Honens International Piano Competition

Canada's Honens International Piano Competition is a leader in discovering and launching the careers of young concert pianists. It searches for Complete Artists – 21st century musicians for 21st century audiences – and awards its Laureates the competition world's largest cash prize and most comprehensive artistic and career development program. In 1991, philanthropist and music enthusiast Esther Honens made a gift of $5 million towards her dream of building one of the world's great piano competitions in Calgary, Alberta. Formerly known as the Esther Honens International Piano Competition, the Competition took place every four years from 1992 to 2000 and then switched to a three-year cycle thereafter.

The Seventh Honens International Piano Competition takes place October 17 to 26, 2012.

Competition Laureates

Competition winners are listed in order of first, second and third laureate respectively.

2009

Georgy Tchaidze, Russia

Evgeny Starodubtsev, Russia

Gilles Vonsattel, Switzerland

2000

Katherine Chi, Canada

Marko Martin

Marko Martin

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, Estonia

Alessandra Maria Ammara, Italy

1996

Maxim Philippov, Russia

Albert Tiu

Albert Tiu

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, Philippines

Eugene Watanabe, United States

1992

Yi Wu, Argentina

Krzysztof Jablonski, Poland

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, France

Sergei Babayan

Sergei Babayan

Sergei Babayan is an Armenian-American concert pianist.-Biography:Babayan began his musical studies at age six with Luisa Markaryan. He studied under Lev Naumov and at the Moscow Conservatory under Vera Gornostayeva and Mikhail Pletnev. In 1989 Babayan travelled to the United States...

, Armenia

Dmitry Nesterov, Russia

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