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

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