2006 Valencia International Piano Competition Prize Iturbi
XV Jose Iturbi International Piano Competition took place in Valencia, from September 14 to the 30th, 2006. The competition is held every two years and is a member of the Geneva World Federation of International Music Competitions. Pianist Josu De Solaun Soto was given the First Grand Prize, becoming the first Spanish pianist to be awarded such distinction in the 25 years of the competition's existence. The prize included over $25,000, recital and orchestral engagements and a recording contract.
Jury
Joaquín Soriano (president)
Sulamita Aronovsky
Sergei Dorensky
Miguel Ángel Herranz
Jaime Ingram
Mi Kyung Kim
Natalie Michailidou
Fernando Puchol
Leslie Wright (substituting
Jean-Bernard Pommier)
Oxana Yablonskaya
PRIZES
- FIRST GRAND PRIZE ------
Josu de Solaun.
- SECOND PRIZE -------------
Valentina Igoshina.
- THIRD PRIZE ----------------
Andrei Yaroshinsky.
- Fourth prize (ex-aequo) -------
Patrick Hemmerle -----
Sofya Melikyan.
- Fifth prize -----------------------
Natalya Kuchaeva.
- Best Valencian pianist --------------------------------------------------------
Josu de Solaun.
- Best Spanish pianist ------------------------------------------------------------
Josu de Solaun.
- Best interpreter of Spanish contemporary music (ex-aequo) -----
Miguel Ángel Castro -----
Filip Kopachevsky.
- Best Interpreter of a Beethoven concerto ------------------------------
Patrick Hemmerle.
- Best Interpreter of a Chopin piece -----------------------------------
Patrick Hemmerle.
- Best Interpreter of Spanish music ---------------------------------------------
Patrick Hemmerle ---------
Sofya Melikyan
- FIRST GRAND PRIZE ------
Compositions commissioned for the competition
- Joan Cerveró - Verdi
- Carlos Fontcuberta - Après tout [ Performance by Miguel Á. Castro ]
- Voro García Fernández - Etoiles filantes
Competition Results (by Rounds)
First Round
Yukiko Akagi
Orlando Alonso
Cathal Breslin
Catalina Teodora Butcaru
Claudio Carbó Montaner
Miguel Ángel Castro
Josu de Solaun Soto
Dora Deliyska
Geraldene Dutroncy
Anna Fedorova
Sonja Fräki
Nikolai Gangnus
Irina Georgieva
Patrick Hemmerle
Dagmar Hofman
Kookhee Hong
Sue Woon Hyung
Valentina Igoshina
Kyoko Kashii
Marianna Katerelou
Ji-Youn Kim
Filip Kopachevsky
Natalya Kuchaeva
Fuyuka Kusa
Yoo Soon Lee
Wei Chi Lin
Maria McGarry
Sofya Melikyan
Katia Michel Corcoy
Salvatore Monzo
Yukako Morikawa
Eleonora Morozova
Inocencio Negrín
Theodosia Ntokou
Vincenzo Oliva
Antonio Ortiz Ramírez
Natalya Osenchakova
Stefania Passamonte
Ekaterina Popova
Cameron Roberts
Pavel Shatskiy
Anna Solovieva-Drubich
Inesa Sinkevych
Shun Tominaga
Xiaofeng Wu
Andrei Yaroshinsky
Eunkyung Yoon
Bojana Zdravkovic
Denis Zhdanov
Second Round
Yukiko Akagi
Cathal Breslin
Claudio Carbó Montaner
Miguel Ángel Castro
Josu de Solaun Soto
Anna Fedorova
Nikolai Gangnus
Patrick Hemmerle
Valentina Igoshina
Filip Kopachevsky
Natalya Kuchaeva
Fuyuka Kusa
Wei Chi Lin
Sofya Melikyan
Yukako Morikawa
Inocencio Negrín
Vincenzo Oliva
Antonio Ortiz Ramírez
Cameron Roberts
Pavel Shatskiy
Xiaofeng Wu
Andrei Yaroshinsky
Bojana Zdravkovic
Denis Zhdanov
Third Round
Yukiko Akagi
Claudio Carbó Montaner
Miguel Ángel Castro
Josu de Solaun Soto
Patrick Hemmerle
Valentina Igoshina
Filip Kopachevsky
Natalia Kuchaeva
Sofya Melikyan
Yukako Morikawa
Antonio Ortiz Ramírez
Andrei Yaroshinsky
Fourth Round
September 26 and 27, Iturbi Hall, Palau de la Música de Valencia (Valencia Music Palace)
Josu de Solaun Soto --- Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for piano and orchestra nº3
Patrick Hemmerle --- Ludwig van Beethoven: 'Concerto for piano and orchestra nº1
Valentina Igoshina --- Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for piano and orchestra nº4
Natalya Kuchaeva --- Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for piano and orchestra nº5
Sofya Melikyan --- Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for piano and orchestra nº3
Andrei Yaroshinsky --- Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for piano and orchestra nº3
Orquesta de Valencia. Yaron Traub, conductor.
Fifth Round
September 29, Iturbi Hall, Palau de la Música de Valencia (Valencia Music Palace)
VALENTINA IGOSHINA --- Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for piano and orchestra nº1
ANDREI YAROSHINSKY --- Sergei Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
JOSU DE SOLAUN --- Sergei Rachmaninov: Concerto for piano and orchestra nº2.
Orquesta de Valencia. Yaron Traub, conductor.
External links
- History of the Competition, since 1981; PREVIOUS WINNERS
- Interview with Josu De Solaun Soto
- Directory of International Piano Competitions