Levitin
Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Andrew Haveron
2nd Prize: Rodion Petrov (Russia)
3rd Prize: Judith Ingolfsson (Iceland)
4th Prize: Kyoko Yonemoto (Japan)
5th Prize: Hanako Uesato (Japan)
6th Prize: Maki Nagata (Japan)
Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Kyoko Yonemoto
Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Rodion Petrov
Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Laura Andriani (Italy)
2nd Prize: Baiba Skride (Latvia)
3rd Prize: Takako Yamasaki (Japan)
4th Prize: Michael Vitenson (Israel)
5th Prize: Anton Polezhayev (USA)
6th Prize: Maki Itoi (Japan)
Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Ilya Gringolts
Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Maciko Shimada (Japan)
Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Ilya Gringolts
2nd Prize: Frank Huang (China)
3rd Prize: Akiko Ono (Japan)
4th Prize: Weiyi Wang (China)
5th Prize: Emil Chudnovsky (USA)
6th Prize: Gabriel Adorjan (Denmark)
Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Sayaka Shoji
Prize in memory of Mario Ruminelli: Sayaka Shoji
Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Francesco Manara (Italy)
2nd Prize: Sayako Kusaka (Japan)
3rd Prize : Karin Ato (Japan) and Vadim Tchijik (Russia)
5th Prize: Sophie Moser (Germany)
6th Prize: Myroslava Ivanchenko (Ukraine)
Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Sophie Moser
Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Sayako Kusaka
Prize in memory of the Mario Ruminelli: Natalia Lomeiko
Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Vadim Tchijik
(Poland)
2nd Prize: Minjae Kim (South Korea)
3rd Prize: Tanja Becker-Bender
(Germany)
4th Prize: Jack Liebeck (Great Britain)
5th Prize: A-Rah Shin (South Korea)
6th Prize: Gyula Vadászi (Hungary)
Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: A-Rah Shin
Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Mariusz Patyra
Prize in memory of the Mario Ruminelli: Mariusz Patyra
Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Tanja Becker-Bender
2nd Prize: Maxim Brylinski (Ukraine)
3rd Prize: Daniel Roehn (Germany-Sweden)
4th Prize : Emil Chudnovski (USA) and Giulio Plotino (Italy)
6th Prize: Kyoko Une (Japan)
Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Maxim Brylinski
Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Mengla Huang
Prize in memory of the Mario Ruminelli: Mengla Huang
Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Alexis Cardenas (Venezuela)
2nd Prize: Yuki Manuela Janke (Germany/Japan)
3rd Prize: Hyun On Shin (South Korea)
4th Prize: Dalibor Karvay (Slovakia)
5th Prize: Bracha Malkin (USA/Israel)
6th Prize: Diego Tosi (France)
Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Alicia N Evans
Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Alicia N Evans
Prize in memory of the Mario Ruminelli: Yuki Manuela Janke
Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Yuki Manuela Janke
2nd Prize: Yura Lee (South Korea)
3rd Prize: Rika Masato (Japan)
Finalists:
Hyun Joo Choo (South Korea)
Bo-Kyung Lee (South Korea)
Sergey Malov (Russia)
Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Hyun Joo Choo
Prize in memory of the Renato De Barbeiri: Feng Ning
Prize in memory of Mario Ruminelli: Sergey Malov
Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Feng Ning
2nd Prize: Stephanie Jeong (USA)
3rd Prize: Sean Lee (USA)
Finalists:
Francesca Dego (Italy)
Evgeny Sviridov (Russia)
Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Francesca Dego
Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Evgeny Sviridov
Friends of Paganini Association Prize: Stephanie Jeong
Prize in memory of Mario Ruminelli: Stephanie Jeong
Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Evgeny Sviridov
2nd Prize: Dami Kim (South Korea)
3rd Prize: Stefan Tarara (Germany)
Finalists:
Yu-Chien Tseng (Taiwan)
Fedor Roudine (France)
Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Yu-Chien Tseng
Friends of Paganini Association Prize: Yu-Chien Tseng
Prize in memory of Mario Ruminelli: Dami Kim
Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Dami Kim
Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Stefan Tarara
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
competition named after the famed virtuoso
Virtuoso
A virtuoso is an individual who possesses outstanding technical ability in the fine arts, at singing or playing a musical instrument. The plural form is either virtuosi or the Anglicisation, virtuosos, and the feminine form sometimes used is virtuosa...
and founder of contemporary violin technique Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò Paganini was an Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, and composer. He was one of the most celebrated violin virtuosi of his time, and left his mark as one of the pillars of modern violin technique...
. Created in 1954 it has been carried out ever since in the months of September and October. The "Paganini Competition" is one of the most important violin competitions. It is held every two years at "Carlo Felice" theatre in Genoa
Genoa
Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....
, Italy
Italy
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. There are three levels of competition: preliminaries, semi-finals, and finals and repertoire that is played includes solo
Solo (music)
In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...
violin, violin and piano
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...
accompaniment, and violin and orchestra
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
.
Competition
Preliminaries: Preliminary repertoire includes two selections for solo violin or violin and piano accompaniment and two CapricesCapriccio (music)
A capriccio or caprice , is a piece of music, usually fairly free in form and of a lively character...
from Paganini
Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò Paganini was an Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, and composer. He was one of the most celebrated violin virtuosi of his time, and left his mark as one of the pillars of modern violin technique...
's 24 Caprices, Op.1 M.S. 25 for solo violin.
Semi-Finals: Three or four selections for solo violin or violin and piano, one virtuoso piece by Paganini, and one contemporary piece.
Finals: Two pieces with orchestra that may be a whole concerto
Concerto
A concerto is a musical work usually composed in three parts or movements, in which one solo instrument is accompanied by an orchestra.The etymology is uncertain, but the word seems to have originated from the conjunction of the two Latin words...
or part of a concerto. One of the two pieces is always by Paganini.
The Judges
There are eight judges. They are all musicians, usually violinists, but sometimes composers, conductors, or other musicians.Award
Six musicians place, though occasionally seven have been awarded the prize. Since 1989 special placement has been awarded. It is no longer possible to be joint winners. The player selected by the judges, however, will be given the honor of playing one of Paganini's violins and is often offered recording contracts.Special awards
- Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Offered by the Costa Family to the youngest participant admitted to the Final.
- Prize in memory of the Renato De Barbieri: Offered by the Government of the Province of Genoa to one of the finalists for the best interpretation of Paganini’s Capricci within the Preliminary and Semifinal Stages.
- Prize of the Association Amici di Paganini: Offered by the Association for the finest performance of the Paganini Concerto.
- Prize in memory of Mario Ruminelli: Offered by the Ruminelli Family to the best placed finalist
- Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Offered for the best performance of the commissioned work.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | György Pauk György Pauk -Biography:Born in Budapest, Hungary, Pauk entered the Franz Liszt Academy of Music there at age twelve where he studied under Zoltán Kodály. In 1956 he left Hungary for the Netherlands and, after being persuaded by violinist Yehudi Menuhin, he permanently settled in London in 1961.Since then he... |
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| Gerard Poulet | ||
| 1958 | Salvatore Accardo Salvatore Accardo Salvatore Accardo is an Italian violin virtuoso and conductor.He is highly regarded for his interpretations of Paganini, J. S. Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, contemporary works, chamber music, and opera conducting.... |
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| 1959 | Stuart Canin | |
| 1961 | Emil Kamilarov | |
| 1962 | Maryvonne The Dizes | |
| 1963 | Oleh Krysa Oleh Krysa -Early life:Oleh Krysa was born in Uchanie, now Gmina Uchanie in the Lublin Voivodeship, Poland, into a family of Ukrainian aristocrats. In 1945, as a result of the so-called Operation Vistula, Oleh's family found itself in Lviv, where he grew up and spent his school years.Although none of the... |
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| 1964 | Jean-Jacques Kantorow Jean-Jacques Kantorow Jean-Jacques Kantorow is a French violin virtuoso and conductor.-Biography:Kantorow was born in Cannes, France. From the age of 13 he studied at the Paris Conservatoire with René Benedetti, and in 1960 won the first violin prize... |
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| 1965 | Viktor Pikaizen | |
| 1967 | Grigori Zhislin Grigori Zhislin Grigori Yefimovich Zhislin is a Russian violinist and pedagogue.He studied with Yuri Yankelevich at the Moscow Conservatory. At the age of 22, he won the First Price at the Paganini Competition in Genua and the Silvermedal at the Queen Elizabeth Competition... |
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| 1968 | Miriam Fried | |
| 1969 | Gidon Kremer Gidon Kremer Gidon Kremer is a Latvian violinist and conductor. In 1980 he left the USSR and settled in Germany.-Biography:Kremer was born in Riga to parents of German-Jewish and Latvian-Swedish origins. He began playing the violin at the age of four, receiving instruction from his father and his grandfather,... |
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| 1971 | Mose Sekler | |
| 1972 | Eugene Fodor Eugene Fodor Eugene Nicholas Fodor, Jr. was the first American violinist to win the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.Fodor was born in Denver, Colorado. His first ten years of study were with Harold Wippler... |
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| 1973 | Alexander Kramarov | |
| 1975 | Yuri Korchinski | |
| 1976 | Lenuţa Ciulei | |
| 1977 | Ilya Grubert Ilya Grubert Ilya Grubert is a Latvian classical violinist. He has won Paganini Competition and Tchaikovsky Competition in 1978.Born in Riga, Grubert began his studies at the Emil Darzins School of Music. He has studied under Yuri Yankelevich and Zinaida Gilels, and then under Leonid Kogan at the Moscow... |
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| 1978 | Eugen Sârbu | |
| 1979 | Florin Paul | |
| 1981 | Ilya Kaler Ilya Kaler Ilya Kaler is a Russian violinist. He was born in Moscow.Kaler is the only violinist to win Gold Medals at these three highly prestigious competitions: the International Tchaikovsky Competition ; the Sibelius ; and the Paganini .- Education :Born into a family of an orchestral musician, Ilya Kaler... |
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| 1985 | Dmitri Berlinsky Dmitri Berlinsky Dmitri Berlinsky is an international solo violinist, chamber musician and a teacher. He took first prize in the Paganini Competition , and was the winner of the Montreal International Violin Competition, the International Tchaikovsky Competition, and the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Brussels... |
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| 1987 | Lu Siqing | |
| 1988 | Leonidas Kavakos Leonidas Kavakos Leonidas Kavakos is a Greek virtuoso violinist .-Beginnings:Born in Athens into a musical family, Kavakos began studying violin at five years old and continued his studies at the Hellenic Conservatory with Stelios Kafantaris. An Onassis Foundation scholarship enabled him to attend master classes... |
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| 1989 | Vasko Vasilev Vasko Vasilev Vasko Vasilev is a Bulgarian violin player. He was born on October 14, 1970 in Sofia, Bulgaria. At age eight, he already had his first public appearance and released his first record with the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra. At age 10 he began his studies on a government grant at the Central School... |
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| 1990 | Natalia Prischepenko | |
| 1991 | Massimo Quarta | |
| 1992 | Julia Krasko | |
| 1993 | Isabelle Faust | |
| 1994 | Bin Huang | |
| 1996 | Soovin Kim Soovin Kim Soovin Kim is an Korean-American violinist.Kim was born in Iowa City, IA on April 10, 1976 to South Korean parents who had met and married in their native country then moved to the U.S. together. When Soovin was 2, any hopes he may have harbored to join his fellow Iowans on a certain path to hog... |
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| 1997 | Giovanni Angeleri | |
| 1998 | Ilya Gringolts | |
| 1999 | Sayaka Shoji Sayaka Shoji is a Japanese classical violinist. She is the first Japanese and youngest winner at the Paganini Competition in Genoa in 1999.She was born into an artistic family and spent her childhood in Siena, Italy. She studied at Hochschule für Musik Köln under Zakhar Bron and graduated in 2004... |
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| 2000 | Natalia Lomeiko | / |
| 2001 | Mariusz Patyra Mariusz Patyra Mariusz Patyra is a Polish violinist. He won First Prize in the International Violin Competition "Premio Paganini" .-Career:... |
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| 2002 | Mengla Huang | |
| 2006 | Feng Ning | |
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Highest number of prizes held (minimum 3)
Giovanni Angeleri (Italy) 7 prizesEijin Nimura (Japan) 5 prizes
Yuki Manuela Janke (Germania/Japan) 4 prizes
Jean-Pierre Wallez
Jean-Pierre Wallez
Jean-Pierrre Wallez is a French violinist and conductor.-Career:Wallez was born in Lille. He graduated in first place in violin and chamber music at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris. He won the highest prize of the 1960 Paganini Competition in Genoa after...
(France) 4 prizes
Ilya Gringolts (Russia) 3 prizes
Mengla Huang (China) 3 prizes
Stephanie Jeong (USA) 3 prizes
Feng Ning (China) 3 prizes
Mariusz Patyra (Poland) 3 prizes
Gabriele Pieranunzi (Italy) 3 prizes
Sayaka Shoji (Japan) 3 prizes
Reiko Watanabe (Japan) 3 prizes
II Edition - 1955
1st Prize: not assigned2nd Prize: not assigned
3rd Prize: Luciano Vicari (Italy)
4th Prize : Liliane Beretti (France) and Jean Louis Stunrop (Netherlands)
III Edition - 1956
1st Prize : György PaukGyörgy Pauk
-Biography:Born in Budapest, Hungary, Pauk entered the Franz Liszt Academy of Music there at age twelve where he studied under Zoltán Kodály. In 1956 he left Hungary for the Netherlands and, after being persuaded by violinist Yehudi Menuhin, he permanently settled in London in 1961.Since then he...
(Hungary) and Gerard Poulet (France)
2nd Prize: not assigned
3rd Prize: not assigned
4th Prize : Carmencita Lozada (Philippine), Luciano Vicari (Italy) and Jean-Pierre
Wallez (France)
IV Edition - 1957
1st Prize: not assigned2nd Prize : Salvatore Accardo
Salvatore Accardo
Salvatore Accardo is an Italian violin virtuoso and conductor.He is highly regarded for his interpretations of Paganini, J. S. Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, contemporary works, chamber music, and opera conducting....
(Italy) and Pierre Doukan (France)
4th Prize: Jean-Pierre Wallez
Jean-Pierre Wallez
Jean-Pierrre Wallez is a French violinist and conductor.-Career:Wallez was born in Lille. He graduated in first place in violin and chamber music at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris. He won the highest prize of the 1960 Paganini Competition in Genoa after...
(France)
5th Prize: not assigned
6th Prize: not assigned
V Edition - 1958
1st Prize: Salvatore AccardoSalvatore Accardo
Salvatore Accardo is an Italian violin virtuoso and conductor.He is highly regarded for his interpretations of Paganini, J. S. Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, contemporary works, chamber music, and opera conducting....
(Italy)
2nd Prize: Jean-Pierre Wallez
Jean-Pierre Wallez
Jean-Pierrre Wallez is a French violinist and conductor.-Career:Wallez was born in Lille. He graduated in first place in violin and chamber music at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris. He won the highest prize of the 1960 Paganini Competition in Genoa after...
(France)
3rd Prize: not assigned
4th Prize: not assigned
5th Prize: not assigned
6th Prize: not assigned
VI Edition - 1959
1st Prize: Stuart Canin (USA)2nd Prize: Sigfried Gawriloff (Germany)
Saschko Gawriloff
Saschko Gawriloff is a German violinist and violin teacher.Gawriloff was born in Leipzig and received his first violin lessons from his father, who was a violinist in the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. He then studied with Walther Davisson, Gustav Havemann, and Martin Kovacz, the last of whom had...
3rd Prize: Liliane Caillon (France)
4th Prize: Catherine Courtois (France)
5th Prize: Eleonora Of The Aquila (Italy)
6th Prize: Johannes BrÜning (Germany)
VII Edition - 1960
1st Prize: not assigned2nd Prize : Jean-Pierre Wallez
Jean-Pierre Wallez
Jean-Pierrre Wallez is a French violinist and conductor.-Career:Wallez was born in Lille. He graduated in first place in violin and chamber music at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris. He won the highest prize of the 1960 Paganini Competition in Genoa after...
(France) and Yossef Zivoni (Israel)
4th Prize: Gigino Maestri (Italy)
5th Prize: not assigned
6th Prize: Josef Sivo (Austria)
VIII Edition - 1961
1st Prize: Emil Kamilarov (Bulgaria) (BG:Емил Камиларов)2nd Prize : Elaine Skorodin (USA) and Carmencita Lozada (Philippines)
4th Prize : Bice Antonioni (Italy) and Paulette Bedin (France)
6th Prize: not assigned
IX Edition - 1962
1st Prize: Maryvonne The Dizes (France)2nd Prize: Etsuko Hirose (Japan)
3rd Prize: Liliane Caillon (France)
4th Prize: Marilyn Dubow (USA)
5th Prize: not assigned
6th Prize: not assigned
X Edition - 1963
1st Prize: Oleh KrysaOleh Krysa
-Early life:Oleh Krysa was born in Uchanie, now Gmina Uchanie in the Lublin Voivodeship, Poland, into a family of Ukrainian aristocrats. In 1945, as a result of the so-called Operation Vistula, Oleh's family found itself in Lviv, where he grew up and spent his school years.Although none of the...
(Ukraine)
2nd Prize: Valentin Zuk (USSR)
3rd Prize: Shizuko Ishii (Japan)
4th Prize: Paul Zukofsky (USA)
5th Prize: Diana Cummings (Great Britain)
6th Prize: Igor Politkovsky (USSR)
XI Edition - 1964
1st Prize: Jean-Jacques KantorowJean-Jacques Kantorow
Jean-Jacques Kantorow is a French violin virtuoso and conductor.-Biography:Kantorow was born in Cannes, France. From the age of 13 he studied at the Paris Conservatoire with René Benedetti, and in 1960 won the first violin prize...
(France)
2nd Prize : Pierre Amoyal (France) and Yoko Koubo (Japan)
4th Prize : Hisako Tokue (Japan) and Tomotada Soh (Japan)
6th Prize: Antoine Goulard (France)
XII Edition - 1965
1st Prize: Viktor Pikaizen (USSR)2nd Prize: Philippe Hirschhorn
Philippe Hirschhorn
Philippe Hirschhorn was a violinist who won the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in 1967 . Born in Latvia, he first studied at the conservatory of Riga with Prof. Waldemar Sturestep, later he studied with prof Michael Waiman at the Conservatoire of St...
(USSR)
3rd Prize: Andrei Korsakov (USSR)
4th Prize: Yoko Kubo (Japan)
5th Prize : Elisabeth Balmas (France), Joshua Epstein (Israel) and Jacques Israelievitch (France)
XIII Edition - 1966
1st Prize: not assigned2nd Prize: Robert Menga (USA)
3rd Prize: Isako Shinozaki (Japan)
4th Prize: not assigned
5th Prize : Nicolai Marangosof (Bulgaria) and Kineko Okumura (Japan)
XIV Edition - 1967
1st Prize: Grigori Zhislin (USSR)2nd Prize: Vladimir Spivakov (USSR)
3rd Prize: Patrice Fontanarosa (France)
4th Prize: Petar Delcev (Bulgaria)
5th Prize: Sergio Diacenko (USSR)
6th Prize: Mikhail Gantwarg (USSR)
XV Edition - 1968
1st Prize: Miriam Fried (Israel)2nd Prize: Hamao Fujiwara (Japan)
3rd Prize: Gabriella Ijac (Romania)
4th Prize: Petar Delcev (Bulgaria)
5th Prize: Masako Yanagita (Japan)
6th Prize: Emmanuel Krivine (France)
XVI Edition - 1969
1st Prize: Gidon KremerGidon Kremer
Gidon Kremer is a Latvian violinist and conductor. In 1980 he left the USSR and settled in Germany.-Biography:Kremer was born in Riga to parents of German-Jewish and Latvian-Swedish origins. He began playing the violin at the age of four, receiving instruction from his father and his grandfather,...
(USSR)
2nd Prize: Kathleen Lenski (USA)
3rd Prize: Joshua Epstein (Israel)
4th Prize: Isidora Schwarzberg (USSR)
5th Prize: Sergey Kravchenko (USSR)
6th Prize: Josef Rissin (USSR)
7th Prize: Adam Korniszewski (Poland)
XVII Edition - 1970
1st Prize: not assigned2nd Prize: Mintcho Mintchev (Bulgaria)
3rd Prize : Thomas Goldschmidt Egel (Germany) and Michał Grabarczyk (Poland)
5th Prize: Adam Korniszewski (Poland)
6th Prize: Keiko Wataya (Japan)
XVIII Edition - 1971
1st Prize: Mose Sekler (USSR)2nd Prize: Bogodar Kotorovych (Ukraine)
3rd Prize: Roswitha Randacher (Austria)
4th Prize: Tadeusz Gadzina (Poland)
5th Prize: Elvira Nakipbecova (USSR)
6th Prize: Maria Balint (Hungary)
XIX Edition - 1972
1st Prize: Eugene Fodor (USA)2nd Prize: Yoko Sato (Japan)
3rd Prize: Gerald Ribeiro (Portugal)
4th Prize: Georgi Tilev (Bulgaria)
5th Prize: Teresa Glabowna (Poland)
6th Prize: not assigned
XX Edition - 1973
1st Prize: Alexander Kramarov (USSR)2nd Prize: Yuval Yaron (Israel)
3rd Prize: Vania Milanova (Bulgaria)
4th Prize: Sungil Lee (Korea)
5th Prize: Giuliano Carmignola
Giuliano Carmignola
Giuliano Carmignola is an Italian violinist.- Life :Coming from a family of musicians, Carmignola began his violin studies with the support of his father Antonio to enter the Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello di Venezia with Luigi Ferro...
(Italy) and Stefan Stalanowski (Poland)
XXI Edition - 1974
1st Prize: not assigned2nd Prize : Lynn Chang (USA) and Eugen Sârbu (Romania)
4th Prize: Rasma Lielmane (Mexico)
5th Prize: Josif Rissin (Israel)
6th Prize: Jean-Claude Velin (France)
7th Prize: Marie-France Pouillot (France)
XXII Edition - 1975
1st Prize: Yuri Korchinski (USSR)2nd Prize: Petru Csaba (Romania)
3rd Prize: not assigned
4th Prize: not assigned
5th Prize: not assigned
6th Prize : Mark Fornaciari (Italy) and Anna Aleksandra Wodka (Poland)
XXIII Edition - 1976
1st Prize: Lenuţa Ciulei (Romania)2nd Prize: Karen Eley (USA)
3rd Prize: Vladimir Nemţeanu (Romania)
4th Prize: Fudeco Takahashi (Japan)
5th Prize: Joanna Madroszkiewicz (Poland)
6th Prize: not assigned
XXIV Edition - 1977
1st Prize: Ilya Grubert (USSR)2nd Prize: Sachiko Nakajima (Japan)
3rd Prize: Yumi Mohri (Japan)
4th Prize: Edward Zienkowski (Poland)
5th Prize: Alexei Tawny (USSR)
6th Prize: Ola Rudner (Sweden)
XXV Edition - 1978
1st Prize: Eugen Sârbu (Romania)2nd Prize : Karen Eley (USA) and Piotr Milewski (Poland)
4th Prize: Takashi Shimitzu (Japan)
5th Prize: Berthilde Dufour (France)
6th Prize: Daniel Stabrawa (Poland)
XXVI Edition - 1979
1st Prize: Florin Paul (Romania)2nd Prize: Yuriko Naganuma (Japan)
3rd Prize: Alexis Galperine (France)
4th Prize: Mariko Senju (Japan)
5th Prize: Rodolfo Bonucci (Italy)
6th Prize: not assigned
XXVII Edition - 1980
1st Prize: not assigned2nd Prize: Niculae Tudor (Romania)
3rd Prize: Sonig Tchakerian (Italy)
4th Prize: Eduard Wulfson (Latvia)
5th Prize: Mitsuko Ishii (Japan)
6th Prize : Daniel Stabrawa (Poland) and Walter Bertrand (France)
XXVIII Edition - 1981
1st Prize: Ilja Kaler (USSR)2nd Prize: Leonid Sorokov (USSR)
3rd Prize: Frank Almond (USA)
4th Prize: Kuniko Nagata (Japan)
5th Prize: Mircea Călin http://www.mirceacalin.com (Romania)
6th Prize: Francine Trachier (France)
XXIX Edition - 1982
1st Prize: not assigned2nd Prize : Alexander Markov (USA) and Boris Garlitsky (USSR)
3rd Prize: Sonoko Numata (Japan)
4th Prize : Philippe Djokic (Canada), Maxim Fedotov
Maxim Fedotov
Maxim Fedotov is a Russian violinist and conductor,Peoples Artist of Russia, son of the conductor Viktor Fedotov.Fedotov studied at the Special Music School in Leningrad and then at the Moscow Conservatory...
(USSR) and Hiroko Suzuki (Japan)
XXX Edition - 1983
1st Prize: not assigned2nd Prize: Laurent Korcia
Laurent Korcia
Laurent Korcia is a French violinist who studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. After receiving a Premier Prix from the Conservatoire, he won the Paganini Competition in Genoa, a Grand Prix at the Jacques Thibaud Competition, the Premier Grand Prix at the international...
(France)
3rd Prize: Sung-Sic Yang (Korea)
4th Prize: Reiko Watanabe (Japan)
5th Prize: Boris Schmitz (Germany)
6th Prize : Soo-Ik Lee (Korea) and Kazimierz Olechowski (Poland)
XXXI Edition - 1984
1st Prize: not assigned2nd Prize: Vadim Brodski (USSR)
3rd Prize: Reiko Watanabe (Japan)
4th Prize: Elisa Kawaguti (Japan)
5th Prize: Stéphane Tran Ngoc (France)
6th Prize: not assigned
XXXII Edition - 1985
1st Prize: Dmitri Berlinski (USSR)2nd Prize: Mark Moghilevski (USSR)
3rd Prize: Gabriel Croitoru (Romania)
4th Prize : Anguelina Abadjieva (Bulgaria) and Anton Kolodenko (USSR)
6th Prize: Thomas Böttcher (East Germany)
XXXIII Edition - 1986
1st Prize: not assigned2nd Prize: Reiko Watanabe (Japan)
3rd Prize: Yuri Braginski (Belgium)
4th Prize: Andreas Krecher (Germany)
5th Prize: Akiko Ueda (Japan)
6th Prize: Jeanne-Marie Conquer (France)
XXXIV Edition - 1987
1st Prize: Lu Siqing (China)2nd Prize: Pavel Berman (USSR)
3rd Prize: Alexei Koshvanets (USSR)
4th Prize : Adam Taubic (Poland) and From Bologna Vincenzo (Italy)
6th Prize: Viktor Kuznetsov (USSR)
XXXV Edition - 1988
1st Prize: Leonidas KavakosLeonidas Kavakos
Leonidas Kavakos is a Greek virtuoso violinist .-Beginnings:Born in Athens into a musical family, Kavakos began studying violin at five years old and continued his studies at the Hellenic Conservatory with Stelios Kafantaris. An Onassis Foundation scholarship enabled him to attend master classes...
(Greece)
2nd Prize: Akiko Suwanai (Japan)
3rd Prize: Eijin Nimura (Japan)
4th Prize: Gabriele Pieranunzi (Italy)
5th Prize: Pavel Pekarski (USA)
6th Prize: Ara Malikian (Lebanon/Spain)
XXXVI Edition - 1989
1st Prize: not assigned2nd Prize: Vasko Vassilev
Vasko Vasilev
Vasko Vasilev is a Bulgarian violin player. He was born on October 14, 1970 in Sofia, Bulgaria. At age eight, he already had his first public appearance and released his first record with the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra. At age 10 he began his studies on a government grant at the Central School...
(Bulgaria)
3rd Prize: Oleg Pokhanovski (USSR)
4th Prize: Anastasia Chebotarova (USSR)
5th Prize: Tomoko Kawada (Japan)
6th Prize : Ilja Sekler (USSR) and Eijin Nimura (Japan)
Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Luca Fanfoni
Luca Fanfoni
- Biography and Awards :He began the study of the violin in his native town at an early age with Giuseppe Alessandri and continued at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan with Gigino Maestri...
(Italy)
XXXVII Edition - 1990
1st Prize: Natalia Prischepenko (USSR)2nd Prize: Chin Kim (USA)
3rd Prize: Gabriele Pieranunzi (Italy)
4th Prize: Graf Mourja (USSR)
5th Prize: Roberto Cani
Roberto Cani
Roberto Salvatore Cani is an Italian violinist.Roberto Cani was a prizewinner in the Paganini , Jeunesses Musicales , and Courcillon International Competitions....
(Italy)
6th Prize: Alexander Trostianski (USSR)
Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Gabriele Pieranunzi
XXXVIII Edition - 1991
1st Prize: Massimo Quarta (Italy)2nd Prize: Florin Croitoru (Romania)
3rd Prize : Nicolas Gourbeix (France) and Misha Keylin (USA)
5th Prize: Yumi Makita (Japan)
6th Prize: Ko-Woon Yang (Korea)
Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Massimo Quarta
XXXIX Edition - 1992
1st Prize: Julia Krasko (Russia)2nd Prize: Michiko Kamiya (Japan)
3rd Prize: Eijin Nimura (Japan)
4th Prize : Giovanni Angeleri (Italy) and Karen Lee (USA)
5th Prize: Ara Malikian (Armenia)
Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Giovanni Angeleri
XL Edition - 1993
1st Prize: Isabelle Faust (Germany)2nd Prize: Stefan Milenkovic (Serbia)
3rd Prize: Yuka Eguchi (Japan)
4th Prize: Florin Ionescu-Galaţi (Romania)
5th Prize: Eijin Nimura (Japan)
6th Prize: Giovanni Angeleri (Italy)
Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Giovanni Angeleri
Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Rachel Barton (USA)
XLI Edition - 1994
1st Prize: Bin Huang (China)2nd Prize: Eijin Nimura (Japan)
3rd Prize: Dmitri Makhtine (Russia)
4th Prize: Stefan Milenković (Serbia)
5th Prize: Giovanni Angeleri (Italy)
6th Prize: Giacobbe Stevanato (Italy)
Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Giovanni Angeleri
Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Bin Huang
Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Aki Sunahara (Japan) and Giordan Nikolitch (Slovenia)
XLII Edition - 1995
1st Prize: not assigned2nd Prize: Alexandru Tomescu (Romania)
3rd Prize: Oleg Pokhanovski (Russia)
4th Prize: Leor Maltinski (Israel)
5th Prize: Stefan Schramm (Germany)
6th Prize: Antonello Manacorda (Italy)
Special prize of the Giuria: Anastasia Khitruk (USA)
Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Leor Maltinski
Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: not assigned
Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Stefan Schramm
XLIII Edition - 1996
1st Prize: Soovin Kim (USA)2nd Prize: Andrew Haveron (Great Britain)
3rd Prize: Ju-Young Baek (Korea)
4th Prize: Sergei Levitin (Russia)
5th Prize: Florin Croitoru (Romania)
6th Prize: Jasmine Lin (USA)
Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Soovin Kim
Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Sergei Levitin
Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Andrew Haveron
XLIV Edition - 1997
1st Prize: Giovanni Angeleri (Italy)2nd Prize: Rodion Petrov (Russia)
3rd Prize: Judith Ingolfsson (Iceland)
4th Prize: Kyoko Yonemoto (Japan)
5th Prize: Hanako Uesato (Japan)
6th Prize: Maki Nagata (Japan)
Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Kyoko Yonemoto
Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Rodion Petrov
Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Laura Andriani (Italy)
XLV Edition - 1998
1st Prize: Ilya Gringolts (Russia)2nd Prize: Baiba Skride (Latvia)
3rd Prize: Takako Yamasaki (Japan)
4th Prize: Michael Vitenson (Israel)
5th Prize: Anton Polezhayev (USA)
6th Prize: Maki Itoi (Japan)
Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Ilya Gringolts
Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Maciko Shimada (Japan)
Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Ilya Gringolts
XLVI Edition - 1999
1st Prize: Sayaka Shoji (Japan)2nd Prize: Frank Huang (China)
3rd Prize: Akiko Ono (Japan)
4th Prize: Weiyi Wang (China)
5th Prize: Emil Chudnovsky (USA)
6th Prize: Gabriel Adorjan (Denmark)
Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Sayaka Shoji
Prize in memory of Mario Ruminelli: Sayaka Shoji
Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Francesco Manara (Italy)
XLVII Edition - 2000
1st Prize: Natalia Lomeiko (New Zelanda/Russia)2nd Prize: Sayako Kusaka (Japan)
3rd Prize : Karin Ato (Japan) and Vadim Tchijik (Russia)
5th Prize: Sophie Moser (Germany)
6th Prize: Myroslava Ivanchenko (Ukraine)
Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Sophie Moser
Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Sayako Kusaka
Prize in memory of the Mario Ruminelli: Natalia Lomeiko
Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Vadim Tchijik
XLVIII Edition - 2001
1st Prize: Mariusz PatyraMariusz Patyra
Mariusz Patyra is a Polish violinist. He won First Prize in the International Violin Competition "Premio Paganini" .-Career:...
(Poland)
2nd Prize: Minjae Kim (South Korea)
3rd Prize: Tanja Becker-Bender
Tanja Becker-Bender
Tanja Becker-Bender is a German violinist. She was born in Stuttgart, Germany.- Musical career :Becker-Bender has performed since age of eleven as a soloist on international stages under the baton of Kurt Masur, Gerd Albrecht, Hubert Soudant and Fabio Luisi with renowned orchestras, such as the...
(Germany)
4th Prize: Jack Liebeck (Great Britain)
5th Prize: A-Rah Shin (South Korea)
6th Prize: Gyula Vadászi (Hungary)
Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: A-Rah Shin
Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Mariusz Patyra
Mariusz Patyra
Mariusz Patyra is a Polish violinist. He won First Prize in the International Violin Competition "Premio Paganini" .-Career:...
Prize in memory of the Mario Ruminelli: Mariusz Patyra
Mariusz Patyra
Mariusz Patyra is a Polish violinist. He won First Prize in the International Violin Competition "Premio Paganini" .-Career:...
Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Tanja Becker-Bender
IL Edition - 2002
1st Prize: Mengla Huang (China)2nd Prize: Maxim Brylinski (Ukraine)
3rd Prize: Daniel Roehn (Germany-Sweden)
4th Prize : Emil Chudnovski (USA) and Giulio Plotino (Italy)
6th Prize: Kyoko Une (Japan)
Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Maxim Brylinski
Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Mengla Huang
Prize in memory of the Mario Ruminelli: Mengla Huang
Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Alexis Cardenas (Venezuela)
L Edition - 2004
1st Prize: not assigned2nd Prize: Yuki Manuela Janke (Germany/Japan)
3rd Prize: Hyun On Shin (South Korea)
4th Prize: Dalibor Karvay (Slovakia)
5th Prize: Bracha Malkin (USA/Israel)
6th Prize: Diego Tosi (France)
Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Alicia N Evans
Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Alicia N Evans
Prize in memory of the Mario Ruminelli: Yuki Manuela Janke
Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Yuki Manuela Janke
LI Edition - 2006
1st Prize: Feng Ning (China)2nd Prize: Yura Lee (South Korea)
3rd Prize: Rika Masato (Japan)
Finalists:
Hyun Joo Choo (South Korea)
Bo-Kyung Lee (South Korea)
Sergey Malov (Russia)
Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Hyun Joo Choo
Prize in memory of the Renato De Barbeiri: Feng Ning
Prize in memory of Mario Ruminelli: Sergey Malov
Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Feng Ning
LII Edition - 2008
1st Prize: not assigned2nd Prize: Stephanie Jeong (USA)
3rd Prize: Sean Lee (USA)
Finalists:
Francesca Dego (Italy)
Evgeny Sviridov (Russia)
Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Francesca Dego
Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Evgeny Sviridov
Friends of Paganini Association Prize: Stephanie Jeong
Prize in memory of Mario Ruminelli: Stephanie Jeong
Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Evgeny Sviridov
LIII Edition - 2010
1st Prize: not assigned2nd Prize: Dami Kim (South Korea)
3rd Prize: Stefan Tarara (Germany)
Finalists:
Yu-Chien Tseng (Taiwan)
Fedor Roudine (France)
Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Yu-Chien Tseng
Friends of Paganini Association Prize: Yu-Chien Tseng
Prize in memory of Mario Ruminelli: Dami Kim
Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Dami Kim
Friends of the Nuovo Carlo Felice Association prize: Stefan Tarara
Video Recordings
- 2006 PREMIO PAGANINI INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION (documentary) - Orchestra Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova , DVD DynamicDynamic (record label)Dynamic is an Italian independent record label located in Genoa. Founded in 1978, it specialises in classical music and opera, especially rarely performed works and has produced several world premiere recordings...
Cat. 33539 - 105 Min.
See also
- List of classical music competitions
- World Federation of International Music CompetitionsWorld Federation of International Music CompetitionsThe World Federation of International Music Competitions is an organization based in Geneva, Switzerland that maintains a network of the internationally recognized organisations that aim to discover the most promising young talents in classical music through public competition...
Sources
- Large portions of the above information was directly brought over from the Italian Wikipedia
- Paganini Competition official website