The Vianna da Motta International Music Competition was first constituted in 1957 in Lisbon in honor of José Vianna da Motta by his disciple Sequeira Costa, who remains its president; this inaugural edition was won by Naum Shtarkman. The competition, a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions, has been held regularly since 1964.
Awards
While mainly a piano competition, two violin editions have been held. In 1973 Ida Kavafian and Gerardo Ribeiro shared the 1st prize. In 1991 it was declared void; Graf Mourja and Rachel Varga were awarded, respectively, the 2nd and 3rd prizes.
+ PianoYear1st prize2nd prize3rd prize1957Naum Shtarkman, USSRGleb Axelrod, USSRMiłosz Magin, Poland1964Nelson Freire, BrazilVladimir Krainev, USSRSérgio Varela Cid, PortugalIgor Khudoley, USSR1966Not awardedAlbert Atenelle, Spain John Owings, USACecilio Tieles, Cuba1968Farhad Badalbeyli, USSRViktoria Postnikova, USSRNot awardedGeorges Pludermacher, France1971Not awardedRoland Keller, GermanyEmanuel Ax, USA1975Teofils Biķis, USSRWilliam DeVan, USANot awardedRusudan Khuntsaria, USSR1979Arutyun Papazyan, USSRVagui Papian, USSRAndreas Pistorious, East Germany1983Not awardedFlorent Boffard, FrancePedro Burmester, PortugalSuzanne Grützmann, East Germany1987Artur Pizarro, PortugalElisso Bolkvadze, USSRIan Munro, Australia1991Not awardedIgor Kamenz, GermanyNot awarded1997Tao Chang, Hong KongJill Lawson, PortugalMaria Rostotsky, SwedenChristian Seibert, Germany1999Amir Tebenikhin, KazakhstanRichard Raymond, CanadaPyotr Dmitriev, Russia2001Not awardedNami Ejiri, JapanJavier Perianes, Spain2004Not awardedEleonora Karpukhova, RussiaOlga Monakh, Ukraine2007Not awardedDmytro Onyschenko, UkraineYung Wook Yoo, South KoreaNot awarded2010Lilian Akopova, ArmeniaIlya Rashkovsky, RussiaMikhail Shilyaev, Russia
References http://www.fmcim.org/comp/comp.php?lang=en&comp_id=765&menu=1 World Federation of International Music Competitions http://www.alink-argerich.org/ Argerich Foundation
External links Official webpage