Montreal International Music Competition

Last updated February 01, 2026

Montreal International Music Competition was a well-known international competition for classical pianists, violinists and opera singers, founded in 1963 and abandoned in 1997.^[1]^[2]

Main laureates

The main laureates of each edition are:^[1]

1965 Piano 1st Jean-Claude Pennetier, France, and Albert Lotto, USA
1966 Violin 1st Vladimir Lancman (Landsman), USSR; 2nd Hidetaro Suzuki, Japan, and Gueorgui Balev, Bulgaria
1967 Voice 1st Marina Krilovici, Rumania, and Yury Mazurok, USSR
1968 Piano 1st Garrick Ohlsson, USA; 2nd Peter Rösel, East Germany
1969 Violin 1st Vladimir Spivakov, USSR; 2nd Oleg Krissa, USSR, and Gidon Kremer, USSR
1970 Voice 2nd Maurice Brown, Canada (no 1st awarded)
1971 Piano 2nd Peter Basquin, USA (no 1st awarded)
1972 Violin 1st Ruben Agaronian, USSR; 2nd Mikhaïl Bezverhny, USSR
1973 Voice 1st Gheorgue Emil Crasnaru, Rumania; 2nd Makvala Kasrashvili, USSR
1975 Violin 2nd Dong-Suk Kang, Korea, and Yuval Yaron, Israel (no 1st awarded)
1976 Piano 1st Eteri Andjaparidze, USSR; 2nd Nicolaï Demidenko, USSR, Naüm Grubert, USSR, and Gerhard Oppitz, West Germany
1977 Voice 2nd William Parker, USA, and Louise Wohlafka, USA (no 1st awarded)
1979 Violin 1st Peter Zazofsky, USA; 2nd Mihaela Martin, Rumania
1980 Piano 1st Ivo Pogorelic, Yugloslavia; 2nd Christopher O'Riley, USA, and Vladimir Ovchinnikov, USSR
1981 Voice 2nd Judith Nicosia, USA (no 1st awarded)
1983 Violin 2nd Chin Kim, Korea (no 1st awarded)
1984 Piano 1st Ekaterina Sarantseva, USSR; 2nd Yuri Rozum, USSR
1985 Voice 2nd Sandra Graham, Canada, and Andreas Scheibner, East Germany (no 1st awarded)
1987 Violin 1st Dmitri Berlinski, USSR; 2nd Catherine Cho, USA, and Alexander Simionescu, USA
1988 Piano 1st Angela Cheng; 2nd Bernd Glemser, West Germany
1989 Voice 2nd Steffanie Pearce, USA, and John Koch, USA (no 1st awarded)
1991 Violin 2nd Hiroko Suzuki, Japan (no first awarded)

References

1 2 "Montreal International Music Competition/Concours international de musique de Montréal". thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2026-01-30.
↑ "Montreal International Music Competition/Concours international de musique de Montréal". thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2026-01-30.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[Encyclopedia-1] 1 2 "Montreal International Music Competition/Concours international de musique de Montréal". thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2026-01-30.

[2] "Montreal International Music Competition/Concours international de musique de Montréal". thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2026-01-30.

[1]

[2]