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2009 IBLA GRAN PRIZE RESULTS
announced on July 12, 2009
IBLA WORLD COMPETITION
FOR PIANISTS, SINGERS, COMPOSERS AND INSTRUMENTALISTS
The standard of performance expressed during the 18th edition of the IBLA GRAND PRIZE has once again reached a 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
2009 IBLA GRAND PRIZE AWARDS
TOP WINNERS
TOP WINNERS will be invited to perform their New York Carnegie Weill Hall Debut and in the Winners Concert Tour, upon discretion of the New York IBLA Foundation Board of Directors.
Prokofiev Award Gloria Campaner, piano solo & concerto, Italy
Ravel Special mention + Davitashvili special mention Tamara Licheli, piano, Georgia
Sarasate Award + Ysaye Special Mention+ Best Young Talent Sumire Hirotsuru, violinist, Japan
Best Young Talent+ Beethoven Special Mention Jacopo Giovannini, piano solo & concerto, Italy
MOST DISTINGUISHED MUSICIANS
HONORARY AWARDS & SPECIAL MENTION WINNERS
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.
Bach Special Mention Daniel Lessner, pianist, USA
Marimba special mention Yuko Inoue, marimbist, Japan
Special mention Natalia Schwamova, pianist, Czech Rebublic
DISTINGUISHED MUSICIANS
Gabriel Emanuel Arnold, pianist, Switzerland
Cornelia Bakos, mezzo soprano, Hungary
Nestor Bayona Pifarre’, pianist, Spain
Karen Beres, pianist, USA
Christopher Hahn, pianist, USA
Mariam Bombrun, pianist, France
+ special mention Fabio Massimo Capogrosso, composer, Italy
Gianluca Campo, flute, Italy
Tommaso Lepore, pianist, Italy
+special mention Giusy Caruso, pianist, Italy
Marie-Andre’ Chevrette, violinist, Canada
Walter Delahunt, pianist, Canada
Jason Chiang, pianist, USA
David Cieri, pianist & composer, Italy
Won-Hee Cho, pianist, South Korea
Frances Covalesky, pianist, USA
Gabriel de Arcangel, violinist, Spain
+ special mention Luis del Valle, piano duo, Spain
+ special mention Victor del Valle, piano duo, Spain
Aleksandra Denga, violinist, Poland
Yelena Dof-Donskaya, Soprano, Russia
Daniel Beliasky, pianist, USA
Gaetano D’Urso
Noel Engebretson, pianist, USA
Lars Fosser, baritone, Denmark
Elena Gaponenko, pianist, Germany
Lisa Gaponenko, pianist, Germany
+ special mention Matteo Gerboni, composer, Italy
Carlo Gnocato, composer, Italy
Elisso Gogibedaschwili, violinist, Austria
Rudolf Golez, pianist, Philippines
+ Audience Special Mention Milos Gouka, pianist, Serbia
+ special mention Moon Young Ha, composer, USA
Hwang MoonHee, pianist, South Korea
June Moonkyung Hahn, marimbist, South Korea
James Hendricks, composer, USA
Moonhee Hwang, pianist, USA
Gianluca Imperato, pianist, Italy
Ignacy Wisniewski, pianist, Poland
+ special mention Yuko Inoue, marimbist, Japan
+ special mention Christhard Janetzki, composer, Poland
Inhyung Jang, South Korea
Tomasz Kandulski, violinist, Poland
Sandra Haniszewska, guitarist, Poland
+ special mention Hyo Jee Kang, composer, South Korea
Atsushi Kanzawa, pianist, Japan
Marina Kapitanova, pianist, Serbia
Sachiko Kawamura, pianist, Japan
Eun Hye Kim, marimba, South Korea-France
Bomi Kim & La Young Park, marimba, South Korea-France
Yookyoung Kim, violinist, South Korea
+ Audience Special Mention Ekaterina Klimay, pianist, Russia
Natalia Krivenok, mezzo soprano, Russia
Natalia Varlamova, pianist, Russia
+ Audience Special Mention Hyun-jin Kwon, pianist, South Korea
Bruno Francesco Leone, pianist, Italy
+ special mention Bo Chan Li, composer, China
Sonja Loncar, pianist, Serbia
Paola Lotti, composer, Italy
Duo Masaru, piano duo, Japan
Keiko Takanashi, pianist, Japan
Tamami Abe, pianist, Japan
Ermal Mehmeti, violin, Macedonja
Jeta Starova Mehmeti, flute, Macedonja
Maria Mikhaylova, pianist, Russia
Iva Miletic, violinist, Serbia
Marina Kapitanova, pianist, Serbia
+ special mention Timothy Miller, composer, USA
Mattia Mistrangelo, pianist, Italy
Anne Sofie Mojzesova, violinist, Czech Republic
Veronika Mojzesova, violinist, Czech Republic
+ special mention Tarcisio Molinaro, percussionist, Italy
+ special mention Giusy Caruso, pianist, Italy
+ special mention Dohi Moon, composer, South Korea
Alessio Nanni, pianist, Italy
Na Sha, pianist, China
“Duo Aetneo” Alessio Nicosia, violinist, Italy
“Duo Aetneo” Antonio Spina, piano accompanist, Italy
Giuliano Parisi, composer, Italy
+ audience special mention Francesco Pasqualotto, pianist, Italy
Andrija Pavlovic, pianist, Serbia
Sonja Loncar, pianist, Serbia
Eleanor Percy, violinist, England
Irina Lyakhovskaya, pianist, Russia
Urszula Piwnicka, pianist, Poland
Carmine Razzano, composer, Italy
Alfonso Rega, composer, Italy
Alla Romanova, pianist, Russia
+ special mention Natalia Schwamova, pianist, Czech Rebublic
Sholpan Sharbakova, pianist, Kazakhstan-England
Mark Sheldon & Gigi Tree, Horns, USA
Palmiro Simonini, pianist, Italy
Shen Shuwen, pianist, China
Lam Jing, violinist, China
+ Chinese opera special mention Li Ying, soprano, China
Liu Xing, mezzo-soprano, China
Eun-young Son, pianist, South Korea
Jana Stuart, pianist, Canada
+ special mention, Darren Tate, composer, England
+ special mention Hristina Veljanoska, pianist, Macedonia
Joana Vieira, pianist, Portugal
Jose Manuel Villaflor, vocalist, Philippines
Tsoyoshi Yamauchi, violinist, Japan-Germany
Katja Zakotnik, cellist, Slovenia
Shufang Zhang, pianist, China-Estonia
Ferdinando Zuddio, pianist, Italy
ACCOMPLISHED MUSICIANS
An Ting Chankg, pianist, Taiwan
Anvar Haidari, tenor, Uzbekistan-Lithuania
Ye-Jin Han, pianist, South Korea
Harri Kahlos, pianist, Finland
Sasa Knezevic, pianist, Serbia
Natasa Tasic Knezevic, soprano, Serbia
Natalya Kondratenko, Soprano, Russia
Gayane Nachtman, soprano, Russia
Ng Ka Yi, pianist, Hong Kong
Fung Yan Ching, pianist, Hong Kong
Winnie Leung, pianist, Hong Kong
Ka Yuk Yam, pianist, Hong Kong
Yi Hua Piao, pianist, China
2009 IBLA GRAND PRIZE ACCEPTED CONTESTANTS
Susanna Abrahamyan, soprano, Armenia
Diana Al-Hassani, pianist, Iraq-Germany
Ivana Alkovic, pianist, Austria
Emily Allen, frech horn, England
Glenn Allen, tenor, USA
Nina Alupii-Morton, soprano, Ukraine-England
Aylin Amtmann, violinist, Germany
Heejeong An, pianist, South Korea-Belgium
Anna Antonova, pianist, Russia
Svetlana Antonova, pianist, Russia
Gabriel Emanuel Arnold, pianist, Switzerland
Nara Avetisyan, pianist, Armenia
Joseph Bartning, tenor, USA
Melanie Baux, soprano, Canada
Nestor Bayona Pifarre’, pianist, Spain
Karen Beres, pianist, USA
Dmitry Berlizov, instrumentalist, Russia
Mariam Bombrun, pianist, France
Tamara Brock, soprano, USA
Nastja Cajhen, violinist, Slovenja
Gloria Campaner, pianist, Italy
Fabio Massimo Capogrosso, composer, Italy
Mike Cavin, clarinetist, USA
Giusy Caruso, pianist, Italy
Theresa Chai, pianist, USA
An-Ting Chang, pianist, Taiwan
Matt Channing, composer, USA
Sotiris Charalambous, singer, Cyprus
Clara Chartre, violin, Canada
Thomas Chartre, cello, Canada
Oleksandr Cheliadinov, pianist, Ukraine
Marie-Andre’ Chevrette, violinist, Canada
Won-Hee Cho, pianist, South Korea
Hanna Choi, pianist, South Korea
Hyojin Choi, pianist, Germany
Jung Sook Choi, mezzosoprano, South Korea
Wong Jung Choi, violinist, South Korea-USA
David Cieri, composer, Italy
Guevara Citlalli, pianist, Bulgaria
Domingo Costa, pianist, Germany
Anonna Coutee, singer, USA
Frances Covalesky, pianist, USA
Gabriel de Arcangel, violinist, Spain
Luis del Valle, pianist, Spain
Victor del Valle, pianist, Spain
Aleksandra Denga, violinist, Poland
Daria Diltz, soprano, USA
Noel Engebretson, pianist, USA
Mia Fang, pianist, China-Germany
Lars Fosser, baritone, Denmark
Elena Gaponenko, pianist, Germany
Lisa Gaponenko, pianist, Germany
Nathaly Garna, pianist, Ukraine
Polina Gerasimenko, pianist, Russia
Matteo Gerboni, composer, Italy
Jacopo Giovannini, pianist, Italy
Carlo Gnocato, composer, Italy
Elisso Gogibedaschwili, violinist, Austria
Rudolf Golez, pianist, Philippines
Tamara Golicnik, pianist, Slovenia
Milos Gouka, pianist, Serbia
Guan Hailun, guitar, China-the Netherlands
Moon Young Ha, composer, USA
Anvar Haidari, tenor, Uzbekistan-Lithuania
Christopher Hahn, pianist, USA
Dong Yeon Han, violinist, South Korea-USA
Ye Jin Han, pianist, South Korea-the Netherlands
Sandra Haniszewska, guitar, Poland
James Hendricks, composer, USA
Artur Herbik, pianist, Poland
Murgrabia Herbik, pianist, Poland
Sumire Hirotsuru, violinist, Japan
Jayoung Hong, pianist, USA
Moonhee Hwang, pianist, USA
Hye-jung Choi, violinist, South Korea
Gianluca Imperato, pianist, Italy
Olivia Jacobson, violinist, Switzerland
Christhard Janetzki, composer, Poland
Hae-Song Jang, pianist, Germany
Inhyung Jang, South Korea
Soonsik Jern, South Korea
Habib Jodeiri Sabbaghkar, violinist, Iran
Yseult Jost, pianist, France-Germany
Sung-Hee Jung, pianist, South Korea
Harri Kahlos, pianist, Finland
Daria Kameneva, pianist, Russia
Anastasia Kaminskaya, pianist, Ukraine-Bulgaria
Daisuke Kanamaru, pianist, Japan-the Netherland
Tomasz Kandulski, guitar, Poland
Kaneko Hirasawa Maki, pianist, Japan
Hyo Jee Kang, composer, South Korea
Kina Kantor, cello, USA
Marina Kapitanova, pianist, Serbia
Sachiko Kawamura, pianist, Japan
Atsushi Kanzawa, pianist, Japan
Mimoza Keka, pianist, Macedonia
Aroom Kim, vocalist, South Korea-USA
Changyoung Kim, oboe, South Korea-Austria
Eun Hye Kim, marimba, South Korea-France
Hee Jung Kim, violin, South Korea-USA
Ji Hyun Kim, violin, South Korea, USA
Mi Ryoung Kim, violin, USA
Min Ji Kim, South Korea-Austria
Misung Kim, pianist, South Korea-USA
YookYoung Kim, violin, South Korea-USA
Angela King, jazz singer, Scotland
Ekaterina Klimay, pianist, Russia
Sasa Knezevic, pianist, Serbia
Natalia Krivenok, mezzo soprano, Russia
Marcin Kryzanowski, accordion, Poland
Hyun-Jin Kwon, pianist, South Korea
Wei-Ya Lai, pianist, Taiwan
Zofia Lalak, pianist, Poland
Sylvie Lamouche, soprano, France
Lan Jing, violinist, China
Jong-Eun Lee, pianist, South Korea, Germany
Jung Ah Lee, violinist, South Korea
Kyung-Mee Lee, pianist, South Korea
Nakyung Lee, violinist, South Korea-Germany
Zinaida Lemeshko, pianist, Russia
Faith Lemons, violinist, USA
Daniel Lessner, pianist, USA
Carla Leur, violinist, the Netherlands
Bo Chan Li, composer, China
Jing Jing Li, soprano, China-Austria
Ying Li, soprano, China
Bing Liu, vocal, China
Xing Liu, messo soprano, China
Sonja Loncar, pianist, Serbia
Paola Lotti, composer, Italy
Irina Lyakhovskaya, pianist, Russia
Sijia Ma, pianist, China
Konstantin Manaev, cello, Germany
Iracema Mandinga das Neves, soprano, Brazil
Denes Marius - Catalin, pianist, Romania
Duo Masaru, piano duo, Japan
Keiko Takanashi, pianist, Japan
Tamami Abe, pianist, Japan
Eleni Mavromoustaki, pianist, Cyprus
Anna Mayilyan, singer, Armenia
Ermal Mehmeti, violin, Macedonja
Jeta Starova Mehmeti, flute, Macedonja
Elvira Menditto, pianist, Italy
Vicotria Merkulyeva, pianist, Russia
Maria Mikhaylova, pianist, Russia
Iva Miletic, violinist, Serbia
Timothy Miller, composer, USA
Mattia Mistrangelo, pianist, Italy
Anne Sofie Mojzesova, violinist, Czech Republic
Marie Viola Mojzesova, violinist, Czech Republic
Veronika Mojzesova, violinist, Czech Republic
Tarcisio Molinaro, percussionist, Italy
Dohi Moon, composer, South Korea
Liam Moran, singer, USA
Agnieszka Murgrabia, pianist, Poland
Ulrich Murtfeld, pianist, Germany
Gayane Nachtman, soprano, Russia
Jakub Nakoneczny, violinist, Poland
Yoo Seon Nam, violinist, South Korea
Alessio Nanni, pianist, Italy
Na Sha, pianist, China
Paula Newberry, vocalist, USA
Ng Ka Yi, pianist, Hong Kong
Fung Yan Ching, pianist, Hong Kong
Winnie Leung, pianist, Hong Kong
Ka Yuk Yam, pianist, Hong Kong
Dragan Milosavljevi, pianist, Serbia
Alessio Nicosia, violinist, Italy
Grzegors Niemczuk, pianist, Poland
David Nunez, pianist, USA
Rachel Ostler, violinist, USA
Mihael Paar, clarinet, Croatia
Viviana Palladino, composer, Italy
Luigi Palmiero, clarinet, Italy
Giuliano Parisi, composer, Italy
Angela Park, violinist, USA
Jaeyeon Park, pianist, South Korea
Ilya Pashintsev, Sonore Ensemble, Russia
Francesco Pasqualotto, pianist, Italy
Cristian Pastorello, pianist, Italy
Anna Patrys, violinist, Poland,
Andija Pavlovic, pianist, Serbia
Yihua Pian, pianist, China
Eleanor Percy, violinist, England
Zara Pirumian, pianist, Denmark
Olga Pischulina, vocalist, Russia
Urszula Piwnicka, vocalist, Poland
Maria Prokofieva, pianist, the Netherlans
Anastasia Prokofieva, vocalist, Russia
Olena Prudnikova, pianist, Russia
Milena Rajkovic, pianist, Serbia
Carmine Razzano, composer, Italy
Alfonso Rega, composer, Italy
Alexander Reitenbach, pianist, Georgia
Agafe Blee Reyes, violinist, Philippines
Diogo Ricci, vocalist, Brazil
Pop Ristov, violinist, Russia
Marcus Rivera, vocalist, Australia
Esti Rofe’, flutist, Israel
Leat Sabbah, cellist, USA
Yuko Sakurai, pianist, Japan
Shingo Sato, pianist, Japan
Natalia Schwamova, pianist, Czech Rebublic
Won Kyeong Seo, pianist, South Korea
Alice Severi, pianist, Italy
Sholpan Sharbakova, pianist, Kazakhstan-England
Mark Sheldon & Gigi Tree, Horns, USA
Shen Shuwen, pianist, China
Chen Lei, pianist, China
Zhu Dan, pianist, China
Liu Bing, pianist, China
Zhao Yang, pianist, China
Lan Jing, violinist, China
Li Ying, soprano, China
Liu Xing, mezzo-soprano, China
Elena Simonyants, pianist, Russia
Marilena Solomou, vocalist, South Africa
Eun young Son, pianist, South Korea
Louizos Sotiris, pianist, Greece
Antonio Spina, pianist, Italy
Jana Stuart, pianist, Canada
Rachel Stornant, flutist, USA
Yuki Sunamura, pianist, Japan
Abe Tamami, pianist, Japan
Keiko Tanashi, pianist, Japan
Yunxiao Tang, vocalist, China
Natasa Tasic, vocalist, Serbia
Darren Tate, composer, England
Kateryna Timokhina, violinist, Ukraine
Eleonora Titova, pianist, Russia
Hamid Reza Tofighi, composer, Iran
Satomi Tozawa, pianist, Canada
Jovana Trajceva, pianist, Macedonia
Irmina Trynkos, violinist, England
Vladimir Tyulpanov, vocalist, Russia
Marianna Uzankichyan, pianist, Armenia
Natalia Varlamova, pianist, Russia
Hristina Veljanoska, pianist, Macedonia
Aurelie Veruni, vocalist, France
Dmytro Veselovskyy, pianist, Germany
Nikola Vidojevic, pianist, Serbia
Silvije Vidovic, pianist, Croatia
Joana Vieira, pianist, Portugal
Jose Manuel Villaflor, vocalist, Philippines
Andrea Maria Virzi’ pianist, Italy
Augustin Voegele, pianist, France
Fengmin Wang, soprano, China
Jing Wang, violinist, China
Joanna Wegrzynowicz, vocalist, Poland
Ignacy Wisniewski, pianist, Poland
Tsoyoshi Yamauchi, violinist, Japan-Germany
Andrew Zhenlan Yang, composer, USA
Ariel Yang, pianist USA
Ye Suah, pianist, South Korea
Anna Yevdokomova, pianist, Russia
Hyun ji You, pianist, South Korea
Mimi Yu, violinist, Taiwan
Katja Zakotnik, cellist, Slovenia
Shufang Zhang, pianist, China-Estonia
Yang Zhao, pianist, China
Xiaoming Zhao, clarinet, China
Slavina Zhelezova, pianist, Bulgaria
Gang Zhu, pianist, China
Mirela Zhulali, pianist, Albania
Ferdinando Zuddio, pianist, Italy
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