2021 LAUREATES


2021 RESULTS


2021 IBLA GRAND PRIZE International Competition

30th ANNIVERSARY


2021 BARTOK-KABALEVSKY-PROKOFIEV International Competition

41st ANNIVERSARY


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Draft as of April 27, 2022

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 30th 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.


TOP WINNERS

Scores from 9.50 to 10.00 + Special Awards

These musicians will be invited to perform at 

IBLA New York Carnegie Debut on Tuesday May 10, 2022

&

TOKYO KIOI Hall Debut on April 8, 2022


Takamori Arai, Violin - JAPAN


Julija Bal, Piano - SERBIA


Michael Barimo, Whistler - USA


Michal Gajda, Accordion - POLAND


Miwa Hoyano, Piano - JAPAN


Gwylim Janssens, Piano - THE NETHERLANDS

Karolina Mikolajczyk, Violin & Iwo Jedynecki, Accordion - POLAND

Ryo Minemura, Saxophone - JAPAN

Annette Scholten, Lame Sonore  & Nanke Flach, Piano - THE NETHERLANDS


Reina Suzuki, Soprano - JAPAN


Silvia Tessari, Piano - ITALY

OUTSTANDING MUSICIANS

Scores from 9.00 to 9.50 + Special Mention

These musicians may be invited to perform in the winners concerts
IBLA New York Carnegie Debut on Tuesday May 10, 2022

upon discretion and conditions set by  the New York City  IBLA Foundation Board of Directors


Giampiero Bugliarello, Piano / Composer - ITALY
Outstanding Musician
Special Mention for Composition
‘Ballade’  for Piano

Maria Criscione, Guitar -  ITALY

Outstanding Musician

Special Mention for Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco


Luigi Gordano, Accordion - ITALY
Outstanding Musician

Special Mention for César Frank

Anna Dorothea Mutterer, Violin - GERMANY

Outstanding Musician

Special Mention for Prokofiev 


Maho Nakanishi, Violin -  JAPAN

Outstanding Musician 

Special Mention for Niccolò Paganini 


Armando Sabbarese, Piano - ITALY
Outstanding Musician
Special Mention for George Crumb


MOST DISTINGUISHED MUSICIANS

Scores from 8.00 to 8.90 + Special Mention


Pilar Martin & Álvaro Saldaña, Duo Piano - SPAIN
Promenade Piano Duo
Most Distinguished Musician
Special Mention for Carl Czerny

Andrea Montalbano, Composer / Clarinetto - ITALY
Most Distinguished Musician

‘La camera incantata’ for violin, cello and piano


Christian Paterniti, Piano Composer  -  ITALY

Most Distinguished Musician

Preludio, Siciliana e Finale’ for Piano 


Chiara Rizza, Piano - ITALY
Most Distinguished Musician
Special Mention for Nikolai Medtner



DISTINGUISHED MUSICIANS

Scores from 7.00 to 7.90 + Special Mention



Elena Causarano Arrabito, Piano - ITALY
Distinguished Musician


Sveva Castrogiovanni, Piano-Composer-Improviser - ITALY 

Distinguished Musician


Laura Cozzolino, Piano -  ITALY
Distinguished Musician


Megan Cullen, Piano - USA
Distinguished Musician


Takae Furukawa, Piano - JAPAN
Distinguished Musician


Elizabeth Kong,  Voice - SINGAPORE

Distinguished Musician 


Raymond September, Composer - SOUTH AFRICA

Distinguished Musician
Winning the Pandemic’ for Piano


Natallia Shakh, Accordion - BELARUS
Distinguished Musician


Polina Ushakova,
Piano - RUSSIA/SWITZERLAND
Distinguished Musician


Alex Wasserman, 
Composer - ISRAEL
Distinguished Musician


Victor Xie
, Composer - USA
Distinguished Musician


Lydia Yu,
Piano Young D - TAIWAN
Distinguished Musician


Ziad Alim,
Composer - BANGLADESH
Distinguished Musician

'A Sigh in Heaven'