Robert Schumann International Competition for Pianists and Singers

The Robert Schumann International Competition for Pianists and Singers was constituted in 1956 in East Berlin within the framework of the commemorations on the 100th anniversary of Robert Schumann's death. A second edition was organized on the occasion of the composer's 150th anniversary, and three years later a third edition was arranged in Zwickau. The competition, a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions, has taken place in Schumann's birthplace every 3/4 years since.

Prize Winners

Piano
Year
1956 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize (ex-a.)
Annerose Schmidt Irina Sijalova Lidia Grychtołówna
Mikhail Voskresensky
1960 No piano category No piano category No piano category
1963 1st prize 2nd prize (ex-a.) 3rd prize
Nelly Akopyan Rutka Carakcieva Aniko Szegedi
Peter Rösel
1966 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize (ex-a.)
Eliso Virsaladze Svetlana Navasardyan Raina Padareva
Evgenia Sachareva
1969 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize
Dezső Ránki Tatyana Ryumina Okitaka Uehara
1974 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize
Pavel Egorov Dina Joffe Petru Grossmann
1977 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize
Emma Tahmizian Dana Borşan Christoph Taubert
1981 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize (ex-a.)
Yves Henry Susanne Grützmann Kalle Randalu
Balázs Szokolay
1985 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize
Tamriko Siprashvili Zuzana Paulechová Mzija Gogashvili
1989 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize
Eric Le Sage Sachiko Yonekawa Alexander Melnikov
1993 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize
Temirzhan Yerzhanov Eiji Shigaki Corrado Rollero
1996 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize (ex-a.)
Mikhail Mordvinov Dana Ciocarlie Lyubov Gegechkori
Christian Seibert
2000 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize
Kiai Nara Ulugbek Palvanov Andrea Rebaudengo
2004 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize
Akiko Yamamoto Nicolas Bringuier Soojin Ahn
2008 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize
Mizuka Kano Akiko Nikami Da Sol Kim

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