The Maria Canals International Music Competition (Catalan : Concurs Internacional de Música Maria Canals Barcelona , IPA: [kuŋˈkuɾs intəɾnəsi.uˈnal də 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.
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] Piano [ 8] 1954 1st prize (men) 1st prize (women) Miquel Farré Mallofré Maria Neus Miró Gumà 1956 Grand prize 1st prize (men) (ex-a. ) 1st prize (women) (ex-a. ) Not awarded Klaus Börner Aline Demierre Giorgio Radicula Núria Escofet Manich 1957 Grand prize 1st prize (men) 1st prize (women) Not awarded Alberto Colombo Thérèse Castaigne 1958 1st prize Françoise Thinat 1959 1st prize 2nd prize (men) 2nd prize (women) Not awarded Jean-Jacques Hauser Yoko Ikeda 1960 1st prize Andrzej Jasiński 1961 1st prize Catherine Silie 1962 1st prize Dinorah Varsi 1963 1st prize 2nd prize (men) 2nd prize (women) Not awarded Jerzy Gajek Françoise Parrot 1964 1st prize Dag Achatz 1965 1st prize James Tocco 1966 1st prize Leonora Milà Romeu 1967 1st prize 2nd prize (ex-a. ) Not awarded Franco Angeleri Jacques Rouvier 1968 1st prize Christina Viñas 1969 1st prize Joseph W. Fennimore 1970 1st prize 2nd prize Guadalupe Parrondo Martin Hughes 1971 1st prize 2nd prize (ex-a. ) Not awarded Ewa Bukojemska Yves Noack 1972 1st prize Klára Barányi 1973 1st prize Jonathan M. Purvin 1974 1st prize 2nd prize by unanimity 2nd prize (ex-a. ) Not awarded Blanca Bodalla Akira Imai Pierre Réach 1975 1st prize 2nd prize (men) (ex-a. ) 2nd prize (women) Not awarded Raimondo Campisi Marioaran Trifan Roberto Capello Andrea Bonatta 1976 1st prize 2nd prize Yasuto Sugimoto Elza Kolodin 1977 1st prize 2nd prize (ex-a. ) 3rd prize Arnulf von Arnim Chung-Myung Kim Silvia Natiello Carmen Or 1978 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Bernard d'Ascoli Erik Berchot Ruriko Kikuchi 1979 1st prize 2nd prize (ex-a. ) 3rd prize Not awarded Yves Rault Mario Bosselli Christine Kiss 1980 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Yuri Rozum Catherine Joly Akos Hernadi 1981 1st prize 2nd prize (ex-a. ) 3rd prize Not awarded Kazuoki Fujii José Carlos Cocarelli Michel Gal 1982 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Hiromi Okada Karoly Mocsari Yuki Matsuzawa 1983 1st prize 2nd prize (ex-a. ) 3rd prize Special prize Not awarded Bernd Glemser Antonella Vignali Marcelino López Domínguez Kyoko Koyama 1984 1st prize 2nd prize (ex-a. ) 3rd prize Not awarded Rie Konishi Galina Vratcheva Pascal Le Corre 1985 1st prize 2nd prize (ex-a. ) 3rd prize Not awarded Detlef Kaiser Constantin Sandu Ian Munro 1986 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Special prize Chiharu Sakai Carole Carniel Nobuyuki Nagaoka Ignacio Marín Bocanegra 1987 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize (ex-a. ) Not awarded Christopher Oakden Keiko Nakai Alexandre Tharaud 1988 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Special prize Zhong Xu Olivier Cazal Junko Saito José Ramón Méndez Menéndez 1989 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Special prize Gerardo Vila Christophe Simonet Yukiko Hori Miquel Jorba Picañol 1990 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize (ex-a. ) Mathieu Papadiamandis Not awarded Jovianney E. Cruz Andrei Fadeev 1991 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Yuri Martinov Yuko Nakamichi Eva-Maria Rieckert 1992 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Armands Ābols Akiko Kato Tomoko Doi 1993 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Amir Katz Gustavo Díaz-Jerez Rafal Luszczewski 1994 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize (ex-a. ) Sviatoslav Lips Dmitri Morozov Frederik Lagarde Johko Takemura 1995 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize (ex-a. ) Won Kim Keiji Serizawa Yulia Botchkovskaia Birgita Wollenweber 1996 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize (ex-a. ) Not awarded Jan Gottlieb Jiracek Saar Ahuvia Kiyo Wada 1997 1st prize 2nd prize (ex-a. ) 3rd prize Special prize Not awarded Elina Hata Li Wang Young-Ha Chung Ayako Kawai 1998 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize (ex-a. ) Special prize Peter Koczor Takahiro Mita Miwako Takeda Vincent Larderet Anthony Zerpa-Falcon 1999 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Kirill Gerstein Ayako Kimura Sung-Hoon Hwang 2000 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize (ex-a. ) Yusuke Kikuchi Ferenc Vizi Piotr Kupka Fabrice Lanoë 2001 1st prize 2nd prize (ex-a. ) 3rd prize Yurie Miura Mel Adkins Mayako Asada Ekaterina Krivokochenko 2002 1st prize 2nd prize (ex-a. ) 3rd prize Viv McLean Alexandre Moutouzkine Yun-Yang Lee Kook Hee Hong 2003 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Inesa Synkevich Yosuke Niino Sowon Hwang 2004 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Piotr Machnik Yi-Chih Lu Matei Varga 2005 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Jue Wang Yukiko Akagi Fumiyo Kawamura 2006 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize José Enrique Bagaría Villazán Marie Vermeulin Mi-Yeon I 2007 1st prize 2nd prize (ex-a. ) Mladen Čolić Veronika Böhmova Marisa Gupta 2008 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Martina Filjak Ilya Maksimov Jun Ishimura 2009 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Vestards Šimkus Jong Yun Kim Scipione Sangiovanni 2010 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Denis Zhdanov Olga Kozlova Marko Hilpo 2011 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Mateusz Borowiak Alexey Lebedev Alexey Chernov 2012 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Soo Jung Ann [ 9] Nozomi Nakagiri Vadym Kholodenko 2013 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Stanislav Khristenko Tomoaki Yoshida Haejae Kim 2014 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Regina Chernychko Sergey Belyavskiy Tatiana Chernichka 2015 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Danylo Saienko Minsung Lee Caterina Grewe 2016 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Hiroo Sato Shiori Kuwahara Yutong Sun 2017 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Levon Avagyan Hit Yat Tsang Anastasia Rizikov 2018 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Evgeny Konnov Luke Jones Alexey Sychev 2019 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Daumants Liepinš Aleksandr Klyuchko 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] 1970 1st prize Fernando Puchol and Pedro León 1973 1st prize 2nd prize by unanimity Not awarded Dieter Lallinger and Jürgen Besig 1980 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Roland Straumer and Olaf Dressler Izumi Komoriya and Taisuko Yamashita Juan Llinares and Ludovica Mosca 1987 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Michael Sanderling and Gerald Fauth Senoko Numata and Akemi Tadenuma Pierre Luc Denuit and Sylvie Barret 1996 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Avi Downes and Shana Downes Aya Yoshii and Yoko Yoshihara Maria Belousova and Katarzyna Ewald 1999 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize (ex-a. ) Florian Wiek and Justus Grimm Akiko Okabe and Yuko Aragaki Isabel Gabbe and Leslie Riva Kyoko Sasaki and Eriko Iso 2004 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize (ex-a. ) Eung Soo Kim and Moon Young Chae Igor Bobowitsch and Elena Kolesnichenko Julien Beaudiment and Laetitia Bougnol Katia Novell and Luis Parés
Flute [ 8] 1968 1st prize 2nd prize (ex-a. ) Not awarded Lô Angelloz Teresita Frey 1972 1st prize 2nd prize (ex-a. ) Not awarded Christine Turellier Edelgard Seeman 1978 1st prize 2nd prize (ex-a. ) 3rd prize Not awarded Masayoshi Enokida Jadwiga Kotnowska Philippe Pierlot 1983 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Special Prize Erika Sebök Motoaki Kato Monika Hegedüs Vicenç Prats 1988 1st prize 2nd prize (ex-a. ) 3rd prize Dita Krenberga Christel Rayneau Natalia Setchkareva Iren More 1994 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Natalia Danilina Atsuko Koga Maryse Graciet 1998 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize (ex-a. ) Olesia Tertychnaia Christian Farroni Kaori Fujii Dejan Gavric 2001 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Francesca Canali Hyun-im Yoon Petra Orgl
Guitar [ 8] 1969 1st prize 2nd prize Not awarded Wolfgang Lendle 1974 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Marie Thérèse Ghirardi Dagoberto Linhares Dušan Bogdanović 1979 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Leonardo Palacios William Waters Guillermo Pérez 1981 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Gabriel García Santos Shin-Ichi Fukuda Nicholas Petrou 1985 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Stefano Cardi Han Jonkers Keiko Fujii 1989 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Esther-Helena Steenbergen István Römer Vladimir Tervo 1992 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize George Vassilev Xavier Coll Daisuke Suzuki 1997 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Sara Gianfelici Lorenzo Micheli Daekun Jang
Percussion [ 8] 1982 1st prize 2nd prize (ex-a. ) 3rd prize Special prize (ex-a. ) Not awarded Axel Fries Shin-ichi Ueno Jordi Mestres Peter Sadlo Santiago Molas 1990 1st prize 2nd prize (ex-a. ) 3rd prize Ramón Alsina Armin Weigert Stefan Eblenkamp Ignasi Vila
Trio [ 8] 2009 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Trio Demian Trio Quintillian Trio Monte
Violin [ 8] 1964 1st prize Rubén González 1967 1st prize Edith Volckaert 1971 1st prize Ernst Kovacic 1975 1st prize 2nd prize men Gerardo Ribeiro Eugen Sârbu women Yukari Tate [ 10] Rasma Liélmane 1979 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Not awarded Véronique Bogaerts Berthilde Dufour 1984 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize (ex-a. ) Special Prize Stéphane L. Picard Not awarded Danuta Glowacka Joaquín Palomares Mark Bleck 1989 1st prize 2nd prize (ex-a. ) 3rd prize (ex-a. ) Not awarded Franziska Pietsch Thomas Bötcher Yova Slessareva Kyoko Saburi 1993 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Denitsa Kazakova Ryotaro Ito Olga Nodel
Violoncello [ 8] 1976 1st prize 2nd prize Daniel Raclot Antônio Meneses 1986 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Hillel Zori Luca Signorini Not awarded 1991 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize (ex-a. ) Valérie Aimard Anita Barbereau Laure Vavasseur Thorsten Encke
Voice [ 8] 1965 1st prize 2nd prize Not awarded Not awarded 1966 1st prize Wolfgang Witte 1967 1st prize Dirk Schortemeier 1968 1st prize Ionel Pantea 1969 1st prize 2nd prize (ex-a. ) Not awarded Kiyoko Ishii Roswitha Haub 1971 1st prize Magdalena Cononovici 1972 1st prize 2nd prize Not awarded Sandra Sandru 1973 1st prize Marilena Marinescu 1974 1st prize 2nd prize by unanimity 2nd prize (ex-a. ) Not awarded Marius Cosmescu Juliana Paszthy Wally Salio 1975 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Ludmila Yourchenco Aleksandr Rudkowsky Aleksandr Vorosilo 1976 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Not awarded Not awarded Not awarded 1977 1st prize 2nd prize (ex-a. ) Not awarded Károly Szilágyi Keiko Hibi 1978 1st prize 2nd prize François le Roux Rodica Mitrica 1979 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize (ex-a. ) Not awarded Eva Tihany Gabriela Mazza Kuniko Taguchi 1981 1st prize 2nd prize (ex-a. ) 3rd prize Nancy Carol Moore Anne Salvan Olim Sadoullaiev Luis Álvarez Sastre 1983 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize (ex-a. ) Mabel Perelstein Jennifer Larmore Elise Bédard Catalina Moncloa 1985 1st prize 2nd prize (ex-a. ) 3rd prize Chihiro Bamba Tomas Möwes Teresa Verdera Annette K. Markert 1987 1st prize 2nd prize (ex-a. ) 3rd prize (ex-a. ) Not awarded Jenny M. Miller Fumi Yamamoto Jin-Ok Kim Teodor Ciurdea 1990 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize (ex-a. ) Special prize Vladimir Dits Mirela S. Spinu Malgorzata Lesiewicz-Przybył Manuel Lanza Manuel Lanza 1995 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize (ex-a. ) Mihoko Fujimura Rosa Mateu Hanna Dóra Sturludóttir Suki Kim 2000 1st prize 2nd prize (ex-a. ) 3rd prize Annette Dasch Ramona Eremia Not awarded Giedré Povilaityté
^ Ana Maria Davila (4 May 2007). "Competició pianística de primera" . El Mundo. ^ 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. ^ L'Enciclopèdia ^ Barcelona Yellow ^ "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 . ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ a b c d e f g h i "The winners of the competition" . Concurs Maria Canals . Retrieved 25 January 2016 . ^ "South Korean pianist Soo Jung Ann wins the International Music Competition Maria Canals of Barcelona" . Catalan News . 22 March 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2017 . ^ "6e session musicale" . ladepeche.fr . Retrieved 25 January 2016 .