Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition Explained

The Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition is an international piano competition specializing in the music championed by Arthur Rubinstein. The competition has been held every three years in Tel Aviv, Israel since 1974.

History

The Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition came into being in 1973, at the initiative of Jan Jacob Bistritzky, a close friend of Arthur Rubinstein, who was honored to give his name to the Competition.

Conceived in the spirit of this legendary pianist, the Competition is committed to attaining standards of the highest order and is a valid international forum for presenting talented, aspiring young pianists and fostering their artistic careers.

The Competition first took place in 1974 and is held every three years.

Rubinstein himself attended the first two competitions, when the winners were Emanuel Ax and Gerhard Oppitz, renowned pianists today.

In 2003 pianist Idith Zvi succeeded Mr. Bistritzky as artistic director, a role she held until her retirement in 2020. Since July 2020, the artistic director of the Competition is pianist Ariel Cohen.

The past 40+ years of its history have continuously produced pianists who went on to international acclaim:Seong-Jin Cho Gerhard Oppitz, Angela Cheng, Alexander Korsantia, Kirill Gerstein, Alexander Gavrylyuk; Igor Levit, Khatia Buniatishvili, Boris Giltburg, David Fung, Daniil Trifonov, Alberto Ferro and others.

Winners

YearFirst prizeSecond prizeThird prize
1974[1] Emanuel Ax Eugene Indjic Janina Fialkowska
Seta Tanyel
1977[2] Gerhard Oppitz Diana Kacso Etsuko Terada
1980[3] Gregory Allen Ian Hobson Geoffrey Tozer
1983[4] Jeffrey Kahane Hung-Kuan Chen Fei-Ping Hsu
1986[5] not awarded Thomas Duis Angela Cheng
1989[6] Ian Fountain
Benjamin Frith		not awarded Krzysztof Jabłoński
1992[7] Giorgia Tomassi Simone Pedroni Ilya Itin
1995[8] Alexander Korsantia Sergey Tarasov Ohad Ben-Ari
1998[9] Igor Tchetuev Vitaly Samoshko Jong-Gyung Park
2001[10] Kirill Gerstein Ferenc Vizi Massimiliano Ferrati
2005[11] Alexander Gavrylyuk Igor Levit Yeol Eum Son
2008[12] not awarded Roman Rabinovich
Ching-Yun Hu		 Khatia Buniatishvili
2011[13] Daniil Trifonov Boris Giltburg Ilya Rashkovsky
2014[14] Antonii Baryshevskyi Steven Lin Seong-Jin Cho
2017[15] Szymon Nehring Daniel Ciobanu Sara Daneshpour
2021[16] Juan Pérez Floristán Shiori Kuwahara Cunmo Yin
2023[17] Kevin Chen Giorgi Gigashvili Yukine Kuroki

See also

Music of Israel

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: First Competition, September 1974 . The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society . 10 January 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151221165144/http://www.arims.org.il/index.php/1974 . 21 December 2015 .
  2. Web site: Second Competition, April 1977 . The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society . 10 January 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151221164644/http://www.arims.org.il/index.php/1977 . 21 December 2015 .
  3. Web site: Third Competition, April 1980 . The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society . 10 January 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151221164649/http://www.arims.org.il/index.php/1980 . 21 December 2015 .
  4. Web site: Fourth Competition, April 1983 . The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society . 10 January 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151221164654/http://www.arims.org.il/index.php/1983 . 21 December 2015 .
  5. Web site: The Fifth Competition, April 1986 . The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society . 10 January 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151221165149/http://www.arims.org.il/index.php/1986 . 21 December 2015 .
  6. Web site: Sixth Competition, April 1989 . The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society . 10 January 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151221165154/http://www.arims.org.il/index.php/1989 . 21 December 2015 .
  7. Web site: Seventh Competition, April 1992 . The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society . 10 January 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151221164659/http://www.arims.org.il/index.php/1992 . 21 December 2015 .
  8. Web site: Eighth Competition, April 1995 . The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society . 10 January 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151221164704/http://www.arims.org.il/index.php/1995 . 21 December 2015 .
  9. Web site: Ninth Competition, April 1998 . The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society . 10 January 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160119012436/http://www.arims.org.il/index.php/1998 . 19 January 2016 .
  10. Web site: Tenth Competition, April 2001 . The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society . 10 January 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151221164709/http://www.arims.org.il/index.php/2001 . 21 December 2015 .
  11. Web site: The 11th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition . The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society . 10 January 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151221165118/http://www.arims.org.il/index.php/2005 . 21 December 2015 .
  12. Web site: The 12th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition . The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society . 10 January 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151201212144/http://www.arims.org.il/index.php/2008 . 1 December 2015 .
  13. Web site: The 13th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition . The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society . 10 January 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160125044321/http://www.arims.org.il/index.php/2011 . 25 January 2016 .
  14. Web site: The 14th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition . The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society . 10 January 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151215161355/http://arims.org.il/competition2014/ . 15 December 2015 .
  15. Web site: The 15th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition. The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society. 11 May 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20180413195708/http://www.arims.org.il/competition/schedule/. 13 April 2018. dead.
  16. Web site: The 16th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition.
  17. Web site: Prizes Grants and Sponsorships 2023. The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society. 2023-11-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20230608230303/https://arims.org.il/competition-2023/prizes-grants-and-sponsorships/. 2023-06-08. live.

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