Paloma O’Shea Santander International Piano Competition

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National Competition 1972

Winners

• Josep Colom - "Paloma O’Shea" National Grand Prize and Silver Trophy
• Jesús González Alonso - Second Prize
• Martín Millán Torrado - Diploma of Honour
• Agustín Vergara Muñoz - Diploma of Honour

Jury

• Manuel Valcarcel, President
• José Francisco Alonso
• Fernando Puchol Vivas
• Carlos Rodríguez Cobo
• Gilbert Schuchter

I International Competition 1974

Winners

• Ruriko Kikuchi - "Paloma O’Shea" Grand Prize and Gold Medal
• Jesús González Alonso - Second Prize (Ex-aequo), Diploma and Silver Medal. Prize for the Best Spanish Music Performance (Ex-aequo) and Gold Medal
• José María Martínez Pinzolas - Second Prize (Ex-aequo), Diploma and Silver Medal. Prize for the Best Spanish Music Performance (Ex-aequo) and Gold Medal
• María Teresa Barrueta de Rubio - Finalist Diploma and Bronze Medal. "Santander International Festival" Prize
• Susan Ann Howes - Diploma of Honour and Bronze Medal
• María Herminia Revilla Iranzo - Diploma of Honour and Bronze Medal
• Manuel Quesada Samper - Diploma of Honour

Jury

• Manuel Valcárcel; President
• José Francisco Alonso
• France Clidat
• Henri Gautier
• Hans Graf
• Jacques Pernoo
• Fernando Puchol
• Carlos Rodríguez Cobo
• Gilbert Schuchter

II International Competition 1975

Winners

• Marioara Trifan - First Prize
• Peter Bithell - Second Prize. Prize for the Best Spanish Music Performance
• Rebecca A. Penneys - Third Prize
• Silvie Carbonel - Fourth Prize
• Margarita Hohenrieder - Fifth Prize

Jury

• Manuel Valcárcel; President
• Nicole Henriot
• Ludwig Hoffman
• André F. Marescotti
• Federico Mompou
• Frantisek Rauch
• Gyorgy Sebok
• Wiktor Weinbaum

III International Competition 1976

Winners

• Hüseyin Sermet - "Paloma O’Shea" International Grand Prize and "Eduardo Casanueva" Memorial Prize
• Ivan Klanski - Second Prize
• Janina Drath - Fourth Prize (Ex-aequo)
• Paulo Eduardo Gori - Fourth Prize (Ex-aequo)
• Nana Hamaguchi - Fifth Prize
• Marie Sprimont - Sixth Prize
• Milan Langer - Seventh Prize
• Isidro Barrio Navarro - Special Prize for the Best Spanish Music Performance

Jury

• Manuel Valcárcel; President
• Gordon Green
• Nicole Henriot
• Valentina Kamenikova
• Witold Malcuzynski
• André F. Marescotti
• Federico Mompou
• Federico Sopeña
• Wiktor Weinbaum

IV International Competition 1977

Winners

• Ramzi Yassa - First Prize
• Jeremy Atkins - Second Prize (Ex-aequo)
• David Allen Wehr - Second Prize (Ex-aequo)
• Jean Gabriel Ferlan - Special Prize
• Kazuko Hayami - Special Prize
• Marc Ponthus - Special Prize

Jury

• Manuel Valcárcel; President
• Rodolfo Caporali
• Henri Gautier
• Valentin Gheorghiu
• María Antoinette Lévêque de Freitas Branco
• Yevgeny Malinin
• Vlado Perlemuter
• Eduardo del Pueyo
• Federico Sopeña

Orchestras and Guest Artists

• "Ángel Muñoz Toca" Asturias Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Benito Lauret

V International Competition 1978

Winners

• Josep Colom - "Paloma O’Shea" International First Grand Prize - Gold Medal and Diploma of Honour "Eduardo Casanueva" Special Memorial Prize
• Frédéric Aguessy - Second Prize , Silver Medal and Diploma
• Anna Manasarova - Third Prize, Bronze Medal and Diploma
• Andrei Diev - Fourth Prize and Diploma
• María Teresa Berrueta - Special Prize for the Best Spanish Music Performance
• Ana Jastrzebska - Prize and Diploma
• Chung Myung Kim - Prize and Diploma
• Krassimir Tascov - "Santander International Festival" Prize and Diploma

Jury

• Manuel Valcárcel; President
• José Francisco Alonso
• María Curcio
• Serguei Dorensky
• Enrique Franco
• María Antoinette Lévêque de Freitas Branco
• André F. Marescotti
• Gilbert Schuchter
• Federico Sopeña
• Marioara Trifan
• Wiktor Weinbaum

Orchestras and Guest Artists

• "George Enescu" Romanian Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ion Balcu

VI International Competition 1980

Winners

• First Prize and Gold Medal declared void
• Barry Douglas - Second Prize and Silver Medal
• Dan Atanasiu - Third Prize (Ex-aequo) and Silver Medal
• Francesco Nicolosi - Third Prize (Ex-aequo) and Silver Medal
• Bernard D’Ascoli - Third Prize (Ex-aequo) and Bronze Bernard D’Ascoli - Prize for the Best Chopin's Music Performance. Hazen Prize
• Martin Doerrie - Prize for the Best Contemporary Music Performance
• Yumico Maruyama - "Antonio Lavín Maraña" Prize
• Michiko Tsuda - Prize for the Best Spanish Music Performance. Maxper Prize
• Megumi Umene - "Ana G. de los Ríos" Prize
• Gaswan Kurdi Zerikli - Province Conservatory of Music Prize

Jury

• Federico Sopeña; President
• Joaquín Achúcarro
• José Francisco Alonso
• Serguei Dorensky
• Nicole Henriot
• Eugene List
• Rudolf Macudzinski
• André F. Marescotti
• José Sequeira Costa
• Joaquín Soriano

Orchestras and Guest Artists

• Spanish Radio Television Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Odón Alonso

VII International Competition 1982

Winners

• Marc Raubenheimer - First Grand Prize
• Oleg Volkov - Second Grand Prize
• Yves Rault - Third Grand Prize. Prize for the Best Contemporary Music Performance
• Alec Chien - Fourth Prize. Prize for the Best Spanish Music Performance. Prize for the Best Federico Mompou's Work Performance
• Eric N’Kaoua - Fifth Prize
• Kazuoki Fujii - Sixth Prize
• Jean-Efflam Bavouzet - "BP Spain" Prize

Jury

• Federico Sopeña; President
• Serguei Dorensky; Vice-Chairman
• André F. Marescotti; Vice-Chairman
• José Francisco Alonso
• Aldo Ciccolini
• Geneviève Joy
• Lili Kraus
• Nikita Magaloff
• Jürgen Meyer-Josten
• Xavier Montsalvatge
• Rosa Sabater
• Wiktor Weinbaum
• Kazuko Yasukawa

Orchestras and Guest Artists

• Spanish Radio Television Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez
• Janácek Quartet

VIII International Competition 1984

Winners

• Hugh Tinney - First Grand Prize
• José Carlos Cocarelli - Second Grand Prize
• Rauf Kasimov - Third Grand Prize
• Fei-Ping Hsu - Fourth Prize
• Daniel Rivera - Fifth Prize
• William Koehler - Sixth Prize, Chamber Music Prize and Prize for the Best Cristóbal Halffter's "Cadencia" Performance
• Nigora Ajmedova - Seventh Prize
• Edward Zilberkant - Eighth Prize
• Victor Chernelievsky - Special Prize of the Jury
• Zuzana Paulechova - Prize for the Best Spanish Music Performance
• Luis Ángel Sarobe - Eduardo Casanueva Memorial

Jury

• Federico Sopeña; President
• Jacob Lateiner; Vice-Chairman
• André F. Marescotti; Vice-Chairman
• Lev N. Vlasenko; Vice-Chairman
• José Francisco Alonso
• Serguei Dorensky
• Cristóbal Halffter
• Nicole Henriot
• María Antoinette Lévêque de Freitas Branco
• Josef Palenicek
• Rafael Puyana
• Joaquín Soriano
• María Tipo
• Fanny Waterman
• Wu Zuquiang

Orchestras and Guest Artists

• Spanish Radio Television Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez
• Praga Quartet

IX International Competition 1987

Winners

• David Allen Wehr - First Prize
• Serghei Yerochin - Second Prize
• Bernd F. Glemser - Third Prize
• Pavel Nersesjan - Fourth Prize (Ex-aequo)
• Xiang Dong Kong - Fourth Prize (Ex-aequo). Special Young Talent Prize
• Matthias Fletzberger - Fifth Prize
• Claire Desert - Special Prize for the Best Chamber Music Performance. Prize for the Best Gonzalo de Olavide's "Perpetuum Mobile" Performance
• Clélia Iruzun - Prize for the Best Spanish Music Performance
• Jorge Luis Otero - Prize for the Best Spanish Music Performance

Jury

• Federico Sopeña; President
• Pierre Colombo; Vice-Chairman
• Enrique Franco; Vice-Chairman
• Marlos Nobre; Vice-Chairman
• François-Joël Thiollier; Vice-Chairman
• Joaquín Achúcarro
• Rolf Dieter Arens
• Paul Badura-Skoda
• Josep Colom
• Eugène Istomin
• Nikita Magaloff
• Hiroko Nakamura
• Harold C. Schonberg
• Arie Vardi
• Eliso Virsaladze

Orchestras and Guest Artists

• Spain's National Orchestra. Conductor: Jesús López Cobos
• Chilingirian Quartet

X International Competition 1990

Winners

• First Prize and Gold Medal declared void
• Serghei Yerochin - Santander Prize of Honour
• David Kuyken - Finalist Prize with Jury's Honorary Mention and Prize for the Best Contemporary Music Performance
• Victor Lyadov - Finalist Prize with Jury's Honorary Mention and Prize for the Best Chamber Music Performance
• Claudio Martínez-Mehner - Finalist Prize, Special Prize for the Best Classified Spanish Participant and "Soledad Díaz de Bustamante y Quijano" Memorial Scholarship Prize
• Brenno Ambrosini - Finalist Prize
• Jean-François Dichamp - Finalist Prize, Chopin Prize and Special Scholarship Prize to Young Talented Musicians
• Mariana Gurkova - Semi-Finalist Diploma and Prize for the Best Interpreter of Spanish Music
• Isabelle Dubuis - Semi-Finalist Diploma
• Okssana Rapita - Semi-Finalist Diploma
• Alexander Sandler - Semi-Finalist Diploma
• Emily White - Semi-Finalist Diploma
• Marta Zabaleta - Semi-Finalist Diploma
• Giorgia Tomassi - Special Scholarship-Prize for Young Talented Musicians

Jury

• Federico Sopeña; President
• Tibor Erkel; Vice-Chairman
• Rex Hobcroft; Vice-Chairman
• Joaquín Soriano; Vice-Chairman
• Gordon Stewart; Vice-Chairman
• José Francisco Alonso
• Pedro Ignacio Calderón
• Philippe Entremont
• Li Ming Qiang
• Tatiana Nikolaeva
• Rafael Orozco
• Piotr Paleczny
• Hugh Tinney
• Rosalyn Tureck
• Giorgio Vidusso

Orchestras and Guest Artists

• Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Antoni Ros Marbà
• Spanish Radio Television Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Arpád Joó
• Pedro León; Violin
• Rafael Ramos, Cello

XI International Competition 1992

Winners

• Eldar Nebolsin - Santander Grand Prize and Gold Medal. Prize to Mozart Concerto Best Performance
• Xu Zhong - Santander Prize of Honour
• Markus Groh - Finalist Prize
• Mariana Gurkova - Finalist Prize
• Edoard Monteiro - Finalist Prize
• Vadim Rudenko - Finalist Prize
• Carlos Apellániz Martínez - "Soledad Díaz de Bustamante y Quijano" Memorial Scholarship Prize
• Laura Mikkola - Prize for the Best Contemporary Music Performance and Special Scholarship-Prize for Young Talented Musicians
• Tatiana Pavlova - Special Prize for the Best Chamber Music Performance
• Yi Wu - Prize for the Best Spanish Music Performance
• Marta Zabaleta Barandiaran - Special Prize for the Best Classified Spanish Participant
• Andrei Zheltonog - Special Scholarship-Prize for Young Talented Musicians

Jury

• Joaquín Soriano; President
• Enrique Franco; Vice-Chairman
• Rolf Liebermann; Vice-Chairman
• Harold C. Schonberg; Vice-Chairman
• Serguei Dorensky
• Valentin Gheorghiu
• Hans Graf
• Flora Guerra
• Arpád Joó
• Paul Myers
• Rafael Orozco
• Pnina Salzman

Orchestras and Guest Artists

• Vienna Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Philippe Entremont
• Spanish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sergiu Comissiona
• Pedro León; Violin
• Rafael Ramos, Cello

XII International Competition 1995

Winners

• First Prize and Gold Medal declared void
• Enrico Pompili - Santander Prize of Honour and Prize for the Best Contemporary Music Performance
• Armands Àbols - Finalist Prize
• Carl Cranmer - Finalist Prize and Prize for the Best Interpreter of Spanish Music
• Miguel Ituarte Zárraga - Finalist Prize
• Polina Leschenko - Finalist Prize and "Escuela de Música Reina Sofía" Scholarship Prize
• David Michael Louie - Finalist Prize
• Armen Babakhanian - Special Prize for the Best Chamber Music Performance
• Frederick Kempf - "Escuela de Música Reina Sofía" Scholarship Prize

Jury

• Alicia de Larrocha; President
• Harold C. Schonberg; First Vice-Chairman
• Dimitri Bashkirov; Second Vice-Chairman
• Josep Colom
• Philippe Entremont
• Edward Gordon
• Emile Naoumoff
• Gonzalo de Olavide
• Jean-Bernard Pommier
• Dario De Rosa
• Eliso Virsaladze

Orchestras and Guest Artists

• Gulbenkian Orchestra. Conductor: Mushai Tang
• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Antoni Ros Marbà
• Takacs Quartet

XIII International Competition 1998

Winners

• Yung Wook Yoo - Santander Grand Prize and Gold Medal
• Jong Hwa Park - Second Prize and Silver Medal - Audience Prize
• Plamena A. Mangova - Third Prize and Bronze Medal
• Gustavo Díaz Jerez - Laureate Prize
• Albert Tiu - Laureate Prize
• Alexei Volodin - Laureate Prize

Jury

• Antono Ros Marbà; President
• Dimitri Bashkirov; Vice-Chairman
• Claude Frank, Vice-Chairman
• Sulamita Aronovsky
• Josep Colom
• Natalia Gutman
• Ivan Klánský
• Enzo Restagno
• Pnina Salzman
• György Sándor
• Blanca Uribe
• Eliso Virsaladze

Orchestras and Guest Artists

• Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Jean-Bernard Pommier
• Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Víctor Pablo
• Ysaÿe Quartet

XIV International Competition 2002

Winners

• First Prize and Gold Medal declared void
• Boris Giltburg - SECOND PRIZE Sony Audience Prize
• Soyeon Lee - THIRD PRIZE
• Ning An - Third Prize and Bronze Medal
• Yunjie Chen – Laureate Prize
• Alexander Romanovsky – Laureate Prize
• Minsoo Sohn – Laureate Prize

Jury

• Antoni Ros Marbà, President
• Dimitri Bashkirov; Vice-Chairman
• Menahem Pressler; Vice-Chairman
• Fou Ts’ong; Vice-Chairman
• Josep Colom
• Peter Cossé
• Ralph Gothóni
• Paul Myers
• María Tipo
• Blanca Uribe
• Eliso Virsaladze
• David Allen Wehr

Orchestras and Guest Artists

• Real Filharmonía de Galicia. Conductor: Edmon Colomer
• The London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
• Ysaÿe Quartet

XV International Competition 2005

Winners

• Alberto Nosè, - First Prize and Gold Medal. Sony Audience Prize
• Herbert Schuch - Second Prize and Silver Medal
• Jie Chen - Third Prize and Bronze Medal
• Chiao - Ying Chang - Laureate Prize
• Alexei Nabiouline - Laureate Prize
• Mariangela Vacatello - Laureate Prize

Jury

• Antoni Ros Marbà, President
• Peter Frankl, Vice-Chairman
• Jacques Rouvier, Vice-Chairman
• Albert Attenelle
• Bruno Canino
• Philippe Entremont
• Ralf Gothóni
• Piotr Paleczny
• Riccardo Risaliti
• Dubravka Tomsic
• Eliso Virsaladze
• Ramzi Yassa

Orchestras and Guest Artists

• Sinfonia Varsovia. Conductor: Péter Csaba
• Madrid Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jesús López Cobos
• Ysaÿe Quartet

XVI International Competition 2008

Winners

• Jue Wang - First Prize and Gold Medal
• Avan Yu - Second Prize and Silver Medal. Sony Audience Prize
• Kotaro Fukuma - Third Prize and Bronze Medal
• Ka Ling Colleen Lee - Laureate Prize
• Sergey Sobolev - Laureate Prize
• Andrey Yaroshinskiy - Laureate Prize

Jury

• Antoni Ros Marbà, President
• Yang Liqing, Vice-Chairman
• Jacques Rouvier, Vice-Chairman
• Dmitri Alexeev
• Klaus Hellwig
• Jerome Lowenthal
• Luis Pereira Leal
• Sergio Perticaroli
• Jerome Rose

Orchestras and Guest Artists

• Real Filharmonía de Galicia. Conductor: Juanjo Mena
• Dresdner Philharmonie. Conductor: Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
• Casals Quartet

XVII International Competition 2012

Winners

• Not awarded - First Prize
• Ah Ruem Ahn - Second Prize
• János Palojtay - Third Prize
• Tamar Beraia - Third Prize. Canon Audience Prize
• Benedek Horváth - Laureate Prize
• Daniele Rinaldo - Laureate Prize
• Samson Tsoy - Laureate Prize

Jury

• Antoni Ros Marbà, President
• Peter Alward, Vice-Chairman
• Luis Pereira Leal, Vice-Chairman
• Lorenzo Fasolo
• Ralf Gothóni
• Gary Graffman
• Márta Gulyás
• Elisabeth Leonskaja
• Oleg Maisenberg
• Tomás Marco
• Ferenc Rados
• Gérard Wyss

Orchestras and Guest Artists

• Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid (Resident Orchestra of the Teatro Real). Conductor: José Luis López Cobos
• Real Filharmonía de Galicia. Conductor: Juanjo Mena
• Cuarteto Casals

XVIII International Competition 2015

Winners

• Juan Pérez Floristán - First Prize
• David Jae-Weon Huh - Second Prize
• Jianing Kong - Third Prize
• Jinhyung Park - Finalist Prize
• Kazuya Saito - Finalist Prize
• Akihiro Sakiya - Finalist Prize

Jury

• Gary Graffman, President
• Jian Li, Vice-Chairman
• Luis Pereira Leal, Vice-Chairman
• Tomás Marco, Vice-Chairman
• Michel Béroff
• Péter Csaba
• Christopher Elton
• Homero Francesch
• Márta Gulyás
• Klaus Hellwig
• Eldar Nebolsin
• Blanca Uribe

Guest artists

• Orquesta Sinfónica de Radiotelevisión Española. Director: Pablo González
• Cuarteto Casals

XIX International Competition 2018

Winners

• Dmytro Choni - First Prize
• Yutong Sun - Second Prize
• Aleksandr Kliuchko - Third Prize
• Federico Nicoletta - Finalist Prize
• Lucas Thomazinho - Finalist Prize
• Juan Carlos Fernández Nieto - Finalist Prize and Canon Audience Prize

Jury

• Joaquín Achúcarro, President
• Samuel Holland, Vice-Chairman
• Jian Li, Vice-Chairman
• Dimitri Alexeev
• Akiko Ebi
• Márta Gulyás
• Claudio Martínez-Mehner
• Arie Vardi
• Ian Yungwook Yoo
• Marco Zuccarini

Guest artists

• Orquesta Sinfónica Radiotelevisión Española. Conductor: Miguel Ángel Gómez-Martínez
• Cuarteto Quiroga