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. It was founded in 1949 by Cesare Nordio in memory of the pianist and composer Ferruccio Busoni.

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History

Ferrucio Busoni Ferruccio Busoni, ca 1895.jpg
Ferrucio Busoni

The first Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition was organized by Cesare Nordio in 1949 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the death of the pianist and composer. Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli was a supporter of the competition and was a member of the inaugural jury. Alfred Brendel won the 4th prize in this competition. For a few years a piano composition competition took place together with the piano competition. [1]

In 1956, the young Maurizio Pollini took part in the competition, performing the Fantasia Contrappuntistica by Kenneth Leighton, which won the prize for composition; in 1957 Martha Argerich won the first prize. Other prize winners include Bruno Canino, Agustin Anievas, Joaquín Achúcarro, Jerome Rose, Garrick Ohlsson, Alberto Nosè and Wu Muye. [2]

Members of the jury have included: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Nikita Magaloff, Igor Markevitch, Carlo Maria Giulini, Garrick Ohlsson, Bruno Canino, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Paul Badura-Skoda, Rafael Orozco, Joaquín Soriano, Gerhard Oppitz, Abdel Rahman El Bacha, Michele Campanella, Leif Ove Andsnes, Adam Harasiewicz, Hiroko Nakamura, Martha Argerich, Andrzej Jasiński, Lilya Zilberstein, Tadeusz Żmudziński, Valery Afanassiev and Eliso Virsaladze. [2]

Winners

Complete list of winners: [2]

Winners of the top prizes for each year
YearFirst prizeSecond prizeThird prize
1949not awarded Flag of Italy.svg Lodovico Lessona  [ it ] Flag of Italy.svg Rossana Orlandini
4th prize: Flag of Austria.svg Alfred Brendel
1950not awarded Flag of Germany.svg Karl-Heinz Schlüter Flag of France.svg Jacques Coulaud
1951not awardednot awarded Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Karl Engel and Flag of Austria.svg Walter Klien
1952 Flag of Italy.svg Sergio Perticaroli Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Andrzej Wasowski Flag of Italy.svg Marisa Candeloro and Flag of Italy.svg Agostino Orizio
1953 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Ella Goldstein Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Monte Hill Davis Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Esteban Sanchez Herrero
1954 Flag of Italy.svg Aldo Mancinelli Flag of France.svg Gabriel Tacchino Flag of Germany.svg Günter Ludwig
1955not awarded Flag of France.svg Germaine Devéze Flag of Germany.svg Günter Ludwig
1956 Flag of Austria.svg Jörg Demus Ivan Davis James Mathis.
4th prize: Bruno Canino and Michael Ponti
1957 Flag of Argentina.svg Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Martha Argerich Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Ivan Davis and Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Jerome Lowenthal Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Jeaneane Dowis
1958 Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg José Kahan Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Ronald Turini Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Peressoni and Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Michael Ponti
Flag of Italy.svg 4th prize: Bruno Canino
1959not awarded Flag of France.svg Cécile Ousset and Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg John Perry Flag of Hungary.svg Imre Antal and Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg Leonhard Hokanson
4th prize: Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Joaquín Achúcarro
1960not awarded Flag of the United States.svg Agustin Anievas and Flag of the United States.svg James Mathis Flag of Hungary.svg Imre Antal
1961 Flag of the United States.svg Jerome Rose Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Norma Fisher and Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Howard Aibel Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Dubravka Tomšič Srebotnjak
1962not awarded Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Brenton Dale Bartlett Flag of Hungary.svg Iván Erőd and Flag of the Philippines.svg Reynaldo Reyes
1963not awarded Flag of Germany.svg Gernot Kahl Flag of the Philippines.svg José Maria Contreras
1964 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Ponti Flag of France.svg François-Joël Thiollier Flag of Bulgaria.svg Ivan Drenikov
1965not awarded Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bojidar Noev Flag of the United States.svg James Dick
1966 Flag of the United States.svg Garrick Ohlsson Flag of the United States.svg Richard Goode
1967not awarded Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ivan Klánský Flag of Italy.svg Pietro Maranca
1968 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vladimir Selivochin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Mark Zeltser Flag of Germany.svg Benedikt Köhlen and Flag of the United States.svg Craig Sheppard
1969 Flag of the United States.svg Ursula Oppens Flag of Italy.svg Annamaria Cigoli Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Akiko Kitagawa
1970not awardedSelection prize: Flag of the Philippines.svg Maria Luisa Lopez-Vito
1971not awarded Flag of the United States.svg Nina Tichman Flag of Israel.svg Ilan Rogoff and Flag of the United States.svg Marioara Trifan
1972 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Arnaldo Cohen not awarded Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Bithell and Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg David Oei
1973not awarded Flag of Germany.svg Roland Keller and Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Andrzej Ratusiński Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Elza Kolodin
1974 Flag of Germany.svg Robert Benz Flag of the United States.svg Pascal Devoyon Flag of the United States.svg Diane Walsh
1975not awarded Flag of Sweden.svg Staffan Scheja Flag of Sweden.svg Laszlo Simon and Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Terence Judd
1976 Flag of Italy.svg Roberto Cappello Flag of Argentina.svg Daniel Rivera Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Susan Ann Howes and Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Adrienne Shannon
1977not awarded Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Ayami Ikeba and Flag of France.svg Véronique Roux Flag of the Netherlands.svg Joop Celis and Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Kyoto Ito
1978 Flag of the United States.svg Boris Bloch Flag of Malaysia.svg Dennis Lee Flag of Germany.svg Arnulf von Arnim
4th prize: Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg Josep Colom
1979 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Catherine Vickers not awarded Flag of the United States.svg Alyce Le Blanc
1980not awarded Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Ruriko Kikuchi, Flag of Germany.svg Rolf Plagge and Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg Hai-Kyung Suh
1981 Flag of Germany.svg Margarita Höhenrieder Flag of the United States.svg Lev Natochenny Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg Boyan Vodenitcharov
1982not awarded Flag of the Republic of China.svg Hung-Kuan Chen Flag of the United States.svg Daniel Blumenthal and Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Yukino Fujiwara
1983not awarded Flag of the United States.svg Robert McDonald Flag of the United States.svg Frederick Blum and Flag of the United States.svg Arthur Greene
1984 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Louis Lortie Flag of Austria.svg Matthias Fletzberger Flag of Germany.svg Bernd Glemser
1985 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg José Carlos Cocarelli Flag of Israel.svg Uriel Tsachor and Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Akira Wakabayashi Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Natalia Vlassenko
1986not awarded Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Benjamin Frith and Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Pedrag Muzijevic Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg R. Clipper Erickson and Flag of Germany.svg Igor Kamenz
1987 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Lilya Zilberstein Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Valery Kuleshof Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ian Munro and Flag of Chile.svg Alfredo Perl
1988not awarded Flag of Germany.svg Igor Kamenz and Flag of the United States.svg Benjamin Pasternack Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Bidini
1989not awarded Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Aleksandar Madžar Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Cipolletta and Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Valery Grohovsky
1990not awarded Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Karina Yavlenskaya Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Midori Nohara
1991not awarded Flag of France.svg Olivier Cazal and Flag of Germany.svg Igor Kamenz Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Stanislav Judenich
1992 Flag of Ukraine.svg Anna Kravtchenko Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Bidini Flag of the United States.svg Mark Anderson and Flag of Armenia.svg Sergei Babayan
1993 Flag of Italy.svg Roberto Cominati Flag of Ukraine.svg Vitaly Samoschko Flag of France.svg Olivier Cazal
1994 Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg Mzia Simonishwili Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Iwao Murakami Flag of Italy.svg Corrado Rollero
1995 Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Shtarkman Flag of Russia.svg Sergei Tarasov
1996not awarded Flag of Germany.svg Jan Gottlieb Jiracek Flag of Ukraine.svg Michael Dantschenko
1997not awarded Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Yoon-Soo Lee Flag of Russia.svg Dimitri Vorobieff
1998not awarded Flag of Italy.svg Olaf John Laneri Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Catherine Chi
1999 Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Kobrin Flag of Italy.svg Alberto Nosè Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Min-Soo Sohn
2000not awardednot awarded Flag of Japan.svg Ayako Kimura and Flag of Germany.svg Carl Wolf
2001 Flag of Ukraine.svg Alexander Romanovsky Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Hea-Jung Cho Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Dong-Min Lim
2003not awarded Flag of Russia.svg Maria Stembolskaia Flag of Russia.svg Lyubov Gegetchkori and Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Mu-Ye Wu
2004/2005 Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg Giuseppe Andaloro Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg Mariangela Vacatello Flag of South Korea.svg Hye-Jin Kim
2006/2007 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Matthew Ward Flag of Russia.svg Sofya Gulyak and Flag of Ukraine.svg Dinara Nadzhafova Flag of Russia.svg Lilian Akopova
2008/2009 Flag of Germany.svg Michail Lifits Flag of Russia.svg Alexey Lebedev Flag of Italy.svg Gesualdo Coggi
2010/2011not awarded Flag of Russia.svg Anna Bulkina and Flag of Ukraine.svg Antonii Barishevskyi Flag of Russia.svg Tatiana Chernichka
2012/2013not awarded Flag of Italy.svg Rodolfo Leone Flag of Japan.svg Akihiro Sakiya and Flag of Russia.svg Dmitry Shishkin
2014/2015 Flag of South Korea.svg Ji-Yeong Mun Flag of Italy.svg Alberto Ferro Flag of Ukraine.svg Roman Lopatynskyi
2016/2017 Flag of Croatia.svg Ivan Krpan  [ hr ] Flag of South Korea.svg Jae-Yeon Won Flag of Russia.svg Anna Geniushene
2018/2019 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Emanuil Ivanov Flag of Japan.svg Shiori Kuwahara Flag of Georgia.svg Giorgi Gigashvili
2021 Flag of South Korea.svg Jae Hong Park Flag of South Korea.svg Do-Hyun Kim Flag of Austria.svg Lukas Sternath
2023 Flag of Russia.svg Arsenii Mun Flag of the United States.svg Anthony Ratinov Flag of Japan.svg Ryota Yamazaki

References

  1. ↑ "The Competition – Concorso Pianistico Ferruccio Busoni". Fondazione Ferruccio Busoni - Gustav Mahler. Retrieved April 13, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 "Hall of Fame – Concorso Pianistico Ferruccio Busoni". Fondazione Ferruccio Busoni - Gustav Mahler. Retrieved April 13, 2025.
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