2006 RESULTS
IBLA WORLD COMPETITION
FOR PIANISTS, SINGERS, COMPOSERS AND INSTRUMENTALISTS
PLEASE NOTE THAT IBLA COMPETITORS ARE NOT JUDGED AGAINST EACH OTHER
BUT IN REFERENCE TO A STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE AT ALL TIMES
IBLA GRAND PRIZE AWARDS
TOP WINNERS
TOP WINNERS will be invited to perform in the winners' concert tour to be scheduled in Europe, Canada and the USA
upon discretion of the New York IBLA Foundation Board of Directors.
The general standard of performance expressed during the 15th edition of the IBLA GRAND PRIZE
has reached an extremely high level of excellence. As a consequence the number of top winners selected by the International Jury panel is unusually high.
These artists are all outstanding professionals and deserve the attention of the international public at large.
FEDOR ELESIN CELLO ADULT RUSSIA PROKOFIEV AWARD
ALINA KABANOVA PIANO ADULT RUSSIA PROKOFIEV AWARD
TATIANA NIKITINA PIANO ADULT RUSSIA TCHAIKOVSKY AWARD + MAGIN AWARD
CARA HESSE & PIANO DUO SOUTH AFRICA RACHMANINOFF AWARD
LAURA PAUNA PIANO DUO ROMANIA RACHMANINOFF AWARD
KLARA MIN PIANO ADULT USA / KOREA
SCHUMANN AWARD
LIUDMILA DUKHAN PIANO ADULT RUSSIA
RIMSKIY - KORSAKOV AWARD
MATTHIJS KOENE PANPIPES NETHERLANDS
STEFAN GERRITSON GUITAR NETHERLANDS
PIAZZOLLA AWARD
MOST DISTINGUISHED MUSICIANS
&
HONORARY SPECIAL MENTION WINNERS
Among these musicians some may be invited to perform in the winners concert tour in case of cancellation of the winners or
upon discretion of the New York IBLA Foundation Board of Directors.
MARIJA PAVLOVIC CLARINET CROATIA
POULENC AWARD
DAVID PARKS SAXOPHONE USA
MARINA CHAMASYAN ACCOMPANIST ARMENIA
WILLIAM ALBRIGHT AWARD
DENISOV AWARD
TRIO ECA USA / KOREA
AGNES KIM, CELLO - HEEYEON KIM, PIANO - JIN HEE KIM, VIOLIN
BRAHMS AWARD
IVONNE ATMOJO VOCAL / JAZZ INDONESIA
IVONNE ATMOJO PIANO INDONESIA
SPECIAL MENTION
CARMELO MANTIONE PIANO ADULT ITALY
SCRIABIN AWARD
BEST ITALIAN PIANIST
JEAN MICHELLE GILLARD COMPOSER FRANCE
SPECIAL MENTION
PUI SHAN CHEUNG COMPOSER CHINA
SPECIAL MENTION
LUKASZ LAGUN - KUZMINSKY VIOLIN POLAND / USA
BLOCH AWARD
SAE LEE PIANO JAPAN
SPECIAL MENTION
MACIEJ GRANAT PIANO / BARTOK POLAND
KABALEVSKY AWARD
MARINA CHAMASYAN PIANO ADULT ARMENIA
RAVEL AWARD
KIUNGMI NAM PIANO ADULT SOUTH KOREA
DEBUSSY SPECIAL MENTION
SOYEON LEE PIANO ADULT SOUTH KOREA
SPECIAL MENTION
AGNES KIM CELLO USA / KOREA
DISTINGUISHED MUSICIANS
DEBORAH ARMSTRONG PIANO ADULT IRELAND
DEBUSSY SPECIAL MENTION
EKATERINA UDALOVA PIANO YOUNG 'D' RUSSIA
VASKS SPECIAL MENTION
NATALIA ROGOZINSKAYA SOPRANO RUSSIA
ALLA ROMANOVA PIANIST RUSSIA
AUDIENCE SPECIAL MENTION
KATARINA SCHMIDT PIANO YOUNG B USA
SPECIAL MENTION FOR TALENT
ELENA GIUSEPPINA CASSISI PIANO YOUNG A ITALY
KACIATURIAN SPECIAL MENTION
TOSHIAKI JO PIANO ADULT JAPAN
DEBUSSY SPECIAL MENTION
MARGARITA POPOVA PIANO YOUNG 'D' UKRAINE
POLUNIN SPECIAL MENTION
ALEKSANDER DEBICZ PIANO YOUNG D POLAND
CHOPIN SPECIAL MENTION
KANAMI SAKAMOTO PIANO DUO JAPAN
TAE SAKAI PIANO DUO JAPAN
SINDING SPECIAL MENTION
ERIN BUTLER VIOLINIST USA
WIENAVSKY SPECIAL MENTION
CLAUDIO SANTOS CELLO PERU / CHILE
SPECIAL MENTION
LEONIE RETTIG PIANO YOUNG GERMANY
SPECIAL MENTION FOR TALENT
GUENTER REINHOLD SCHOLARSHIP
PHAN THAN FRANCIS PIANO ADULT FRANCE
TAKEMITSU SPECIAL MENTION
CATERINA GREWE PIANO YOUNG 'C' GERMANY
SPECIAL MENTION
IVANA ZAHIROVIC FLUTE CROATIA
CHIHIRO TAKEYAMA PIANO ADULT JAPAN
SHOSTAKOVICH SPECIAL MENTION
ANTTI MANNINEN PIANO ADULT FINLAND
SIBELIUS SPECIAL MENTION
ANGEL CABRERA PIANO ADULT SPAIN
SPECIAL MENTION
JIN HEE KIM VIOLIN KOREA / USA
HONGYI YU TENOR CHINA
LIU XUEAN SPECIAL MENTION
GIANLUCA ABBATE PIANIST ITALY
PETER CAELEN PIANO NETHERLANDS
BELINDA EVANGELISTA CLARINET AUSTRALIA - ENGLAND
HYUNGSOOK YOON PIANO ADULT / BARTOK KOREA
DANIELA CURDORF SOPRANO DENMARK
AUDIENCE SPECIAL MENTION
TAMAYO KELSEY MARIMBA YOUNG 'B' USA
SPECIAL MENTION FOR TALENT
MIRELLA CAPONETTI SOPRANO ITALY
AUDIENCE SPECIAL MENTION
SANGYOUNG PARK SOPRANO SOUTH KOREA
AUDIENCE SPECIAL MENTION
SINGAH LEE PARK SOPRANO SOUTH KOREA
AUDIENCE SPECIAL MENTION
FRANCESCO PALAZZO ACCORDION ITALY
ALESSIO NANNI PIANO ADULT ITALY
MACIEJ GRANAT COMPOSER POLAND
MARCELA BEATRIZ PAVIA COMPOSER ARGENTINA
WASEEM KOTOUB PIANO ADULT SYRIA
SPECIAL MENTION
LUCA TRAIETTO VIOLIN ITALY
ARMANDO CALABRESE PIANO ITALY
URARA SUSAKI PIANO ADULT JAPAN/GERMANY
SCHULHOFF SPECIAL MENTION
HEEYEON HAN PIANO ADULT SOUTH KOREA
GIANLUCA IMPERATO PIANO SOLO ITALY
ALEXANDRA KARASTOYANOVA HERMENTIN AUSTRIA / RUSSIA
NICOLE BIGGS PIANO ADULT USA
OKSANA ZOTOVA PIANO ADULT UKRAINE/CANADA
DIEGO BANER BASS USA
ACCOMPLISHED MUSICIANS
ANGELO STURIALE COMPOSER ITALY
ALESSIO CAPPELLO COMPOSER ITALY
ATSUKO SAKAGUCHI PIANO ADULT JAPAN
LIBUSE SANTORISOVA SOPRANO CHECK REPUBLIC
LEONIE RETTIG PIANO ADULT GERMANY
ALLA KIM PIANO ADULT RUSSIA
PAOLO GEMINIANI COMPOSER ITALY
EREN BASBUG PIANO YOUNG B TURKEY
SPECIAL TALENT
MISUZU FUJITA PIANO ADULT JAPAN
ANDREA BIVIANO SAXO ALTO ITALY
DARIO ADAMO TENOR ITALY
ALFONSO REGA COMPOSER ITALY
LING AN PIANO CHINA
GUILHERME SCHROETER COMPOSER BRAZIL
MAUD CAILLAT COMPOSER FRANCE
PARTICIPANTS
MAUD CAILLAT PIANO FRANCE
YOUJU LEE PIANO KOREA
PAOLO BAGLIERI PIANO ITALY
BENEDETTA SCUTO PIANO ITALY