The Clara Haskil Piano Competition was founded in 1963 in order to honour and perpetuate the memory of the incomparable Swiss pianist, of Romanian origin, who was born in Bucarest in 1895.

The Competition is a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions since 1976.

The Competition takes place every two years in Vevey where Clara Haskil

Clara Haskil

Clara Haskil was a Romanian classical pianist, renowned as an interpreter of the classical and early romantic repertoire....

 resided from 1942, until her death in Brussels in 1960. A street in Vevey bears her name.

The competition welcomes young pianists from all over the world who pursue a musical ideal inspired by Clara Haskil, and which will always remain exemplary.

The competition benefits from the collaboration with Radio Suisse Romande-Espace 2, and from the generous sponsorship of the Fondation Nestle pour l’Art, Leenards Foundation, Loterie Romande, Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation, Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie Bank, the towns and communities of Vevey, Montreux, La Tour-de-Peilz, Blonay, Chardonne, Corseaux, Corsier, Jongny, and several commercial companies.

The members of a circle of private donors, founded in 1999, also support the activities of the Clara Haskil Competition.

The final, broadcast by Radio Suisse Romande-Espace 2 and by Television Suisse Romande, is part of the Montreux-Vevey International Festival of Opera and Music.

WINNERS 2007-1963

2007 PRIX Hisako Kawamura - Japan

FINALISTS
Alina Elena Bercu - Romania
Yana Vasilyeva - Russia

2005 PRIX Sunwook Kim - South Korea

FINALISTS
Francesco Piemontesi - Switzerland
Gottlieb Wallisch - Austria
2003 PAS DE PRIX

FINALISTS
Herbert Schuch - Germany
Stefan Stroissnig - Austria
Jacob Katsnelson - Russia
2001 PRIX Martin Helmchen - Germany

FINALISTS
Inon Barnatan - Israel
Deborah Lee - United States
1999 PRIX Finghin Collins - Irlande

FINALISTS
Julia Bartha - Germany
Julien Le Pape - France
Denys Proshayev - Ukraine
1997 PRIX Delphine Bardin - France

FINALISTS
Polina Leschenko - Russia, Israel
Hie-Yon Choi - South Korea
Daniil Kopylov - Russia
Nicholas Ong - Malaysia
Miku Nishimoto-Neubert - Japan

1995 PRIX Mihaela Ursuleasa - Romania

FINALISTS
Sheila Arnold - Germany-India
Klaus Sticken - Germany
1993 PRIX Till Fellner - Austria

FINALISTS
Adrian Oetiker - Switzerland
Seiko Ohtomo - Japan

1991 PRIX Steven Osborne - Scotland / Great Britain

FINALISTS
Yoshiko Iwai - Japan
Lorenz Ehrsam - Switzerland
Emmanuel Strosser - France
Alena Tchernouchenko - USSR
1989 PRIX Gustavo Romero - United States

FINALISTS
Ishibashi Eri - Japan
Marie-Josèphe Jude - France
Marietta Petkova - Bulgaria
Patricia Pagny - France
Doris Adam - Austria
1987 PRIX Hiroko Sakagami - Japan

FINALISTS
Sachiyo Yonekawa - Japan
David Satyabrata - Indonesia
Sylviane Deferne - Switzerland
Laurent Cabasso - France
Jean-Marie Cottet - France

1985 PRIX Natasa Veljkovic - Yugoslavia

FINALISTS
Philippe Cassard - France
Alexandra Papastefanou - Greece
Philippe Zahnd - Switzerland
Tomoko Ogasawara - Japan
Huseyn Sermet - Turkey

1983 PAS DE PRIX

FINALISTS
Nathalie Bera-Tagrine - France
Luc Devos - Belgium
Sandro de Palma - Italy
Yukino Fujiwara - Japan

1981 PRIX Konstanze Eickhorst - Germany

FINALISTS
Eric N'Kaoua - France
Friedemann Rieger - Germany
Nina Tichman - U.S.A.
Marioara Trifan - U.S.A.

1979 PRIX Cynthia Raim - United States

FINALISTS
Edouard Garcin - France
Kei Itoh - Japan
Marie-Paule Siruguet - France
Pietro Rigacci - Italy
Mamiko Suda - Japan

1977 PRIX Evgeni Korolyov - USSR

FINALISTS
Dennis Lee - Malaysia
Jeffrey Kahane - U.S.A.
Mamiko Suda - Japan

1975 PRIX Michel Dalberto

Michel Dalberto

Michel Dalberto is a French concert pianist.-Biography:Dalberto was born in Paris into a non-musical family which has its roots in Dauphiné and Italian Piemonte. He began studying the piano at the age of three and a half...

- France

FINALISTS
Marie Catherine Girod - France
Brigitte Meyer - Switzerland
Kyung Sook Lee - Korea
Margrit Pirner - Germany

1973 PRIX Richard Goode - United States

FINALISTS
Penelope Blackie - Great Britain
Brigitte Meyer - Switzerland
Mitsuko Uchida - Japan
1969 PAS DE PRIX

FINALISTS
Peter Lang - Austria
Hanae Nakajima - Japan
Zsuzsanna Sirokay - Hungary
1967 PRIX Dinorah Varsi - Uruguay

FINALISTS
John Owings - U.S.A.
Zsuzsanna Sirokay - Hungary
Michael Studer - Switzerland
1965 PRIX Christoph Eschenbach, Germany

FINALISTS
Françoiseoise Parrot - France
Carmen Vilá - Spain
Annerose Walther - Germany
1963 PAS DE PRIX

FINALISTS
Jon Bingham - England
Gino Brandi - Italy
Jakob Maxin - America-Russia
Mayne Miller - America