Clara Haskil International Piano Competition
The Clara Haskil Piano Competition was founded in 1963 in order to honour and perpetuate the memory of the incomparable Swiss pianist, of Romanian origin, who was born in Bucarest in 1895.
The Competition is a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions since 1976.
The Competition takes place every two years in Vevey where Clara Haskil resided from 1942, until her death in Brussels in 1960. A street in Vevey bears her name.
The competition welcomes young pianists from all over the world who pursue a musical ideal inspired by Clara Haskil, and which will always remain exemplary.
The competition benefits from the collaboration with Radio Suisse Romande-Espace 2, and from the generous sponsorship of the Fondation Nestle pour l’Art, Leenards Foundation, Loterie Romande, Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation, Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie Bank, the towns and communities of Vevey, Montreux, La Tour-de-Peilz, Blonay, Chardonne, Corseaux, Corsier, Jongny, and several commercial companies.
The members of a circle of private donors, founded in 1999, also support the activities of the Clara Haskil Competition.
The final, broadcast by Radio Suisse Romande-Espace 2 and by Television Suisse Romande, is part of the Montreux-Vevey International Festival of Opera and Music.
WINNERS 2013-1963
2013 PRIX Cristian Budu - Brasil
FINALISTS Dmitry Mayboroda - Russia François-Xavier Poizat - Switzerland
2011 PRIX Cheng Zhang - China
FINALISTS Zhi Chao Julian Jia - China Joo Hyeon Park - South Korea
2009 PRIX Adam Laloum - France
FINALISTS Nima Sarkechik - France / Iran François Dumont - France
2007 PRIX Hisako Kawamura - Japan
FINALISTS Alina Elena Bercu - Romania Yana Vasilyeva - Russia
2005 PRIX Sunwook Kim - South Korea
FINALISTS Francesco Piemontesi - Switzerland Gottlieb Wallisch - Austria
2003 PAS DE PRIX
FINALISTS Herbert Schuch - Germany Stefan Stroissnig - Austria Jacob Katsnelson - Russia
2001 PRIX Martin Helmchen - Germany
FINALISTS Inon Barnatan - Israel Deborah Lee - United States
1999 PRIX Finghin Collins - Irlande
FINALISTS Julia Bartha - Germany Julien Le Pape - France Denys Proshayev - Ukraine
1997 PRIX Delphine Bardin - France
FINALISTS Polina Leschenko - Russia, Israel Hie-Yon Choi - South Korea Daniil Kopylov - Russia Nicholas Ong - Malaysia Miku Nishimoto-Neubert - Japan
1995 PRIX Mihaela Ursuleasa - Romania
FINALISTS Sheila Arnold - Germany-India Klaus Sticken - Germany
1993 PRIX Till Fellner - Austria
FINALISTS Adrian Oetiker - Switzerland Seiko Ohtomo - Japan
1991 PRIX Steven Osborne - Scotland / Great Britain
FINALISTS Yoshiko Iwai - Japan Lorenz Ehrsam - Switzerland Emmanuel Strosser - France Alena Tchernouchenko - USSR
1989 PRIX Gustavo Romero - United States
FINALISTS Ishibashi Eri - Japan Marie-Josèphe Jude - France Marietta Petkova - Bulgaria Patricia Pagny - France Doris Adam - Austria
1987 PRIX Hiroko Sakagami - Japan
FINALISTS Sachiyo Yonekawa - Japan David Satyabrata - Indonesia Sylviane Deferne - Switzerland Laurent Cabasso - France Jean-Marie Cottet - France
1985 PRIX Natasa Veljkovic - Yugoslavia
FINALISTS Philippe Cassard - France Alexandra Papastefanou - Greece Philippe Zahnd - Switzerland Tomoko Ogasawara - Japan Huseyn Sermet - Turkey
1983 PAS DE PRIX
FINALISTS Nathalie Bera-Tagrine - France Luc Devos - Belgium Sandro de Palma - Italy Yukino Fujiwara - Japan
1981 PRIX Konstanze Eickhorst - Germany
FINALISTS Eric N'Kaoua - France Friedemann Rieger - Germany Nina Tichman - U.S.A. Marioara Trifan - U.S.A.
1979 PRIX Cynthia Raim - United States
FINALISTS Edouard Garcin - France Kei Itoh - Japan Marie-Paule Siruguet - France Pietro Rigacci - Italy Mamiko Suda - Japan
1977 PRIX Evgeni Koroliov - USSR
FINALISTS Dennis Lee - Malaysia Jeffrey Kahane - U.S.A. Mamiko Suda - Japan
1975 PRIX Michel Dalberto - France
FINALISTS Marie Catherine Girod - France Brigitte Meyer - Switzerland Kyung Sook Lee - Korea Margrit Pirner - Germany
1973 PRIX Richard Goode - United States
FINALISTS Penelope Blackie - Great Britain Brigitte Meyer - Switzerland Mitsuko Uchida - Japan
1969 PAS DE PRIX
FINALISTS Peter Lang - Austria Hanae Nakajima - Japan Zsuzsanna Sirokay - Hungary
1967 PRIX Dinorah Varsi - Uruguay
FINALISTS John Owings - U.S.A. Zsuzsanna Sirokay - Hungary Michael Studer - Switzerland
1965 PRIX Christoph Eschenbach, Germany
FINALISTS Françoiseoise Parrot - France Carmen Vilá - Spain Annerose Walther - Germany
1963 PAS DE PRIX
FINALISTS Jon Bingham - England Gino Brandi - Italy Jakob Maxin - America-Russia Mayne Miller - America