The Concours de violoncelle Rostropovitch, (Cello Competition Mstislav Rostropovich), is an international cello competition established in 1977 by the city of Paris.

Year President Jury Commissioned works Prize 1977 Mstislav Rostropovich Luciano Berio Henri Dutilleux Raya Garbousova Witold Lutosławski Pierre Penassou Iannis Xenakis Kottos, Iannis Xenakis 1st Grand Prize ex-aequo: Lluís Claret and Frédéric Lodéon 3rd Prize: Yvan Chiffoleau 4th Prize: Pierre Strauch 1981 Mstislav Rostropovich Henri Dutilleux Pierre Fournier Raya Garbousova Antonio Janigro Witold Lutosławski André Navarra Leonard Rose Étienne Vatelot Quasi scherzando, Gilbert Amy 1st Grand Prize: Maria Kliegel 2nd Grand Prize: Yvan Chiffoleau 3rd Prize: Carter Brey 4th Prize: Young Chang Cho 1986 Mstislav Rostropovich Reine Flachot Raya Garbousova Cristóbal Halffter Ludwig Hoelscher Alain Meunier André Navarra Aldo Parisot William Pleeth Étienne Vatelot Per Slava, Krzysztof Penderecki Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris: Gary Hoffman 2nd Grand Prize: Gustav Rivinius 3rd Prize: Christoph Richter 1990 Mstislav Rostropovich Rodion Shchedrin Lluís Claret Natalia Gutman Frans Helmerson Frédéric Lodéon Arto Noras Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi Étienne Vatelot Raphael Wallfisch Uzi Wiesel Bribes russes, Rodion Shchedrin Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris: Wendy Warner."Teen-Ager Is the Winner of the Rostropovich Contest", The New York Times, 28 November 1990 2nd Grand Prize: Colin Carr 3rd Prix ex-aequo: Anne Gastinel and Xavier Phillips 1994 Mstislav Rostropovich Young-Chang Cho Henri Dutilleux David Geringas Natalia Gutman Frans Helmerson Alain Meunier Philippe Muller Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi Étienne Vatelot Uzi Wiesel Improvisation pour violoncelle seul, Alfred Schnittke Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris: Han-na Chang 2nd Grand Prize: 3rd Prize: Jérôme Pernoo 4th Prize: Claudio Bohorquez 5th Prize: Stanimir Todorov 6th Prize: Matthieu Rogué 1997 Mstislav Rostropovich Young-Chang Cho Walter Grimmer Natalia Chakovskaia David Geringas Frans Helmerson Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi Étienne Vatelot Uzi Wiesel Spins and Spells, Kaija Saariaho Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris: Enrico Dindo 2nd Grand Prix : Hai-Ye Ni 3rd Prize: Monika Leskovar 4th Prize: Oren Shevlin 5th Prize: Sol Gabetta Timacheff 6th Prize: Boris Andrianov 2001 Mstislav Rostropovich Natalia Chakovskaïa Young-Chang Cho David Geringas Frans Helmerson Philippe Muller Arto Noras Marco Stroppa Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi Étienne Vatelot Uzi Wiesel Ay, there’s the rub, Marco Stroppa Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris: Tatjana Vassiljeva 2nd Grand Prix: Oren Shevlin 3rd Prize: Sophie Shao 4th Prize: Mark Kosower 5th Prize: Enrico Bronzi 6th Prize: Romain Garioud 2005 Mstislav Rostropovich Natalia Chakovskaïa Young-Chang Cho Frans Helmerson Gary Hoffman Alain Meunier Philippe Muller Arto Noras Raimund Trenkler Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi Étienne Vatelot Oyan!, Franghiz Ali-Zadeh Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris: Marie-Elisabeth Hecker 2nd Grand Prix : Julian Steckel 3rd Prize: Giorgi Kharadze 4th Prize: Kaori Yamagami 5th Prize: Renaud Déjardin 6th Prize: Elizaveta Sushchenko 2009 Krzysztof PendereckiHonorary President: Elena Rostropovich Natalia Chakovskaïa Young-Chang Cho Frans Helmerson Gary Hoffman Philippe Muller Arto Noras Raimund Trenkler Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi Invocation, Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris: Dai Miyata.Un violoncelliste japonais lauréat du concours Rostropovitch on France Info 2nd Prize - Prix de l'Académie des Beaux Arts: Jacob Koranyi 3rd Prize - Prix offert par le Fonds pour la Création Musicale: Norbert Anger 4th Prize : Sietse-Jan Weijenberg

See also List of classical music competitions

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