The IBLA Foundation is a volunteer organization. All proceeds go towards advancing the careers of talented young musicians Contact the IBLA office The main office is located in Manhattan. The competitions takes place in Ragusa Ibla, Sicily, Italy The winners are then presented at Carnegie Hall in New York City or by regular mail at Photos of the IBLA office in Manhattan Annual World Piano Teachers Conference
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New York Board of Directors and Donors
a rare view of a snow covered Ragusa Ibla
2009
IBLA GRAND PRIZE
July 2 to July 12
Ragusa-Ibla
Sicily
Italy
International Music Competitions and Festival
open to classical, jazz and contemporary music for
Pianists • Singers • Composers • Instrumentalists
no age limit
President
in cooperation with
New York University
Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimo'
E. P. T. A. Associates of New York
The City of Little Rock
Radford University in Virginia
Berklee School of Music in Boston
McGill University in Montreal, Canada
Queen's University in Kingston, Canada
STEINWAY & SONS
Città di Ragusa
Provincia Regionale di Ragusa & AAPIT
"The sunbaked island of Sicily, the largest and historically richest in the Mediterranean, is the scene of the annual IBLA GRAND PRIZE, a piano competition held in a hall buried among the clusters of 17th and 18th century stone buildings that crowd the little threads of streets. The rocky town of only 80,000 lies just a few miles from where Ionian and Mediterranean meet at Sicily's southern most tip. Hearing piano-playing in this kind of setting is amazing. It is like the opening of an ornate and ancient casket only to find it stocked with glittering gems."
-Gordon Sparber, Winston-Salem Journal, NC, USA
July 2 to July 12, 2009
Ragusa-Ibla, Sicily
The IBLA Foundation in New York City organizes an annual music competition for pianists, singers, instrumentalists and composers which takes place during the last week of June and the first week of July in Ragusa Ibla, Italy. Winners are presented in such venues as Lincoln Center Alice Tully Hall and Carnegie Hall in New York, the Tokyo Opera City Hall, the Tchaikovsky Bolshoi Hall in Moscow as well as other prestigious venues in Canada, Europe, Russia and the USA.
La Fondazione IBLA a New York City organizza un concorso per pianisti, cantanti, strumentisti e compositori che si tiene ogni estate durante l'ultima settimana di Giugno e la prima settimana di Luglio a Ragusa Ibla in Sicilia. I vincitori vengono presentati al Lincoln Center o Carnegie Hall di New York, alla Tokyo Opera City Hall, alla Tchaikovsky Bolshoi Hall di Mosca oltre ad altre prestigiose Università in Canada, Europa, Russia e USA.
presented by
IBLA FOUNDATION
Board of Directors
New York Chairwoman
Baroness Mariuccia Zerilli Marimo'
Tokyo - Indonesia Chairwoman
Lady Dewi Soekarno
New York Gala Chairs
Lillian Vernon & Paolo Martino
New YorK Vice-Chairs
Steve & Rebecca Madsen
Joanna Crispi
Jocelyne Wildenstein
Baroness Gabrielle Langendorff
IBLA Little Rock Chairwoman
Ms. Joan Zumwalt
IBLA Little Rock Director
Mr. Sherman Banks
IBLA Italy Chairs
Dr. Franco & Cettina Spampinato
International Jury Chairman
Maestro Marcello Abbado
Executive Director
Mr. Michael Yasenak
Directors
Ms. Kelly Knox
Ms. Chie Sato Roden
President
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