The International Piano Competition of Orléans () is an international piano competition, dedicated exclusively to music of the 20th and 21st centuries, that is held biannually in Orléans, France. The only of its kind as of 2022, the competition was founded in 1994 by French pianist and pedagogue Françoise Thinat. It is a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions and a partner of the Busoni Competition.
For every edition, a piece is commissioned from an internationally established composer as an obligatory piece for the competitors. Those who have written for the competition include Eric Tanguy, Patrick Burgan, Thierry Escaich, Pierre Jodlowski, Édith Canat de Chizy, Philippe Hurel, Jacques Lenot, Jérôme Combier, Philippe Hersant, Hèctor Parra, Pascal Dusapin and Philippe Manoury.Commissioned pieces – Orléans Concours International The jury has included, over the years, İdil Biret, Claude Helffer, François-Frédéric Guy and Unsuk Chin.Adult competition – Orléans Concours International
History In 1989 Francoise Thinat founded an association to promote piano music of the 20th century. The first edition of the competition took place in 1994. She imagined
Starting 1998, every participant should include a work by a young composer of choice, and a composition prize is awarded to the composer of the piece deemed best by the jury. Six years after, in 2004, the first edition for children, "Brin d'herbe", took place.
Laureates
Year1st Prize2nd Prize3rd PrizeComposition Award André Chevillion – Yvonne Bonnaud1994Shinji Urakabe Hideki Nagano Ananda Sukarlan 1996Fabio Grasso
Thomas Hell Rita Kinka 1998Toros Can
Ami Fujiwara Ami Fujiwara Maria Stembolskaya Unsuk Chin Franck Krawczyk 2000Saori Mizumura Andrea Corazziari Alexandre Pirojenko Muhiddin Dûrrûoglu-Demiriz 2002Winston Choi Nino Jvania Makoto Ueno Vykintas Baltakas 2004Francesco Schlime Reto Reichenbach Ya-Ou Xie Kenneth Hesketh 2006Wilhem Latchoumia Prodromos Symeonidis Ermis Theodorakis David Rakowski 2008Florence Cioccolani Antal Sporck Adam Marks Mayoko Fukami Vera Ivanova
Thierry Huillet 2010Christopher Falzone Yejin Gil Anaël Bonnet Adam Roberts 2012Christopher Guzman Andrew Zhou Christopher Stark 2014Imri Talgam Aline Piboule Kathrin Isabelle Klein Didier Rotella Nicolas Mondon 2016Takuya Otaki Marianna Abrahamyan Philippe Hattat Philippe Hattat Matthias Krüger 2018Maroussia Gentet Hyeonjun Jo Miharu Ogura Miharu Ogura Hyeonjun Jo 2020Mikhaïl Bouzine Dmitry Batalov Chae-Um Kim Tetsuya Yamamoto 2022Lorenzo Soulès Chisato Taniguchi Chi Ho Han Matthieu Acar Miharu Ogura
See also List of classical music competitions
References
External links Website of the International Piano Competition of Orléans