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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.

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]

Overview

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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

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

  • First prize – €15.000
  • Second prize – €10.000
  • Third prize – €5.000

Composition prizes:

  • Prize for symphonic music section – €10.000
  • Chamber music section – €7.000
  • Prize for originality – €5.000;

Winners

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Piano section

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Top prize piano winners since the foundation of the competition in 1958
Year 1st 2nd 3rd
1958 China Ming-Qiang Li France Michèle Boegner

Soviet Union Mikhail Voskresensky (tie)

Soviet Union Dmitry Paperno
1961 Not awarded Israel Arie Vardi

Romania Théodore Paraskivesco (tie)

China Hong Teng
1964 Soviet Union Elisabeth Leonskaja France André Gorog Romania Gabriel Amiras
1967 Romania Radu Lupu

Soviet Union Samvel Alumyan (tie)

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

Russia Evgeny Starodubtsev (tie)

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

Canada Ilya Poletaev (tie)

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

Violin section

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Top prize violin winners since the foundation of the competition in 1958
Year 1st 2nd 3rd
1958 Romania Ştefan Ruha

Soviet Union Semen Snitkovski (tie)

Romania Varujan Cozighian Soviet Union Evgheni Smirnov

United Kingdom Ralph Holmes

Romania Daniel Podlovski (tie)

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

Romania Remus Azoiţei (tie)

Not awarded
2001 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nemanja Radulovic Romania George Cosmin Bănică Romania Ştefan Horvath
2003 Romania Eugen Ţichindeleanu Romania George Cosmin Bănică Israel Nurit Stark

Russia Saeys Frederieke (tie)

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

Moldova Alexandra Conunova (tie)

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

Cello section

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Top prize cello winners since 2011
Year 1st 2nd 3rd
2011 China Tian Bonian Romania Valentin Răduțiu Israel Michal Korman
2014 South Korea Eun-Sun Hong United States Tony Rymer United States Sarah Rommel
2016 ChinaBulgaria Zlatomir Fung Russia Anastasia Kobekina Spain Mon Pue-Lee
2018 Estonia Marcel Johannes Kits China Yibai Chen France Stanislas Kim
2022 South Korea Jaemin Han Germany Sebastian Fritsch Romania Ştefan Cazacu
2022 Luxembourg Benjamin Kruithof MoldovaRomania Constantin Borodin Germany Constantin Siepermann

Composition

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Composition prize winners for Symphonic and Chamber Music since 1991
Year Symphonic Music Chamber Music
1991 Romania Dan Dediu Italy Massim Trotta

Australia Michael Smetanin

2003 Switzerland Oliver Waespi Romania Diana Rotaru

Romania Vlad Maistorovici

2005 Romania Diana Rotaru

Switzerland David Philip Hefti

Moldova Maria Ungueranu

South Korea Kim Young-Guk

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

References

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  1. ^ a b "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. Retrieved 21 September 2020.[permanent dead link]
  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. 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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