The Maria Canals International Music Competition (Catalan: Concurs Internacional de Música Maria Canals Barcelona, IPA: [kuŋˈkuɾs intəɾnəsi.uˈnal 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.

Commentaries on the competition

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]
19541st prize (men)1st prize (women)
Spain Miquel Farré MallofréSpain Maria Neus Miró Gumà
1956Grand prize1st prize (men) (ex-a.)1st prize (women) (ex-a.)
Not awardedWest Germany Klaus BörnerSwitzerland Aline Demierre
Italy Giorgio RadiculaSpain Núria Escofet Manich
1957Grand prize1st prize (men)1st prize (women)
Not awardedItaly Alberto ColomboFrance Thérèse Castaigne
19581st prize
France Françoise Thinat
19591st prize2nd prize (men)2nd prize (women)
Not awardedSwitzerland Jean-Jacques HauserJapan Yoko Ikeda
19601st prize
Poland Andrzej Jasiński
19611st prize
France Catherine Silie
19621st prize
Uruguay Dinorah Varsi
19631st prize2nd prize (men)2nd prize (women)
Not awardedPoland Jerzy GajekFrance Françoise Parrot
19641st prize
Sweden Dag Achatz
19651st prize
United States James Tocco
19661st prize
Spain Leonora Milà Romeu
19671st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)
Not awardedItaly Franco Angeleri
France Jacques Rouvier
19681st prize
Argentina Christina Viñas
19691st prize
United States Joseph W. Fennimore
19701st prize2nd prize
Mexico Guadalupe ParrondoUnited Kingdom Martin Hughes
19711st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)
Not awardedPoland Ewa Bukojemska
France Yves Noack
19721st prize
Hungary Klára Barányi
19731st prize
United States Jonathan M. Purvin
19741st prize2nd prize by unanimity2nd prize (ex-a.)
Not awardedSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Blanca BodallaJapan Akira Imai
France Pierre Réach
19751st prize2nd prize (men) (ex-a.)2nd prize (women)
Not awardedItaly Raimondo CampisiUnited States Marioaran Trifan
Italy Roberto Capello
Italy Andrea Bonatta
19761st prize2nd prize
Japan Yasuto SugimotoPoland Elza Kolodin
19771st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)3rd prize
West Germany Arnulf von ArnimSouth Korea Chung-Myung KimArgentina Silvia Natiello
Israel Carmen Or
19781st prize2nd prize3rd prize
France Bernard d'AscoliFrance Erik BerchotJapan Ruriko Kikuchi
19791st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)3rd prize
Not awardedFrance Yves RaultItaly Mario Bosselli
Hungary Christine Kiss
19801st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Soviet Union Yuri RozumFrance Catherine JolyHungary Akos Hernadi
19811st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)3rd prize
Not awardedJapan Kazuoki FujiiBrazil José Carlos Cocarelli
France Michel Gal
19821st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Japan Hiromi OkadaHungary Karoly MocsariJapan Yuki Matsuzawa
19831st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)3rd prizeSpecial prize
Not awardedWest Germany Bernd GlemserItaly Antonella VignaliSpain Marcelino López Domínguez
Japan Kyoko Koyama
19841st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)3rd prize
Not awardedJapan Rie KonishiBulgaria Galina Vratcheva
France Pascal Le Corre
19851st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)3rd prize
Not awardedWest Germany Detlef KaiserRomania Constantin Sandu
Australia Ian Munro
19861st prize2nd prize3rd prizeSpecial prize
Japan Chiharu SakaiFrance Carole CarnielJapan Nobuyuki NagaokaSpain Ignacio Marín Bocanegra
19871st prize2nd prize3rd prize (ex-a.)
Not awardedUnited Kingdom Christopher OakdenJapan Keiko Nakai
France Alexandre Tharaud
19881st prize2nd prize3rd prizeSpecial prize
China Zhong XuFrance Olivier CazalJapan Junko SaitoSpain José Ramón Méndez Menéndez
19891st prize2nd prize3rd prizeSpecial prize
Argentina Gerardo VilaFrance Christophe SimonetJapan Yukiko HoriSpain Miquel Jorba Picañol
19901st prize2nd prize3rd prize (ex-a.)
France Mathieu PapadiamandisNot awardedPhilippines Jovianney E. Cruz
Soviet Union Andrei Fadeev
19911st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Soviet Union Yuri MartinovJapan Yuko NakamichiGermany Eva-Maria Rieckert
19921st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Latvia Armands ĀbolsJapan Akiko KatoJapan Tomoko Doi
19931st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Israel Amir KatzSpain Gustavo Díaz-JerezPoland Rafal Luszczewski
19941st prize2nd prize3rd prize (ex-a.)
Russia Sviatoslav LipsBelarus Dmitri MorozovFrance Frederik Lagarde
Japan Johko Takemura
19951st prize2nd prize3rd prize (ex-a.)
South Korea Won KimJapan Keiji SerizawaRussia Yulia Botchkovskaia
Germany Birgita Wollenweber
19961st prize2nd prize3rd prize (ex-a.)
Not awardedGermany Jan Gottlieb JiracekIsrael Saar Ahuvia
Japan Kiyo Wada
19971st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)3rd prizeSpecial prize
Not awardedJapan Elina HataCanada Li WangSouth Korea Young-Ha Chung
Japan Ayako Kawai
19981st prize2nd prize3rd prize (ex-a.)Special prize
Hungary Peter KoczorJapan Takahiro MitaJapan Miwako TakedaFrance Vincent Larderet
United Kingdom Anthony Zerpa-Falcon
19991st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Russia Kirill GersteinJapan Ayako KimuraSouth Korea Sung-Hoon Hwang
20001st prize2nd prize3rd prize (ex-a.)
Japan Yusuke KikuchiRomania Ferenc ViziPoland Piotr Kupka
France Fabrice Lanoë
20011st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)3rd prize
Japan Yurie MiuraUnited Kingdom Mel AdkinsJapan Mayako Asada
Russia Ekaterina Krivokochenko
20021st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)3rd prize
United Kingdom Viv McLeanRussia Alexandre MoutouzkineChina Yun-Yang Lee
South Korea Kook Hee Hong
20031st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Ukraine Israel Inesa SynkevichJapan Yosuke NiinoSouth Korea Sowon Hwang
20041st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Poland Piotr MachnikTaiwan Yi-Chih LuRomania Matei Varga
20051st prize2nd prize3rd prize
China Jue WangJapan Yukiko AkagiJapan Fumiyo Kawamura
20061st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Spain José Enrique Bagaría VillazánFrance Marie VermeulinNew Zealand Mi-Yeon I
20071st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)
Serbia Mladen ČolićCzech Republic Veronika BöhmovaUnited States Marisa Gupta
20081st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Croatia Martina FiljakRussia Ilya MaksimovJapan Jun Ishimura
20091st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Latvia Vestards ŠimkusSouth Korea Jong Yun KimItaly Scipione Sangiovanni
20101st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Ukraine Denis ZhdanovRussia Olga KozlovaFinland Marko Hilpo
20111st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Poland Mateusz BorowiakRussia Alexey LebedevRussia Alexey Chernov
20121st prize2nd prize3rd prize
South Korea Soo Jung Ann[9]Japan Nozomi NakagiriUkraine Vadym Kholodenko
20131st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Ukraine Russia Stanislav KhristenkoJapan Tomoaki YoshidaSouth Korea Haejae Kim
20141st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Ukraine Regina ChernychkoRussia Sergey BelyavskiyRussia Tatiana Chernichka
20151st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Ukraine Danylo SaienkoSouth Korea Minsung LeeGermany Caterina Grewe
20161st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Japan Hiroo SatoJapan Shiori KuwaharaChina Yutong Sun
20171st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Armenia Levon AvagyanHong Kong Hit Yat TsangCanada Anastasia Rizikov
20181st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Russia Evgeny KonnovUnited Kingdom Luke JonesRussia Alexey Sychev
20191st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Latvia Daumants LiepinšRussia Aleksandr KlyuchkoHong Kong 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]
19701st prize
Spain Fernando Puchol and Pedro León
19731st prize2nd prize by unanimity
Not awardedWest Germany Dieter Lallinger and Jürgen Besig
19801st prize2nd prize3rd prize
West Germany Roland Straumer and Olaf DresslerJapan Izumi Komoriya and Taisuko YamashitaSpain Juan Llinares and Italy Ludovica Mosca
19871st prize2nd prize3rd prize
East Germany Michael Sanderling and Gerald FauthJapan Senoko Numata and Akemi TadenumaFrance Pierre Luc Denuit and Sylvie Barret
19961st prize2nd prize3rd prize
United States Avi Downes and Shana DownesJapan Aya Yoshii and Yoko YoshiharaRussia Maria Belousova and Poland Katarzyna Ewald
19991st prize2nd prize3rd prize (ex-a.)
Germany Florian Wiek and Justus GrimmJapan Akiko Okabe and Yuko AragakiGermany Isabel Gabbe and France Leslie Riva
Japan Kyoko Sasaki and Eriko Iso
20041st prize2nd prize3rd prize (ex-a.)
South Korea Eung Soo Kim and Moon Young ChaeBelarus Igor Bobowitsch and Ukraine Elena KolesnichenkoFrance Julien Beaudiment and Laetitia Bougnol
Spain Katia Novell and Venezuela Luis Parés
Flute[8]
19681st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)
Not awardedFrance Lô Angelloz
Switzerland Teresita Frey
19721st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)
Not awardedFrance Christine Turellier
West Germany Edelgard Seeman
19781st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)3rd prize
Not awardedJapan Masayoshi EnokidaPoland Jadwiga Kotnowska
France Philippe Pierlot
19831st prize2nd prize3rd prizeSpecial Prize
Hungary Erika SebökJapan Motoaki KatoHungary Monika HegedüsSpain Vicenç Prats
19881st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)3rd prize
Soviet Union Dita KrenbergaFrance Christel RayneauSoviet Union Natalia Setchkareva
Hungary Iren More
19941st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Russia Natalia DanilinaJapan Atsuko KogaFrance Maryse Graciet
19981st prize2nd prize3rd prize (ex-a.)
Russia Olesia TertychnaiaItaly Christian FarroniJapan Kaori Fujii
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan Gavric
20011st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Italy Francesca CanaliSouth Korea Hyun-im YoonAustria Petra Orgl
Guitar[8]
19691st prize2nd prize
Not awardedWest Germany Wolfgang Lendle
19741st prize2nd prize3rd prize
France Marie Thérèse GhirardiBrazil Dagoberto LinharesSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Bogdanović
19791st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Uruguay Leonardo PalaciosUnited Kingdom William WatersSpain Guillermo Pérez
19811st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Spain Gabriel García SantosJapan Shin-Ichi FukudaAustralia Nicholas Petrou
19851st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Italy Stefano CardiNetherlands Han JonkersJapan Keiko Fujii
19891st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Netherlands Esther-Helena SteenbergenSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia István RömerSoviet Union Vladimir Tervo
19921st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Bulgaria George VassilevSpain Xavier CollJapan Daisuke Suzuki
19971st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Italy Sara GianfeliciItaly Lorenzo MicheliSouth Korea Daekun Jang
Percussion[8]
19821st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)3rd prizeSpecial prize (ex-a.)
Not awardedWest Germany Axel FriesJapan Shin-ichi UenoSpain Jordi Mestres
West Germany Peter SadloSpain Santiago Molas
19901st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)3rd prize
Spain Ramón AlsinaGermany Armin WeigertGermany Stefan Eblenkamp
Spain Ignasi Vila
Trio[8]
20091st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Trio DemianTrio QuintillianTrio Monte
Violin[8]
19641st prize
Argentina Rubén González
19671st prize
Belgium Edith Volckaert
19711st prize
Austria Ernst Kovacic
19751st prize2nd prize
menPortugal Gerardo RibeiroRomania Eugen Sârbu
womenJapan Yukari Tate[10]Mexico Rasma Liélmane
19791st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Not awardedBelgium Véronique BogaertsFrance Berthilde Dufour
19841st prize2nd prize3rd prize (ex-a.)Special Prize
France Stéphane L. PicardNot awardedPoland Danuta GlowackaSpain Joaquín Palomares
United States Mark Bleck
19891st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)3rd prize (ex-a.)
Not awardedWest Germany Franziska PietschEast Germany Thomas Bötcher
Bulgaria Yova SlessarevaJapan Kyoko Saburi
19931st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Bulgaria Denitsa KazakovaJapan Ryotaro ItoGermany Olga Nodel
Violoncello[8]
19761st prize2nd prize
France Daniel RaclotBrazil Antônio Meneses
19861st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Israel Hillel ZoriItaly Luca SignoriniNot awarded
19911st prize2nd prize3rd prize (ex-a.)
France Valérie AimardFrance Anita BarbereauFrance Laure Vavasseur
Germany Thorsten Encke
Voice[8]
19651st prize2nd prize
Not awardedNot awarded
19661st prize
Austria Wolfgang Witte
19671st prize
West Germany Dirk Schortemeier
19681st prize
Romania Ionel Pantea
19691st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)
Not awardedJapan Kiyoko Ishii
West Germany Roswitha Haub
19711st prize
Romania Magdalena Cononovici
19721st prize2nd prize
Not awardedRomania Sandra Sandru
19731st prize
Romania Marilena Marinescu
19741st prize2nd prize by unanimity2nd prize (ex-a.)
Not awardedRomania Marius CosmescuHungary Juliana Paszthy
Italy Wally Salio
19751st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Soviet Union Ludmila YourchencoSoviet Union Aleksandr RudkowskySoviet Union Aleksandr Vorosilo
19761st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Not awardedNot awardedNot awarded
19771st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)
Not awardedRomania Károly Szilágyi
Japan Keiko Hibi
19781st prize2nd prize
France François le RouxRomania Rodica Mitrica
19791st prize2nd prize3rd prize (ex-a.)
Not awardedHungary Eva TihanyItaly Gabriela Mazza
Japan Kuniko Taguchi
19811st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)3rd prize
United States Nancy Carol MooreFrance Anne SalvanSoviet Union Olim Sadoullaiev
Spain Luis Álvarez Sastre
19831st prize2nd prize3rd prize (ex-a.)
Argentina Mabel PerelsteinUnited States Jennifer LarmoreCanada Elise Bédard
Spain Catalina Moncloa
19851st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)3rd prize
Japan Chihiro BambaWest Germany Tomas MöwesSpain Teresa Verdera
East Germany Annette K. Markert
19871st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)3rd prize (ex-a.)
Not awardedUnited States Jenny M. MillerJapan Fumi Yamamoto
South Korea Jin-Ok KimRomania Teodor Ciurdea
19901st prize2nd prize3rd prize (ex-a.)Special prize
Soviet Union Vladimir DitsRomania Mirela S. SpinuPoland Malgorzata Lesiewicz-PrzybyłSpain Manuel Lanza
Spain Manuel Lanza
19951st prize2nd prize3rd prize (ex-a.)
Japan Mihoko FujimuraSpain Rosa MateuIceland Hanna Dóra Sturludóttir
South Korea Suki Kim
20001st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)3rd prize
Germany Annette DaschRomania Ramona EremiaNot awarded
Lithuania Giedré Povilaityté

References

  1. Ana Maria Davila (4 May 2007). "Competició pianística de primera". El Mundo.
  2. 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.
  3. L'Enciclopèdia
  4. Barcelona Yellow
  5. "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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "The winners of the competition". Concurs Maria Canals. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  9. "South Korean pianist Soo Jung Ann wins the International Music Competition Maria Canals of Barcelona". Catalan News. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  10. "6e session musicale". ladepeche.fr. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
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