International Tchaikovsky Competition
The International Tchaikovsky Competition is a classical-music competition held every four years in Moscow, Russia, for pianists, violinists, and cellists between 16 and 32 years of age, and singers between 19 and 32 years of age. The competition is named after Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and is an active member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions.[1]
The International Tchaikovsky Competition was the first international music competition held in the Soviet Union. For the XIV competition in 2011, Valery Gergiev was appointed the competition's chairman, and Richard Rodzinski, former president of the Van Cliburn Foundation, was appointed general director. A new voting system was instituted, created by mathematician John MacBain, and used by the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, and the Cleveland International Piano Competition. All rules and regulations also underwent a complete revision. Emphasis was placed on the composition of the jury, which consisted primarily of well-known and respected performing artists. Finally, for all competitions from 2011 forward, a first prize will always be awarded.[2]
The XIV International Tchaikovsky Competition was held in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia, from June 14 to July 1, 2011, under the auspices of the Russian federal government and its Ministry of Culture. The competition disciplines were piano, violin, cello, and voice (male singers and female singers). The XV competition took place in June 2015. [3] The XVI competition will take place June 17-29, 2019, in Moscow and St. Petersburg; woodwind and brass competition disciplines will be added.[4]
Prizes
Cash prizes are awarded to the top-five competitors in each discipline of piano, violin, cello, and to each of the top four competitors in the men's and women's solo vocal categories. First prize (always to be awarded) is 20,000 Euro; second, 15,000 Euro; third, 10,000 Euro; fourth, 5,000 Euro; and fifth, 3,000 Euro. An additional prize, a Grand Prix of 100,000 Euro, may be awarded to one of the gold medalists deemed outstanding by the juries. Additional awards are given for best performance of the chamber concertos and the commissioned new work.[5]
For the 2019 competition, the prizes[6] are as follows:
| Prize | Amount |
| Grand Prix | US$ 100,000 in addition to the 1st Prize amount |
| 1st Prize | US$ 30,000 and the Gold Medal |
| 2nd Prize | US$ 20,000 and the Silver Medal |
| 3rd Prize | US$ 10,000 and the Bronze Medal |
| 4th Prize | US$ 5,000 and a Diploma |
| 5th Prize | US$ 3,000 and a Diploma |
| 6th Prize | US$ 2,000 and a Diploma |
| Best performance of a concerto with a chamber orchestra in Round II (in the piano, violin, and cello sections) | US$ 2,000 and a Diploma |
History
Held every four years, the first competition, in 1958, included two disciplines – piano and violin. Beginning with the second competition, in 1962, a cello category was added, and the vocal division was introduced during the third competition in 1966. In 1990, a fifth discipline was announced for the IX International Tchaikovsky Competition — a contest for violin makers which traditionally comes before the main competition.[7]
Prize winners
Winners of the prizes and medals awarded in the given year and category.[8]
Piano
Violin
Cello
Vocal, female
| Year | 1st Prize/Gold | 2nd Prize/Silver | 3rd Prize/Bronze | 4th Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 |  Jane Marsh
|
Veronica Tyler Evelina Stoytseva
|
Not awarded | |
| 1970 |  Elena Obraztsova Tamara Sinyavskaya
|
Not awarded | Evdokia Kolesnik
| |
| 1974 | Not awarded | Lyudmila Sergiyenko Stefka Evstatieva Sylvia Sass
|
Galina Kalinina Tatiana Erastova
| |
| 1978 | Lyudmila Shemchuk
|
Lyudmila Nam
|
 Ewa Podleś Mariana Ciaromila
| |
| 1982 | Lidiya Zabilyasta
|
Khuraman Gasimova
|
Dolora Zajick
| |
| 1986 | Natalia Erasova
|
Barbara Kilduff[b] Felicia Filip
|
Maria Guleghina
| |
| 1990 | Deborah Voigt
|
Marina Shaguch
|
 Emilia Oprea Maria Khokhlogorskaya
| |
| 1994 |  Hibla Gerzmava Marina Lapina
|
Laura Claycomb Tatiana Zakharchu
|
Irina Gelahova
| |
| 1998 |  Mieko Sato
|
Elena Manistina
|
 Maira Mukhamed
| |
| 2002 | Aitalina Afanasieva-Adamova
|
 Wu Bixia
|
Anna Samuil
| |
| 2007 | Albina Shagimuratova
|
Olesya Petrova
|
 Marika Gulordava
| |
| 2011 |  Sunyoung Seo
|
Not awarded | Elena Guseva
| |
| 2015 | Yulia Matochkina
|
Svetlana Moskalenko
|
 Mane Galoyan
| |
| 2019 | Maria Barakova
|
Aigul Khismatullina
|
Maria Motoligina
|
 Angelina Akhmedova Oksana Mayorova
|
Vocal, male
| Year | 1st Prize/Gold | 2nd Prize/Silver | 3rd Prize/Bronze | 4th Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Vladimir Atlantov
|
Nikolai Okhotnikov
|
Simon Estes Konstantin Lisovsky
| |
| 1970 | Yevgeny Nesterenko Nikolai Ogrenich
|
Vladislav Piavko Zurab Sotkilava
|
Victor Trishin
| |
| 1974 | Ivan Ponomarenko
|
Kolos Kováts
|
Anatoly Ponomarenko Vladimir Malchenko
| |
| 1978 | Not awarded | Valentin Pivovarov Nikita Storojev
|
Yuri Statnik
| |
| 1982 | Paata Burchuladze
|
Gegham Grigoryan
|
Vladimir Chernov
| |
| 1986 | Alexander Morozov Grigory Gritsyuk
|
Barseg Tumanyan
|
Sergei Martynov
| |
| 1990 | Hans Choi
|
Boris Statsenko
|
Oleg Kulko Wojciech Drabowicz
| |
| 1994 | Chen-Ye Yuan
|
Not awarded | Mikhail Davydov Ho Gwan Su
| |
| 1998 | Besik Gabitashvili
|
Yevgeny Nikitin
|
Alexander Kisselev
| |
| 2002 | Mikhail Kazakov
|
Andrej Dunaev
|
Kim Don Seub
| |
| 2007 | Alexander Tsymbalyuk
|
Dmitry Belosselskiy
|
Maxim Paster
| |
| 2011 | Jongmin Park
|
 Enkhbatyn Amartüvshin
|
Not awarded | |
| 2015 | Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar
|
Chuanyue Wang
|
Hansung Yoo
| |
| 2019 |  Georgios Alexandros Stavrakakis
|
Gihoon Kim
|
Migran Agagzanyan
|
Enkhbold Ankhbayar
|
Woodwinds
| Year | 1st Prize/Gold | 2nd Prize/Silver | 3rd Prize/Bronze | 4th Prize | 5th Prize | 6th Prize | 7th Prize | 8th Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Matvey Demin (Flute)
|
 Joidy Blanco (Flute)
|
 Alessandro Beverari (Clarinet)
|
 Lola Descours (Bassoon)
|
Nikita Vaganov (Clarinet)
|
 Juri Vallentin (Oboe)
|
Livia Duleba (Flute)
|
Sofiya Viland (Flute)
|
Brass
| Year | 1st Prize/Gold | 2nd Prize/Silver | 3rd Prize/Bronze | 4th Prize | 5th Prize | 6th Prize | 7th Prize | 8th Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Zeng Yun (French horn) Aleksey Lobikov (Trombone)
|
Fedor Shagov (Tuba)
|
Felix Dervaux (French open)
|
 Henrique dos Santos (Tuba)
|
Ansel Norris (Trumpet)
|
Peter Steiner (Trombone)
|
Hae-Ree Yoo (French horn)
|
Zhasulan Abdykalykov (Trumpet)
|
Grand Prix
| Year | Winner | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 1994[8] | Hibla Gerzmava
|
Vocal, female |
| 2011[12] | Daniil Trifonov
|
Piano |
| 2015[13] | Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar
|
Vocal, male |
| 2019[14] | Alexandre Kantorow
|
Piano |
See also
- International Tchaikovsky Competition 2011 - Piano
- International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians is the junior section of the competition. The Association of Tchaikovsky Competition Stars recommend the first, second and third Prize winners of the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians to enter the International Tchaikovsky Competition without going through the preliminary selections and create favorable opportunities for them in case they must meet the competition entrance requirements: i.e., age limit, application procedure, etc.
- List of classical music competitions
- World Federation of International Music Competitions
- Critics' Prize (Tchaikovsky Competition)
References
- ^ FMCIM.
- ^ Musolife Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Brown, Ismene (July 6, 2015). "Tchaikovsky piano competition sees self-taught Frenchman take Russia by storm". The Telegraph. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
- ^ "The XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition". Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
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- ^ Tchaikovsky Competition Archived June 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b [2]"XV International Tchaikovsky Competition: The Laureates"/"Past prizewinners of the International Tchaikovsky Competition since 1958: full list"
- ^ Schmemann, Serge (July 9, 1982), "Tchaikovsky Piano Jury Gives No Gold Medal", New York Times, retrieved May 11, 2019; also see ClassicalMusicNews.ru.
- ^ An obituary in the New York Times, March 1, 1996, stated that James Barbagallo had won the third prize, and this has been widely copied.
- ^ Чао, Чайковский! в Российской газете
- ^ [3] "Daniil Trifonov, Grand Prix Winner 2011: 'Very Happy to Be Back'"
- ^ [4] "Grand Prix of the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition has been announced!"
- ^ "Alexandre Kantorow became the Grand Prix winner at the XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition". tch16.com. Retrieved 2019-06-30.
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