Clara Haskil International Piano Competition
Introduction The '''Clara Haskil Piano Competition''' (French: Concours international de piano Clara Haskil) was founded in 1963 in order to honour and perpetuate the memory the Romanian-Swiss pianist Clara Haskil.The competition is a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions since 1976.It takes place every two years in Vevey where Clara Haskil resided from 1942 until her death in Brussels in 1960.A street in Vevey bears her name.The competition welcomes young pianists from all over the world.The competition benefits from the collaboration with Radio Television Suisse Espace 2, and from the generous sponsorship of the Fondation Nestle pour l'Art, Leenards Foundation, Loterie Romande, Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation, Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie Bank, the towns and communities of Vevey, Montreux, La Tour-de-Peilz,  Blonay, Chardonne, Corseaux, Corsier, Jongny, and several commercial companies. The members of a circle of private donors, founded in 1999, also support the activities of the Clara Haskil Competition.The final, broadcast by Radio Suisse Romande Espace 2 and by Radio Télévision Suisse, is part of the Montreux-Vevey International Festival of Opera and Music.
Winners 1963–2023 YearWinnerFinalists1963no winnerJon Bingham – England; Gino Brandi – Italy; Jakob Maxin – USA/Russia; Mayne Miller – USA1965Christoph Eschenbach, GermanyFrançoise Parrot – France; Carme Vilà – Spain; Annerose Walther – Germany1967Dinorah Varsi – UruguayJohn Owings – USA; Zsuzsanna Sirokay – Hungary; Michael Studer – Switzerland1969no winnerPeter Lang – Austria; Hanae Nakajima – Japan; Zsuzsanna Sirokay – Hungary1973Richard Goode – United StatesPenelope Blackie – Great Britain; Brigitte Meyer – Switzerland; Mitsuko Uchida – Japan1975Michel Dalberto – FranceMarie-Catherine Girod – France; Brigitte Meyer – Switzerland; Kyung Sook Lee – Korea; Margrit Pirner – Germany1977Evgeni Koroliov – USSRDennis Lee – Malaysia; Jeffrey Kahane – USA; Mamiko Suda – Japan1979Cynthia Raim – United StatesEdouard Garcin – France; Kei Itoh – Japan; Marie-Paule Siruguet – France; Pietro Rigacci – Italy; Mamiko Suda – Japan1981Konstanze Eickhorst – GermanyEric N'Kaoua – France; Friedemann Rieger – Germany; Nina Tichman – USA; Marioara Trifan – USA1983no winnerNathalie Béra-Tagrine – France; Luc Devos – Belgium; Sandro de Palma – Italy; Yukino Fujiwara – Japan1985Nataša Veljkovic – YugoslaviaPhilippe Cassard – France; Alexandra Papastefanou – Greece; Philippe Zahnd – Switzerland; Tomoko Ogasawara – Japan; Huseyn Sermet – Turkey1987Hiroko Sakagami – JapanSachiyo Yonekawa – Japan; David Satyabrata – Indonesia; Sylviane Deferne – Switzerland; Laurent Cabasso – France; Jean-Marie Cottet – France1989Gustavo Romero – United StatesIshibashi Eri – Japan; Marie-Josèphe Jude – France; Marietta Petkova – Bulgaria; Patricia Pagny – France; Doris Adam – Austria1991Steven Osborne – ScotlandYoshiko Iwai – Japan; Lorenz Ehrsam – Switzerland; Emmanuel Strosser – France; Alena Tchernouchenko – USSR1993Till Fellner – AustriaAdrian Oetiker – Switzerland; Seiko Ohtomo – Japan1995Mihaela Ursuleasa – RomaniaSheila Arnold – Germany/India; Klaus Sticken – Germany; 1997Delphine Bardin – FrancePolina Leschenko – Russia, Israel; Hie-Yon Choi – South Korea; Daniil Kopylov – Russia; Nicholas Ong – Malaysia; Miku Nishimoto-Neubert – Japan1999Finghin Collins – IrelandJulia Bartha – Germany; Julien Le Pape – France; Denys Proshayev – Ukraine2001Martin Helmchen – GermanyInon Barnatan – Israel; Deborah Lee – United States2003no winnerHerbert Schuch – Germany; Stefan Stroissnig – Austria; Jacob Katsnelson – Russia2005Sunwook Kim – South KoreaFrancesco Piemontesi – Switzerland; Gottlieb Wallisch – Austria2007 – JapanAlina Elena Bercu – Romania; Yana Vasilyeva – Russia2009Adam Laloum – FranceNima Sarkechik – France / Iran; François Dumont – France2011Cheng Zhang – ChinaZhi Chao Julian Jia – China; Joo Hyeon Park – South Korea2013Cristian Budu – BrazilDmitry Mayboroda – Russia; François-Xavier Poizat – Switzerland; Ainobu Ota – USA/Japan2015no winnerGuillaume Bellom – France; Benedek Horváth – Hungary; Yukyeong Ji – South Korea2017Mao Fujita – Japan Aristo Sham – Hong Kong; Alberto Ferro – Italy2019no winnerZhu Wang – China; Jorge González Buajasan – Cuba; Hyelim Kim – South Korea2021Yumeka Nakagawa – Japan/GermanyWataru Mashimo – Japan; Juhee Lim – South Korea2023Magdalene Ho – MalaysiaArthur Hinnewinkel – France; Elizaveta Ukrainskaia – Russia
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