The Cleveland International Piano Competition is an American piano competition that takes place biennially in Cleveland, Ohio. The initial Competition in 1975 and the nine others that followed were sponsored jointly by the Robert Casadesus Society and the Cleveland Institute of Music to honor the memory of French pianist Robert Casadesus. As a result, the Competition was then called the Casadesus International Piano Competition. In 1994, a new organization was formed: the Piano International Association of Northern Ohio (PIANO). Prize winners of the Cleveland International Piano Competition have included renowned artists like Nicholas Angelich, Sergei Babayan, Angela Hewitt, Daejin Kim, Antonio Pompa-Baldi, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Kotaro Fukuma and among others.
The first Competition with the new name of "Cleveland" took place in August 1995. The 2001 Competition finals were held at Severance Hall with the Cleveland Competition Orchestra conducted by Jahja Ling. The success of this venture led to negotiations in 2003 with the Musical Arts Association resulting in the engagement of the Cleveland Orchestra to play for the four finalists at Severance Hall.
The Cleveland International Piano Competition is a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions.
Past prize winners
Year First Second Third Fourth 2024 Zijian Wei Evren Ozel Maxim Lando Giuseppe Guarrera 2021 Martín García García Lovre Marušić Byeol Kim Yedam Kim2016 Nikita Mndoyants Leonardo Colafelice Dinara Klinton Georgiy Tchaidze 2013 Stanislav Khristenko Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev François Dumont Jiayan Sun 2011 Alexander Schimpf Alexei Chernov Eric Zuber Kyu Yeon Kim 2009 Martina Filjak Dmitri Levkovich William Youn Evgeny Brakhman 2007 Alexander Ghindin Yaron Kohlberg Alexandre Moutouzkine Ran Dank 2005 Chu-Fang Huang Sergey Kuznetsov Stanislav Khristenko Spencer Myer 2003 Kotaro Fukuma Soyeon Lee Konstantin Soukhovetski Andrius Zlabys 2001 Roberto Plano Minsoo Sohn Özgür Aydin Gilles Vonsattel 1999 Antonio Pompa-Baldi Vassily Primakov Shoko Inoue Sean Botkin 1997 Per Tengstrand Gulnora Alimova Ning An Dror Biran 1995 Margarita Shevchenko / Marina Lomazov Dmitri Teterin Giampaolo Stuani 1993 Amir Katz Not awarded Seizo Azuma Yuko Nakamichi Katsunori Ishii
Year First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth 1991 Ilya Itin Anders Martinson Markus Pawlik Jean-François Bouvery Timothy Bozarth Hsin-Bei Lee 1989 Sergei Babayan Nicholas Angelich Megumi Kaneko Pascal Godart François Chaplin Eglé Januleviciuté 1987 Thierry Huillet Asaf Zohar Jonathan Bass Beatrice Hsin-Chen Long Takayuki Ito Hiroko Atsumi 1985 Daejin Kim Benedetto Lupo Hélène Jeanney Neil Rutman Yves Henry Dan-Wen Wei 1983 Youngshin An Mayumi Kameda Stéphane Lemelin Roy Kogan Dimitry Cogan Silke-Thora Matthies 1981 Philippe Bianconi Dan Riddle Rémy Loumbrozo Roy Kogan Timothy Smith Michael Boriskin 1979 Edward Newman Jean-Yves Thibaudet Angela Hewitt Frederick Blum Peter Vinograde Douglas Weeks 1977 Nathalie Béra-Tagrine Barry Salwen Douglas Montgomery Laura Silverman Géry Moutier Sandra Shuler 1975 John Owings Julian Martin John-Patrick Millow Roe Van Boskirk Katsurako Mikami Paweł Chęciński
See also List of classical music competitions
References
External links Cleveland International Piano Competition Piano Competitions & Music Competitions at Bakitone International