The Concours Géza Anda is a triennial international piano competition in Zürich, Switzerland. It was founded in memory of Hungarian pianist Géza Anda by his widow Hortense Anda-Bührle. The purpose of the competition is to discover and promote young pianists who will pass on the musical spirit of Géza Anda. The Géza Anda Foundation provides winners with free concert management for three years after the competition (up to 200 engagements).
Ed. | Year | First prize | Second prize | Third prize |
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1st | 1979 | Georges Pludermacher | ||
2nd | 1982 | Laurent Cabasso | ||
3rd | 1985 | (not awarded) | tie: Yukino Fujiwara and Hüseyin Sermet | Michael Endres |
4th | 1988 | Ricardo Castro | ||
5th | 1991 | Matthias Kirschnereit | ||
6th | 1994 | Luca Ballerini | ||
7th | 1997 | Yuka Imamine | ||
8th | 2000 | Andrey Shibko | ||
9th | 2003 | Hisako Kawamura | ||
Mozart–Schumann Prize: Christoph Berner | ||||
10th | 2006 | Tomomi Okumura | ||
11th | 2009 | Tatiana Kolesova | ||
Jinsang Lee also won Audience Prize, Mozart Prize, and Schumann Prize. | ||||
12th | 2012 | Elmar Gasanov | ||
Elmar Gasanov also won Schumann Prize. | ||||
13th | 2015 | Rolando Rolim | ||
14th | 2018 | Sergey Tanin | ||
15th | 2021 | Marek Kozák | ||
Julian Trevelyan also won Audience Prize and Mozart Prize | ||||
16th | 2024 | tie: Dumants Liepins and Dmitry Yudin | (not awarded) | |
Ilya Shmukler also won Audience Prize, Mozart Prize, Special Price of the Hungarian Radio Arts Group, and Junior Jury Prize | ||||