The International Piano Competition "Ricard Viñes" takes part each year in Auditorium Enric Granados in Lleida (Spain). Prize winners (Category A) 1st Competition, 1995 1st prize – Lluís Rodríguez Salvà (Girona Catalunya) 2nd prize – Pierre-Marie Van Caenegem (Almeria Andalucia) 3rd prize – José Menor Martín (Sabadell Catalunya) 2nd Competition, 1996 1st prize – José Menor Martín (Sabadell Catalunya) 2nd prize – Ricardo Martínez Descalzo (Alacant Comunitat Valenciana) 3rd prize – Mervin Fernández Piedra (Cuba) 3rd Competition, 1997 1st prize – Mariona Vicens Cuyàs (Girona Catalunya) 2nd prize – Pedro Valero Abril (Molina De Segura Múrcia) 3rd prize – Ricardo Martínez Descalzo (Alacant Comunitat Valenciana) 4th Competition, 1998 1st prize – Ricardo Martínez Descalzo (Alacant Comunitat Valenciana) 2nd prize – Àlex Maynegre Torra (Barcelona Catalunya) 3rd prize – none 5th Competition, 1999 1st prize – Luís Aracama Gardoqui ( Santander Cantabria) 2nd prize – Emílio González Sanz (Burgos Castilla – León) 3rd prize – Gustavo Andrés Peláez (L'hospitalet De Llobregat Catalunya) 6th Competition, 2000 1st prize – Emilio González Sanz (Burgos Castilla – León) 2nd prize – Pedro Pardo Bañeres (Lleida Catalunya) 3rd prize – Raimon Garriga Moreno ( Barcelona Catalunya) 7th Competition, 2001 1st prize – Carmen Yepes Martín (Míeres Astúrias) 2nd prize – Josu De Solaun Soto (València Comunitat Valenciana) 3rd prize – Àlex Alguacil Ruiz (Barcelona Catalunya) 8th Competition, 2002 1st prize – Alex Alguacil Ruiz (Santa Coloma Cataluña) 2nd prize – Jordi Farran Lapeña (Lleida Cataluña) 3rd prize – none 9th Competition, 2003 1st prize – Jordi Farran Lapeña – Lleida (Spain) 2nd prize – Enrique Bernaldo De Quirós Martín – Madrid (Spain) 3rd prize – Alfonso Gómez Ruiz De Arcaute – Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain) 10th Competition, 2004 1st prize – Christopher Devine – Wassenaar (Netherlands) 2nd prize – Miguel Angel Castro Martín – Sta Cruz Tenerife (Spain) 3rd prize – José Enrique Bagaria Villazán – Barcelona (Spain) 11th Competition, 2005 1st prize – Luís Parés (Italy) 2nd prize – Emmanuelle Swiercz (France) 3rd prize – Natalia Posnova (Russia) 12th Competition, 2006 1st prize – none 2nd prize – Enrique De Bernaldo Quirós and Eduardo Fernández Garcia 3rd prize – none 13th Competition, 2007 1st prize – Josep García Martínez 2nd prize – Alexander Yakovlev 3rd prize – Carlos Guerrero Bullejos 14th Competition, 2008 1st prize – Bruno Vlahek 2nd prize – Olga Kozlova 3rd prize – Enrique Bernaldo De Quirós 15th Competition, 2009 1st prize –