International Franz Liszt Piano Competition
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The International Franz Liszt Piano Competition ("Liszt Competition"), a member of WFIMC, is an international piano competition.
The Competition is held in Utrecht
in the Netherlands
. It first took place in 1986, one hundred years after the death of Franz Liszt
. The piano competition was well received from the outset by both concert audiences and the music press, and the resoundingly positive response to the first competition was a great incentive to continue. The success of the subsequent competitions made it very clear that there was no going back: the Liszt Competition had taken its place on the world stage of international piano competitions, and each of the seven subsequent competitions has only made the position of the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition more secure.
Since the first time the Liszt Competition was held it has had the privilege of welcoming over two hundred selected participants of extremely high calibre from all over the world.
The Competition is held in Utrecht
Utrecht (city)
Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...
in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. It first took place in 1986, one hundred years after the death of Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt ; ), was a 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher.Liszt became renowned in Europe during the nineteenth century for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age...
. The piano competition was well received from the outset by both concert audiences and the music press, and the resoundingly positive response to the first competition was a great incentive to continue. The success of the subsequent competitions made it very clear that there was no going back: the Liszt Competition had taken its place on the world stage of international piano competitions, and each of the seven subsequent competitions has only made the position of the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition more secure.
Since the first time the Liszt Competition was held it has had the privilege of welcoming over two hundred selected participants of extremely high calibre from all over the world.
First prize winners
- Martyn van den Hoek (1986)
- Enrico PaceEnrico Pace-Biography:Enrico Pace was born in Rimini, Italy in 1967. He studied piano with Franco Scala, mainly at the Rossini Conservatory in Pesaro. He was also active as conductor and composer. In 1987 he won first prize at the International Yamaha Competition in Stresa and in 1989 he was first prize...
(1989) - Sergey Pashkevich (1992)
- Igor Roma (1996)
- Masaru Okada (1999) (Yundi Li was third)
- Jean DubéJean Dubé (musician)French pianist Jean Dubé has played the piano from the age of three and started playing concerts at five. As a soloist and chamber musician he appeared on television and radio in France and abroad...
(2002) - Yingdi SunYingdi SunChinese pianist Yingdi Sun 孙颖迪 won First Prize at the prestigious 7th International Franz Liszt Piano Competition, which was held in Utrecht in 2005. By winning the prize he has embarked on a demanding two-year concert tour in the Netherlands and abroad...
(2005) - Vitaly Pisarenko (2008)
- Masataka Goto (20112011 Franz Liszt International Piano CompetitionThe IX Franz Liszt International Piano Competition took place in Utrecht from March 25 to April 8, 2011. The competition was won by Masataka Goto...
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See also
- List of classical music competitions
- American Protege International Concerto Competition, http://www.americanprotege.com