2008 RESULTS
IBLA WORLD COMPETITION
FOR PIANISTS, SINGERS, COMPOSERS AND INSTRUMENTALISTS
The standard of performance expressed during the 17th edition of the IBLA GRAND PRIZE
has reached once again an extremely high level of excellence.
These artists are all outstanding professionals and
deserve the attention of the international public at large.
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 their New York Carnegie Hall Debut
and in the Winners Concert Tour,
upon discretion of the New York IBLA Foundation Board of Directors.
Munoz Moreno Leticia violinist SPAIN
Bach Award
Pablo de Sarasate Award for Carmen
Lim Hee Young cellist SOUTH KOREA-USA/MASSACHUSSETS
Prokovief Award
Bal Julija pianist/composer SERBIA
Villa Lobos Award
Gasparyan Gayane pianist RUSSIA
Scriabin Award
MOST DISTINGUISHED MUSICIANS
HONORARY AWARDS & SPECIAL MENTION WINNERS
Only some of these musicians may be invited to perform in the winners concert tour in case of cancellation of the winners or in addition
upon discretion of the New York IBLA Foundation Board of Directors.
Kolev Elin violin GERMANY
Pablo de Sarasate Award / Best Young Talent
Kemp Jill recorder UNITED KINGDOM
Pablo de Sarasate Award
Huntington Austin cellist USA / INDIANA
Dvorak Special Mention
Vasilyeva Julija pianist RUSSIA
Rachmaninoff Special Mention
King George composer / pianist UNITED KINGDOM
Special Mention
Scholtes Lestari piano duo NETHERLANDS
Janssens Gwylim piano duo NETHERLANDS
Ravel Award
Eder Terry pianist (IBLA+Bartok) USA / NEW YORK
Ravel Special Mention
Bartok Special Mention
Riva Adalberto pianist ITALY
Schubert-Liszt Special Mention
Riva Adalberto pianist (Bartok) ITALY
Han Ji Hyun pianist SOUTH KOREA – GERMANY
Haydn Award
Nesterovska Mariya violinist UKRAINE
Bach Award
Emmanuil Kalliopi piano duo GREECE
Stamatelatos Dimitris piano duo GREECE
Rachmaninoff Special Mention
Medini Greta violinist ITALY
Prokofiev Special Mention
Nevolovitsch Nadja violinist RUSSIA – BELGIUM
Kreisler Special Mention
Vaupotic Ivana accordion CROATIA
Vaupotic Miran accordion CROATIA
Special Mention
Mayer Barbara pianist / composer AUSTRIA
Special Mention / Liszt Transcription
Nader Mauricio pianist / Bartok MEXICO
Nader Mauricio pianist / IBLA MEXICO
Nader Mauricio pianist / concerto MEXICO
Rieder Barbara piano duo GERMANY
Bartmann Sebastian piano duo GERMANY
Arensky Special Mention
Bartmann Sebastian composer GERMANY
Special Mention
Nobile Carlotta violinist ITALY
Bloch Special Mention
Huntington Thomas violinist USA / INDIANA
Kreisler Special Mention
Kulmer Elisabeth violinist SWITZERLAND
Special Mention / Young Talent
Chan Jessica pianist (Prokofiev) TAIWAN – UNITED KINGDOM
Chan Jessica pianist (IBLA) TAIWAN – UNITED KINGDOM
Frank Bridge Special Mention
Vynorahdov Dmytro pianist UKRAINE - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Strauss Special Mention
Gentili Adriano tenor ITALY
Yun Yeon Ji cellist SOUTH KOREA-USA/INDIANA
Paganini Special Mention
Gonzales Yemi violin USA / NEW YORK
William Grant Still Special Mention
Sellami Alia jazz vocalist TUNISIA – FRANCE
Special Mention
Samuele Lauretta percussionist ITALY
Special Mention / Most young talent
Berger Peter tenor SLOVAKIA
Special Mention
Matheson Bryan viola & violin USA / VIRGINIA
Matheson Kevin violinist USA / VIRGINIA
Special Mention
Misaljevic Jovana pianist SERBIA
Gershwin Special Mention
Nazarov Sarkis violin RUSSIA
Schedrin Special Mention
Sariciftci Caroline Ayse pianist AUSTRIA
DISTINGUISHED MUSICIANS
Hilschman Evelyn pianist GERMANY
Ginastera Special Mention
Kobayashi Akiko violinist USA
Zakotnik Katja cellist SLOVENIA-GERMANY
Sailer Juliane pianist AUSTRIA
Scovacricchi Martino Jose jazz saxophone COSTA RICA - ITALY
Statovci Ardita pianist AUSTRIA
Kurtag Special Mention
Hatfield Occhipinti Johannes cellist NORWAY
Knoph Joachim pianist NORWAY
Angiolelli Mario pianist ITALY
Lee Ji Young pianist SOUTH KOREA-USA/OHIO
Kim Jung Sun pianist SOUTH KOREA
Kim Jung Sun pianist (Prokofiev) SOUTH KOREA
Kim Ji Hyun piano concerto SOUTH KOREA
Rumpane Jenifere piano duo Special Mention LATVIA
Zaricka Elina piano duo Special Mention LATVIA
Kim Se Hyun flutist SOUTH KOREA - GERMANY
Kim Hyeonah piano concerto SOUTH KOREA
Elkin Angelina aka Lady Cool jazz vocalist AUSTRALIA
Ahmadbayeva Farida Beyler (IBLA & Bartok) piano duo AZERBAIJIAN
Sadigzadeh Maya Nasir (IBLA & Bartok) piano duo AZERBAIJAN
Rohowska Birgit soprano CANADA
Creider Melissa pianist USA - BELGIUM
Pietri Bruno composer ITALY
Kim Eunjung violist SOUTH KOREA
Rua Olga pianist COLOMBIA-USA / IOWA
Valsdottir Olof soprano ICELAND
Ferro Pamela composer ITALY
Yoo Youngwoo composer SOUTH KOREA
Di Fiore Francesco composer ITALY
Shen Yiwen composer USA/NEW YORK
D’Aquila Giovanni composer ITALY
Ohara Yuko composer JAPAN
Rega Alfonso composer ITALY
Maciejkowicz Marlena pianist POLAND - ITALY
Leonard Patricia composer USA / NEW YORK
Lotti Paola composer ITALY
Li Bochan composer CHINA
Georga Katiana pianist GREECE – FRANCE
Dural Yuksel pianist TURKEY
An Anna pianist RUSSIA
Covalesky Frances pianist USA / NEW JERSEY
Mani Raffaele pianist ITALY
Nagai Hiroko pianist JAPAN
Dean – Baham Angela soprano USA / CALIFORNIA
Gerboni Matteo composer ITALY
Creider Melissa pianist USA - BELGIUM
Jang Seon Hee flute SOUTH KOREA – USA
Song Mi Hee pianist IBLA+Prokofiev Competition SOUTH KOREA
Kim Myoungsun pianist (IBLA + Prokofiev) SOUTH KOREA
Hiller Sarah pianist GERMANY
Al Bizri Hend pianist (Ibla+Bartok) SYRIA
Doubovitskaya Elena pianist RUSSIA – USA
Drake Anthony clarinet ENGLAND
Kim Jaemin pianist SOUTH KOREA
Kim Dohee pianist SOUTH KOREA – USA/INDIANA
Kim Myoungsun pianist (IBLA + Prokofiev) SOUTH KOREA
Kluger Konstantin pianist AUSTRIA
Kluger Theresia violinist AUSTRIA
Lehner Veronika pianist AUSTRIA
Sariciftci Boris pianist AUSTRIA
Han Ji Hyun pianist SOUTH KOREA – GERMANY
Shin Ji Youn (Bartok) pianist SOUTH KOREA – USA/MASSACHUSSETS
Shin Ji Youn (IBLA) pianist SOUTH KOREA –USA/MASSACHUSSETS
Mika Yoshida (Honorary Special Mention) marimba JAPAN
Sasahara Yuri pianist JAPAN-AUSTRIA
ACCOMPLISHED MUSICIANS
LoMonaco Giulio pianist ITALY
Hiller Sarah pianist GERMANY
Park Jihyun pianist SOUTH KOREA-USA/TEXAS
Kim Eunjoo pianist SOUTH KOREA
Uker Cemre pianist TURKEY
Young Eva pianist TAIWAN-USA/PENNSYLVANIA
Lim Soojung pianist SOUTH KOREA - SPAIN
Alim Ziad composer BANGLADESH
Papadia Antonio pianist ITALY
Cariulo Madia soprano ITALY
Kim Yeook pianist SOUTH KOREA
2008 IBLA GRAND PRIZE SELECTED CONTESTANTS
Ahmadbayeva Farida Beyler piano duo AZERBAIJIAN
Sadigzadeh Maya Nasir piano duo AZERBAIJAN
Al Bizri Hend pianist SYRIA
Al Hassani Diana pianist IRAQ – GERMANY
Alim Ziad composer BANGLADESH
Al Saiari Hala Salem pianist SAUDI ARABIA
Altamirano Jose Luis composer MEXICO
An Anna pianist RUSSIA
Ando Risa pianist JAPAN – USA
Angiolelli Mario pianist ITALY
Anguelova Vania pianist BULGARIA
Arakelyan Hayrapet saxophone ARMENIA
Arkhipenko Ekaterina pianist RUSSIA
Arnold Gabriel Emanuel pianist SWITZERLAND
Astengo Federica pianist ITALY
Avdalyan Hasmik pianist ARMENIA
Azikova Vera pianist RUSSIA
Bae Yeon Joo pianist SOUTH KOREA – USA
Bal Julija pianist SERBIA
Berger Peter tenor SLOVAKIA
Beskow Daniel pianist SWEDEN
Benediktovich Luba flute BELARUS
Buehler Gudrun soprano GERMANY – USA
Caldas Jesus Francisco tenor PERU
Chaikevitch Tamila pianist RUSSIA
Chaimovich Vadim pianist LITHUANIA
Chan Jessica pianist (IBLA-Prokofiev) TAIWAN – UNITED KINGDOM
Cheliadinov Aleksander pianist RUSSIA – UKRAINE
Chen Frederic pianist TAIWAN – USA
Choi Yoonmin pianist SOUTH KOREA – GERMANY
Choi Won Jung violinist SOUTH KOREA – USA
Chwojnik Gabriel composer ARGENTINA
Condoluci Valerie vocalist FRANCE
Covalesky Frances pianist USA / NEW JERSEY
Creider Melissa pianist USA - BELGIUM
D’Aquila Giovanni composer ITALY
Dau Thuy pianist VIETNAM – POLAND
Dean Danielle soprano USA / VIRGINIA
Dean – Baham Angela soprano USA / CALIFORNIA
Di Fiore Francesco composer ITALY
DiGiulio Antonella pianist GERMANY
Dimitriou Chryssi flutist GREECE – FRANCE
Doletskaya Varvara pianist RUSSIA – UNITED KINGDOM
Doria Miglietta Giovanni pianist ITALY
Doubovitskaya Elena pianist RUSSIA – USA
Drake Anthony clarinet ENGLAND
Draper Anna cellist USA / IOWA
Dural Yuksel pianist TURKEY
Eder Terry pianist USA / NEW YORK
Elkin Angelina aka Lady Cool jazz vocalist AUSTRALIA
Emmanuil Kalliopi piano duo GREECE
Stamatelatos Dimitris piano duo GREECE
Ferro Pamela composer ITALY
Filochowska Ania violinist POLAND – USA
Forster Sebastian pianist ARGENTINA – USA
Galinskiy Valeriy pianist UKRAINE
Gandia Jose Manuel violist SPAIN – UNITED KINGDOM
Gasparyan Gayane pianist RUSSIA
Gentili Adriano tenor ITALY
Gerboni Matteo composer ITALY
Georga Katiana pianist GREECE – FRANCE
Gleich Jenufa soprano USA – ITALY
Gonzales Yemi violin USA / NEW YORK
Goto Mai pianist JAPAN – HUNGARY
Hall Yolanda jazz vocalist USA / NORTH CAROLINA
Ham Dong Gyun pianist SOUTH KOREA
Han Ji Hyun pianist SOUTH KOREA – GERMANY
Han Minna pianist SOUTH KOREA – USA
Hatfield Occhipinti Johannes cellist NORWAY
Knoph Joachim pianist NORWAY
Hendy Nickola soprano IRELAND
Hiller Sarah pianist GERMANY
Hilschman Evelyn pianist GERMANY
Hoshino Tomoya cellist JAPAN - HUNGARY
Humburger Richard piano GERMANY
Humburger Valentin piano duo GERMANY
Humenchuck Khrystyna soprano UKRAINE
Huntington Austin cellist USA / INDIANA
Huntington Thomas violinist USA / INDIANA
Hur Myoungsun pianist SOUTH KOREA - USA
Hsu Julia pianist TAIWAN – UNITED KINGDOM
Hwang Jee In pianist SOUTH KOREA - AUSTRIA
Jang Hae Song pianist SOUTH KOREA - GERMANY
Jang Seon Hee flute SOUTH KOREA - USA
Jing Hu soprano CHINA - UKRAINE
Jodeyri Habib violin IRAN
Kahanyuk Olha soprano UKRAINE
Kahlos Harri pianist FINLAND
Emmanuil Kalliopi piano duo GREECE
Kemp Jill recorder UNITED KINGDOM
Keniston Steven pianist USA / TEXAS
Kim Dohee pianist SOUTH KOREA – USA/INDIANA
Kim Eunjoo pianist SOUTH KOREA
Kim Eunjung violist SOUTH KOREA
Kim Hyeonah pianist SOUTH KOREA
Kim Jaemin pianist SOUTH KOREA
Kim Ji Hyun pianist SOUTH KOREA
Kim Jung Sun pianist SOUTH KOREA
Kim Myoungsun pianist (IBLA + Prokofiev) SOUTH KOREA
Kim Se Hyun flutist SOUTH KOREA - GERMANY
Kim Sooyun flutist SOUTH KOREA – USA/MASSACHUSSETS
Kim Yeook pianist SOUTH KOREA
King George composer UNITED KINGDOM
Kleibe Joanna Maria pianist POLAND – GERMANY
Kluger Konstantin pianist AUSTRIA
Kluger Theresia violinist AUSTRIA
Kobayashi Akiko violinist USA
Kolev Elin violin GERMANY
Kostareva Anna soprano RUSSIA
Knoph Joachim pianist NORWAY
Kravchuck Konstantin pianist UKRAINE
Kreine Margarita violinist LATVIA
Kulmer Elisabeth violinist SWITZERLAND
Kurogi Asuka soprano JAPAN – UNITED KINGDOM
Lamprecht Philipp marimba AUSTRIA
Lanier Lea soprano USA / GEORGIA
Lee Ji Young pianist SOUTH KOREA-USA/OHIO
Lee Joo In violinist SOUTH KOREA-USA/MARYLAND
Lee Kwan Shik pianist SOUTH KOREA
Lee Seung Hyun soprano SOUTH KOREA – USA/NEW YORK
Lehner Veronika pianist AUSTRIA
Leitao Simone pianist BRAZIL – USA / FLORIDA
Leonard Patricia composer USA / NEW YORK
Li Bochan composer CHINA
Lim Hee Young cellist SOUTH KOREA-USA/MASSACHUSSETS
Lim Soojung pianist SOUTH KOREA - SPAIN
Limoa Levana violinist INDONESIA
Liu Bowen pianist CHINA - GERMANY
LoMonaco Giulio pianist ITALY
Lotti Paola composer ITALY
Lunegova Natalia soprano RUSSIA
Maciejkowicz Marlena pianist POLAND - ITALY
Malkov Vladimir pianist RUSSIA
Mani Raffaele pianist ITALY
Mankovskaya Alessia soprano BELARUS-UNITED KINGDOM
Matheson Bryan viola & violin USA / VIRGINIA
Matheson Kevin violinist USA / VIRGINIA
Matulich Rodolfo composer ITALY
Mayer Barbara pianist AUSTRIA
McRobbie Noel pianist USA / MICHIGAN
Medini Greta violinist ITALY
Misaljevic Jovana pianist SERBIA
Miura Akane flute JAPAN - GERMANY
Munoz Moreno Leticia violinist SPAIN
Nabibayova Gulnara pianist AZERBAIJAN
Nachtigall Diana composer ARGENTINA
Nachtman Gayane soprano RUSSIA
Nader Mauricio pianist MEXICO
Nagai Hiroko pianist JAPAN
Nazaradeh Aryo violin CANADA
Nazarov Sarkis violin RUSSIA
Nescheva Anastasia pianist RUSSIA
Nesterovska Mariya violinist UKRAINE
Nevolovitsch Nadja violinist RUSSIA - BELGIUM
Nobile Carlotta violinist ITALY
Ohara Yuko composer JAPAN
Oparamanuike Joseph vocalist NIGERIA
Panteleeva Anna soprano RUSSIA
Papadia Antonio pianist ITALY
Papova Natallia pianist RUSSIA - NORWAY
Park Jihyun pianist SOUTH KOREA-USA/TEXAS
Parys Marcin pianist POLAND
Patrakov Vasily pianist RUSSIA-UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Petrovska Nataliya soprano UKRAINE
Pietri Bruno composer ITALY
Pinto Alberto organist ITALY
Pishchulina Olga soprano RUSSIA
Politova Asya soprano UKRAINE
Pop Ristov Marko violinist MACEDONIA – UNITED KINGDOM
Raffles Susi pianist ENGLAND
Ramirez Luis composer MEXICO
Ratnikova Julia soprano RUSSIA
Razumovskyy Oleh composer UKRAINE
Rega Alfonso composer ITALY
Reghezza Marco composer ITALY
Reprintseva Elena soprano RUSSIA
Rieder Barbara piano duo GERMANY
Sebastian Bartmann piano duo GERMANY
Riva Adalberto pianist (IBLA) + Bartok) ITALY
Rohowska Birgit soprano CANADA
Rua Olga pianist COLOMBIA-USA / IOWA
Rumpane Jenifere piano duo LATVIA
Zaricka Elina piano duo LATVIA
Ruscelli Andrea pianist ITALY
Sailer Juliane pianist AUSTRIA
Sahin Ceren Su pianist TURKEY
Saito Ryu pianist JAPAN-SWITZERLAND
Sariciftci Boris pianist AUSTRIA
Sariciftci Caroline Ayse pianist AUSTRIA
Sasahara Yuri pianist JAPAN-AUSTRIA
Schleien Noya marimba ISRAEL
Schneegass Minako pianist JAPAN-GERMANY
Riedlberger Christoph flute GERMANY
Scholtes Lestari piano duo NETHERLANDS
Janssens Gwylim piano duo NETHERLANDS
Schuetz Daniel countertenor USA / OHIO
Scovacricchi Martino Jose jazz saxophone COSTA RICA - ITALY
Sellami Alia jazz vocalist TUNISIA - FRANCE
Shen Yiwen composer USA/NEW YORK
Shin Jaehoon clarinet SOUTH KOREA – GERMANY
Shin Ji Youn pianist SOUTH KOREA – USA/MASSACH
Shin Wonhee composer SOUTH KOREA – USA/OHIO
Anna Solovieva pianist RUSSIA
Song Mi Hee pianist SOUTH KOREA
Spector Laura pianist USA/TEXAS
Stamatelatos Dimitris pianist GREECE
Statovci Ardita pianist AUSTRIA
Stopka Jolanta violinist POLAND
Stornante Rachel flutist USA/MICHIGAN
Sugino Satomi pianist JAPAN
Suzuki Atsuko pianist JAPAN-USA/FLORIDA
Tenyakova Olga soprano RUSSIA
Teppo Ruusamari pianist FINLAND-USA/TEXAS
Titova Eleonora pianist RUSSIA
Tozawa Satomi pianist JAPAN
Turbelin Emmanuelle pianist FRANCE-ENGLAND
Uker Cemre pianist TURKEY
Valsdottir Olof soprano ICELAND
Van Breen Eef jazz vocalist NETHERLANDS
Van Nieuwenborgh Paul pianist SOUTH AFRICA-BELGIUM
Vasilyeva Julija pianist RUSSIA
Vaupotic Ivana accordion CROATIA
Vaupotic Miran accordion CROATIA
Vedenin Oleksander guitar UKRAINE
Veselinovic Milena pianist SERBIA-ENGLAND
Vynorahdov Dmytro pianist UKRAINE-UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Wong Yee Sik pianist HONG KONG – USA/IOWA
Yaginuma Fontana Yumi Anna soprano JAPAN-ITALY
Yoo Yungwoo composer SOUTH KOREA
Yoshida Mika marimba JAPAN
Young Eva pianist TAIWAN-USA/PENNSYLVANIA
Yun Yeon Ji cellist SOUTH KOREA-USA/INDIANA
Zakotnik Katja cellist SLOVENIA-GERMANY
Zapata Lugo Eugenio pianist COLOMBIA-USA/SOUTH DAKOTA
Zaricka Elina pianist LATVIA
Zamina Mona cello LATVIA