The Maria Canals International Music Competition (Catalan : Concurs Internacional de Música Maria Canals Barcelona , IPA: [kuŋˈkuɾs intəɾnəsi.uˈnal də ˈmuzikə məˈɾi.ə kəˈnalz βəɾsəˈlonə] ) is a music competition held yearly in the Palau de la Música Catalana , Barcelona . It was founded as a piano competition in 1954, but in 1964 it was expanded so other modalities could be held occasionally.[1] [2]
It was founded in 1954 by the Catalan pianist Maria Remei Canals i Cendrós (1913–2010) and her husband, the composer and writer Rossend Llates (1899–1973).[3] Since 1954, the Competition has welcomed over 7,000 participants from 100 countries and 180 jury members from all over the world.[4] It became a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions in 1958.[5]
The Maria Canals competition, for which artists such as Joan Miró , Antoni Tàpies and Joan Clavé have made publicity posters, was declared to be of public utility by the Spanish Interior Ministry in 1996.
Pianist performing at Avinguda Diagonal, as part of the Maria Canals competition event in 2015.
Pianist performing at Diagonal metrostation, as part of the Maria Canals competition event in 2017.
Of the multitude of international piano competitions, it is comforting to note that a competition like the Maria Canals at Barcelona, in which the piano is judged purely on a musical level, in which the player cannot forget the essential thing, interpretation, that such a competition takes on greater importance every year. Musicians can only praise and thank Maria Canals for her initiative. For my part, I can only warmly salute not only the longevity of this competition, but its ever more important participation in that magnificent combat in which, nobly and with exemplary probity, the artists of the future – those who will pick up the baton from their elders – face each other. – Vlado Perlemuter , 1964.[6]
Those of us who follow the Barcelonan musical life can't forget the ascendant evolution of the Maria Canals International Music Competition, initiated in 1954, which has turned into one of the most important European competitions. In celebrating its 40th anniversary we can state that many performers of the highest level have arisen from the competition, such a thing having contributed to expand the prestige of Barcelona as an artistic city. – Xavier Montsalvatge , 2004.[7]
Prize Winners
Piano [8]
1954
1st prize (men)
1st prize (women)
Miquel Farré Mallofré
Maria Neus Miró Gumà
1956
Grand prize
1st prize (men) (ex-a. )
1st prize (women) (ex-a. )
Not awarded
Klaus Börner
Aline Demierre
Giorgio Radicula
Núria Escofet Manich
1957
Grand prize
1st prize (men)
1st prize (women)
Not awarded
Alberto Colombo
Thérèse Castaigne
1958
1st prize
Françoise Thinat
1959
1st prize
2nd prize (men)
2nd prize (women)
Not awarded
Jean-Jacques Hauser
Yoko Ikeda
1960
1st prize
Andrzej Jasiński
1961
1st prize
Catherine Silie
1962
1st prize
Dinorah Varsi
1963
1st prize
2nd prize (men)
2nd prize (women)
Not awarded
Jerzy Gajek
Françoise Parrot
1964
1st prize
Dag Achatz
1965
1st prize
James Tocco
1966
1st prize
Leonora Milà Romeu
1967
1st prize
2nd prize (ex-a. )
Not awarded
Franco Angeleri
Jacques Rouvier
1968
1st prize
Christina Viñas
1969
1st prize
Joseph W. Fennimore
1970
1st prize
2nd prize
Guadalupe Parrondo
Martin Hughes
1971
1st prize
2nd prize (ex-a. )
Not awarded
Ewa Bukojemska
Yves Noack
1972
1st prize
Klára Barányi
1973
1st prize
Jonathan M. Purvin
1974
1st prize
2nd prize by unanimity
2nd prize (ex-a. )
Not awarded
Blanca Bodalla
Akira Imai
Pierre Réach
1975
1st prize
2nd prize (men) (ex-a. )
2nd prize (women)
Not awarded
Raimondo Campisi
Marioaran Trifan
Roberto Capello
Andrea Bonatta
1976
1st prize
2nd prize
Yasuto Sugimoto
Elza Kolodin
1977
1st prize
2nd prize (ex-a. )
3rd prize
Arnulf von Arnim
Chung-Myung Kim
Silvia Natiello
Carmen Or
1978
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Bernard d'Ascoli
Erik Berchot
Ruriko Kikuchi
1979
1st prize
2nd prize (ex-a. )
3rd prize
Not awarded
Yves Rault
Mario Bosselli
Christine Kiss
1980
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Yuri Rosum
Catherine Joly
Akos Hernadi
1981
1st prize
2nd prize (ex-a. )
3rd prize
Not awarded
Kazuoki Fujii
José Carlos Cocarelli
Michel Gal
1982
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Hiromi Okada
Karoly Mocsari
Yuki Matsuzawa
1983
1st prize
2nd prize (ex-a. )
3rd prize
Special prize
Not awarded
Bernd Glemser
Antonella Vignali
Marcelino López Domínguez
Kyoko Koyama
1984
1st prize
2nd prize (ex-a. )
3rd prize
Not awarded
Rie Konishi
Galina Vratcheva
Pascal Le Corre
1985
1st prize
2nd prize (ex-a. )
3rd prize
Not awarded
Detlef Kaiser
Constantin Sandu
Ian Munro
1986
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Special prize
Chiharu Sakai
Carole Carniel
Nobuyuki Nagaoka
Ignacio Marín Bocanegra
1987
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize (ex-a. )
Not awarded
Christopher Oakden
Keiko Nakai
Alexandre Tharaud
1988
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Special prize
Zhong Xu
Olivier Cazal
Junko Saito
José Ramón Méndez Menéndez
1989
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Special prize
Gerardo Vila
Christophe Simonet
Yukiko Hori
Miquel Jorba Picañol
1990
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize (ex-a. )
Mathieu Papadiamandis
Not awarded
Jovianney E. Cruz
Andrei Fadeev
1991
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Yuri Martinov
Yuko Nakamichi
Eva-Maria Rieckert
1992
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Armands Ābols
Akiko Kato
Tomoko Doi
1993
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Amir Katz
Gustavo Díaz-Jerez
Rafal Luszczewski
1994
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize (ex-a. )
Sviatoslav Lips
Dmitri Morozov
Frederik Lagarde
Yoko Takemura
1995
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize (ex-a. )
Won Kim
Keiji Serizawa
Yulia Botchkovskaia
Birgita Wollenweber
1996
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize (ex-a. )
Not awarded
Jan Gottlieb Jiracek
Saar Ahuvia
Kiyo Wada
1997
1st prize
2nd prize (ex-a. )
3rd prize
Special prize
Not awarded
Elina Hata
Li Wang
Young-Ha Chung
Ayako Kawai
1998
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize (ex-a. )
Special prize
Peter Koczor
Takahiro Mita
Miwako Takeda
Vincent Larderet
Anthony Zerpa-Falcon
1999
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Kirill Gerstein
Ayako Kimura
Sung-Hoon Hwang
2000
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize (ex-a. )
Yusuke Kikuchi
Ferenc Vizi
Piotr Kupka
Fabrice Lanoë
2001
1st prize
2nd prize (ex-a. )
3rd prize
Yurie Miura
Mel Adkins
Mayako Asada
Ekaterina Krivokochenko
2002
1st prize
2nd prize (ex-a. )
3rd prize
Viv McLean
Alexandre Moutouzkine
Yun-Yang Lee
Kook Hee Hong
2003
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Inesa Synkevich
Yosuke Niino
Sowon Hwang
2004
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Piotr Machnik
Yi-Chih Lu
Matei Varga
2005
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Jue Wang
Yukiko Akagi
Fumiyo Kawamura
2006
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
José Enrique Bagaría Villazán
Marie Vermeulin
Mi-Yeon I
2007
1st prize
2nd prize (ex-a. )
Mladen Čolić
Veronika Böhmova
Marisa Gupta
2008
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Martina Filjak
Ilya Maksimov
Jun Ishimura
2009
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Vestards Šimkus
Jong Yun Kim
Scipione Sangiovanni
2010
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Denis Zhdanov
Olga Kozlova
Marko Hilpo
2011
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Mateusz Borowiak
Alexey Lebedev
Alexey Chernov
2012
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Soo Jung Ann [9]
Nozomi Nakagiri
Vadym Kholodenko
2013
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Stanislav Khristenko
Tomoaki Yoshida
Haejae Kim
2014
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Regina Chernychko
Sergey Belyavskiy
Tatiana Chernichka
2015
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Danylo Saienko
Minsung Lee
Caterina Grewe
2016
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Hiroo Sato
Shiori Kuwahara
Yutong Sun
2017
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Levon Avagyan
Hit Yat Tsang
Anastasia Rizikov
2018
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Evgeny Konnov
Luke Jones
Alexey Sychev
2019
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Daumants Liepinš
Aleksandr Klyuchko
Ka Jeng Wong
2021 - 1st prize - Sandro Gegechkori (Georgia) 2nd prize - Ziming Ren (China) 3rd prize - Rafael Kyrychenko (Portugal)
Chamber Music (1970–87) and Duo-Sonatas (1996 and later) [8]
1970
1st prize
Fernando Puchol and Pedro León
1973
1st prize
2nd prize by unanimity
Not awarded
Dieter Lallinger and Jürgen Besig
1980
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Roland Straumer and Olaf Dressler
Izumi Komoriya and Taisuko Yamashita
Juan Llinares and Ludovica Mosca
1987
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Michael Sanderling and Gerald Fauth
Senoko Numata and Akemi Tadenuma
Pierre Luc Denuit and Sylvie Barret
1996
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Avi Downes and Shana Downes
Aya Yoshii and Yoko Yoshihara
Maria Belousova and Katarzyna Ewald
1999
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize (ex-a. )
Florian Wiek and Justus Grimm
Akiko Okabe and Yuko Aragaki
Isabel Gabbe and Leslie Riva
Kyoko Sasaki and Eriko Iso
2004
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize (ex-a. )
Eung Soo Kim and Moon Young Chae
Igor Bobowitsch and Elena Kolesnichenko
Julien Beaudiment and Laetitia Bougnol
Katia Novell and Luis Parés
Flute [8]
1968
1st prize
2nd prize (ex-a. )
Not awarded
Lô Angelloz
Teresita Frey
1972
1st prize
2nd prize (ex-a. )
Not awarded
Christine Turellier
Edelgard Seeman
1978
1st prize
2nd prize (ex-a. )
3rd prize
Not awarded
Masayoshi Enokida
Jadwiga Kotnowska
Philippe Pierlot
1983
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Special Prize
Erika Sebök
Motoaki Kato
Monika Hegedüs
Vicenç Prats
1988
1st prize
2nd prize (ex-a. )
3rd prize
Dita Krenberga
Christel Rayneau
Natalia Setchkareva
Iren More
1994
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Natalia Danilina
Atsuko Koga
Maryse Graciet
1998
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize (ex-a. )
Olesia Tertychnaia
Christian Farroni
Kaori Fujii
Dejan Gavric
2001
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Francesca Canali
Hyun-im Yoon
Petra Orgl
Guitar [8]
1969
1st prize
2nd prize
Not awarded
Wolfgang Lendle
1974
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Marie Thérèse Ghirardi
Dagoberto Linhares
Dušan Bogdanović
1979
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Leonardo Palacios
William Waters
Guillermo Pérez
1981
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Gabriel García Santos
Shin-Ichi Fukuda
Nicholas Petrou
1985
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Stefano Cardi
Han Jonkers
Keiko Fujii
1989
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Esther-Helena Steenbergen
István Römer
Vladimir Tervo
1992
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
George Vassilev
Xavier Coll
Daisuke Suzuki
1997
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Sara Gianfelici
Lorenzo Micheli
Daekun Jang
Percussion [8]
1982
1st prize
2nd prize (ex-a. )
3rd prize
Special prize (ex-a. )
Not awarded
Axel Fries
Shin-ichi Ueno
Jordi Mestres
Peter Sadlo
Santiago Molas
1990
1st prize
2nd prize (ex-a. )
3rd prize
Ramón Alsina
Armin Weigert
Stefan Eblenkamp
Ignasi Vila
Trio [8]
2009
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Trio Demian
Trio Quintillian
Trio Monte
Violin [8]
1964
1st prize
Rubén González
1967
1st prize
Edith Volckaert
1971
1st prize
Ernst Kovacic
1975
1st prize
2nd prize
men
Gerardo Ribeiro
Eugen Sârbu
women
Yukari Tate [10]
Rasma Liélmane
1979
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Not awarded
Véronique Bogaerts
Berthilde Dufour
1984
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize (ex-a. )
Special Prize
Stéphane L. Picard
Not awarded
Danuta Glowacka
Joaquín Palomares
Mark Bleck
1989
1st prize
2nd prize (ex-a. )
3rd prize (ex-a. )
Not awarded
Franziska Pietsch
Thomas Bötcher
Yova Slessareva
Kyoko Saburi
1993
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Denitsa Kazakova
Ryotaro Ito
Olga Nodel
Violoncello [8]
1976
1st prize
2nd prize
Daniel Raclot
Antônio Meneses
1986
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Hillel Zori
Luca Signorini
Not awarded
1991
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize (ex-a. )
Valérie Aimard
Anita Barbereau
Laure Vavasseur
Thorsten Encke
Voice [8]
1965
1st prize
2nd prize
Not awarded
Not awarded
1966
1st prize
Wolfgang Witte
1967
1st prize
Dirk Schortemeier
1968
1st prize
Ionel Pantea
1969
1st prize
2nd prize (ex-a. )
Not awarded
Kiyoko Ishii
Roswitha Haub
1971
1st prize
Magdalena Cononovici
1972
1st prize
2nd prize
Not awarded
Sandra Sandru
1973
1st prize
Marilena Marinescu
1974
1st prize
2nd prize by unanimity
2nd prize (ex-a. )
Not awarded
Marius Cosmescu
Juliana Paszthy
Wally Salio
1975
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Ludmila Yourchenco
Aleksandr Rudkowsky
Aleksandr Vorosilo
1976
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize
Not awarded
Not awarded
Not awarded
1977
1st prize
2nd prize (ex-a. )
Not awarded
Károly Szilágyi
Keiko Hibi
1978
1st prize
2nd prize
François le Roux
Rodica Mitrica
1979
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize (ex-a. )
Not awarded
Eva Tihany
Gabriela Mazza
Kuniko Taguchi
1981
1st prize
2nd prize (ex-a. )
3rd prize
Nancy Carol Moore
Anne Salvan
Olim Sadoullaiev
Luis Álvarez Sastre
1983
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize (ex-a. )
Mabel Perelstein
Jennifer Larmore
Elise Bédard
Catalina Moncloa
1985
1st prize
2nd prize (ex-a. )
3rd prize
Chihiro Bamba
Tomas Möwes
Teresa Verdera
Annette K. Markert
1987
1st prize
2nd prize (ex-a. )
3rd prize (ex-a. )
Not awarded
Jenny M. Miller
Fumi Yamamoto
Jin-Ok Kim
Teodor Ciurdea
1990
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize (ex-a. )
Special prize
Vladimir Dits
Mirela S. Spinu
Malgorzata Lesiewicz-Przybył
Manuel Lanza
Manuel Lanza
1995
1st prize
2nd prize
3rd prize (ex-a. )
Mihoko Fujimura
Rosa Mateu
Hanna Dóra Sturludóttir
Suki Kim
2000
1st prize
2nd prize (ex-a. )
3rd prize
Annette Dasch
Ramona Eremia
Not awarded
Giedré Povilaityté
References
^ Ana Maria Davila (4 May 2007). "Competició pianística de primera" . El Mundo.
^ Lourdes Morgades (2 May 2007). "Un total de 114 pianistas aspiran a darse a conocer al mundo desde Barcelona en el Concurso Maria Canals" . El País.
^ L'Enciclopèdia
^ Barcelona Yellow
^ "Concours Internationaux de musique Maria Canals de Barcelone" . World Federation of International Music Competitions . Archived from the original on 11 December 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2016 .
^ Vlado Perlemuter. "Dans la multiplicité des Concours Internationaux de Piano..." Archived from the original on 14 November 2007. Dans la multiplicité des Concours internationaux de Piano, il est réconfortant de constater qu’un Concours comme celui de Maria Canals à Barcelona, où le Piano n’est jugé qu’à l’échelle de la Musique, où l’instrumentiste ne peut pas oublier l’essentiel, l’interprète, qu’un tel Concours prend chaque année une ampleur grandissante. Les musiciens ne peuvent que louer et remercier Maria Canals de son initiative. Je ne peut, pour ma part, que souhaiter chaleureusement non seulement la longévité de ce Concours, mais une participation toujours plus importante à cette magnifique joute, où s’affrontent noblement et avec une probité exemplaire, les futurs artistes, qui prendront la relève de leurs aînés.
^ Xavier Montsalvatge. "Els que ja fa temps que seguim..." Archived from the original on 8 January 2007. Els que ja fa temps que seguim la vida musical barcelonina no podem oblidar l’ascendent evolució del Concurs Internacional d’Execució Musical Maria Canals, iniciat el 1954 per convertir-se en un dels certàmens més imporrtants d’Europa. En celebrar el seu 40 aniversari, podem afirmar que, del concurs, han sorgit molts intèrprets de primera categoria, cosa que ha contribuït a expandir arreu el prestigi de la realitat artística barcelonina.
^ a b c d e f g h i "The winners of the competition" . Concurs Maria Canals . Retrieved 25 January 2016 .
^ "South Korean pianist Soo Jung Ann wins the International Music Competition Maria Canals of Barcelona" . Catalan News . 22 March 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2017 .
^ "6e session musicale" . ladepeche.fr . Retrieved 25 January 2016 .