International Ettore Pozzoli Piano Competition

The International Ettore Pozzoli Piano Competition, for tradition and amount of prize, is one of the oldest and most prestigious piano competitions in the world,[1] taking place in Seregno, Italy since 1959 and held every 2 years.

The Story

The contest was founded by Gina Gambini, widow of the Italian pianist, Maestro Ettore Pozzoli, wishing to honour the memory of her husband by giving musicians from all over the world an opportunity to show their artistic skills. Up to now, more than 1.500 pianists coming from all over the world have participated in the 25 editions of the competition that has taken place in the city in northern Italy. In 1959, the first pianist to win the International Ettore Pozzoli Piano Competition was Maestro Maurizio Pollini, now considered one of the major musicians in the world. The last edition (XXVI°) took place in September 2009, celebrating the 50th year of the Competition foundation and was won by the young American pianist, Maestro Christopher Falzone.

Prize winners
19591st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)
Maurizio Pollini Gino Brandi
Wally Rizzardo
19611st prize (ex-a.)2nd prize
Pier Narciso Masi France Redon
Fabio Peressoni
19631st prize2nd Prize
Laura De Fusco Alberto Colombo
19651st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)
François-Joël Thiollier Yoshiya Iwamoto
Riccardo Risaliti
19671st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)
not awarded Speidel Sontraud
Ewa Wolak
19691st prize2nd prize
Franco Angeleri Antonio Bacchelli
Anna Maria Cigola
19711st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)
Pierre Réach Vincenzo Balzani
Tajka Hiroshi
19731st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)
Raimondo Campisi Noemi Gobbi
Michael Krist
19751st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)
Daniel Rivera Boris Bloch
Roberto Cappello
19771st prize2nd prize
Pietro Rigacci Elisabeth Rigollet
19791st prize2nd prize
Rolf Plagge Giovanni Umberto Battel
19811st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)
Hüseyin Sermet Barry Douglas
Megumi Umene
19831st prize2nd prize
Hugh Tinney Boris Slutsky
19851st prize2nd prize
Klárá Würtz Mariana Gurkova
19871st prize2nd prize
Seizo Azumanot awarded
19891st prize2nd prize
William Stephenson Andrew Wilde
19911st prize2nd prize
not awarded Anna Emilova Stoytcheva
19931st prize2nd prize
Maria Stembolskaya Sergei Yerokhin
19951st prize2nd prize
not awarded Dmitri Krivonos
19971st prize2nd prize
not awarded Paolo Wolfango Cremonte
19991st prize2nd prize
Filippo Gamba Lorenzo Di Bella
20011st prize2nd prize
not awarded Denys Proshayev
20031st prize2nd prize
not awarded Fumio Kawamura
20051st prize2nd prize
Martin Cousin Yoonjung Han
20071st prize2nd prize
Alexandre Pirojenko Victor Stanislavsky
20091st prize2nd prize
Christopher Falzone Domenico Monaco
20111st prize2nd prize
Alexey Chernov Alexander Yakovlev
20151st prize(ex-a.)2nd prize
Anastasia Rizikovnot awarded
Yoshito Numasawa
20171st prize2nd prize
not awarded Axel Trolese
Elizaveta Kliuchereva
20191st prize2nd prize (ex-a.)
Evgeny Konnov Andrei Leshkin
Elia Cecino

See also

References
  1. The Malta Council Culture and the Arts


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