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The '''Geneva International Music Competition''' ({{Langx|fr|link=no|Concours international d'exécution musicale de Genève}}) is one of the world's leading international music competitions, founded in 1939. In 1957, it was one of the founding members of the [[World Federation of International Music Competitions|World Federation of International Music Competition]] (WFIMC), whose headquarters are in [[Geneva]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=17 June 2018|title=Who we are|url=https://wfimc-fmcim.org/who-we-are/|access-date=25 June 2020|website=World Federation of International Music Competitions|language=en-GB}}</ref> |
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Today, the Geneva Competition alternates between several main disciplines: piano, flute, oboe, clarinet, cello, viola, string quartet, voice and percussion. Every second year, it offers a Composition Prize. Upcoming competitions are cello & oboe (2021), piano & composition (2022), flute & string quartet (2023) and voice & composition (2024).<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Competition {{!}} Concours de Genève|url=https://www.concoursgeneve.ch/section/about/the_competition/|access-date=25 June 2020|website=www.concoursgeneve.ch}}</ref> |
Today, the Geneva Competition alternates between several main disciplines: piano, flute, oboe, clarinet, cello, viola, string quartet, voice and percussion. Every second year, it offers a Composition Prize. Upcoming competitions are cello & oboe (2021), piano & composition (2022), flute & string quartet (2023) and voice & composition (2024).<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Competition {{!}} Concours de Genève|url=https://www.concoursgeneve.ch/section/about/the_competition/|access-date=25 June 2020|website=www.concoursgeneve.ch}}</ref> |
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Its prizewinners include world-famous artists such as [[Martha Argerich]], [[Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli|Arturo Benedetti-Michelangeli]], [[Victoria de los Ángeles |
Its prizewinners include world-famous artists such as [[Martha Argerich]], [[Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli|Arturo Benedetti-Michelangeli]], [[Victoria de los Ángeles]], [[Alan Gilbert (conductor)|Alan Gilbert]], Nelson Goerner, [[Friedrich Gulda]], [[Heinz Holliger]], [[Nobuko Imai]], [[Melos Quartet]], [[Emmanuel Pahud]], [[Maurizio Pollini]], [[Georg Solti]], [[José van Dam]], [[Christian Zacharias]] and [[Tabea Zimmermann]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Search Laureates {{!}} Concours de Genève|url=https://www.concoursgeneve.ch/section/laureates/search_laureates/|access-date=25 June 2020|website=www.concoursgeneve.ch|archive-date=19 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219182517/https://www.concoursgeneve.ch/section/laureates/search_laureates/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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In addition to its official prizes, the Geneva International Music Competition offers a career development programme, which provides precious support and advice to help boost |
In addition to its official prizes, the Geneva International Music Competition offers a career development programme, which provides precious support and advice to help boost laureates' careers. This programme includes two years of concert management, as well as CD recordings, international tours, a festival and professional workshops.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Career development {{!}} Concours de Genève|url=https://www.concoursgeneve.ch/section/laureates/career_development/|access-date=25 June 2020|website=www.concoursgeneve.ch}}</ref> |
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== 1st prize winners == |
== 1st prize winners == |
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*1939 Clarinet [[Robert Gugolz]] {{flag|Switzerland}} |
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*1939 Piano [[Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli]] {{flag|Italy|1861}} |
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*1939 Voice [[Maria Stader]], {{flag|Hungary|1920}} |
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*1942 Piano [[Georg Solti]] {{flag|Hungary|1920}} |
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*2018 Piano: Théo Fouchenneret [[France]] (ex aequo) |
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*1948 Piano [[Charles Reiner]] {{flag|Hungary}}<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/charles-reiner-emc|title=Charles Reiner|author= |
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*2017 Composition: [[Jaehyuck Choi]] |
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*2016 Quartet: [[Vision String Quartet]] {{flag|Germany}} |
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*1950 Clarinet [[Paul-Jacques Lambert]] {{flag|France|1830}} |
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*1953 Piano [[Jacques Klein]] {{flag|Brazil|1889}} |
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*1954 Voice [[Pamela Bowden]] {{flag|United Kingdom}} |
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*1957 Clarinet [[:bg:Петко Радев (кларинетист)|Petko Radev]] {{flag|Bulgaria|1946}} |
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*1957 Piano [[Dominique Merlet]] {{flag|France|1830}} (ex aequo) |
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*1957 Piano [[Martha Argerich]] {{flag|Argentina}} (ex aequo) |
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*1957 Voice [[James Milligan (singer)|James Milligan]] {{flag|Canada}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Baritone Dies At 33|work=[[Calgary Herald]]|date=29 November 1961|page=42}}</ref> |
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*1959 Oboe [[Heinz Holliger]] {{flag|Switzerland}} |
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*1960 Clarinet [[Peter Rieckhoff]] {{flag|West Germany}} |
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*1961 Piano [[Désiré N'Kaoua]] {{flag|France}} |
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*1961 Flute [[Michel Debost]] {{flag|France}} |
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*1962 Organ [[Joachim Grubich]] {{flag|Poland|1928}} |
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*1971 Cello [[Myung-wha Chung]] {{flag|South Korea|1949}} |
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*1972 Clarinet [[Thomas Friedli]] {{flag|Switzerland}} |
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*1972 Viola [[Atar Arad]] {{flag|Israel}} |
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*2001 Quartet: Quatuor Terpsycordes, [[Switzerland]] |
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*1973 Double Bass [[Ivan Kotov]] {{flag|Soviet Union}} |
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*1973 Flute [[Kohno Toshiko]] {{flag|Japan|1870}} |
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*1973 Quartet [[Quatuor Kreuzberger]] {{flag|West Germany}} |
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*1973 Trombone [[Anatole Skobelev]] {{flag|Soviet Union}} |
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*1974 Harp [[Olga Ortenberg]] {{flag|Soviet Union}} |
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*1998 Double Bass: Janusz Widzyk, [[Poland]] |
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*1974 Voice [[Gary Kendall]] {{flag|United States}} |
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*1975 Guitar [[Dusan Bogdanovic]] {{flag|Yugoslavia}} |
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*1996 Trumpet: André Henry, [[France]] |
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*1976 Piano [[Tatiana Chebanova]] {{flag|Soviet Union}} |
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*1976 Voice [[Katherine Ciesinski]] {{flag|United States}} |
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*1995 Bassoon: Laurent Lefèvre, [[France]] |
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*1977 Viola [[AnaBela Chaves]] {{flag|Portugal}} |
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*1977 Voice [[Kristine Ciesinski]] {{flag|United States}} |
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*1978 Voice [[Margareta Haverinen]] {{flag|Finland}} |
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*1979 Voice [[Jean Christian]] {{flag|France}} |
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*1980 Bassoon [[Gilbert Audin]] {{flag|France}} |
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*1980 Vocal Quartet [[New York Vocal Ensemble]] {{flag|United States}} |
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*1982 Percussion [[Peter Sadlo]] {{flag|West Germany}} |
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*1982 Piano [[Evgeny Krouchevsky]] {{flag|Soviet Union}} |
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*1982 Viola [[Tabea Zimmermann]] {{flag|West Germany}} |
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*1983 Bass [[Nico Abondolo]] {{flag|United States}} |
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*1983 Voice [[Juliana Gondek]] {{flag|United States}} |
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*1984 Conducting [[Grzegorz Nowak (conductor)|Grzegorz Nowak]] {{flag|Poland}} |
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*1985 Organ [[Jonathan Biggers]] {{flag|United States}} |
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*1988 Oboe [[Alex Klein]], [[Brazil]] |
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*1985 Voice [[Chihiro Bamba]] {{flag|Japan}} |
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*1986 Cello [[Leonid Gorokhov]] {{flag|Soviet Union}} |
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*1987 Bassoon [[Anders Engström]]{{flag|Sweden}} |
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*1987 Trumpet [[Ole Edvard Antonsen]] {{flag|Norway}} |
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*1987 Viola [[Hong-Mei Xiao]] {{flag|China}} |
*1987 Viola [[Hong-Mei Xiao]] {{flag|China}} |
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*1987 Voice [[Maria Diaconu]] {{flag|Romania|1965}} |
*1987 Voice [[Maria Diaconu]] {{flag|Romania|1965}} |
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*1988 Guitar [[Viktor Vidović]] {{flag|Yugoslavia}} |
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*1988 Oboe [[Alex Klein]] {{flag|Brazil|1968}} |
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*1988 Trombone [[Jonas Bylund]] {{flag|Sweden}} |
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*1990 Clarinet [[Fabio Di-Casola]] {{flag|Switzerland}} |
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*1990 Piano [[Nelson Goerner]] {{flag|Argentina}} |
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*1990 Violin [[Zheng-Rong Wang]] {{flag|China}} |
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*1991 Cello [[Wenn-Sinn Yang]] {{flag|Switzerland}} |
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*1991 Tuba [[Jens Bjørn-Larsen]] {{flag|Denmark}} |
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*1992 Flute [[Emmanuel Pahud]] {{flag|Switzerland}} |
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*1993 Organ: [[Alessio Corti]] {{flag|Italy}} |
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*1993 Violin [[Manara Francesco]] {{flag|Italy}} |
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*1993 Voice: [[Jane Irwin]] {{flag|United Kingdom}} |
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*1994 Conducting: [[Alan Gilbert (conductor)|Alan Gilbert]] {{flag|United States}} |
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*1995 Bassoon: Laurent Lefèvre {{flag|France}} |
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*1995 Cello: [[Claudio Bohorquez]] {{flag|Germany}} |
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*1995 Guitar: [[Georgi Vassiliev]] {{flag|Bulgaria}} |
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*1996 Trumpet: André Henry {{flag|France}} |
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*1997 Clarinet: [[Martin Fröst]] {{flag|Sweden}} |
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*1998 Double Bass: Janusz Widzyk {{flag|Poland}} |
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*1998 Oboe: [[Alexei Ogrintchouk]] {{flag|Russia}} |
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*2000 Cello: [[Rafael Rosenfeld]] {{flag|Switzerland}} |
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*2000 Voice: [[Annette Dasch]] {{flag|Germany}} (ex aequo) |
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*2000 Voice: [[Werner Erik Nelson]] {{flag|United States}} (ex aequo) |
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*2001 Flute: [[Silvia Careddu]] {{flag|Italy}} |
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*2001 Piano: [[Roland Krüger]] {{flag|Germany}} |
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*2001 Quartet: Quatuor Terpsycordes {{flag|Switzerland}} |
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*2002 Percussion: [[Aiyun Huang]] {{flag|Canada}} |
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*2002 Piano: [[Sergey Koudriakov]] {{flag|Russia}} |
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*2005 Viola: [[Ryszard Groblewski]] {{flag|Poland}} |
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*2008 Cello: [[István Várdai (cellist)|István Várdai]] {{flag|Hungary}} |
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*2009 Voice: [[Polina Pasztircsák]] {{flag|Hungary}} |
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*2010 Piano: [[Mami Hagiwara]] {{flag|Japan}} |
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*2011 Composition: [[Artur Akshelyan]] {{flag|Armenia}} |
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*2011 Quartet: [[Artemis Quartet]] {{flag|Germany}} (ex aequo) |
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*2011 Quartet: [[Hermès Quartet]] {{flag|France}} (ex aequo) |
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*2012 Piano: [[Lorenzo Soulès]] {{flag|France}} |
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*2013 Composition: [[Kwang Ho Cho]] {{flag|South Korea}} |
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*2014 Piano: [[Jiyeong Mun|Ji-Yeong Mun]] {{flag|South Korea}} |
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*2015 Composition: [[Shoichi Yabuta]] {{flag|Japan}} |
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*2016 Quartet: [[Vision String Quartet]] {{flag|Germany}} |
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*2017 Composition: [[Jaehyuck Choi]] {{flag|South Korea}} |
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*2018 Clarinet: [[Kevin Spagnolo]] {{flag|Italy}} |
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*2018 Piano: Théo Fouchenneret {{flag|France}} (ex aequo) |
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[https://www.concoursgeneve.ch/section/laureates/search_laureates/ Search all prizewinners from 1939] |
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[https://www.concoursgeneve.ch/section/laureates/search_laureates/ Search all prizewinners from 1939] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219182517/https://www.concoursgeneve.ch/section/laureates/search_laureates/ |date=19 December 2018 }} |
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==Previous Disciplines== |
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1995 and before, the competition also included a prize for Bassoon. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/concours-international-d-execution-musicale-gen%C3%A8ve--ciem--1995---international-competition-for-musical-performers-geneva--ciem--1995/6379428 | title=Concours International d'Execution Musicale Genève (CIEM) 1995 – International Competition for Musical Performers Geneva (CIEM) 1995 }}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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* [[:Category:Winners of the Geneva International Music Competition]] |
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==References== |
==References== |
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==External links== |
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*[http://concoursgeneve.ch/ Main website] |
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*[https://www.concoursgeneve.ch/section/laureates/search_laureates/ History and List of Most Notable Winners] |
*[https://www.concoursgeneve.ch/section/laureates/search_laureates/ History and List of Most Notable Winners] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219182517/https://www.concoursgeneve.ch/section/laureates/search_laureates/ |date=19 December 2018 }} |
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*[https://estore.concoursgeneve.ch/fr/ E-Shop Prizewinners CDs] |
*[https://estore.concoursgeneve.ch/fr/ E-Shop Prizewinners CDs] |
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*[https://wfimc-fmcim.org World Federation of International Music Competitions (WFIMC) website] |
*[https://wfimc-fmcim.org World Federation of International Music Competitions (WFIMC) website] |
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Latest revision as of 18:24, 8 January 2025
The Geneva International Music Competition (French: Concours international d'exécution musicale de Genève) is one of the world's leading international music competitions, founded in 1939. In 1957, it was one of the founding members of the World Federation of International Music Competition (WFIMC), whose headquarters are in Geneva.[1]
Today, the Geneva Competition alternates between several main disciplines: piano, flute, oboe, clarinet, cello, viola, string quartet, voice and percussion. Every second year, it offers a Composition Prize. Upcoming competitions are cello & oboe (2021), piano & composition (2022), flute & string quartet (2023) and voice & composition (2024).[2]
Its prizewinners include world-famous artists such as Martha Argerich, Arturo Benedetti-Michelangeli, Victoria de los Ángeles, Alan Gilbert, Nelson Goerner, Friedrich Gulda, Heinz Holliger, Nobuko Imai, Melos Quartet, Emmanuel Pahud, Maurizio Pollini, Georg Solti, José van Dam, Christian Zacharias and Tabea Zimmermann.[3]
In addition to its official prizes, the Geneva International Music Competition offers a career development programme, which provides precious support and advice to help boost laureates' careers. This programme includes two years of concert management, as well as CD recordings, international tours, a festival and professional workshops.[4]
1st prize winners
[edit]- 1939 Clarinet Robert Gugolz Switzerland
- 1939 Piano Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Italy
- 1939 Voice Maria Stader, Hungary
- 1942 Piano Georg Solti Hungary
- 1947 Clarinet Henri Druart France
- 1948 Piano Charles Reiner Hungary[5]
- 1950 Clarinet Paul-Jacques Lambert France
- 1953 Piano Jacques Klein Brazil
- 1954 Voice Pamela Bowden United Kingdom
- 1957 Clarinet Petko Radev Bulgaria
- 1957 Piano Dominique Merlet France (ex aequo)
- 1957 Piano Martha Argerich Argentina (ex aequo)
- 1957 Voice James Milligan Canada[6]
- 1959 Oboe Heinz Holliger Switzerland
- 1960 Clarinet Peter Rieckhoff West Germany
- 1961 Piano Désiré N'Kaoua France
- 1961 Flute Michel Debost France
- 1962 Organ Joachim Grubich Poland
- 1971 Cello Myung-wha Chung South Korea
- 1972 Clarinet Thomas Friedli Switzerland
- 1972 Viola Atar Arad Israel
- 1972 Voice Konstantin Ploujnikov Soviet Union
- 1973 Double Bass Ivan Kotov Soviet Union
- 1973 Flute Kohno Toshiko Japan
- 1973 Quartet Quatuor Kreuzberger West Germany
- 1973 Trombone Anatole Skobelev Soviet Union
- 1974 Harp Olga Ortenberg Soviet Union
- 1974 Voice Gary Kendall United States
- 1975 Guitar Dusan Bogdanovic Yugoslavia
- 1976 Piano Tatiana Chebanova Soviet Union
- 1976 Voice Katherine Ciesinski United States
- 1977 Oboe Jean-Christophe Gayot France
- 1977 Viola AnaBela Chaves Portugal
- 1977 Voice Kristine Ciesinski United States
- 1978 Voice Margareta Haverinen Finland
- 1979 Voice Jean Christian France
- 1980 Bassoon Gilbert Audin France
- 1980 Vocal Quartet New York Vocal Ensemble United States
- 1982 Percussion Peter Sadlo West Germany
- 1982 Piano Evgeny Krouchevsky Soviet Union
- 1982 Viola Tabea Zimmermann West Germany
- 1983 Bass Nico Abondolo United States
- 1983 Voice Juliana Gondek United States
- 1984 Conducting Grzegorz Nowak Poland
- 1985 Organ Jonathan Biggers United States
- 1985 Voice Chihiro Bamba Japan
- 1986 Cello Leonid Gorokhov Soviet Union
- 1987 Bassoon Anders Engström Sweden
- 1987 Trumpet Ole Edvard Antonsen Norway
- 1987 Viola Hong-Mei Xiao China
- 1987 Voice Maria Diaconu Romania
- 1988 Guitar Viktor Vidović Yugoslavia
- 1988 Oboe Alex Klein Brazil
- 1988 Trombone Jonas Bylund Sweden
- 1990 Clarinet Fabio Di-Casola Switzerland
- 1990 Piano Nelson Goerner Argentina
- 1990 Violin Zheng-Rong Wang China
- 1991 Cello Wenn-Sinn Yang Switzerland
- 1991 Tuba Jens Bjørn-Larsen Denmark
- 1992 Flute Emmanuel Pahud Switzerland
- 1993 Organ: Alessio Corti Italy
- 1993 Violin Manara Francesco Italy
- 1993 Voice: Jane Irwin United Kingdom
- 1994 Conducting: Alan Gilbert United States
- 1995 Bassoon: Laurent Lefèvre France
- 1995 Cello: Claudio Bohorquez Germany
- 1995 Guitar: Georgi Vassiliev Bulgaria
- 1996 Trumpet: André Henry France
- 1997 Clarinet: Martin Fröst Sweden
- 1998 Double Bass: Janusz Widzyk Poland
- 1998 Oboe: Alexei Ogrintchouk Russia
- 2000 Cello: Rafael Rosenfeld Switzerland
- 2000 Voice: Annette Dasch Germany (ex aequo)
- 2000 Voice: Werner Erik Nelson United States (ex aequo)
- 2001 Flute: Silvia Careddu Italy
- 2001 Piano: Roland Krüger Germany
- 2001 Quartet: Quatuor Terpsycordes Switzerland
- 2002 Percussion: Aiyun Huang Canada
- 2002 Piano: Sergey Koudriakov Russia
- 2005 Viola: Ryszard Groblewski Poland
- 2008 Cello: István Várdai Hungary
- 2009 Voice: Polina Pasztircsák Hungary
- 2010 Piano: Mami Hagiwara Japan
- 2011 Composition: Artur Akshelyan Armenia
- 2011 Quartet: Artemis Quartet Germany (ex aequo)
- 2011 Quartet: Hermès Quartet France (ex aequo)
- 2012 Piano: Lorenzo Soulès France
- 2013 Composition: Kwang Ho Cho South Korea
- 2014 Piano: Ji-Yeong Mun South Korea
- 2015 Composition: Shoichi Yabuta Japan
- 2016 Quartet: Vision String Quartet Germany
- 2017 Composition: Jaehyuck Choi South Korea
- 2018 Clarinet: Kevin Spagnolo Italy
- 2018 Piano: Théo Fouchenneret France (ex aequo)
- 2018 Piano: Dmitry Shishkin Russia (ex aequo)
- 2019 Composition: Daniel Arango-Prada Colombia (ex aequo)
- 2019 Composition: Hinako Takagi Japan (ex aequo)
- 2019 Percussion: Hyeji Bak, South Korea
Search all prizewinners from 1939 Archived 19 December 2018 at the Wayback Machine
Previous Disciplines
[edit]1995 and before, the competition also included a prize for Bassoon. [7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Who we are". World Federation of International Music Competitions. 17 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ^ "The Competition | Concours de Genève". www.concoursgeneve.ch. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ^ "Search Laureates | Concours de Genève". www.concoursgeneve.ch. Archived from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ^ "Career development | Concours de Genève". www.concoursgeneve.ch. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ^ Betty Nygaard King, Gilles Potvin (16 December 2013). "Charles Reiner". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
- ^ "Baritone Dies At 33". Calgary Herald. 29 November 1961. p. 42.
- ^ "Concours International d'Execution Musicale Genève (CIEM) 1995 – International Competition for Musical Performers Geneva (CIEM) 1995".