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The 32nd Annual

BARTOK-KABALEVSKY- PROKOFIEV
INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION & FESTIVAL

Dr. Kathryne Obenshain, Founder

Dr. Eugene Fellin, Competition Chairman

Dr. Salvatore Moltisanti, President


July 12 - 20, 2013 in Ragusa Ibla, Italy

contact email:

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This competition honors the memory of the great pianist and musician,

Bartok's protege' & Radford Competition Jury Chairman for decades

GYORGY SANDOR

Mr. Sandor, a dear friend of Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Fellin, served as Jury Chairman in 1991

when Dr. Salvatore Moltisanti was awarded first prize at this competition

He left us on December 9th, 2005.

We are deeply grateful to him for his generous contribution to the world of music and the art of performing

We will miss him dearly.

 

From the Associated Press
Gyorgy Sandor
NEW YORK (AP) - Pianist Gyorgy Sandor, who was a protege of the Hungarian composer Bela Bartok and toured the world into his 90s while teaching at the Juilliard School, has died. He was 93.

Sandor died Friday of heart failure at his Manhattan home, according to his son, Michael.

A native of Budapest, Hungary, Sandor studied piano with Bartok and composition with Zoltan Kodaly at the Liszt Academy of Music there. He concertized worldwide in the 1930's, making his Carnegie Hall debut in 1939 and later premiering many of the piano works by Bartok, who died in New York in 1945.

Sandor was best known for his performances and recordings of the music of Bartok, Kodaly and Sergei Prokofiev. He recorded the complete solo piano works of Prokofiev and Kodaly, and the piano music and concertos of Bartok, for which he won the Grand Prix du Disque in 1965.

In Bartok's fiendishly difficult music, Sandor was praised for his subtlety and fine articulation at the keyboard.

"His playing serves as a chastisement to those who play Bartok with percussive sound," critic Anthony Tommasini of The New York Times wrote in a review of a four-disc set Sandor recorded a dozen years ago.

He gave his last public performance in Turkey last spring.

In addition to Juilliard, Sandor taught at Southern Methodist University in Dallas and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

He wrote "On Piano Playing: Motion, Sound and Expression," a book published in 1981, and finished the manuscript of a book on Bartok and his works.

 

THE BARTOK-KABALEVSKY- PROKOFIEV
INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION & FESTIVAL

 

2013 International Piano Competition | Application | Competition History | Bartok Laureates

THE BARTOK - KABALEVSKY - PROKOFIEV
INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION & FESTIVAL

The 32nd Bartok-Kabalevsky-Prokofiev International Piano Competition & Festival for all ages, presented by Radford University in collaboration with the IBLA Foundation, will take place from July 12th through July 20th, 2013 in Ragusa, Italy. This competition began in 1981 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Hungarian composer Bela Bartók's birth. Originally the Bartók Competition, it later expanded to honor Russian composers Dmitri Kabalevsky and Sergei Prokofiev. Festival events are free for the competitors and their guests.

 

Bartók-Kabalevsky-Prokofiev Music Requirements

Any work or any combination of works (solo, concerto, ensemble) by Bartók, Kabalevsky or Prokofiev are acceptable. Program choices with duration must be submitted to the competion office for commitee approval. Musicians are expected to perform by memory, unless specifically approved by the competition office.

Qualsiasi composizione di Bartók, Kabalevsky or Prokofiev per solista, duo o solo e orchestra in riduzione pianistica. Esecuzioni a memoria a meno che autorizzati diversamente dalla segreteria del concorso.

 

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Bartók-Kabalevsky-Prokofiev Competition Jury

Marcello Abbado, former Director Giuseppe Verdi Music Conservatory Milan, Italy
Eugene Fellin, Chairman, School of Music, Radford University, USA
Salvatore Moltisanti, former Bartók International Piano Competition Winner
Victoria Fischer, former Bartók International Piano Competition Winner
Einar Steen Nokleberg, Oslo Music Academy, Norway
Guenter Reinhold, Faculty, Staatlichen Hochschule Musik, Karlsruhe, Germany

 

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Bartók-Kabalevsky-Prokofiev Master Class

A very limited number of Master Classes will be offered during the competition. Each Master Class will take place only after your international jury performance. The Master Class will be presented by the full jury panel. A number of jury members will come on stage next to the performer and publicly share suggestions, recommendations, and artistic criticism. If you wish to be considered for a Master Class, please specify at the time of your application.

Un numero ristretto di Master Class verra' offerto durante l'IBLA GRAND PRIZE. Si potra' ricevere un Master Class solo dopo aver eseguito la prova pubblica per la Giuria Internazionale. Il Master Class sara' tenuto davanti all'intera Giuria. Alcuni membri della Guria saliranno sul palcoscenico ed inizieranno un scambio artistico di commenti e critiche volti a sostenere e migliorare la comprensione ed esecuzione dei brani scelti. Per essere inclusi nella programmazione dei Master Class, per favore indicarlo nella domanda di iscrizione.

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Competition Guidelines
Level
Age
 
Adult
24 and over
 
A
7-10
 
B
11-14
 
C
15-18
 
D
19-23
 

 

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Prizes and Special Awards
1st Prize Winners will be included in the following concert presentations:
  • New York Carnegie Recital Hall
  • New York University Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo' Hall
  • Radford University in Virginia
  • University of Arkansas at Little Rock
  • Berklee School of Music in Boston
  • Minot University in North Dakota
2nd and 3rd Prize Winners will receive a certificate to attest to their accomplishment.
The Baronessa Costanza Arezzo Giampiccolo Award
The Ausilia Puchino - Pietro Floridia Award

The Kent State University Piano Institute Award for age 12-18

 

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Travel
Catania airport Fontanarossa is the closest airport to Ragusa, Italy, with direct flights from Rome, Milan, Frankfurt, Paris, London, Malta etcetera . The IBLA Foundation will provide discounted rates for hotels and restaurants as well as airport/hotel and local transportation services for contestants and their guests. Great beaches and historical sites surround the Ragusa IBLA area, should you wish to take a vacation during your stay. Ragusa IBLA is an astonishingly beautiful wonder of baroque architecture and is located approximately 15 miles from the Mediterranean sea and close to the volcano Mount Etna, Taormina, Siracusa and the Greek temples of Agrigento. During your stay, upon discretion of the artistic director, you will be offered the opportunity to perform in open stage evening concerts. However, you are not necessarily required to attend throughout the duration of the competition, should you have other professional commitments.

 

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Hotel
The IBLA Foundation New York Office will assist in making hotel and restaurant reservations and local transportation with special discounted packages. Please contact the IBLA Foundation New York office for more information.

 

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BARTOK-KABALEVSKY- PROKOFIEV
INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION

FIRST PRIZE WINNERS

PREVIOUS COMPETITIONS

2012

Laehyung Woo, piani KOREA

Bartok Award

Jason Chiang, pianist, USA

Prokovief Award

2011

Chimer-Ochir Yesunkhand, pianist, MONGOLIA

Prokovief Award

2011

Chimer-Ochir Yesunkhand, pianist, MONGOLIA

Prokovief Award

2010

Alexander Panfilov, pianist, RUSSIA

Prokovief Award

2009

Gloria Campaner , pianist, ITALY

Prokovief Award

2008

Lim Hee Young, cellist, SOUTH KOREA-USA

Prokovief Award

 

2007

Martina Filjak, pianist CROATIA

(Bartok Award on hold for last minute cancellation of winner's concert)

2006

Maciej Granat, pianist, POLAND
Kabalevsky Award

2005

Rajung Yang KOREA

2004
Nathan Carterette,
pianist, U.S.A.

2003
Milica Jelaca-Jovanovic
SERBIA
Vakhtang Kodanashvili GEORGIA

 

2002
Ketevan Badridze
GEORGIA
Yuri Blinov BELARUS

2001
Jorge Ilich Aguilar
MEXICO
Anne Marie Nunez U.S.A.

 

2000
Serhii Morozov
UKRAINE

1999
Craig Allan Ketter
U.S.A.
Thomas Pandolfi U.S.A.
Matthew Rubenstein U.S.A.
Jerry Wong U.S.A.

1998
Jeongwon Ham
U.S.A.
Charles H. Pettaway, Jr. U.S.A.

1997
(First Prize not Awarded)

1996
Mauricio Nader
MEXICO

1995
Sergei Pavlov
CANADA

1994
Robert Mayerovitch
U.S.A.

1993
John Lascelles Solomons
SRI LANKA/U.S.A.

1992
Thomas Michael
U.S.A.

1991
Salvatore Moltisanti
ITALY

1990
Victoria Fischer
U.S.A.
E. Patocs U.S.A.

1989
(First Prize not Awarded)

1988
Anthony Pattin
U.S.A.

1987
Louise Billaud
FRANCE

1986
Takis Pizanis
Lin Raymond

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