The Leventritt Competition was a highly prestigious international competition for classical pianists and violinists. It was founded in 1939 by the Edgar M. Leventritt Foundation Inc. of Cold Spring, New York, in memory of jurist Edgar M. Leventritt. The Leventritt Competition has now been discontinued.
The Leventritt award was sparingly given, and there was no award presented if the judges felt the required standard was not achieved.
Award winners
1940: Sidney Foster, pianoLeventritt Prize to Pianist; Award System is Changed. New York Times, January 23, 1981, Section C, p. 20. 1941: Erno Valasek, violin; New York Times, October 11, 1941, Amusement Section; The New York Times, February 16,1942; New York Times 1943: Eugene Istomin, piano 1945: Louise Meiszner, piano 1946: David Nadien, violin 1947: Alexis Weissenberg, piano 1948: Jean Graham, piano 1949: Gary Graffman, piano 1954: Van Cliburn, piano 1955: Betty-Jean Hagen, violin 1957: Anton Kuerti, piano 1958: Arnold Steinhardt, violin 1959: Malcolm Frager, piano 1962: Michel Block, piano 1964: Itzhak Perlman, violin 1965: Tong-Il Han, piano 1967: Kyung-wha Chung, violin and Pinchas Zukerman, violin (joint recipients) 1969: Joseph Kalichstein, piano 1976: No first prize awarded 1978: Mitchell Stern, violin 1981: Cecile Licad, piano
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