Jeunesses International Music Competition Dinu Lipatti was held for the first time in 1994. The event discovers and promotes the values of the new generation of classical music, supports young artists in building a successful career and provides a platform for multicultural dialogue that encourages performance. The idea of establishing this competition started from the desire of a musician to provide in a former communist country, Romania and to create a chance for young artists to participate in an international competition in their country and to benefit from the same conditions as anywhere in the world and to give them a chance to promote cooperation with international and European musical institutions .

The event is named after Romanian pianist Dinu Lipatti.

“I like the idea of Jeunesses Musicals because it makes music accessible to children, allowing young people of modest origins to enter into a realm that otherwise wouldn’t really be open to them.” Dinu Lipatti, Geneve, 1950.

History

Held annually since 1994, the contest has included different disciplines – piano, violin, flute, clarinet, composition, horn, trumpet, singing. In 2011, "Jeunesses Musicales International Competition Bucharest" became "Jeunesses International Music Competition Dinu Lipatti", in honor of Lipatti, who supported and encouraged young musicians. Alongside the competition, the event includes workshops and master classes led by artists and music teachers from European academies.

Participants

The competition has three age categories, encouraging young musicians from the earliest ages to a master competition category: 10–14 years, 14–18 years, 18–30 years. Usually, this competition brings together around 100 musicians from 30 to 40 countries, as a platform for communication and cultural dialogue.

Jury

Jury is formed by recognized artists and professors appreciated in the field with experience in identifying new talent, reconfirmation of their decisions being the laureates professional path.

Gabriel Croitoru Pierre-Yves Artaud – France Peter Stoyanov Marin Cazacu Valentin Gheorghiu Stefan Gheorghiu Eugenia Moldoveanu Alexandru Tomescu Violeta Dinescu Doina Rotaru Aurelian Octav Popa

Progress

The competition takes place in areas with historical and cultural tradition: Athenaeum, Royal Palace – Hall Auditorium, Arcub – Center for Cultural Projects of Bucharest, Central University Library, the Philharmonic Sibiu – Thalia Hall.

Laureates

1994 – REMUS Azoitei Is a violinist of sec. XXIII that currently is a violin professor at the Royal Academy of Music London, known in Romanian audience for charitable and anniversary concerts given together with the Royal Household and through its evolution along the Nigel Kennedy, the Palace Hall Bucharest.

1995 – Alexandru Tomescu He is the winner of Stradivarius violin. He played with Jeunesses Musical Youth Orchestra and as a soloist in 1997 and 1998 tournaments in the US and Japan. He was also present at the most famous concert halls in Europe, such as: Tonhalle Zurich, Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Concert House, Berlin, Musikverein, Vienna.

1996 Jeunesses International Music Competition Dinu Lipatti was the first competition in Romania which was recognized by the European Union of Music Competitions for Youth.

1999 Simina Croitoru was born into a family of musicians and since childhood has shown extraordinary talent, winning the first "Jeunesses Musicales" Bucharest prize.

2000 Trumpet 18–30 Solymosi Peter Hungary 14–18 Hanganu Dumitru Moldavia Piano 18–30 Yamamoto Satoko Belgium 14–18 Bozhanov Evgeni Bulgaria 10–14 Gavruc Vitalie Moldavia <10 Visovan Maria Aurelia Romania Clarinet 18-30 Theodoru Andrei Romania 14-18 Mamudov Hidan Macedonia

2001 Violin 18-30 Röhn Anja Sweden 14-18 Gocan Andrei Romania 14–18 Long Xi China 10–14 Manza Dragos Mihail Romania <10 Saifi Arslan Russian Federation Flute 18-30 Sperissen Jean-Luc France

2002 Piano 18-30 Smolskaia Ioulia Russian Federation 14-18 Vanks Rudolfs Latvia 10-14 Kavalerova Anna Russian Federation <10 Napradean Lena Romania Clarinet 18-30 Reman Tibor Romania 14-18 Gao Yuan China

2003 Violin 14-18 Azizian Loussine Russian Federation 10-14 Lee Su Yeon South Koreea <10 Moscalu Artur Moldavia Flute 14-18 Felicia Van Den End Netherlands

2004 Piano 18-30 Szychowski Piotr Poland 14-18 Ye Sijing China 10-14 Wang Chao China <10 Tudor Daria Ioana Romania Clarinet 18-30 Stolbov Ivan Federatia Rusa 14-18 Stancioi Ciprian Romania 14-18 Turk Borut Slovenia

2005 Violin 18-30Szadowiak MariannaPolond14–18Shi ShuaiChina10–14Gao TianyangChina<10Tusupbekova SharipaKazakhstan Flute 18-30Lima Ana RaquelPortugal14-18Li AngChina Composition <10Chan Sze RokUK

2006 Piano 14-18Mihai RitivoiuRomania<10Kravtsov LevRussian Federation Composition 10-14Rosenberger KatharinaSwitzerland10-14Noda KentaroJapan10-14Martinez Burgos ManuelSpain<10Eduardo MoguillanskyArgentina<10Elia MariosCyprus<10Pelzel MichaelSwitzerland<10Prete PaoloItaly<10Yamamoto KazutomoJapan Clarinet 18-30Maria Wilhelmina du ToitSouth Africa14-18Puia DorinelRomania

2007 Violin 18-30Gocan AndreiRomania14-18Tang YunChina10-14Zhu MinjiaChina<10Pocitari LiliaMoldavia

2008 Composition 10-14Boodram CameronSUA10-14Longo MarcoItaly10-14Nassif RafaelBrazil10-14Odai KiyomitsuJapan10-14Sikk JaakEstonia<10Hu ShuhanChina<10Bakas DimitriosGreece<10De Souza Fliblio FerreiraBrazil<10Hurtado Jose LuisMexico<10Seo Hong JunSouth Koreea<10Yamamoto KazutomoJapan Flute 18-30Yaroshevskiy StanislavRussian Federation14-18Stoilova NadyaBulgaria Clarinet 14-18Brazauskas ZilvinasLithuania

2009 Violin 18–30Boursier KhrystynaUkraine14–18Zhang ChendiChina10–14Zhang JinruChina<10Zayranov MartinBulgaria

2010 Piano 14-18Gologan AndreiRomania14-18Li ZixiaoChina10-14Ursu MelisaMoldavia10-14Xu JinzhaoChina<10Boyadzhiev EmilBulgaria

2011 Flute 18-30Bletton CharlotteFrance14-18Park YaeramSouth Koreea, France

2012 Violin 18-30Park SujinAustralia14-18Hickey Mairead Ireland B<14Boschkor LaraGermany

2013 Piano 18-30 Masuda Momoka Japan, Russia 14-18Losito NicolaItaly 14-18Losito NicolaItaly<14Harliono-Evans GeorgeUk

2014 Flute 18–30 Carmineluigi Amabile Italy 14-18Zolnacz Marianna Poland

2015 Violin winners will be chosen from the 107 competitors representing 40 countries: Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, South Korea, Denmark, Egypt, Switzerland, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, UK, Mexico, New Zealand, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, USA, Sweden, Taiwan – China, Turkey, Ukraine, Hungary, Venezuela .

2016 2016 edition will be held from May 14 to 21 with the reference instrument-piano.

2019 Jeunesses International VIOLIN Competition Dinu Lipatti was held 11 - 18 May 2019

See also Official ISME News Blog

References

External links

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