International Tchaikovsky Competition
The International Tchaikovsky Competition is a classical music competition held every four years in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, 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. It was a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions until April 2022, when it was excluded due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[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.[2]
The XIV International Tchaikovsky Competition was held in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia, from 14 June to 1 July 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 took place 17–29 June 2019, in Moscow and St. Petersburg; woodwind and brass competition disciplines were 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 (not always awarded) is US$30,000; second, US$20,000; third, US$10,000; fourth, US$5,000; and fifth, US$3,000. An additional prize, a Grand Prix of US$100,000, 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, for a total of US$130,000 |
| 1st Prize | US$30,000 and a Gold Medal |
| 2nd Prize | US$20,000 and a Silver Medal |
| 3rd Prize | US$10,000 and a 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. In 2019, two new categories were added to the competition, woodwinds and brass.[7]
Tianxu An incident
On 25 June 2019, at the final round of the piano category, Chinese competitor Tianxu An was supposed to play Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 followed by Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. However, the scores on the orchestra's and conductor's stands were placed in reversed order and the Rachmaninoff piece was announced first, different from what the pianist requested. Since An didn't understand Russian, he was unaware of the situation. With the piano entry in the Rachmaninoff almost immediate, the performance "began with a failure". Following the incident, jury chair Denis Matsuev invited him to perform the program again, but An declined. The competition made an official apology and the orchestra administration suspended the responsible staff after the event. An was eventually awarded a "special prize" for his confidence and courage.[8][9][10][11]
Excluded from World Federation of International Music Competitions (WFIMC)
On 19 April 2022, World Federation of International Music Competitions (WFIMC) decided with an overwhelming majority of member votes to exclude the International Tchaikovsky Competition from its membership with immediate effect due to "Russia´s brutal war and humanitarian atrocities in Ukraine".[12][1]
Prize winners
Winners of the prizes and medals awarded in the given year and category.[13]
Piano
Violin
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Valery Klimov | Victor Pikayzen | Ștefan Ruha |
| 1962 | Boris Gutnikov | Shmuel Ashkenasi Irina Bochkova | Nina Beilina Yoko Kubo |
| 1966 | Viktor Tretiakov | Masuko Ushioda Oleg Kagan | Yoko Sato Oleh Krysa |
| 1970 | Gidon Kremer | Vladimir Spivakov Mayumi Fujikawa | Liana Isakadze |
| 1974 | Not awarded | Eugene Fodor Ruben Aharonyan Rusudan Gvasaliya | Marie-Annick Nicolas Vanya Milanova |
| 1978 | Ilya Grubert Elmar Oliveira | Mihaela Martin Dylana Jenson | Irina Medvedeva Alexandr Vinnitsky |
| 1982 | Viktoria Mullova Sergei Stadler | Tomoko Kato | Stephanie Chase Andres Cardenes |
| 1986 | Ilya Kaler Raphaël Oleg | Xue Wei Maxim Fedotov | Jane Peters |
| 1990 | Akiko Suwanai | Evgeny Bushkov | Alyssa Park |
| 1994 | Not awarded | Anastasia Chebotareva Jennifer Koh | Graf Murzha Marco Rizzi |
| 1998 | Nikolai Sachenko | Latica Honda-Rosenberg | Ichun Pan |
| 2002 | Not awarded | Tamaki Kawakubo Xi Chen | Tatiana Samouil |
| 2007 | Mayuko Kamio | Nikita Boriso-Glebsky | Yuki Manuela Janke |
| 2011[17] | Not awarded | Sergey Dogadin Itamar Zorman | Jehye Lee |
| 2015 | Not awarded | Yu-Chien Tseng | Alexandra Conunova Haik Kazazyan Pavel Milyukov |
| 2019 | Sergey Dogadin | Marc Bouchkov | Donghyun Kim |
Cello
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Natalia Shakhovskaya | Leslie Parnas Valentin Feygin | Natalia Gutman Mikhail Khomitzer |
| 1966 | Karine Georgian | Stephen Kates Arto Noras | Kenichiro Yasuda Eleonora Testelets |
| 1970 | David Geringas | Victoria Yagling | Ko Iwasaki |
| 1974 | Boris Pergamenschikov | Ivan Monighetti | Hirofumi Kanno Seta Baltayan |
| 1978 | Nathaniel Rosen | Mari Fudzivara Daniel Veis | Alexander Kniazev Alexander Rudin |
| 1982 | Antonio Meneses | Alexander Rudin | Georg Faust |
| 1986 | Mario Brunello Kirill Rodin | Suren Bagratuni Martti Rousi | Sara Sant'Ambrogio John Sharp |
| 1990 | Gustav Rivinius | Françoise Groben Alexander Kniazev | Bion Tsang Tim Hugh |
| 1994 | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 1998 | Denis Shapovalov | Li-Wei Qin | Boris Andrianov |
| 2002 | Not awarded | Johannes Moser | Claudius Popp Alexander Chaushian |
| 2007 | Sergey Antonov | Alexander Buzlov | István Várdai |
| 2011 | Narek Hakhnazaryan | Edgar Moreau | Ivan Karizna |
| 2015 | Andrei Ioniță | Alexander Ramm | Alexander Buzlov |
| 2019 | Zlatomir Fung | Santiago Cañón Valencia | Anastasia Kobekina |
Vocal, female
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Jane Marsh | Veronica Tyler Evelina Stoytseva | Not awarded |
| 1970 | Elena Obraztsova Tamara Sinyavskaya | Not awarded | Evdokia Kolesnik |
| 1974 | Not awarded | Lyudmila Sergienko 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 Ana 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 |
Vocal, male
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Woodwinds
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Matvey Demin (Flute) | Joidy Blanco (Flute) | Alessandro Beverari (Clarinet) |
Brass
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Zeng Yun (French horn) Aleksey Lobikov (Trombone) | Fedor Shagov (Tuba) | Felix Dervaux (French horn) |
Grand Prix
| Year | Winner | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 1994[13] | Hibla Gerzmava | Vocal, female |
| 2011[18] | Daniil Trifonov | Piano |
| 2015[19] | Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar | Vocal, male |
| 2019[20] | Alexandre Kantorow | Piano |
See also
References
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- ^ Brown, Ismene (6 July 2015). "Tchaikovsky piano competition sees self-taught Frenchman take Russia by storm". The Telegraph. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- ^ "The XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition". Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- ^ . Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2010..
- ^ "#TCH15 – Awards". tch15.medici.tv. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ . Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ An Tianxu has decided not to give a repeat performance of his programme. Tchaikovsky Competition (Report). 26 June 2019.
- ^ Miles, Josephine (27 June 2019). "Tchaikovsky finalist's chances scuppered after programme mix-up". Rhinegold Publishing.
- ^ "Orchestra plays one concerto while soloist is expecting another". The Strad. 28 June 2019.
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- ^ Schmemann, Serge (9 July 1982), "Tchaikovsky Piano Jury Gives No Gold Medal", New York Times, retrieved 11 May 2019
- ^ "Конкурс имени Чайковского: лауреаты и члены жюри за все годы". 4 April 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ Kozinn, Allan (1 March 1996). "James Barbagallo, U.S. Pianist, 43, Who Won Prizes". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
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- ^ "#TCH15 – Daniil Trifonov, Grand Prix Winner 2011: "Very Happy to Be Back"". tch15.medici.tv. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ "Grand Prix of the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition has been announced!". tchaikovskycompetition.com. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ "Alexandre Kantorow became the Grand Prix winner at the XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition". tch16.com. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
External links
- Media related to International Tchaikovsky Competition at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website