II Queen Elisabeth Music Competition
The second edition of the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition, then known as Eugène Ysaÿe Competition, took place in Brussels from May 15 - May 31, 1938, and was the inaugural edition of its piano competition. It was won by Emil Gilels, whose sister Elizabeth had been awarded the 6th prize the previous year.
Jean Absil composed his Piano Concerto op.30 for the competition.
A third edition devoted to orchestral conducting was scheduled for the following year, but due to the outbreak of World War II the competition's third edition didn't take place until 1951. Eventually, no conducting competition has taken place to date.
Palmares
| Winner | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize |  Emil Gilels |
| 2nd Prize |  Mary Johnstone |
| 3rd Prize | Jakov Flier |
| 4th Prize | Lance Dossor |
| 5th Prize |  Nivea Marino-Bellini |
| 6th Prize |  Robert Riefling |
| 7th Prize |  Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli |
| 8th Prize | .svg.png){kind=small} André Dumortier |
| 9th Prize | .svg.png){kind=small} Rose Schmidt |
| 10th Prize |  Monique Yver de la Bruchollerie |
| 11th Prize | Marcella Barzetti |
| 12th prize | Colette Gaveau |
Other competitors
Jury
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Vytautas Bacevicius - Samuil Feinberg
- Arthur Bliss
- Robert Casadesus
- Marcel Ciampi
- Jean Doyen
- Arne van Erpekum Sem
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Paul Frenkel -
Émile Frey -
Ignaz Friedman - Walter Gieseking
- Siegfried Grundeis
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Bernard Heinze - Léon Jongen
- Raoul Koczalski
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Artur Lemba - Marcel Maas
- Carlo van Neste
- Nikolay Orlov
- Pierre Petrides
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Jekabs Poruks - Arthur Rubinstein
- Walter Rummel
- Emil von Sauer
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Victor Schiøler -
Andrei Stoyanov -
Olof Wibergh
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