The Valencia International Piano Competition Prize Iturbi (also referred to as the José Iturbi International Piano CompetitionWestphal, Matthew (25 June 2007). "First Annual José Iturbi International Music Competition Concludes at UCLA With Two Top Prizes of $50,000". Playbill. Retrieved 6 February 2012.) is an international piano competition held in Valencia, Spain. It is named after virtuoso José Iturbi, born in Valencia. Created in 1981, it has been held ever since in the month of September and is part of the World Federation of International Music Competitions.
After four annual editions, in 1986 it became a biennial competition. In 2004 Valencia's Palau de la Música replaced the city's Teatro Principal as the competition's headquarters. In 2013 the competition was changed to a triennial periodicity. The competition consists of five rounds, as shown in the chart below. The prize has always included a cash award, recital and orchestral engagements, and a recording contract. As of 2013, the winner is awarded €18,000 in cash. On two occasions, 1982 and 1992, a First Prize was not awarded.
The Valencia Orchestra takes part in the finals.
Winners + Grand Winners Year 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize1981 Elza Kolodin Edson Elias Hüseyin Sermet 1982 Not awarded Not awarded Michel Gal 1983 Patrick O'Byrne Youri Pochtar Mary Kathleen Ernst 1984 Christian Beldi Not awarded Not awarded 1986 Rowena Arrieta Emiko Kumagai Yumiko Urabe 1988 Igor Kamenz Brenno Ambrosini Jovianney Emmanuel Cruz 1990 Aleksey Orlovetsky Luca Chiantore Not awarded 1992 Not awarded Not awarded Mariana Gurkova 1994 Miri Yampolsky Mauricio Vallina Atsuko Seki 1996 Uta Weyand Jenny Lin Jung-Eun Kim 1998 Duncan Gifford Not awarded Not awarded 2000 Roman Zaslavsky Ángel Sanzo Sheila Arnold 2002 Maria Zisi Severin von Eckardstein Maria Stembolskaya (ex-a.) Not awarded 2004 Alexandre Moutouzkine Jean-Frédéric Neuburger Ingmar Schwindt 2006 Josu de Solaun Soto Valentina Igoshina Andrei Yaroshinsky 2008 Zhengyu Chen Soyeon Kim Marianna Prjevalskaya 2010 Andrei Yaroshinsky Arta Arnicane Aleksey Lebedev 2012 Tomoaki Yoshida Ilya Maximov Tetiana Shefran 2015 Luka Okros Viviana Lasaracina Aleksandra Jablczynska 2017 Fatima Dzusova Chon Sae-yoon Jorge Nava 2021 Not awarded Alexey Sychev Ryutaro Suzuki Salome Jordania (ex-a.)
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