Valencia International Piano Competition Prize Iturbi Explained

The Valencia International Piano Competition Prize Iturbi (also referred to as the José Iturbi International Piano Competition^[1]) is an international piano competition held in Valencia, Spain. It is named after virtuoso José Iturbi, born in Valencia. Created in 1981, it has been held ever since in the month of September and is part of the World Federation of International Music Competitions.

After four annual editions, in 1986 it became a biennial competition. In 2004 Valencia's Palau de la Música replaced the city's Teatro Principal as the competition's headquarters. In 2013 the competition was changed to a triennial periodicity. The competition consists of five rounds, as shown in the chart below. The prize has always included a cash award, recital and orchestral engagements, and a recording contract. As of 2013, the winner is awarded €18,000 in cash. On two occasions, 1982 and 1992, a First Prize was not awarded.

The Valencia Orchestra takes part in the finals.

Winners

**Grand Winners**! Year !! 1st prize !! 2nd prize !! 3rd prize
1981	Elza Kolodin	Edson Elias
1982	Not awarded	Not awarded	Michel Gal
1983	Patrick O'Byrne	Youri Pochtar	Mary Kathleen Ernst
1984	Christian Beldi	Not awarded	Not awarded
1986	Rowena Arrieta	Emiko Kumagai	Yumiko Urabe
1988	Igor Kamenz
1990	Aleksey Orlovetsky		Not awarded
1992	Not awarded	Not awarded	Mariana Gurkova
1994	Miri Yampolsky
1996	Uta Weyand		Jung-Eun Kim
1998	Duncan Gifford	Not awarded	Not awarded
2000	Roman Zaslavsky		Sheila Arnold
2002	Maria Zisi	Severin von Eckardstein Maria Stembolskaya (ex-a.)	Not awarded
2004	Alexandre Moutouzkine	Jean-Frédéric Neuburger	Ingmar Schwindt
2006	Josu de Solaun Soto		Andrei Yaroshinsky
2008	Zhengyu Chen	Soyeon Kim
2010	Andrei Yaroshinsky	Arta Arnicane	Aleksey Lebedev
2012	Tomoaki Yoshida		Tetiana Shefran
2015	Luka Okros		Aleksandra Jablczynska
	Fatima Dzusova		Jorge Nava
	Not awarded		Ryutaro Suzuki Salome Jordania (ex-a.)