The Concours de violoncelle Rostropovitch, (Mstislav Rostropovich in English), is an international cello competition established in 1977 by the city of Paris.
Details, full prize list, rules, biographies and photos of the winners etc ... on the site of the International Competitions of the City of Paris. [1]
Year | President | Jury | Commissioned works | Prize |
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1977 | Mstislav Rostropovich | Luciano Berio Henri Dutilleux Raya Garbousova Witold Lutoslawski Pierre Penassou Iannis Xenakis | Kottos, Iannis Xenakis | 1st Grand Prize ex-aequo: Lluis Claret and Frédéric Lodéon 3rd Prize: Yvan Chiffoleau |
1981 | Mstislav Rostropovich | Henri Dutilleux Pierre Fournier Raya Garbousova Antonio Janigro Witold Lutoslawski André Navarra Leonard Rose Étienne Vatelot | Quasi scherzando, Gilbert Amy | 1st Grand Prize: Maria Kliegel 2nd Grand Prize: Yvan Chiffoleau |
1986 | Mstislav Rostropovich | Reine Flachot Raya Garbousova Cristobal Halffter Ludwig Hoelscher Alain Meunier André Navarra Aldo Parisot William Pleeth Étienne Vatelot | Per Slava, Krzysztof Penderecki | Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris: Gary Hoffman 2nd Grand Prize: Gustav Rivinius |
1990 | Mstislav Rostropovich | Rodion Shchedrin Lluis Claret Natalia Gutman Frans Helmerson Frédéric Lodéon Arto Noras Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi Étienne Vatelot Raphael Wallfisch Uzi Wiesel | Bribes russes, Rodion Shchedrin | Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris: Wendy Warner. [2] 2nd Grand Prize: Colin Carr |
1994 | Mstislav Rostropovich | Young-Chang Cho Henri Dutilleux David Geringas Natalia Gutman Frans Helmerson Alain Meunier Philippe Muller Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi Étienne Vatelot Uzi Wiesel | Improvisation pour violoncelle seul, Alfred Schnittke | Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris: Han-Na Chang 2nd Grand Prize : Wolfgang Schmidt |
1997 | Mstislav Rostropovich | Young-Chang Cho Walter Grimmer Natalia Chakovskaia David Geringas Frans Helmerson Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi Étienne Vatelot Uzi Wiesel | Spins and Spells, Kaija Saariaho | Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris: Enrico Dindo 2nd Grand Prix : Hai-Ye Ni |
2001 | Mstislav Rostropovich | Natalia Chakovskaïa Young-Chang Cho David Geringas Frans Helmerson Philippe Muller Arto Noras Marco Stroppa Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi Étienne Vatelot Uzi Wiesel | Ay, there’s the rub, Marco Stroppa | Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris: Tatjana Vassiljeva 2nd Grand Prix: Oren Shevlin |
2005 | Mstislav Rostropovich | Natalia Chakovskaïa Young-Chang Cho Frans Helmerson Gary Hoffman Alain Meunier Philippe Muller Arto Noras Raimund Trenkler Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi Étienne Vatelot | Oyan!, Franghiz Ali-Zadeh | Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris: Marie-Elisabeth Hecker 2nd Grand Prix : Julian Steckel |
2009 | Krzysztof Penderecki Honorary President: Elena Rostropovich | Natalia Chakovskaïa Young-Chang Cho Frans Helmerson Gary Hoffman Philippe Muller Arto Noras Raimund Trenkler Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi | Invocation, Éric Tanguy | Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris: Dai Miyata. [3] 2nd Prize - Prix de l'Académie des Beaux Arts: Jacob Koranyi |
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