Maria Canals International Music Competition


The Maria Canals International Music Competition is a music competition held yearly in the Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona. It was founded as a piano competition in 1954, but in 1964 it was expanded so other modalities could be held occasionally.
It was founded in 1954 by the Catalan pianist Maria Remei Canals i Cendrós and her husband, the composer and writer Rossend Llates. Since 1954, the Competition has welcomed over 7,000 participants from 100 countries and 180 jury members from all over the world. It became a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions in 1958.
The Maria Canals competition, for which artists such as Joan Miró, Antoni Tàpies and Joan Clavé have made publicity posters, was declared to be of public utility by the Spanish Interior Ministry in 1996.

Commentaries on the competition

19701st prize--
Fernando Puchol and Pedro León--
19731st prize2nd prize by unanimity-
Not awarded Dieter Lallinger and Jürgen Besig-
19801st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Roland Straumer and Olaf Dressler Izumi Komoriya and Taisuko Yamashita Juan Llinares and Ludovica Mosca
19871st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Michael Sanderling and Gerald Fauth Senoko Numata and Akemi Tadenuma Pierre Luc Denuit and Sylvie Barret
19961st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Avi Downes and Shana Downes Aya Yoshii and Yoko Yoshihara Maria Belousova and Katarzyna Ewald
19991st prize2nd prize3rd prize '
Florian Wiek and Justus Grimm Akiko Okabe and Yuko Aragaki Isabel Gabbe and Leslie Riva
Kyoko Sasaki and Eriko Iso
20041st prize2nd prize3rd prize '
Eung Soo Kim and Moon Young Chae Igor Bobowitsch and Elena Kolesnichenko Julien Beaudiment and Laetitia Bougnol
Katia Novell and Luis Parés

19681st prize2nd prize '--
Not awarded Lô Angelloz--
Teresita Frey--
19721st prize2nd prize '--
Not awarded Christine Turellier--
Edelgard Seeman--
19781st prize2nd prize '3rd prize-
Not awarded Masayoshi Enokida Jadwiga Kotnowska-
Philippe Pierlot--
19831st prize2nd prize3rd prizeSpecial Prize
Erika Sebök Motoaki Kato Monika Hegedüs Vicenç Prats
19881st prize2nd prize '3rd prize-
Dita Krenberga Christel Rayneau Natalia Setchkareva-
Iren More--
19941st prize2nd prize3rd prize-
Natalia Danilina Atsuko Koga Maryse Graciet-
19981st prize2nd prize3rd prize '-
Olesia Tertychnaia Christian Farroni Kaori Fujii-
Dejan Gavric-
20011st prize2nd prize3rd prize-
Francesca Canali Hyun-im Yoon Petra Orgl-

19691st prize2nd prize-
Not awarded Wolfgang Lendle-
19741st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Marie Thérèse Ghirardi Dagoberto Linhares Dušan Bogdanović
19791st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Leonardo Palacios William Waters Guillermo Pérez
19811st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Gabriel García Santos Shin-Ichi Fukuda Nicholas Petrou
19851st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Stefano Cardi Han Jonkers Keiko Fujii
19891st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Esther-Helena Steenbergen István Römer Vladimir Tervo
19921st prize2nd prize3rd prize
George Vassilev Xavier Coll Daisuke Suzuki
19971st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Sara Gianfelici Lorenzo Micheli Daekun Jang

19821st prize2nd prize '3rd prizeSpecial prize '
Not awarded Axel Fries Shin-ichi Ueno Jordi Mestres
Peter Sadlo Santiago Molas
19901st prize2nd prize '3rd prize-
Ramón Alsina Armin Weigert Stefan Eblenkamp-
Ignasi Vila-

20091st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Trio DemianTrio QuintillianTrio Monte

19641st prize---
Rubén González---
19671st prize---
Edith Volckaert---
19711st prize---
Ernst Kovacic---
19751st prize2nd prize--
men Gerardo Ribeiro Eugen Sârbu--
women Yukari Tate Rasma Liélmane--
19791st prize2nd prize3rd prize-
Not awarded Véronique Bogaerts Berthilde Dufour-
19841st prize2nd prize3rd prize 'Special Prize
Stéphane L. PicardNot awarded Danuta Glowacka Joaquín Palomares
Mark Bleck-
19891st prize2nd prize '3rd prize '-
Not awarded Franziska Pietsch Thomas Bötcher-
Yova Slessareva Kyoko Saburi-
19931st prize2nd prize3rd prize-
Denitsa Kazakova Ryotaro Ito Olga Nodel-

19761st prize2nd prize-
Daniel Raclot Antônio Meneses-
19861st prize2nd prize3rd prize
Hillel Zori Luca SignoriniNot awarded
19911st prize2nd prize3rd prize '
Valérie Aimard Anita Barbereau Laure Vavasseur
Thorsten Encke

19651st prize2nd prize--
Not awardedNot awarded--
19661st prize---
Wolfgang Witte---
19671st prize---
Dirk Schortemeier---
19681st prize---
Ionel Pantea---
19691st prize2nd prize '--
Not awarded Kiyoko Ishii--
Roswitha Haub--
19711st prize---
Magdalena Cononovici---
19721st prize2nd prize--
Not awarded Sandra Sandru--
19731st prize---
Marilena Marinescu---
19741st prize2nd prize by unanimity2nd prize '-
Not awarded Marius Cosmescu Juliana Paszthy-
Wally Salio-
19751st prize2nd prize3rd prize-
Ludmila Yourchenco Aleksandr Rudkowsky Aleksandr Vorosilo-
19761st prize2nd prize3rd prize-
Not awardedNot awardedNot awarded-
19771st prize2nd prize '--
Not awarded Károly Szilágyi--
Keiko Hibi--
19781st prize2nd prize--
François le Roux Rodica Mitrica--
19791st prize2nd prize3rd prize '-
Not awarded Eva Tihany Gabriela Mazza-
Kuniko Taguchi-
19811st prize2nd prize '3rd prize-
Nancy Carol Moore Anne Salvan Olim Sadoullaiev-
Luis Álvarez Sastre--
19831st prize2nd prize3rd prize '-
Mabel Perelstein Jennifer Larmore Elise Bédard-
Catalina Moncloa-
19851st prize2nd prize '3rd prize-
Chihiro Bamba Tomas Möwes Teresa Verdera-
Annette K. Markert--
19871st prize2nd prize '3rd prize '-
Not awarded Jenny M. Miller Fumi Yamamoto-
Jin-Ok Kim Teodor Ciurdea-
19901st prize2nd prize3rd prize 'Special prize
Vladimir Dits Mirela S. Spinu Malgorzata Lesiewicz-Przybył Manuel Lanza
Manuel Lanza-
19951st prize2nd prize3rd prize '-
Mihoko Fujimura Rosa Mateu Hanna Dóra Sturludóttir-
Suki Kim-
20001st prize2nd prize '3rd prize-
Annette Dasch Ramona EremiaNot awarded-
Giedré Povilaityté--