International Competition for Young Pianists in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz
Introduction The '''International Competition for Young Pianists in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz''' is a biennial international piano competition in Kyiv, Ukraine. It was founded in 1995 to honor pianist Vladimir Horowitz. "Horowitz-Debut", Junior group was held in Kyiv from November 18 to 25, 2021.By restrictions related to the Covid-19 pandemic, it was decided to hold the event in online format. The work of the jury was carried out online in the format of a video conference on the Zoom platform.Spectators were able to follow the events of the competition online on the YouTube channel.From April 13 to 21, 2023, the Secretariat of the World Federation held a special Kyiv-Geneva Horowitz Competition in Geneva. "A member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions (WFIMC) since 2004, the International Competition for Young Pianists in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz has been severely impacted by the ongoing war in Ukraine. The World Federation of International Music Competitions thus taken the initiative to host this competition in Geneva (Switzerland), as a gesture of support for a great cultural institution, as well as an attempt to bridge differences and bring people together through music. WFIMC believes their mission of striving for artistic excellence, authenticity, fairness and equality to support young artists is meaningless unless they give an example to show their social and cultural responsibility: to bring a devastated arts institution back into view; to support young artists in war-torn Ukraine; and to show that common values and common understanding among young people can build a basis for a better future".
Winners  Year / Edition Debut A Debut B Debut C Debut D Junior Intermediate Senior 1995 / 1st Edition* 1st- Oleksiy Yemtsov (Ukraine)* 2nd ''ex-aequo''- Olena Ivanenko (Ukraine)* 2nd ''ex-aequo'' - Artem Lyakhovitch (Ukraine)* 3rd ''ex-aequo''- Denis Bohomol (Ukraine)* 3rd ''ex-aequo'' - Julia Shved (Ukraine)* 1st - Shai Cohen (Israel)* 2nd - Oleksiy Koltakov (Ukraine)* 3rd ''ex-aequo'' - Antonio Gomes (USA)* 3rd ''ex-aequo''-  Koyo Kumagai (Australia)* 3rd ''ex-aequo''- Anna Celin Barrere (France) 1997 / 2nd edition* 1st - Risa Hinoue (Japan)* 2nd - Oleksandr Havrylyuk (Ukraine)* 3 prize - Oleksandr Grynyuk (Ukraine)* 1st - Brian Wallick (USA)* 2nd - Denys Proshchaev (Ukraine)* 3rd ''ex-aequo'' - Kazumasa Matsumoto (Japan)* 3rd ''ex-aequo'' - Lon In (China)* 1st - ''not awarded''* 2nd - Vyacheslav Zubkov (Ukraine)* 3rd ''ex-aequo'' -Yuji Kitano (Japan)* 3rd ''ex-aequo''-Haruko Uchiyama (Japan) 1999 / 3rd edition* 1st -Iryna Arbatska (Ukraine)* 2nd ''ex-aequo''-Vadym Kholodenko (Ukraine)* 2nd ''ex-aequo-'' Dina Pysarenko (Ukraine)* 3rd -Anastasia Dranchuk (Kazakhstan)* 1st - Oleksandr Gavrylyuk (Ukraine, Australia)* 2nd -Oleksiy Emtsov (Ukraine, Australia)* 3rd ex-aequo-Huang Yevei (China)* 3rd ''ex-aequo-'' Jian Liu (USA* 3rd ''ex-aequo-'' Elmar Gasanov (Ukraine)* 3rd ''ex-aequo-''  Daniil Shleyenkov (Byelarus)* 1st- Oleksiy Grynyuk (Ukraine)* 2nd ''ex-aequo'' - Maryna Radyushina (Ukraine)* 2nd ''ex-aequo-'' Oleksandr Yakovlev (Russia)* ''2nd ex-aequo-'' Seiko Tsukamoto (Japan)* 3rd- Inna Soldatenko (Ukraine) 2000–2001 / 4th edition* 1st – Valeria Myrosh (Ukraine)* 2nd- Kyrylo Keduk (Belarus)* 3rd ''ex-aequo''- Oleksandr Chygay (Ukraine)* 3rd ''ex-aequo''- Artem Yasynsky (Ukraine)* 1st – Dmytro Oniyshchenko (Ukraine)* 2nd ''ex-aequo''- Pavel Dombrovsky (Russia)* 2nd ''ex-aequo''- Robert Umansky (Ukraine)* 3rd ''ex-aequo''- Wu Chun (China)* 3rd ''ex-aequo''- Oleksander Grynyuk (Ukraine)* 3rd ''ex-aequo''- Sergiy Shkolyarenko (Ukraine)* 1st Mariya Kim (Ukraine)* 2nd ''ex-aequo''- Alexandr Pirojenko (Russia)* 2nd ''ex-aequo''- Pavel Yaletski (Belarus)* 3rd ''ex-aequo''- Huang Yevei (China)* 3rd ''ex-aequo''- Eduard Kunts (Russia)* 3rd ''ex-aequo''- Nataliya Sukhina (Ukraine) 2003 / 5th edition* 1st – Wai Ching (Rachel) Cheung (China)* 2nd ''ex-aequo''- Sanja Bizjak (Yugoslavia)* 2nd ''ex-aequo''- Nogi Nariya (Japan)* 3rd  ''ex-aequo''- He Qi Zhen (China)* 3rd ''ex-aequo''- Lev Terskov (Russia)* 4th - Oleksiy Gorlatch (Ukraine)* 5th - Mykhail Yeletskiy (Belarus)* 1st - Dina Pysarenko (Ukraine)* 2nd ''ex-aequo''- Zhang Hai Ou (China)* 2nd ''ex-aequo''- Oleksandr Chugay (Ukraine)* 3rd ''ex-aequo''- Volodymyr Lavrynenko (Ukraine)* 3rd ''ex-aequo''- Cheng Qian (China)* 4th ''ex-aequo''- Alina Novik (Ukraine)* 4th ''ex-aequo''- Lukas Opacic (Australia)* 1st - ''not awarded''* 2nd - Tsimur Shcharbakou (Belarus)* 3rd - Artem Liakhovych (Ukraine)* 4th ''ex-aequo''- Alexey Komarov (Russia)* 4th ''ex-aequo''- Kenichiro Suzuki (Japan)2004–2005, 6th edition* 1st- Ryoma Takagi (Japan)* 2nd - Pavlo Netuk (Belarus)* 3rd - Victor Krasovskiy (Ukraine)* 4th - Siqian Li ( China)* 1st - Jue Wang (China)* 2nd ''ex-aequo'' - Valeriya Kucherenko            (Ukraine)* 2nd ''ex-aequo''- Antonii Baryshevskyi (Ukraine)* 3rd - Vladimir Guryanov ( Russia)* 1st- Lorenzo Di Bella (Italy)* 2nd- Alexey Kurbatov (Russia)* 3rd - Mariya Pukhlianko (Ukraine)* 4th- Pavel Kashcheva (Belarus)* 5th ''ex-aequo''-  Kateryna Kulykova ( Ukraine)* 5th ''ex-aequo''- Miao Huang (Germany)* 5th ''ex-aequo''- Andriy Vasin (Ukraine) 2006–2007 / 7th edition* 1st - ''not awarded''* 2nd ''ex-aequo''- Nansong Huang (China)* 2nd ''ex-aequo''- Shushkevych Valeriya (Ukraine)* 3rd ''ex-aequo''- Roman Lopatinskyy (Ukraine)* 3rd ''ex-aequo'' - Maria Petrova (Ukraine)* 4th ''ex-aequo'' - Iryna Burhan(Ukraine)* 4th ''ex-aequo'' - Oleksandr Chornyy(Ukraine)* 1st- Wai Yin Wong (China)* 2nd- Arseni Aristov (Russia)* 3rd- Maria Kalugina  (Ukraine)* 4th - Augustin Voegele (France)* 5th- Michal Szymanowski (Poland)* 6th - Artem Yassynskyi (Ukraine)* 1st - ''not awarded''* 2nd- Liu Yun Tian (China)* 3rd ''ex-aequo'' - Amara Magda (Russia)* 3rd ''ex-aequo''- Olexander Polyakov  (Ukraine)* 4th - Artem Kanke (Ukraine)* 5th - Maxim Bandurin  (Russia)* 6th - Anastasia Naplekova  (Ukraine) 2008–2009 / 8th edition* 1st -  Irina Korniitchuk (Russia)* 2nd - Yelyzaveta Garbuzova (Ukraine)                   * 2nd- Xiting Chen (China)* 3rd - Yaroslava Osadcha  (Ukraine) * 4th -  Illia Fialko (Ukraine)  * 5th -  Illia Aleksandrov (Ukraine)     * 6th - Spenser Zezulka (Canada)* 6th -  Ana Stefanovic(Serbia)* 1st - Anastasia Kukhar (Ukraine)* 2nd - Veronika Gvaramadze (Ukraine) * 3rd  ''ex-aequo''-   Irina Korniitchuk (Russia)  * 3rd ''ex-aequo''-  Tamara Popov (Moldova)    * 4th- Zarina  Chornous (Ukraine)    * 5th  -Oleksiy  Kanke (Ukraine)  * 6th - Kateryna Artemenko(Ukraine)* 1st -  Darya Koval(Belarus)* 2nd - Nazariy Feshchak (Ukraine)  * 3rd -  Danni Wu (China) * 4th ''ex-aequo'' -  Valentyn Shtyrbul (Ukraine)  * 4th ''ex-aequo''- Yevgen Motorenko (Ukraine)   * 5th -  Yelyzaveta Garbuzova(Ukraine)* 6th - Daniil Kres (Ukraine)* 1st-  Dmytro Beliak(Ukraine)* 2nd -  Darya Koval(Belarus)* 3rd - Roman Melnyk (Ukraine)* 4th -Oleksiy  Kanke (Ukraine)* 5th -  Anastasia Muliar(Ukraine)* 6th-  Kateryna Artemenko(Ukraine) * 6th ''ex-aequo''-  Marianna Tikich (Ukraine)* 1st - Illia  Zuiko(Ukraine)* 2nd -  Aleksandra Kasman (USA-Russia)* 3rd ''ex-aequo'' - Anatoliy Khara (Ukraine)* 3rd ''ex-aequo''- Sippola Visa Robert (Finland)* 4th -  Kateryna Garanich (Ukraine)* 5th -Volodymyr  Kochnev (Ukraine)* 1st - Roman Lopatynskyi (Ukraine)* 2nd- Yutong Sun (China)* 3rd ''ex-aequo''- Rémi Geniet (France)*3rd ''ex-aequo''- Polina Sasko (Ukraine)* 4th- Andrei Gologan (Romania)* 5th- Antuanetta Mishchenko  (Ukraine)* 1st- Kho Woon Kim (Korea)* 2nd- Vasyl Kotys (Ukraine)* 3rd- Oleksiy Kovalenko (Ukraine)* 4th-  Luka Okros (Georgia-Russia)* 5th- Alexander Koriakin (Russia)* 6th- Anna Ulaeva (Ukraine) 2011–2012 / 9th edition * 1st-  Simon Bürki (Switzerland)* 2nd-  George Campbell (United Kingdom)* 3rd ''ex-aequo''-  Erik Tkachenko (Ukraine)* 3rd ''ex-aequo''`Mykyta Shestakov (Belarus)* 4th-  Dmytro Tsyganov(Russia) * 5th-  Anna Nakonechna (Ukraine)* 6th- Dmytro Semykras (Ukraine)* 1st- Burzanitsa Mykyta (Ukraine)* 2nd ex-aequo''- Simon Bürki (Switzerland)* 2nd ''ex-aequo''- Erik Tkachenko  (Ukraine)* 3rd-  Igor Kubanov(Ukraine)* 4th ''ex-aequo''-  Yaroslava Osadcha (Ukraine)* 4th ''ex-aequo''- Dmytro Kravets  (Ukraine)* 5th- ''not awarded''* 6th- ''not awarded''* 1st- Arsenii Mun (Russia)* 2nd-  Mykola  Pushkariov (Ukraine)* 3rd-  Ivan Samorodyn (Ukraine)* 1st-  Mykyta Burzanitsa (Ukraine)* 2nd ''ex-aequo''-  Maria-Luisa  Plieshakova (Ukraine)* 2nd ''ex-aequo''-  Mykyta Shestakov (Belarus)* 3rd-  Simon Bürki (Switzerland )* 4th- Polina Gorokhovska (Ukraine)* 5th- ''not awarded''* 6th-  Ivan Samorodyn (Ukraine)* 1st- Bolai Cao (China)* 2nd- Tian Yuan Liu (China)* 3rd ''ex-aequo''- Matsuda Kanon (Japan)* 3rd ''ex-aequo''- Yinuo Wang (China)* 4th-  Kateryna Khomiakova (Ukraine)* 5th- Oleksii  Kanke(Ukraine)* 6th- ''not awarded''* 1st- Alexandr Kutuzov (Russia)* 2nd- Konstantin Emelyanov (Russia)* 3rd- Kateryna Khomiakova (Ukraine)* 4th- Victor Maslov (Russia)* 5th- Maria Kustas (Russia)* 6th- Chum Man Shan (China)* 1st- Alexander Sinchuk (Russia)* 2nd- Nikolay Medvedev (Russia)* 3rd- Ketevan Chkhartishvili (Georgia)* 4th- Tetiana Shafran (Ukraine)* 5th- Pavlo Kachnov (Ukraine)* 6th- Danylo Saienko (Ukraine) 2013 / 10th edition* 1st ''ex-aequo''-  Maxym  Burdaliov (Ukraine)* 1st ''ex-aequo''-  Roman  Fediurko (Ukraine)* 1st ''ex-aequo''- Shio Okui (Japan)* 2nd ''ex-aequo''-  Fedor Orlov (Russia)* 2nd ''ex-aequo''-  Ulyana Pinaeva (Ukraine) * 2nd ''ex-aequo''-  Shuan Hern Lee (Australia)* 2nd ''ex-aequo''-  Maksym  Sharpar (Ukraine)* 1st-  Bohdan Voloshyn(Ukraine)* 2nd- Shuan Hern Lee (Australia)* 3rd-Shio Okui (Japan)* 4th-  Maria-Luisa Pleshakova (Ukraine)* 5th ''ex-aequo''- Yevheniya Tsurul (Ukraine)* 5th ''ex-aequo''-  Dmytro Tsyganov (Russia)* 6th-  Khrystyna Rudakova (Ukraine)* 1st-  Illia Fialko (Ukraine)* 2nd ''ex-aequo''-  Valeriya  Merkulova(Ukraine)* 2nd ''ex-aequo''- Oleksandra Katsalap  (Ukraine)* 2nd ''ex-aequo''- Shuan Hern Lee (Australia)* 3rd- George Campbell (United Kingdom)* 4th- Hailun Yu (Canada)* 1st- Shio Okui(Japan)* 2nd ''ex-aequo''-  Illia Fialko(Ukraine)* 2nd ''ex-aequo''-  Alisa Zayika (Ukraine)* 3rd-  Dmytro Kravets(Ukraine)* 4th-  Maria Matsiievska(Ukraine)* 1st- Xuehong Chen (China)* 2nd ''ex-aequo''-  Tony Siqi Yun (Canada)* 2nd ''ex-aequo-''  Maria Klymenko (Ukraine)* 3rd- Xingyu Lu (China)* 4th- Alexander Malofeev (Russia)* 5th- Yevhen Motorenko (Ukraine) 2016 / 11th edition* 1st – Yeliseyeva Kateryna (Ukraine)* 2nd – Yermak Mykhailo (Ukraine)* 3rd – Shumakova Albina (Ukraine)* 3rd – Riaboshapka Yelyzaveta (Ukraine)* 3rd – Miezientsev Yehor (Ukraine)The fourth, fifth, and sixth prizes weren't awarded. * 1st – Mykhailichenko Khrystyna (Ukraine)* 2nd – Bartashevych Kirill (Belarus)* 2nd – Miezientsev Yehor (Ukraine)* 2nd – Yelisyeva Kateryna (Ukraine)* 3rd – Plieshakova Maria-Luiza (Ukraine)* 3rd – Ivanytsky Mark (Ukraine)* 3rd – Riaboshapka Yelyzaveta (Ukraine)* 4th – Svechnikov Sviatoslav (Ukraine)* 4th – Lukashiva Sofia (Ukraine)* 1st – Bartashevych Kirill (Belarus)* 2nd – Nebaba Anna (Ukraine)* 3rd – Plieshakova Maria-Luiza (Ukraine)* 4th – Mushtai Sofia (Ukraine)* 4th – Datseniuk Anhelina (Ukraine)* 5th – Bakhmut Yehor (Ukraine)* 5th – Dubiy Sofia (Ukraine)* 6th – Kornuta Oleksandr (Ukraine)* 6th – Wang Zi You (China)* 1st – Mykhailichenko Khrystyna (Ukraine)* 2nd – Yermak Mykhailo (Ukraine)* 2nd – Miezientsev Yehor (Ukraine)* 2nd – Kushch Dmytro (Ukraine)* 3rd – Dybiy Sofia (Ukraine)* 4th – Soloviova Anastasia (Ukraine)* 1st – Lao Rui Si (China)* 2nd – Fediurko Roman (Ukraine)* 3rd – Semykras Dmytro (Ukraine)* 4th – Myroshnychenko Mykola (Ukraine)* 5th – Zaika Alisa (Ukraine)* 6th – Matsiievska Maria (Ukraine)* 1st – Kanke Oleksiy (Ukraine)* 3rd – Radevski Djorje (Serbia)* 5th – Chen Wanchuan (China)* 6th – Krstic Pavle (Serbia-Austria)* 6th – Ovcharenko Illia (Ukraine)* 6th – Stoyacheva Maria-Desislava (Bulgaria)The second and fourth prizes weren't awarded.2017/121st -Kim Junhee(South Korea)2nd- Choni Dmytro(Ukraine)3rd - Leonov Oleksandr(Ukraine)4th - Lan Baichao(China)5th -Linnyk Denys(Belarus)6th- Gumminiuk Stanislav (Ukraine)2018/121st - Fediurko Oleksandr(Ukraine)2nd - Voloshyn Dmytro(Ukraine)2nd  -Mitrianu Anhelina (Ukraine)3rd - Basysta Oleksandra(Ukraine)4th - Zakhodiakin Andrii(Ukraine)5th -  Kabirova Biata (Belarus)5th - Neskorobzheva Sofiia  (Ukraine)1st- Soloviova Anastasiia (Ukraine)2nd - Avalian Kristina(Ukraine)3rd - Kabirova Biata (Belarus)3rd - Stohnushenko Diana (Ukraine)4th - Yeroshenko Yeva (Ukraine)4th - Karapetian Sofiia (Ukraine)5th - Palyliulko Bohdan(Ukraine)1st - Fediurko Oleksandr(Ukraine)2nd - Pokydailo Marharyta (Ukraine)3rd - Kholodkov Andrii (Ukraine)4th - Andriiev Daniil(Ukraine)5th - Kriukova Mariia(Ukraine)5th - Riaboshapka Yelizaveta (ukraine)6th - Beziazychna Svitlana (Ukraine)1st - Serebriakova Elina (Ukraine)2nd - Mirianu Anhielina(Ukraine)3rd - Kushch Dmytro(Ukraine)4th - Kabirova Biata(Belarus)5th - Yermak Mykhailo(Ukraine)6th - Ptasnic Alexandr(Moldova)1st - Terletskui Bohdan(Ukraine)2nd-- Nebaba Anna(ukraine)3rd - Shadryna Airys(Belarus)4th - Pleshakova Mariia-Luiza (Ukraine)5th - Zholobova Sofiia(Ukraine)6th - Pung Rae Yue(Australia)2019/121st - Ovcharenko Illia(Ukraine)2nd - Semykras Dmytro(Ukraine)3rd - Zhou Noah (United Kingdom)4th Rinaldi Keitlan(Australia)5th -Xu Shangjun(China)6th- Matsiievska Mariia(Ukraine)2021/131st - Somboonvechakarn Chanya Bayla (Thailand)2nd - Zhu Hangchenyu (The People's Rebublic of China)3rd - Beziazychna Yulianna (Ukraine)3rd - Kozenko Herman (Ukraine)4th degree - Lee Russell Lavelle (Indonesia)4th - Udod Daria (Ukraine)5th - Li Xinyu (The People's Rebublic of China)6th - Bui Sofiia (Ukraine)1st - Pyshniuk Kateryna (Ukraine)2nd - Orlianska Yeva (Ukraine)3rd - Beziazychna Yulianna (Ukraine)3rd - Trusova Karolina (Ukraine)4th - Zolotarov Savva (Ukraine)5th - Lyu Xinying (The People's Rebublic of China)6th - Kašubaitė Kaja (Lithuania/Ukraine)1st - Ploshko Amelіia (Ukraine)2nd - Avalian Kristina (Ukraine)3rd - Kašubaitė Klėja (Lithuania/Ukraine) 3rd - Steblovska Sofiia (Ukraine)4th - Not awarded5th - Zhu JeFauna (The United States of America)6th - Not awarded1st - Ploshko Amelіia (Ukraine)2nd - Avalian Kristina (Ukraine)3rd - Vozna Zlata (Ukraine)3rd - Zolotarov Savva (Ukraine)4th - Terzi Kseniia (Ukraine) 5th - degree - not awarded6th - not awarded1st - Terletskyi Bohdan (Ukraine)2nd - Oleksandr Fediurko(Ukraine)2nd - Haoyu Chen(The People's Republic of China)3rd - Hanna Koziak(Ukraine)3rd - Ziyu Shao(The People's Republic of China)4th - Anastasiia Shimchak(Republic of Belarus)5th - Anastasiia Hurenkova(Republic of Belarus)5th - Albina Shumakova(Ukraine)Horowitz Competition Kyiv-Geneva, 20231st - Roman Fediurko2nd - Julian Trevelyan3rd - Kuongsun Park
References * * World Federation of International Music Competitions* European Union of Music Competitions for Youth* Jeunesses Musicales International