George Enescu International Competition

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The Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest, Romania, serves as one of the main venues in the George Enescu International Piano Competition. Ateneul Roman - Interior Sala.jpg
The Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest, Romania, serves as one of the main venues in the George Enescu International Piano Competition.

The George Enescu International Competition is a music competition for young pianists, violinists, cellists and composers, that takes place in Bucharest, Romania. It has helped launch the careers of many musicians, and among its list of first-prize winners are legendary pianists such as Radu Lupu, the winner in the 1967 edition. [1] Other winners include Spanish pianist Josu De Solaun Soto, Russian pianists Elisabeth Leonskaja, in 1964, and Dmitri Alexeev, in 1970. [1]

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Overview

The competition started in 1958, as part of the George Enescu Festival, and celebrated its first five editions (1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, and 1970) in what was then the Socialist Republic of Romania. It was considered, by the countries of the Eastern Bloc, one of the most prestigious music competitions. Jury members included famous musicians such as Claudio Arrau, Nadia Boulanger, Arthur Rubinstein, Magda Tagliaferro, Guido Agosti, Florica Musicescu, Dmitri Bashkirov, Carlo Zecchi, and Lazar Berman. Probably because of financial circumstances during Ceausescu's dictatorship, the competition was abandoned in 1970, though it resumed twenty-one years later. [2]

The competition is a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions in Geneva.

The competition and prize-giving ceremony has historically taken place in the Romanian Athenaeum, with the mayor always traditionally attending. [3]

Prize money

As of 2020 Cello, Violin and Piano prizes: [4]

Composition prizes:

Winners

Piano section

Top prize piano winners since the foundation of the competition in 1958
Year1st2nd3rd
1958 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ming-Qiang Li Flag of France.svg Michèle Boegner

Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Mikhail Voskresensky (tie)

 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Dmitry Paperno
1961Not awarded Flag of Israel.svg Arie Vardi

Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg Théodore Paraskivesco (tie)

 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Hong Teng
1964 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Elisabeth Leonskaja Flag of France.svg André Gorog Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg Gabriel Amiras
1967 Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Radu Lupu

Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Samvel Alumyan (tie)

 Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Dan Grigore Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Anatol Ugorski
1970 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Dmitri Alexeev Flag of the United States.svg Mack McCray Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Radu Toescu
1991 Flag of Romania.svg Daniel Goiți Flag of Romania.svg Viniciu Moroianu Flag of Romania.svg Luiza Borac
1999Not awardedNot awardedNot awarded
2001 Flag of Romania.svg Diana Ionescu Flag of Romania.svg Matei Varga Flag of Romania.svg Maria-Magdalena Pitu-Jokisch
2003 Flag of Russia.svg Ilona Timchenko Not awarded Flag of Romania.svg Razvan Dragnea

Flag of Russia.svg Evgeny Starodubtsev (tie)

2005 Flag of Estonia.svg Irina Zahharenkova Flag of Russia.svg Evgeny Izotov Flag of France.svg Aimo Pagin
2007 Flag of Russia.svg Eduard Kunz Flag of Russia.svg Evgeny Cherepanov Flag of the United States.svg Christopher Falzone
2009 Flag of Russia.svg Amir Tebenikhin Flag of Russia.svg Violetta Kachikian Flag of South Korea.svg Jongdo An
2011Not awarded Flag of South Korea.svg Jeung-Beum Sohn Flag of Romania.svg Mihai Ritivoiu

Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ilya Poletaev (tie)

2014 Flag of Spain.svg Josu de Solaun Soto [5] [6] [7] Flag of Russia.svg Ilya Rashkovsky Flag of Greece.svg Vassilis Varvaresos
2016 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Victoria Vassilenko Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Ishii Flag of Chile.svg Danor Quinteros
2018 Flag of Russia.svg Daria Parkhomenko Flag of Latvia.svg Daumants Liepins Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Panfilov
2020 Flag of South Korea.svg Yeon-Min Park Flag of Romania.svg Adela Liculescu Flag of Poland.svg Marcin Wieczorek
2022 Flag of Israel.svg Alexandra Segal Flag of Romania.svg George Todica Flag of Hong Kong.svg Chun Lam U
2024 Flag of Ukraine.svg Roman Lopatynskyi Flag of Russia.svg Tatiana Dorokhova Flag of Russia.svg Evgeny Konnov

Violin section

Top prize violin winners since the foundation of the competition in 1958
Year1st2nd3rd
1958 Flag of Romania.svg Ştefan Ruha

Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Semen Snitkovski (tie)

 Flag of Romania.svg Varujan Cozighian Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Evgheni Smirnov

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ralph Holmes

Flag of Romania.svg Daniel Podlovski (tie)

1961 Flag of Romania.svg Nina Beilina Flag of Romania.svg Daniel Podlovski Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Igor Frolov
1964 Flag of France.svg Claire Bernard Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Alexander Melnicov Flag of Romania.svg Varujan Cozighian
1967 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Zinovie Vinnikov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Bogodar Kotorovici Flag of Romania.svg Mariana Sârbu
1970 Flag of Romania.svg Silvia Marcovici Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Ruben Agaronian Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Philippe Hirschhorn
1991 Flag of Romania.svg Dan Claudiu Vornicelu Flag of Germany.svg Axel Strauss Flag of Romania.svg Bogdan Marius Zvorişteanu
1999 Flag of Romania.svg Alexandru Tomescu Flag of Romania.svg George Cosmin Bănică

Flag of Romania.svg Remus Azoiţei (tie)

Not awarded
2001 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Nemanja Radulovic Flag of Romania.svg George Cosmin Bănică Flag of Romania.svg Ştefan Horvath
2003 Flag of Romania.svg Eugen Ţichindeleanu Flag of Romania.svg George Cosmin Bănică Flag of Israel.svg Nurit Stark

Flag of Russia.svg Saeys Frederieke (tie)

2005 Flag of Ukraine.svg Valeriy Sokolov Flag of Hungary.svg Szalai Antal Flag of Romania.svg George Cosmin Bănică
2007 Flag of Italy.svg Anna Tifu Flag of South Korea.svg Chun Harim Flag of Romania.svg Vald Stănculeasa
2009 Flag of Poland.svg Jarosław Nadrzycki Flag of South Korea.svg Shin A-Rah Flag of Russia.svg Palitsyna Nadezda
2011Not awarded Flag of Russia.svg Haik Kazazyan

Flag of Moldova.svg Alexandra Conunova (tie)

 Flag of Hungary.svg Szalai Antal
2014 Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Germany.svg Ştefan Tarara Flag of Russia.svg Feodor Rudin Flag of South Korea.svg Wonhee Bae
2016 Flag of South Korea.svg Gyehee Kim Flag of South Korea.svg Donghyun Kim Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Erzhan Kulibaev
2018Not awarded Flag of Italy.svg Vikram Sedona Flag of Italy.svg Giuseppe Gibboni
2020/21 Flag of Romania.svg Valentine Şerban Flag of South Korea.svg Jaewon Wee Flag of Germany.svg Tassilo Probst
2022 Flag of Romania.svg Maria Marica Flag of Romania.svg Ştefan Aprodul Flag of France.svg Gregorie Torossian

Cello section

Top prize cello winners since 2011
Year1st2nd3rd
2011 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tian Bonian Flag of Romania.svg Valentin Răduțiu Flag of Israel.svg Michal Korman
2014 Flag of South Korea.svg Eun-Sun Hong Flag of the United States.svg Tony Rymer Flag of the United States.svg Sarah Rommel
2016 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Flag of Bulgaria.svg Zlatomir Fung Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Kobekina Flag of Spain.svg Mon Pue-Lee
2018 Flag of Estonia.svg Marcel Johannes Kits Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yibai Chen Flag of France.svg Stanislas Kim
2022 Flag of South Korea.svg Jaemin Han Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Fritsch Flag of Romania.svg Ştefan Cazacu
2022 Flag of Luxembourg.svg Benjamin Kruithof Flag of Moldova.svg Flag of Romania.svg Constantin Borodin Flag of Germany.svg Constantin Siepermann

Composition

Composition prize winners for Symphonic and Chamber Music since 1991
YearSymphonic MusicChamber Music
1991 Flag of Romania.svg Dan Dediu Flag of Italy.svg Massim Trotta

Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Smetanin

2003 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Oliver Waespi Flag of Romania.svg Diana Rotaru

Flag of Romania.svg Vlad Maistorovici

2005 Flag of Romania.svg Diana Rotaru

Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg David Philip Hefti

Flag of Moldova.svg Maria Ungueranu

Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Young-Guk

2007 Flag of Japan.svg Sakai Kenji Flag of Hungary.svg Megyery Kristina
2009 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Lam Lan-Chee Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Qian Shen-Ying
2011 Flag of South Korea.svg Chang Eunho Flag of South Korea.svg Kwang-Ho Cho
2014 Flag of Romania.svg Sebastian Androne Flag of Romania.svg Alexandru Murariu
2016 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tian Tian Flag of Italy.svg Caterina Di Cecca
2018 Flag of Romania.svg Alexandru Murariu Flag of South Korea.svg Jung Hoon Ham
2020/21 Flag of New Zealand.svg Karlo Margetic Flag of South Korea.svg Young Jae Cho
2022 Flag of South Korea.svg Shin Kim Flag of Italy.svg Leonardo Marino
2024 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alexander Voltz Flag of Italy.svg Daniele Di Virgilio

References

  1. 1 2 "Enescu Competition extends application deadline to 1 May 2020". Rhinegold. 22 April 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  2. ↑ Moldovan, Tania Aniela (2015). The Modern Romanian Violin School: An Analytical Introduction to Manual De Vioara by Ionel Geanta and George Manoliu (PhD). Florida State University. p. 17. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "2020 George Enescu International Competition Online Announces 3 Winners in Composition and 8 Piano Semifinalists". George Enescu Festival. 20 September 2020. Archived from the original on October 29, 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  4. ↑ "Guide to the 2020 George Enescu International Competition". Bachtrack. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "Sam Houston State Artist/Teacher Josu De Solaun Wins International Piano Competition". Fat Cat New Media. 1 October 2014. Archived from the original on October 13, 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "Spanish pianist Josu de Solaun wins the 2014 Enescu Competition". Business Review. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  7. ↑ Cerban, Madalina (28 September 2014). "Pianistul spaniol Josu de Solaun a câştigat secţiunea Pian a Concursului Enescu 2014". Mediafax.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 21 September 2020.
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