2018 IBLA GRAND PRIZE
27th ANNIVERSARY
RESULTS
Draft as of April 3, 2019
Should you identify any error or misprint, please inform the IBLA Foundation office at once.
Thank you all for your patience and musicianship.
The standard of performance expressed during the 27th edition of the
2018 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
Changes on this list may and will occur based on the further evaluations of each musician's behavior
during all winner's concert presentations. Any IBLA Award and Special Mention may be withdrawn /canceled at any time
should the recipient fail to behave honorably in all the IBLA Foundation related events and circumstances.
TOP WINNER
Scores from 9.50 to 10.00 + Special Awards
This musician will be invited to perform the
IBLA New York Carnegie Debut on May 7, 2019
Shinobu Otake, clarinet - JAPAN
9.50 Outstanding Musician / new Top Prize candidate for professional merit
+ Debussy Special Mention
OUTSTANDING MUSICIANS
Scores from 9.00 to 9.50 + Special Mention
These musicians may be invited to perform in the winners concerts
upon discretion of the New York IBLA Foundation Board of Directors
Eduardo Paredes Crespo, violin - BOLIVIA / BRAZIL
9.40 Outstanding Musician
Mingyuan Ruan, accordion - CHINA
9.40 Outstanding Musician
+ Albeniz Special Mention
Dongni Xie, piano CHINA / USA
9.40 Outstanding Musician
+ Ragusa Rotary Award
+ Fazil Say Special Mention
Xiaoyi Xu, piano - CHINA
9.40 Outstanding Musician
+ Schedrin Special Mention
Jingbai Zhu, composer - CHINA
9.40 Outstanding Musician
+ Special Mention
Anchie Donn, piano - TAIWAN / USA
9.30 Outstanding Musician
+ Bach Special Mention
Chenxing Huang, piano - CHINA
9.30 Outstanding Musician
+ Debussy Special Mention
Mariana Preda, pan flute - ROMANIA
9.20 Outstanding Musician
+ Bartok Special Mention
Edoardo Riganti Fulginei, piano - ITALY
9.20 Outstanding Musician
+ Ragusa Rotary Award
+ Prokofiev Special Mention
Federico Ercoli, piano - ITALY
9.10 Outstanding Musician
Corrado Neri, piano/composer - ITALY
9.10 Outstanding Musician
+ Gulda Special Mention
Artur Akhmadiev and Khosbayar Khuslen, piano duo - MONGOLIA
9.00 Outstanding Musician
+ Shostakovich Special Mention
Anar Galt, piano - MONGOLIA
9.00 Outstanding Musician
+ Zakharov Special Mention
Tselmeg Gankhuyag (sophia), piano - MONGOLIA
9.00 Outstanding Musician
+ Tchaikovsky Special Mention
Stella G. Gitelman Willoughby, composer - USA
‘Structurae Modorum For Oboe and Bassoon’
9.00 Outstanding Musician
Hyokun Ha, tenor - SOUTH KOREA
9.00 Outstanding Musician
Chiara Opalio, OPALIO Quintet, piano - ITALY
Olivier Carillier, OPALIO Quintet, viola - FRANCE
Eoin Ducrot, OPALIO Quintet, violin - IRELAND
Yongmin Lee, OPALIO Quintet, violin - SWEDEN
Barbara Warchalewska, OPALIO Quintet, cello - POLAND
9.00 Outstanding Musicians
+ Schumann Special Mention
Nandin Otgonbayar, piano - MONGOLIA
9.00 Outstanding Musician
+ Prokofiev Special Mention
Siying Su, pipa - CHINA
9.00 Outstanding Musician
+ Huiran Wang Special Mention
MOST DISTINGUISHED MUSICIANS
Scores from 8.00 to 8.90 + Special Mention
Carlotta Maestrini, piano - ITALY
8.80 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Special Mention
Pedro Osuna, composer - SPAIN
‘3 Piano Preludes’ for piano solo
8.80 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Special Mention
Benjamin Shaw, composer / saxophone - USA
‘String Quartet no. 1’
8.80 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Special Mention
Yiru Zhao, composer - CHINA
‘The Folk Music in the Misty Mountain’ for solo piano
8.80 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Special Mention
TRIO COMPOSERS
Yin Zhu, composer - CHINA
Hongju Li, composer - CHINA
Jingbai Zhu, composer - CHINA
“Rotary Universe” for accordion ensemble
8.80 Most Distinguished Musicians
Tsogt Enkhbat, piano - MONGOLIA
8.70 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Lyadov Special Mention
Enkhmanlai Enkhbold, piano - MONGOLIA
8.70 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Ravel Special Mention
Simone Sala, piano / composer - ITALY
8.70 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Lyapunov Special Mention
Adriano Leonardo Scapicchi, piano - ITALY
8.70 Most Distinguished Musician
Amin-Erdene Zorigtbaatar, piano - MONGOLIA
8.70 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Kuhlau Special Mention
Artur Akhmadiev, piano solo - MONGOLIA
8.60 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Khachaturian Special Mention
Giacomo Grassi, composer / piano - ITALY
8.60 Most Distinguished Musician
Jia Jia, accordion - CHINA
8.60 Most Distinguished Musician
Joungmin Lee, composer - SOUTH KOREA / USA
'The Sanctuary Tree’
8.60 Most Distinguished Musician
Carlo Michini, piano - ITALY
8.60 Most Distinguished Musician
Rosalia Malik, piano - USA
8.60 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Filippenko Special Mention
Bokyung Park, piano - SOUTH KOREA
8.60 Most Distinguished Musician
Bojana Sovilj, piano - SERBIA
8.60 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Grieg Special Mention
Eric Yun, piano - USA
8.60 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Special Mention
Alessio Cappello, composer - ITALY
“Suite Sicilienne” for piano solo
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
Gaetano Maurizio D’urso, composer / piano - ITALY
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Special Mention
Ilkyaz Gunaydin, piano - TURKEY
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Special Mention
Daisuke Kanamaru, piano, JAPAN
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
Enkhtaivan Tsengeg, piano - MONGOLIA
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Schubert Special Mention
Chika Nagata, piano - JAPAN
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
Amarbat Nasanbat, piano - MONGOLIA
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
Second Prize Level
Nairag Tamir, piano - MONGOLIA
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Chopin Special Mention
Virginie Tocanier, piano - FRANCE
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
Gunbileg Tsogoo, piano - MONGOLIA
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Kabalevsky Special Mention
Bajrami Margin Alexander, composer - ALBANIA / USA
8.40 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Special Mention for ‘Good Night’ for soprano and piano
Damiano Corradi, piano - ITALY
8.40 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Berkovich Special Mention
Carmelo Imbesi and Carmen Zangara, duo guitar - ITALY
8.40 Most Distinguished Musician
+Gismonti Special Mention
Zizhang Jiang, accordion - CHINA
8.40 Most Distinguished Musician
Hongji Li, accordion - CHINA
8.40 Most Distinguished Musician
Ziqi Ni, accordion - CHINA
8.40 Most Distinguished Musician
Miho Nishimura, piano - JAPAN
8.40 Most Distinguished Musician
Eva-Maria Weinreich, piano duo - GERMANY
Tomohito Nakaishi, piano duo - JAPAN
8.40 Most Distinguished Musician
Julia and Mateusz Wizjan, piano duo - POLAND
8.40 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Khachaturian Special Mention
Jingbo Xu, accordion - CHINA
8.40 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Yuping Wang Special Mention
Jingyi Zhang, guzheng - CHINA
8.40 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Changyuan Wang Special Mention
Andriy Dragan, piano - UKRAINE
8.30 Most Distinguished Musician
+Scarlatti Special Mention
Yudian Wang, accordion - CHINA
8.30 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Waldteufel Special Mention
Wenzhi Xia, accordion - CHINA
8.30 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Yuankai Bao Special Mention
Huiying Wang, accordion - CHINA
8.30 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Yuankai Bao Special Mention
Eric Yun, violin - USA
8.30 Most Distinguished Musician
Tongtong Duan, accordion - CHINA
8.20 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Yuankai Bao Special Mention
Alex Guglielmo, guitar - ITALY
8.20 Most Distinguished Musician
Legnani Special Mention
Yayoi Ikuno, soprano - JAPAN
8.20 Most Distinguished Musician
Barbara Perzy?ska, piano - POLAND
8.20 Most Distinguished Musician
Binderiya Battur, piano - MONGOLIA
8.10 Most Distinguished Musician
Noriko Motoyoshi, soprano - JAPAN
8.10 Most Distinguished Musician
Shengbo Xu, accordion - CHINA
8.10 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Zolotaryov Special Mention
Leonardo Amorosi, piano - ITALY
8.00 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Special Mention
Misheel Batsaikhan, piano - MONGOLIA
8.00 Most Distinguished Musician
Azjargal Jargalsaikhan, piano - MONGOLIA
8.00 Most Distinguished Musician
Susanna Kuhn, piano - SWITZERLAND
8.00 Most Distinguished Musician
Jargalan Mandakhsuren, piano - MONGOLIA
8.00 Most Distinguished Musician
Baigali Munkhbat, piano - MONGOLIA
8.00 Most Distinguished Musician
Purvee Kherlen, piano - MONGOLIA
8.00 Most Distinguished Musician
DISTINGUISHED MUSICIANS
Scores from 7.00 to 7.90 + Special Mention
Sean Brennan, composer - USA
"Triptych - Sonata for String Trio"
7.90 Distinguished Musician
Diego Cambareri, guitar - ITALY
7.90 Distinguished Musician
Vira Skybytska, vocalist - UKRAINE
7.90 Distinguished Musician
Laura Teofani, soprano - ITALY
7.90 Distinguished Musician
Margarita Vlasova, soprano - RUSSIA
7.90 Distinguished Musician
+ Special Mention
Weronika Chodakowska, piano - POLAND
7.80 Distinguished Musician
Roberta Conticello, soprano - ITALY
7.80 Distinguished Musician
Kailey Vo, composer - USA
"Vivid" for piano solo
7.60 Distinguished Musician
Magdalena Brzozowska, piano - POLAND
7.50 Distinguished Musician
Yulia Fadeeva, soprano - RUSSIA
7.50 Distinguished Musician
Nomin Munkh-Erdene, piano - MONGOLIA
7.50 Distinguished Musician
Khulan Tsogtbaatar, piano - MONGOLIA
7.50 Distinguished Musician
Alessandro Amorosi, piano - ITALY
7.30 Distinguished Musician
Alim Ziad, composer - BANGLADESH
“Risky Love” for percussions and wind instruments
7.10 Distinguished Musician
2018 IBLA GRAND PRIZE
27th ANNIVERSARY
RESULTS - ALPHABETICAL ORDER
A
Artur Akhmadiev and Khosbayar Khuslen, piano duo - MONGOLIA
9.00 Outstanding Musician
+ Shostakovich Special Mention
Artur Akhmadiev, piano solo - MONGOLIA
8.60 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Khachaturian Special Mention
Alessandro Amorosi, piano - ITALY
7.30 Distinguished Musician
Leonardo Amorosi, piano - ITALY
8.00 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Special Mention
Andreas Foivos Apostolou, composer / piano - GREECE
9.50 Top Prize Winner
+ Special Mention for ‘Synchronism 35’ for piano solo
B
Bajrami Margin Alexander, composer - ALBANIA / USA
8.40 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Special Mention for ‘Good Night’ for soprano and piano
Misheel Batsaikhan, piano - MONGOLIA
8.00 Most Distinguished Musician
Binderiya Battur, piano - MONGOLIA
8.10 Most Distinguished Musician
Sean Brennan, composer - USA
"Triptych - Sonata for String Trio"
7.90 Distinguished Musician
Magdalena Brzozowska, piano - POLAND
7.50 Distinguished Musician
C
Diego Cambareri, guitar - ITALY
7.90 Distinguished Musician
Alessio Cappello, composer - ITALY
“Suite Sicilienne” for piano solo
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
Weronika Chodakowska, piano - POLAND
7.80 Distinguished Musician
Roberta Conticello, soprano - ITALY
7.80 Distinguished Musician
Damiano Corradi, piano - ITALY
8.40 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Berkovich Special Mention
D
Gaetano Maurizio D’urso, composer - ITALY
8.30 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Special Mention
Gaetano Maurizio D’urso, pianist - ITALY
7.90 Distinguished Musician
Anchie Donn, piano - TAIWAN / USA
9.30 Outstanding Musician
+ Bach Special Mention
Andriy Dragan, piano - UKRAINE
8.30 Most Distinguished Musician
Tongtong Duan, accordion - CHINA
8.20 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Yuankai Bao Special Mention
E
Tsogt Enkhbat, piano - MONGOLIA
8.70 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Lyadov Special Mention
Enkhmanlai Enkhbold, piano - MONGOLIA
8.70 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Ravel Special Mention
Enkhtaivan Tsengeg, piano - MONGOLIA
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Schubert Special Mention
Federico Ercoli, piano, ITALY
9.10 Outstanding Musician
F
Yulia Fadeeva, soprano - RUSSIA
7.50 Distinguished Musician
G
Anar Galt, piano - MONGOLIA
9.00 Outstanding Musician
+ Zakharov Special Mention
Tselmeg Gankhuyag, piano - MONGOLIA (sophia)
9.00 Outstanding Musician
+ Tchaikovsky Special Mention
Stella G. Gitelman Willoughby, composer - USA
‘Structurae Modorum For Oboe and Bassoon’
9.00 Outstanding Musician
Giacomo Grassi, composer / piano - ITALY
8.60 Most Distinguished Musician
Alex Guglielmo, guitar - ITALY
8.20 Most Distinguished Musician
+Legnani Special Mention
Ilkyaz Gunaydin, piano - TURKEY
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Special Mention
H
Hyokun Ha, tenor - SOUTH KOREA
9.00 Outstanding Musician
Chenxing Huang, piano - CHINA
9.30 Outstanding Musician
+Debussy Special Mention
I
Yayoi Ikuno, soprano - JAPAN
8.20 Most Distinguished Musician
Carmelo Imbesi and Carmen Zangara, duo guitar - ITALY
8.40 Most Distinguished Musician
+Gismonti Special Mention
J
Azjargal Jargalsaikhan, piano - MONGOLIA
8.00 Most Distinguished Musician
Jia Jia, accordion - CHINA
8.60 Most Distinguished Musician
Zizhang Jiang, accordion - CHINA
8.40 Most Distinguished Musician
K
Daisuke Kanamaru, piano, JAPAN
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
Khosbayar Khuslen, piano solo - MONGOLIA
9.00 Outstanding Musician
+ Glinka Special Mention
Artur Akhmadiev and Khosbayar Khuslen, piano duo - MONGOLIA
9.00 Outstanding Musician
+ Shostakovich Special Mention
Susanna Kuhn, piano - SWITZERLAND
8.00 Most Distinguished Musician
L
Joungmin Lee, composer - SOUTH KOREA / USA
'The Sanctuary Tree’
8.60 Most Distinguished Musician
Hongji Li, accordion - CHINA
8.40 Most Distinguished Musician
M
Carlotta Maestrini, piano - ITALY
8.80 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Special Mention
Rosalia Malik, piano - USA
8.60 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Filippenko Special Mention
Jargalan Mandakhsuren, piano - MONGOLIA
8.00 Most Distinguished Musician
Carlo Michini, piano - ITALY
8.60 Most Distinguished Musician
Noriko Motoyoshi, soprano - JAPAN
8.10 Most Distinguished Musician
Baigali Munkhbat, piano - MONGOLIA
8.00 Most Distinguished Musician
Nomin Munkh-Erdene, piano - MONGOLIA
7.50 Distinguished Musician
N
Chika Nagata, piano - JAPAN
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
Amarbat Nasanbat, piano - MONGOLIA
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
Corrado Neri, piano/composer - ITALY
9.10 Outstanding Musician
+ Gulda Special Mention
Ziqi Ni, accordion - CHINA
8.40 Most Distinguished Musician
Miho Nishimura, piano - JAPAN
8.40 Most Distinguished Musician
O
Chiara Opalio, OPALIO Quintet, piano - ITALY
Olivier Carillier, OPALIO Quintet, viola - FRANCE
Eoin Ducrot, OPALIO Quintet, violin - IRELAND
Yongmin Lee, OPALIO Quintet, violin - SWEDEN
Barbara Warchalewska, OPALIO Quintet, cello - POLAND
9.00 Outstanding Musician
+ Schumann Special Mention
Pedro Osuna, composer - SPAIN
‘3 Piano Preludes’ for piano solo
8.80 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Special Mention
Shinobu Otake, clarinet - JAPAN
9.00 Outstanding Musician
+ Debussy Special Mention
Nandin Otgonbayar, piano - MONGOLIA
9.00 Outstanding Musician
+ Prokofiev Special Mention
P
Eduardo Paredes Crespo, violin - BOLIVIA / BRAZIL
9.40 Outstanding Musician
Bokyung Park, piano - SOUTH KOREA
8.60 Most Distinguished Musician
Barbara Perzy?ska, piano - POLAND
8.20 Most Distinguished Musician
Mariana Preda, pan flute - ROMANIA
9.20 Outstanding Musician
+ Bartok Special Mention
Purvee Kherlen, piano - MONGOLIA
8.00 Most Distinguished Musician
R
Edoardo Riganti Fulginei, piano - ITALY
9.20 Outstanding Musician
+ Ragusa Rotary Award
+ Prokofiev Special Mention
Mingyuan Ruan, accordion - CHINA
9.40 Outstanding Musician
+ Albeniz Special Mention
S
Simone Sala, piano / composer - ITALY
8.70 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Lyapunov Special Mention
Adriano Leonardo Scapicchi, piano - ITALY
8.70 Most Distinguished Musician
Benjamin Shaw, composer / saxophone - USA
‘String Quartet no. 1’
8.80 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Special Mention
Vira Skybytska, vocalist - UKRAINE
7.90 Distinguished Musician
Bojana Sovilj, piano - SERBIA
8.60 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Grieg Special Mention
Siying Su, pipa - CHINA
9.00 Outstanding Musician
+ Huiran Wang Special Mention
T
Nairag Tamir, piano - MONGOLIA
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Chopin Special Mention
Laura Teofani, soprano - ITALY
7.90 Distinguished Musician
Virginie Tocanier, piano - FRANCE
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
Gunbileg Tsogoo, piano - MONGOLIA
8.50 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Kabalevsky Special Mention
Khulan Tsogtbaatar, piano - MONGOLIA
7.50 Distinguished Musician
V
Margarita Vlasova, soprano - RUSSIA
7.90 Distinguished Musician
+ Special Mention
Kailey Vo, composer - USA
"Vivid" for piano solo
7.60 Distinguished Musician
W
Huiying Wang, accordion - CHINA
8.30 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Yuankai Bao Special Mention
Yudian Wang, accordion - CHINA
8.30 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Waldteufel Special Mention
Eva-Maria Weinreich, piano duo - GERMANY
Tomohito Nakaishi, piano duo - JAPAN
8.40 Most Distinguished Musician
Julia and Mateusz Wizjan, piano duo - POLAND
8.40 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Khachaturian Special Mention
X
Wenzhi Xia, accordion - CHINA
8.30 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Yuankai Bao Special Mention
Dongni Xie, piano CHINA / USA
9.00 Outstanding Musician
+ Ragusa Rotary Award
+ Fazil Say Special Mention
Jingbo Xu, accordion - CHINA
8.40 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Yuping Wang Special Mention
Shengbo Xu, accordion - CHINA
8.10 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Zolotaryov Special Mention
Xiaoyi Xu, piano - CHINA
9.00 Outstanding Musician
+ Schedrin Special Mention
Y
Eric Yun, piano - USA
8.60 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Special Mention
Eric Yun, violin - USA
8.30 Most Distinguished Musician
Z
Jingyi Zhang, guzheng - CHINA
8.40 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Changyuan Wang Special Mention
Yiru Zhao, composer - CHINA
‘The Folk Music in the Misty Mountain’ for solo piano
8.80 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Special Mention
Jingbai Zhu, composer - CHINA
9.40 Outstanding Musician
+ Special Mention
TRIO COMPOSERS
Yin Zhu, composer - CHINA
Hongju Li, composer - CHINA
Jingbai Zhu, composer - CHINA
“Rotary Universe” for accordion ensemble
8.80 Most Distinguished Musicians
Alim Ziad, composer - BANGLADESH
“Risky Love” for percussions and wind instruments
7.30 Distinguished Musician
Amin-Erdene Zorigtbaatar, piano - MONGOLIA
8.70 Most Distinguished Musician
+ Kuhlau Special Mention
