Ibiza International Piano Competition


Ibiza International Piano Competition is a European piano contest founded in 1987 by Jaume Ferrer Marí, President of the Centro Cultural de San Carlos, a charity organization located in Sant Carles de Peralta, Santa Eularia des Riu, Ibiza, Spain. The XXIII Ibiza International Piano Competition will take place in September 2019. It usually takes place at Centro Cultural de San Carlos and it is preceded by the Ibiza International Music Festival. From 1999, H.R.H. Princess Irene of Greece is the President of Honour.

History

Since 1987, the Ibiza International Piano Competition is one of the most prestigious European contests. The main goals are to discover new talented pianists and young pianists and push their careers. There are two different categories: Young pianists and Pianists. The competition takes place during a week with only one round. The awards are made public in a ceremony that includes a concert by the winners. The winners of each contest are invited to perform a concert in the next Festival and be members of the Jury in the following edition. The competition is sponsored by public entities and private donors.

Jury

Musicians from around the world are invited to be part of the Jury, according to their accomplishments in the field of music and practise music. Past jurors have included Julian von Károlyi, George Hadjinikos, current President of the Jury, Peter Donohoe, Joaquín Soriano, Aquiles Delle Vigne, Antonio Baciero, Ilan Rogoff, Perfecto García Chornet, Lukas David, Mary Wu, Erling Dahl, Tomislav Nedelkovic-Baynov, Tatiana Franova, Thomas Hecht, María Ángeles Ferrer Forés...

List of winners

XXII Concurso
Pianist: Shih-Hsien Yeh. Young Pianist: Miguel Iglesias Lista.
XXI Concurso
Pianist: Christina Hyun Ah Choi. Young Pianist: Noel Redolar.
XX Concurso
Pianist: Sasha Grynyuk. Young Pianist: Matias Novak.
XIX Competition
Pianist: Renata Benvegnù. Young Pianist: Alexander Voronstov.
XVIII Competition
Pianist: Fan-Chiang Yi. Young Pianist: Francisco Miguel Freire dos Reis.
XVII Competition
Pianist: Giovanni Doria-Miglietta. Young Pianist: Abigail Sin.
XVI Competition
Pianist: Alexandre Pirojenko. Young Pianist: Artiom Akopyan.
XV Competition
Pianist: Daria Tschaikovskaya. Young Pianist: Konstadinos Valianatos.
XIV Competition
Pianist: Eugeni Ganev. Young Pianist: Diana Brekalo.
XIII Competition
Pianist: Sofya Melikyan. Young Pianist: Alisa Mbá Ebelele.
XII Competition
Pianist: Vadim Gladkov. Young Pianist: No winner. Children Pianist under 14: Gabrielle Delle Vigne. Children Pianist under 10: Beatriz Blanco Barriga.
XI Competition
Pianist: Liubomir Daskalov. Young Pianist: Alexandra Golubitskaya. Children Pianist under 14: Pavel Chatski. Children Pianist under 10: María Moratinos Martín.
X Competition
Pianist: Sung Hee Kim-Wüst. Young Pianist: No winner. Children Pianist under 14: No winner. Children Pianist under 10: María José Perete Marco.
IX Competition
Pianist: Vincent Ghadimi. Young Pianist: Mario Bernardo Fernández. Children Pianist under 14: Jordi Nogués Escribà. Children Pianist under 10: Pedro Guasch Ribas.
VIII Competition
Pianist: Isabel Clara Soler Bordería. Young Pianist: No winner. Children Pianist under 14: María del Hoyo Pérez de Rada. Children Pianist under 10: Verónica Perete Marco.
VII Competition
Pianist: Sergio Sapena Martínez. Young Pianist: Jesús Polonio Reberiego. Children Pianist under 14: No winner. Children Pianist under 10: Antonio Martínez Sykora.
VI Competition
Pianist: Miguel Eduardo Lecueder Canabarro, Ricardo Martínez Descalzo. Young Pianist: :es:Kiev_Portella|Kiev Portella Pons. Children Pianist under 14: Alba Felipe Konecna. Children Pianist under 10: Cristina Portolés Gordillo.
V Competition
Pianist: Albert Díaz Rosselló. Young Pianist: Esteban Pajarón Fenollera. Children Pianist under 15: Eugenio Fernández Fernández. Children Pianist under 13: Hannah Hüglin. Children Pianist under 10: Claudio Torres del Moral.
IV Competition
Pianist: Marina Palmer Wulff. Young Pianist: Paula Coronas Valle. Children Pianist under 15: No winners. Children Pianist under 13: Cecilia Ribas Galumbo. Children Pianist under 10: Gema Torres del Moral.
III Competition
Pianist: No winner. Young Pianist: María Victoria Cortés Pomacondor. Children Pianist under 15: David Gracia Gil. Children Pianist under 13: No winner. Children Pianist under 10: David Müller Thyssen.
II Competition
Pianist: Julia Supinova. Young Pianist: Paula Coronas Valle. Children Pianist under 15: María Belén Martín Piles. Children Pianist under 13: Eliseo Perales Belda. Children Pianist under 10: Carlos Moret Marín.
I Competition
Pianist: María Ángeles Ferrer Forés. Young Pianist: Elvira Ramón Riera. Children Pianist under 13: Natasha Grout. Children Pianist under 10: Kosima Jung.

Prizes and Acknowledgments

1997. Premio Importante de Diario de Ibiza a Jaime Ferrer Marí, otorgado por Diario de Ibiza.
2008. Placa de reconocimiento, otorgado por el Excmo. Ajuntament de Santa Eulària des Riu.
2010. Placa de reconocimiento, otorgado por el Excmo. Ajuntament de Santa Eulària des Riu.
2013. Premio Xarc en reconocimiento a la labor de promoción y difusión de la música y la cultura alrededor del mundo, otorgado por el Excmo. Ajuntament de Santa Eulària des Riu.
2013. Placa al Centro Cultural de San Carlos por la organización de 20 ediciones, otorgado por el Excmo. Ajuntament de Santa Eulària des Riu.
2016. Premio Ramon Llull a Jaime Ferrer Marí, otorgado por el Gobierno de las Islas Baleares.
2017. Premio al Mérito Ciudadano de la Isla de Ibiza al Centro Cultural de San Carlos, otorgado por el Consell d’Eivissa.