International Ettore Pozzoli Piano Competition

The International Ettore Pozzoli Piano Competition, for tradition and amount of prize, is one of the oldest and most prestigious piano competitions in the world,[1] taking place in Seregno, Italy since 1959 and held every 2 years.

The Story

The contest was founded by Gina Gambini, widow of the Italian pianist, Maestro Ettore Pozzoli, wishing to honour the memory of her husband by giving musicians from all over the world an opportunity to show their artistic skills. Up to now, more than 1.500 pianists coming from all over the world have participated in the 25 editions of the competition that has taken place in the city in northern Italy. In 1959, the first pianist to win the International Ettore Pozzoli Piano Competition was Maestro Maurizio Pollini, now considered one of the major musicians in the world. The last edition (XXVI°) took place in September 2009, celebrating the 50th year of the Competition foundation and was won by the young American pianist, Maestro Christopher Falzone.

Prize winners
19591st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)
Italy Maurizio PolliniItaly Gino Brandi
Italy Wally Rizzardo
19611st prize (ex-a.)2nd prize
Italy Pier Narciso MasiFrance France Redon
Italy Fabio Peressoni
19631st prize2nd Prize
Italy Laura De FuscoItaly Alberto Colombo
19651st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)
France François-Joël ThiollierJapan Yoshiya Iwamoto
Italy Riccardo Risaliti
19671st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)
not awardedWest Germany Speidel Sontraud
Poland Ewa Wolak
19691st prize2nd prize
Italy Franco AngeleriItaly Antonio Bacchelli
Italy Anna Maria Cigola
19711st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)
France Pierre RéachItaly Vincenzo Balzani
Japan Tajka Hiroshi
19731st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)
Italy Raimondo CampisiItaly Noemi Gobbi
West Germany Michael Krist
19751st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)
Argentina Daniel RiveraSoviet Union Boris Bloch
Italy Roberto Cappello
19771st prize2nd prize
Italy Pietro RigacciFrance Elisabeth Rigollet
19791st prize2nd prize
West Germany Rolf PlaggeItaly Giovanni Umberto Battel
19811st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)
Turkey Hüseyin SermetUnited Kingdom Barry Douglas
Japan Megumi Umene
19831st prize2nd prize
Republic of Ireland Hugh TinneySoviet Union United States Boris Slutsky
19851st prize2nd prize
Hungary Klárá WürtzBulgaria Mariana Gurkova
19871st prize2nd prize
Japan Seizo Azumanot awarded
19891st prize2nd prize
United Kingdom William StephensonUnited Kingdom Andrew Wilde
19911st prize2nd prize
not awardedBulgaria Anna Emilova Stoytcheva
19931st prize2nd prize
Azerbaijan Maria StembolskayaRussia Sergei Yerokhin
19951st prize2nd prize
not awardedRussia Dmitri Krivonos
19971st prize2nd prize
not awardedItaly Paolo Wolfango Cremonte
19991st prize2nd prize
Italy Filippo GambaItaly Lorenzo Di Bella
20011st prize2nd prize
not awardedUkraine Denys Proshayev
20031st prize2nd prize
not awardedJapan Fumio Kawamura
20051st prize2nd prize
United Kingdom Martin CousinSouth Korea Yoonjung Han
20071st prize2nd prize
Russia Alexandre PirojenkoUkraine Israel Victor Stanislavsky
20091st prize2nd prize
United States Christopher FalzoneItaly Domenico Monaco
20111st prize2nd prize
Russia Alexey ChernovRussia Alexander Yakovlev
20151st prize(ex-a.)2nd prize
Canada Anastasia Rizikovnot awarded
Japan Yoshito Numasawa
20171st prize2nd prize
not awardedItaly Axel Trolese
Russia Elizaveta Kliuchereva
20191st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)
Russia Evgeny KonnovRussia Andrei Leshkin
Italy Elia Cecino

See also

References
  1. The Malta Council Culture and the Arts


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