Canada's Honens International Piano Competition is a leader in discovering and launching the careers of young concert pianists. It searches for Complete Artists – 21st century musicians for 21st century audiences – and awards its Laureates the competition world's largest cash prize and most comprehensive artistic and career development program. In 1991, philanthropist and music enthusiast Esther Honens made a gift of $5 million towards her dream of building one of the world's great piano competitions in Calgary, Alberta. Formerly known as the Esther Honens International Piano Competition, the Competition took place every four years from 1992 to 2000 and then switched to a three-year cycle thereafter.
The Seventh Honens International Piano Competition takes place October 17 to 26, 2012.
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Competition winners are listed in order of first, second and third laureate respectively.
Georgy Tchaidze, Russia
Evgeny Starodubtsev, Russia
Gilles Vonsattel, Switzerland
Minsoo Sohn, South Korea
Hinrich Alpers, Germany
Hong Xu, China
Xiang Zou, China
Winston Choi, Canada
Roberto Plano, Italy
Katherine Chi, Canada
Marko Martin, Estonia
Alessandra Maria Ammara, Italy
Maxim Philippov, Russia
Albert Tiu, Philippines
Eugene Watanabe, United States
Yi Wu, Argentina
Krzysztof Jablonski, Poland
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, France
Sergei Babayan, Armenia
Dmitry Nesterov, Russia