José Iturbi International Piano Competition

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The José Iturbi Competition is an international piano competition named after the famed Spanish virtuoso José Iturbi, who later became a famous Hollywood actor. Created in 1981, it has been carried out ever since in the month of September and is part of the World Federation of International Music Competitions. Since 1984, it is held every two years at either the "Palau de la Musica" theatre or the "Teatro Principal" in Valencia, Spain, birthplace of José Iturbi. The competition consists of five rounds: 1st preliminaries, 2nd preliminaries, semi-finals, 1st finals (a classical concerto played with orchestra) and 2nd finals (a romantic concerto played with orchestra). The prize has always included a cash award, recital and orchestral engagements, and a recording contract. On two occasions, 1982 and 1992, a First Prize was not awarded.

1 Participation
2 Winners
3 The Second Annual José Iturbi International Music Competition
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Participation

Participants are of all nationalities and are, as of the current eligibility requirements, 17-32 years of age.

[edit] Winners

**Grand Winners**
Year	1st prize	2nd prize	3rd prize
1981	Elza Kolodin	Edson Elias	Huseyin 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	María Rowena Arrieta	Emiko Kumagai	Yumiko Urabe
1988	Igor Kamenz	Brenno Ambrosini	Jovianney Emmanuel Cruz
1990	Aleksei Orlovetsky	-	-
1992	Not awarded	-	Mariana Gurkova
1994	Miri Yampolsky	Mauricio Vallina	Atsuko Seki
1996	Uta Weyand	Jenny Lin	Jung-Eun Kim
1998	Duncan Gifford	-	-
2000	Roman Zaslavsky	Ángel Sanzo	Sheila Arnold
2002	Maria Zisi	Severin von Eckardstein Maria Stembolskaia (ex-a.)	Not awarded
2004	Alexandre Moutouzkine	Jean-Frédéric Neuburger	Ingmar Schwindt
2006	Josu de Solaun Soto	Valentina Igoshina	Andrei Yaroshinsky

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The Second Annual José Iturbi International Music Competition, the contest with the largest cash bounty (more than $250,000) of any classical piano and singing competition worldwide, will take place again this summer June 16 – 21 at UCLA’s Schoenberg Hall in Los Angeles. Applications for pianists and singers to compete in the weeklong competition that adds features of “American Idol” to the world of classical music may be completed and submitted online at www.joseiturbifoundation.org.

The competition is open to pianists and singers of any nationality who are 17 to 32 years old on June 1, 2008. Admission to the preliminary round of the competition will be limited to a maximum of 24 applicants in each category. 12 pianists and 12 singers will advance to the semi-final round and six singers and six pianists will compete in the final round. The schedule for the competition is as follows:

June 15 Registration and Orientation in The Faculty Center

June 16 and 17 Preliminary Rounds for 24 pianists and 24 singers Semi-Finalists announced

June 18 and 19 Semi-Final Rounds for 12 pianists and 12 singers Finalists announced

June 20 Final Round for 6 singers followed by Awards Ceremony

June 21 Final Round for 6 pianists followed by Awards Ceremony

The competition’s $250,000 in cash prizes include first place prizes of $50,000. There will be two People’s Choice prizes (one for a pianist and one for a singer) of $3,000 voted “live” by attendees of the final competition round. Last year’s 48 competitors hailed from 15 different countries.

Martin Katz, famed accompanist to singers including Marilyn Horne, Frederica von Stade, José Carreras and David Daniels, will accompany all the finalists in voice on June 20.

“We’re delighted that ten world-class performers and educators will serve as the judges for the 2008 José Iturbi International Music Competition,” said Donelle Dadigan, President of the José Iturbi Foundation. “In addition to receiving international awards and acclaim as concert talent, each has trained and coached numerous students who have won major music competitions around the world. The José Iturbi Foundation is very excited to see who our judges will pick to be the next new talents in the world of classical music.”

The piano judges are:

Daniel Pollack (Chairman) – a major concert and recording artist, Tchaikovsky competition winner, judge of competitions worldwide, and master teacher and piano professor at USC and of international prize-winning pianists.

Bruce Sutherland – concert pianist, composer – whose original work “Allegro Fanfara” was conducted by José Iturbi for its world premiere, teacher of international prize-winning pianists, once a student of Amparo Iturbi.

Eduardo Delgado – Argentinian prize-winning pianist and recording artist, was the recipient of the 1999 UNESCO medal for his contribution to music in his home country; serves on the faculty at Cal-State Fullerton.

Vladimir Viardo – Soviet Gold Medal winner of the 1973 Van Cliburn Competition, recording artist, currently on faculty of the University of North Texas where he has trained laureates of the world’s major piano competitions.

Oxana Yablonska – elite piano virtuoso of the Soviet Union, three-time international piano competition winner, much-recorded pianist who won the Grand Prix du Disque from the International Liszt Society in Budapest, professor since 1983 at The Juilliard School of Music in New York.

The vocal judges are:

David Daniels (Chairman) – famed American countertenor on the opera and recital stage, recording artist named by Grammophone magazine as one of the “Top Ten Trailblazers” in classical music today.

Gianna Rolandi – Director of the prestigious Young Artist Program of the Lyric Opera of Chicago, The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center and former popular coloratura soprano at New York City’s Metropolitan Opera and most major opera houses of the world.

Vladimir Chernov -- Russian baritone of nearly every major international opera house and concert stage, major recording artist of Verdi and Tchaikovsky operas, and great pedagogue, recently appointed Professor of Vocal Studies at UCLA

Marvelee Cariaga – Acclaimed singing actress with a mezzo-soprano voice, legendary performance as Magda Sorel in Gian Carlo Menotti’s “The Consul” broadcast on PBS-TV for the Spoleto Festival, recital tours of over 1,600 engagements with husband Daniel Cariaga at the piano.

Robin Thompson – Producing Artistic Director of the New York City Opera, serves as the only American on the jury of the Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition in Vienna, Austria, is on the jury of the Competizione dell’Opera in Italy.

For rules and regulations on The José Iturbi International Music Competition 2008 or to submit an application, go to www.joseiturbifoundation.org. Ticket requests are available online for the public to attend all rounds of the competition on a first come first served basis.