Hamamatsu International Piano Competition
The Hamamatsu International Piano Competition has been held every 3 years since 1991 in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan, and is open to pianists up to 30 years old.
History
[edit]The Piano Competition was inaugurated in 1991 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the founding of Hamamatsu City on July 1, 1911.[1] The Competition has been a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions since 1998.[2]
Top prize winners
[edit]The 1st prize winners are:[3]
- 1991 – Sergei Babayan
- 1994 – Victor Liadov
- 1997 – Alessio Bax
- 2000 – Alexander Gavrylyuk
- 2003 – Rafal Blechacz, Poland and Alexander Kobrin, Russia (tied)
- 2006 – Alexej Gorlatch, Ukraine
- 2009 – Seong-Jin Cho, South Korea
- 2012 – Ilya Rashkovsky, Russia
- 2015 – Alexander Gadjiev, Italy/Slovenia
- 2018 – Can Çakmur, Turkey
References
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