2019 RESULTS



2019 IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition

28th ANNIVERSARY


2019 BARTOK-KABALEVSKY-PROKOFIEV International Competition

39th ANNIVERSARY


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The standard of performance expressed during the 28th edition of the 

2019 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.

 



TOP WINNER

Scores from 9.50 to 10.00 + Special Awards

This musician will be invited to perform at 

IBLA New York Carnegie Debut on May 8, 2020

&

TOKYO KIOI Hall Debut on April 3, 2020


Haruna Furukawa, flute - JAPAN

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

9.50 Top Prize Winner + Takemitsu 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


Wieslaw Ochwat, accordion duo - POLAND

Maciej Zimka, accordion duo - POLAND

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

9.30 Outstanding Musicians + Rotary Award


Andrey Pokatov, violin & duo - RUSSIA

Yulia Grekhova, violin & piano duo - RUSSIA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

9.20 Outstanding Musicians + Ravel Special Mention


Mika Teranagane, piano duo - JAPAN 

Akihiro Takiyama, piano duo - JAPAN

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

9.10 Outstanding Musicians + Denisow Special Mention


Enkh-Undral Enkhkherlen, piano young A - MONGOLIA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

9.00 Outstanding Musician + Young Talent Special Mention

BARTOK-KABALEVSKY-PROKOFIEV International Competition 

First Prize Level + Kabalevsky Special Mention


Saruul Nyamsuren, piano young A -  MONGOLIA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

9.00 Outstanding Musician + Young Talent Special Mention

BARTOK-KABALEVSKY-PROKOFIEV International Competition 

First Prize Level + Kabalevsky Special Mention


Nairag Tamir, piano young B - MONGOLIA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

9.00 Outstanding Musician + Chopin Special Mention

BARTOK-KABALEVSKY-PROKOFIEV International Competition 

First Prize Level + Bartok Special Mention



MOST DISTINGUISHED MUSICIANS

Scores from 8.00 to 8.90 + Special Mention



Alessio Cappello, composer / piano -  ITALY

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.90 Most Distinguished Musician + Special Mention for ‘Tarantellina’


Junxian Chen, composer young D - CHINA

‘Shadow of Time’ for solo piano

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.90 Most Distinguished Musician + Special Mention


Seunghyun Kim, soprano - SOUTH KOREA / BELGIUM

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition

8.90 Most Distinguished Musician + Special Mention


Jieun Lee, piano - SOUTH KOREA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition

8.90 Most Distinguished Musician + Granados Special Mention

BARTOK-KABALEVSKY-PROKOFIEV International Competition 

Second Prize Level


Anita Munafo’, piano young B - ITALY

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.90 Most Distinguished Musician + Gargiulo Special Mention


Minhee Park, soprano -  SOUTH KOREA    

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.90 Most Distinguished Musician + Dvorak Special Mention


Benjamin Shaw, composer - USA 

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition

8.90 Most Distinguished Musician + Special Mention

‘Solo Flute No. 1’ 


Austin Smith, composer -  USA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition

8.90 Most Distinguished Musician + Special Mention

‘Metamorphosis’ for Solo Violin


Eric Yun, piano young C - USA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.90 Solo piano - Most Distinguished Musician + Young Talent Special Mention

8.60 Piano Concerto - Most Distinguished Musician

BARTOK-KABALEVSKY-PROKOFIEV International Competition  

Second Prize Level 


Helene Blajan, mezzo-soprano - FRANCE

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.80 Most Distinguished Musician


Federico Ermirio, composer - ITALY

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.80 Most Distinguished Musician + Special Mention

‘ODE 1959’ - H. Villa Lobos in memoriam, for Orchestra d'archi.


Brian Field, composer - USA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.80 Most Distinguished Musician + Special Mention

‘Shiva Tandava’ for Orchestra


Alexander Kato-Willis, piano - USA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition

8.80 Most Distinguished Musician


June Young Kim, composer -  SOUTH KOREA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition

8.80 Most Distinguished Musician

‘Yeowon’ for Mezzo Soprano, Flute Bb Clarinet, Violin and Cello

Based on two poems by Yi Yuk Sa (1904-1944)


Giuseppe Molino, guitar duo - ITALY

Anna Krystyna Nowicka, guitar duo - ITALY

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.80 Most Distinguished Musician



Adriano Leonardo Scapicchi, piano - ITALY

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition

8.80 Most Distinguished Musician + Scriabin Special Mention


Chenyu Wang, piano - CHINA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.80 Most Distinguished Musician

BARTOK-KABALEVSKY-PROKOFIEV International Competition 

Second Prize Level


Rika Yu, soprano CHINA / USA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.80 Most Distinguished Musician + Kina Special Mention


Ludovica Franco, piano young C -  ITALY

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.70 Most Distinguished Musician + Special Mention


Tanan Jargalsaikhan, piano young C - MONGOLIA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.70 Most Distinguished Musician 

BARTOK-KABALEVSKY-PROKOFIEV International Competition 

Second Prize Level + Prokofiev Special Mention


Young Jun Lee, composer - SOUTH KOREA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition

8.70 Most Distinguished Musician + Special Mention

‘Tsunami’ for Saxophone Quartet


Tianqi Liu, composer - CHINA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition

8.70 Most Distinguished Musician + Special Mention

‘Conflict’ for Two Violins


Andrea Montalbano, composer -  ITALY

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.70 Most Distinguished Musician

“Eagle's Flight’ for String Orchestra


Giovanni Nicosia, clarinet & piano  - ITALY

Sofia Campanella, clarinet & piano - ITALY

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.70 Most Distinguished Musician + Debussy Special Mention


Larisa Nikolaevna Sanzhieva, composer - RUSSIA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.70 Most Distinguished Musician + Special Mention

‘Concerto’ for Yataga and Piano


Mengshi Yu, composer - CHINA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.70 Most Distinguished Musician + Special Mention

‘The Lonely Camel Kid’ for Solo Violoncello and Orchestra


Ochir Khatungaa Bat, piano young C - MONGOLIA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.60 Most Distinguished Musician 

BARTOK-KABALEVSKY-PROKOFIEV International Competition 

Second Prize Level + Kabalevsky Special Mention


Mandalnorov Altankhuyag, piano young A - MONGOLIA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.50 Most Distinguished Musician + Young Talent Special Mention

BARTOK-KABALEVSKY-PROKOFIEV International Competition 

Second Prize Level + Bartok Special Mention


Battulga Ayalguu, piano young A -  MONGOLIA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.50 Most Distinguished Musician + Young Talent Special Mention

BARTOK-KABALEVSKY-PROKOFIEV International Competition 

Second Prize Level + Kabalevsky Special Mention


Daniele Condurso, piano -  ITALY

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.50 Most Distinguished Musician


Jeong Hoon Lee, flute -  SOUTH KOREA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition

8.50 Most Distinguished Musician


Luis Mcdougal, composer - USA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition

8.50 Most Distinguished Musician

‘Arenas Movedizas’ for String Quartet


Janet Norman, piano -  USA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.50 Most Distinguished Musician


Ju Young Park, piano -  SOUTH KOREA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.50 Most Distinguished Musician


Chenyu Zhou, composer - CHINA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition

8.40 Most Distinguished Musician

‘The Poem of Thunder’ for String Quartet


Veronica Soo Jung Lee, piano -  SOUTH KOREA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition

8.30 Most Distinguished Musician

BARTOK-KABALEVSKY-PROKOFIEV International Competition 

Third Prize Level


Boyu Zhu, composer - CHINA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.30 Most Distinguished Musician

‘Nirvana II’ for Chamber Septet


Enkhluun Enkhbaatar, piano young B - MONGOLIA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.20 Most Distinguished Musician + Jensen Special Mention

BARTOK-KABALEVSKY-PROKOFIEV International Competition  

Third Prize Level 


Takumi Kakimoto, composer / piano - JAPAN

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition

8.20 Most Distinguished Musician  

‘The Fly and I’ for Solo Piano in Two Movements


Erdenetungalag Yesul, piano young B - MONGOLIA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.20 Most Distinguished Musician

BARTOK-KABALEVSKY-PROKOFIEV International Competition  

Third Prize Level + Kabalevsky Special Mention


Santi La Rosa, piano duo - ITALY

Alessandro Camarda, piano duo - ITALY
IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition

8.10 Most Distinguished Musician


Ainier, piano category young A  - MONGOLIA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.00 Most Distinguished Musician

BARTOK-KABALEVSKY-PROKOFIEV International Competition  

Third Prize Level 


Ulziibadrakh Oui, piano young A -  MONGOLIA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.00 Most Distinguished Musician

BARTOK-KABALEVSKY-PROKOFIEV International Competition  

Third Prize Level 


Angarag Oyundari, piano young C -  MONGOLIA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.00 Most Distinguished Musician 

BARTOK-KABALEVSKY-PROKOFIEV International Competition 

Third Prize Level 


Fengda Qin, composer - CHINA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.00 Most Distinguished Musician

‘Hongshui River Piano Suite’ for Solo Piano



DISTINGUISHED MUSICIANS

Scores from 7.00 to 7.90 + Special Mention


Natalia Biasotto, composer / violin young A -  BRASIL

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

7.90 Distinguished Musician + Young Talent Encouragement 


Ehood Udi Gershuni, composer / pianist - USA
IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition

7.90 Distinguished Musician 

‘5 Preludes For Piano’


Vasko Iwanicki, composer - BULGARIA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition

7.80 Distinguished Musician

‘String Quartet’ for Two Violins, Viola and Cello


Tae Kwon Michelle, piano young B - MONGOLIA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

7.70 Distinguished Musician 

BARTOK-KABALEVSKY-PROKOFIEV International Competition 

Fourth Prize Level 






RESULTS - ALPHABETICAL ORDER


2019 IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition

28th ANNIVERSARY


2019 BARTOK-KABALEVSKY-PROKOFIEV International Competition

39th ANNIVERSARY



A


Ainier, piano category young A  - MONGOLIA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.00 Most Distinguished Musician

BARTOK-KABALEVSKY-PROKOFIEV International Competition  

Third Prize Level 


Mandalnorov Altankhuyag, piano young A - MONGOLIA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.50 Most Distinguished Musician + Young Talent Special Mention

BARTOK-KABALEVSKY-PROKOFIEV International Competition 

Second Prize Level + Bartok Special Mention


Battulga Ayalguu, piano young A -  MONGOLIA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.50 Most Distinguished Musician + Young Talent Special Mention

BARTOK-KABALEVSKY-PROKOFIEV International Competition 

Second Prize Level + Kabalevsky Special Mention


B


Ochir Khatungaa Bat, piano young C - MONGOLIA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.60 Most Distinguished Musician 

BARTOK-KABALEVSKY-PROKOFIEV International Competition 

Second Prize Level + Kabalevsky Special Mention


Natalia Biasotto, composer / violin young A -  BRASIL

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

7.90 Distinguished Musician + Young Talent Encouragement 


Helene Blajan, mezzo-soprano - FRANCE

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.80 Most Distinguished Musician



C


Alessio Cappello, composer / piano -  ITALY

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.90 Most Distinguished Musician + Special Mention for ‘Tarantellina’


Junxian Chen, composer young D - CHINA

‘Shadow of Time’ for solo piano

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.90 Most Distinguished Musician + Special Mention


Daniele Condurso, piano -  ITALY

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.50 Most Distinguished Musician



E


Enkhluun Enkhbaatar, piano young B - MONGOLIA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.20 Most Distinguished Musician + Jensen Special Mention

BARTOK-KABALEVSKY-PROKOFIEV International Competition  

Third Prize Level 


Enkh-Undral Enkhkherlen, piano young A - MONGOLIA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

9.00 Outstanding Musician + Young Talent Special Mention

BARTOK-KABALEVSKY-PROKOFIEV International Competition 

First Prize Level + Kabalevsky Special Mention


Federico Ermirio, composer - ITALY

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.80 Most Distinguished Musician + Special Mention

‘ODE 1959’ - H. Villa Lobos in memoriam, for Orchestra d'archi.



F


Brian Field, composer - USA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.80 Most Distinguished Musician + Special Mention

‘Shiva Tandava’ for Orchestra


Ludovica Franco, piano young C -  ITALY

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.70 Most Distinguished Musician + Special Mention


Haruna Furukawa, flute - JAPAN

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

9.50 Top Prize Winner + Takemitsu Special Mention



J


Tanan Jargalsaikhan, piano young C - MONGOLIA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.70 Most Distinguished Musician 

BARTOK-KABALEVSKY-PROKOFIEV International Competition 

Second Prize Level + Prokofiev Special Mention



G


Ehood Udi Gershuni, composer / pianist - USA
IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition

7.90 Distinguished Musician 

‘5 Preludes For Piano’



I


Vasko Iwanicki, composer - BULGARIA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition

7.80 Distinguished Musician

‘String Quartet’ for Two Violins, Viola and Cello



K


Takumi Kakimoto, composer / piano - JAPAN

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition

8.20 Most Distinguished Musician  

‘The Fly and I’ for Solo Piano in Two Movements


Alexander Kato-Willis, piano - USA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition

8.80 Most Distinguished Musician


June Young Kim, composer -  SOUTH KOREA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition

8.80 Most Distinguished Musician

‘Yeowon’ for Mezzo Soprano, Flute Bb Clarinet, Violin and Cello

Based on two poems by Yi Yuk Sa (1904-1944)


Seunghyun Kim, soprano - SOUTH KOREA / BELGIUM

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition

8.90 Most Distinguished Musician + Special Mention




L


Santi La Rosa, piano duo - ITALY

Alessandro Camarda, piano duo - ITALY
IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition

8.10 Most Distinguished Musician


Jeong Hoon Lee, flute -  SOUTH KOREA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition

8.50 Most Distinguished Musician


Jieun Lee, piano - SOUTH KOREA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition

8.90 Most Distinguished Musician + Granados Special Mention

BARTOK-KABALEVSKY-PROKOFIEV International Competition 

Second Prize Level


Veronica Soo Jung Lee, piano -  SOUTH KOREA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition

8.30 Most Distinguished Musician

BARTOK-KABALEVSKY-PROKOFIEV International Competition 

Third Prize Level


Young Jun Lee, composer - SOUTH KOREA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition

8.70 Most Distinguished Musician + Special Mention

‘Tsunami’ for Saxophone Quartet


Tianqi Liu, composer - CHINA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition

8.70 Most Distinguished Musician + Special Mention

‘Conflict’ for Two Violins




M


Luis Mcdougal, composer - USA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition

8.50 Most Distinguished Musician

‘Arenas Movedizas’ for String Quartet


Tae Kwon Michelle, piano young B - MONGOLIA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

7.70 Distinguished Musician 

BARTOK-KABALEVSKY-PROKOFIEV International Competition 

Fourth Prize Level 


Giuseppe Molino, guitar duo - ITALY

Anna Krystyna Nowicka, guitar duo - ITALY

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.80 Most Distinguished Musician


Andrea Montalbano, composer -  ITALY

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.70 Most Distinguished Musician

“Eagle's Flight’ for String Orchestra


Anita Munafo’, piano young B - ITALY

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.90 Most Distinguished Musician + Gargiulo Special Mention



N


Giovanni Nicosia, clarinet & piano  - ITALY

Sofia Campanella, clarinet & piano - ITALY

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.70 Most Distinguished Musician + Debussy Special Mention


Janet Norman, piano -  USA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.50 Most Distinguished Musician


Saruul Nyamsuren, piano young A -  MONGOLIA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

9.00 Outstanding Musician + Young Talent Special Mention

BARTOK-KABALEVSKY-PROKOFIEV International Competition 

First Prize Level + Kabalevsky Special Mention



O


Wieslaw Ochwat, accordion duo - POLAND

Maciej Zimka, accordion duo - POLAND

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

9.30 Outstanding Musicians + Rotary Award


Ulziibadrakh Oui, piano young A -  MONGOLIA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.00 Most Distinguished Musician

BARTOK-KABALEVSKY-PROKOFIEV International Competition  

Third Prize Level 


Angarag Oyundari, piano young C -  MONGOLIA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.00 Most Distinguished Musician 

BARTOK-KABALEVSKY-PROKOFIEV International Competition 

Third Prize Level 


 

P


Ju Young Park, piano -  SOUTH KOREA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.50 Most Distinguished Musician


Minhee Park, soprano -  SOUTH KOREA    

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.90 Most Distinguished Musician + Dvorak Special Mention


Andrey Pokatov, violin & duo - RUSSIA

Yulia Grekhova, violin & piano duo - RUSSIA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

9.20 Outstanding Musicians + Ravel Special Mention



Q


Fengda Qin, composer - CHINA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.00 Most Distinguished Musician

‘Hongshui River Piano Suite’ for Solo Piano



S


Larisa Nikolaevna Sanzhieva, composer - RUSSIA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.70 Most Distinguished Musician + Special Mention

‘Concerto’ for Yataga and Piano


Adriano Leonardo Scapicchi, piano - ITALY

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition

8.80 Most Distinguished Musician + Scriabin Special Mention


Benjamin Shaw, composer - USA 

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition

8.90 Most Distinguished Musician + Special Mention

‘Solo Flute No. 1’ 


Austin Smith, composer -  USA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition

8.90 Most Distinguished Musician + Special Mention

‘Metamorphosis’ for Solo Violin



T


Mika Teranagane, piano duo - JAPAN 

Akihiro Takiyama, piano duo - JAPAN

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

9.10 Outstanding Musicians + Denisow Special Mention


Nairag Tamir, piano young B - MONGOLIA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

9.00 Outstanding Musician + Chopin Special Mention

BARTOK-KABALEVSKY-PROKOFIEV International Competition 

First Prize Level + Bartok Special Mention



W


Chenyu Wang, piano - CHINA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.80 Most Distinguished Musician

BARTOK-KABALEVSKY-PROKOFIEV International Competition 

Second Prize Level



Y


Erdenetungalag Yesul, piano young B - MONGOLIA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.20 Most Distinguished Musician

BARTOK-KABALEVSKY-PROKOFIEV International Competition  

Third Prize Level + Kabalevsky Special Mention


Mengshi Yu, composer - CHINA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.70 Most Distinguished Musician + Special Mention

‘The Lonely Camel Kid’ for Solo Violoncello and Orchestra


Rika Yu, soprano CHINA / USA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.80 Most Distinguished Musician + Kina Special Mention


Eric Yun, piano young C - USA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.90 Solo piano - Most Distinguished Musician + Young Talent Special Mention

8.60 Piano Concerto - Most Distinguished Musician

BARTOK-KABALEVSKY-PROKOFIEV International Competition  

Second Prize Level 


Z


Chenyu Zhou, composer - CHINA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition

8.40 Most Distinguished Musician

‘The Poem of Thunder’ for String Quartet


Boyu Zhu, composer - CHINA

IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition 

8.30 Most Distinguished Musician

‘Nirvana II’ for Chamber Septet