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None of the donations received are used for salaries. All proceeds go towards advancing the careers of talented musicians.

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Contact the IBLA office

The main office is located in Manhattan.

The competitions takes place in

Ragusa Ibla, Sicily, Italy

The winners are then presented at

Carnegie Hall, New York City


email:iblanyc@aol.com
phone: 212 387 0111

or by regular mail at
IBLA Foundation
Dr. Salvatore Moltisanti

President
226 East 2nd Street, Loft 1B
New York, New York , 10009 USA

application procedures

Upcoming IBLA Events

2010-2009

***

2010

July 1- July 11

19th EDITION

IBLA GRAND PRIZE

from morning to night

the IBLA Grand Prize Competitions

will take place in Ragusa Ibla.

Internationally selected Musicians will perform in the Falcone Borsellino Hall for the International Jur

& in Piazza Pola for the general audience.

Ragusa Ibla, Sicily

ITALY

***

2010

July 11

Sunday 9.00 pm

IBLA - AFRICA AWARDS

A selected number of

IBLA Grand Prize

musicians will perform

in

VILLA CRISCIONE

Ragusa, Italy

All donations collected on this occasion will benefit the Carmelitani Mission of

Padre Bruno and Padre Renato

in Madagascar

***

2010

June 5

Saturday 12.00 pm

IBLA Rotary

Inner Wheel Club Ragusa

Local young musicians will compete in the

final round of the

Ragusa Young Talent Competition

Italy

***

2009

April 30-May 5

IBLA -ARKANSAS

AWARDS

IBLA Gran Prize Winners

perform in

Little Rock, Jacksonville, Star City

ARKANSAS

***

2010

April 29

Thursday, 6:00 pm

IBLA - CARNEGIE HALL

AWARDS

IBLA Gran Prize Winners
perform their

New York Debut

at

Carnegie Weill Hall

57th Street at Seventh Avenue

&

GALA DINNER 8:30 pm

at LeCirque

150 East 58th Street

in

New York City

***

2010

April 29

Thursday 11:00 am

IBLA - EPTA
The EPTA World Piano Teachers Conference

at
New York University
Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimo'
24 West 12th St.

NEW YORK CITY

***

2010

April 28

Wednesday 6:00 pm

IBLA - NEW YORK

AWARDS

IBLA Gran Prize Winners
perform at
New York University
Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimo'
24 West 12th St.

NEW YORK CITY

***

2010

April 27

Tuesday 8:00 pm

IBLA - RADFORD

AWARDS

IBLA Gran Prize Winners

perform at

RADFORD UNIVERSITY

in the new 350-seat Performance Hall

designed by Jaffe Holden Acoustics,

the same firm that designed the

Carnegie Zankel Recital Hall,

with two new Steinway concert grand pianos.

VIRGINIA

 

***

2010

April 22-26

IBLA -NORTH DAKOTA

AWARDS

IBLA Gran Prize Winners

perform at the

UNIVERSITY of MINOT

NORTH DAKOTA

***

2010

April 9-10-11-16-17-18

IBLA -LANCASTER

AWARDS

IBLA Gran Prize Winners

perform with the

Lancaster Symphony

Lancaster

PENNSYLVANIA

***

2010

April 1 , 2010

Thursday

IBLA -BOSTON

AWARDS

IBLA Gran Prize Winners

perform at the

Berklee College of Music

Prof. Gregory Fritze

Chair of Composition

BOSTON

MASSACHUSSETS

***

2010

March 31 , 2010

Wednesday

IBLA -BOSTON

AWARDS

IBLA Gran Prize Winners

perform at the

Berklee College of Music

Prof. Gregory Fritze

Chair of Composition

BOSTON

MASSACHUSSETS

***

2010

March 27

Saturday 12.00 pm

IBLA Rotary

Inner Wheel Club Ragusa

Local young musicians will compete in the

first round of the

Ragusa Young Talent Competition

Italy

***

2010

February 19-20-21

IBLA - LANCASTER AWARD

at Lancaster, PA

IBLA Gran Prize Winners

perform with the

Lancaster Symphony

Lancaster

PENNSYLVANIA

***

2010

January 31 - February 5

IBLA GHANA AWARDS
IBLA Winners perform
in Accra for the

University of Ghana

&

for the King of the Ashanti

the ruling tribe of Ghana

***

2009

November 22-24

IBLA POLAND AWARDS

IBLA WinnersJill Kemp recorder & Anna Rutkowska Schock, pianist

perform on
November 24, 5.00 p.m.

the State School of Music in Dzierzoniow

November 23, 4.00 p.m.
The State School of Music in Olawa

November 23, 7.00 p.m.  
the inauguration concert of the Competition for Winds
at the R. Bukowski State School of Music in Wroclaw

November 22nd, 7p.m.
The Theater Hall, K. Lipinski Academy of Music in Wroclaw

***

2009

November 2009

IBLA - INDONESIA

AWARDS & Competition

postponed

to a date to be determined

***

2009

October 24

Saturday, 5.00 pm

IBLA NEW YORK

Cocktail Reception

New York University

Lillian Vernon House for Creative Writing

58 West 10th Street

Presentation of the book

"Soldier in the Grass"

by Joanna Crispi

***

2009

October 9-10-11

IBLA - LANCASTER AWARD

IBLA Gran Prize Winners

perform with the

Lancaster Symphony

Lancaster

PENNSYLVANIA

***

2009

July 12

Sunday 9.00 pm

IBLA - AFRICA AWARDS

A selected number of

IBLA Grand Prize

musicians will perform the final concert of the

IBLA Grand Prize

in

VILLA CRISCIONE

Ragusa, Italy

All donations collected on this occasion will benefit the Carmelitani Mission of

Padre Bruno and Padre Renato

in Madagascar

***

2009

July 2- July 12

XVIII EDITION

IBLA GRAND PRIZE

from morning to night

the IBLA Grand Prize Competitions

will take place in Ragusa Ibla.

Internationally selected Musicians will perform in the Falcone Borsellino Hall for the International Jury, in Piazza Pola and in Giardini Iblei for the audience.

Ragusa, Ibla, Sicily

ITALY

***

2009

May 1-2-3-4

IBLA -ARKANSAS

AWARDS

IBLA Gran Prize Winners

perform in

Little Rock

and

JacksonVille

ARKANSAS

***

2009

April 28-29-30

IBLA -NORTH DAKOTA

AWARDS

IBLA Gran Prize Winners

perform at

MINOT

NORTH DAKOTA

UNIVERSITY

***

2009

April 27

Monday 6:00 pm

IBLA - CARNEGIE HALL

AWARDS

IBLA Gran Prize Winners
perform their

New York Debut

at

Carnegie Weill Hall

57th Street at Seventh Avenue

&

GALA DINNER 8:30 pm

at LeCirque

150 East 58th Street

in

New York City

***

2009

April 24

Friday 8:00pm

IBLA - RADFORD

AWARDS

IBLA Gran Prize Winners

perform at

RADFORD UNIVERSITY

in a new 350-seat Performance Hall

designed by Jaffe Holden Acoustics,

the same firm that designed the

Carnegie Zankel Recital Hall,

with two new Steinway concert grand pianos.

VIRGINIA

***

March 17, 2009

IBLA - MILANO AWARDS

11.00 am

morning concert

&

19.00 pm

evening concert

Galleria d'Arte Moderna

Villa Reale

Via Palestro 16

Milano

Concert for Students

IBLA Grand Prize Winner

Ekaterina Anokhina

Belorussian Cimbalum

performs her Milano Debut

presented by

Marcello Abbado

***

2009

February 28, 2009

Wednesday

IBLA -BOSTON

AWARDS

IBLA Gran Prize Winners

perform at the

Berklee College of Music

Prof. Gregory Fritze

Chair of Composition

BOSTON

MASSACHUSSETS

***

2008

December 17, Wednesday

8.00 pm

IBLA - New York

IBLA Winner Composer

Johnny Rose's

"Buson's Ballet" for

piano, cello & clarinet

is presented at

Merkin Hall

New York City

"Sponsored by the PCP Foundation;

For tickets call (212)501-3330."

***

2008

December 10

IBLA - New York

Winter GALA

at LeCirque

New York City

***

2008

December 7

IBLA - New York

AWARDS

IBLA Winner

Violinist Leticia Munoz Moreno

from Spain

performs at Carnegie Weill Hall

New York City

***

2008

December 5

IBLA - New York

AWARDS

IBLA Winners

performs for the

Italian Legion of Merit

at the

Union League Club

38 East 37th Street

New York City

***

2008

July 20-30

IBLA - Kent State University

Scholarship

AWARD

IBLA Winners are offered the opportunity to study with IBLA Winners Pianist Jerry Wong and perform at

Severance Hall in

Cleveland
OHIO

 

***

2008

July 13

Sunday 9.00 pm

IBLA - AFRICA AWARDS

A selected number of

IBLA Gran Prize

musicians will perform the final concert of the

IBLA Grand Prize

in

VILLA CRISCIONE

Ragusa, Italy

All donations collected on this occasion will benefit the Carmelitani Mission of

Padre Bruno and Padre Renato

in Madagascar

***

2008

July 3- July 13, 2008

XVII EDITION

IBLA GRAND PRIZE

from morning to night

the IBLA Grand Prize Competitions

will take place in Ragusa Ibla.

Internationally selected Musicians will perform in the Falcone Borsellino Hall for the International Jury, in Piazza Pola and in Giardini Iblei for the audience.

Ragusa, Ibla, Sicily

ITALY

2008 Competition Results

***

2008

June 11-12-14

IBLA - MONTECARLO

AWARDS

IBLA Gran Prize Winner

Soprano Adrienn Miks

Alessio Quaresima pianist

perform at the

Montecarlo World Music Masters

reserved exclusively to International Competition Winners

*

quarter final - June 11 semi final -  June 12 final with orchestra - June 14

Salle Garnier Opera de Montecarlo

Ruggero Raimondi, President

http://www.montecarlopianomasters.com/html_master/

***

2008

May 10

Saturday 1:00 pm

IBLA - NEW YORK

AWARDS

IBLA Gran Prize Winners

perform at the

St. Francis of Sales Church

96th Street

between Park Ave & Lexington Av.

in honor of His Excellency

Archibishop Sullivan

Vicar General of the Archdiocese

of New York

***

2008

May 4

Sunday 6:00 pm

IBLA JACKSONVILLE

AWARDS
IBLA Gran Prize Winners

perform at

First United

Methodist Church

in

Jacksonville, AR

***

2008

May 3

Saturday 7:30 pm

IBLA LITTLE ROCK

AWARDS

IBLA Gran Prize Winners

perform at

Wildwood Theatre

in

Little Rock, AR

***

2008

May 2

Friday 7:30 pm

IBLA LITTLE ROCK

AWARDS

IBLA Gran Prize Winners

perform at

USA Air Force Base

for the Commander of the

314 Services Squadron

in

Little Rock, AR

***

2008

May 2

Friday 1:00 pm

IBLA LITTLE ROCK

AWARDS

IBLA Gran Prize Winners

perform at

Gibbs Magnet School

in

Little Rock, AR

***

2008

May 2

Friday 9:00 am

IBLA LITTLE ROCK

AWARDS

IBLA Gran Prize Winners

perform at

Parkview Magnet School

in

Little Rock, AR

***

2008

May 1

Thursday 1:00 pm

IBLA STAR CITY

AWARDS

IBLA Gran Prize Winners

perform at

Star City High School

in

Star City, AR

***

2008

May 1

Thursday 10:30 am

IBLA STAR CITY

AWARDS

IBLA Gran Prize Winners

perform at

Jim Brown School

in

Star City, AR

***

2008

April 29

Tuesday 6:00 pm

IBLA

CARNEGIE HALL

AWARDS

57th Street at Seventh Avenue

&

GALA DINNER 8:30 pm

at LeCirque

150 East 58th Street

in

New York City

***

IBLA Gran Prize Winners
perform their

New York Debut

***

2008

April 29

Tuesday 1:00 pm

IBLA - EPTA
The EPTA World Piano Teachers Conference

will continue at
New York University
Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimo'
24 West 12th St.

NEW YORK CITY

***

2008

April 28

Monday 6:00 pm

IBLA - NEW YORK

AWARDS

IBLA Gran Prize Winners
perform at
New York University
Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimo'
24 West 12th St.

NEW YORK CITY

***

2008

April 28

Monday 1:00 pm

IBLA - EPTA

presents the
World Piano Teachers Conference

at
New York University
Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimo'
24 West 12th St.

NEW YORK CITY

***

2008

April 28

Monday 12:30pm

IBLA BROOKLYN

AWARDS

IBLA Gran Prize Winners

perform at the

J. CAVALLARO SCHOOL

BROOKLYN

***

2008

April 27

Sunday 4:30pm

IBLA BROOKLYN

AWARDS

IBLA Gran Prize Winners

perform at the

J. CAVALLARO SCHOOL

BROOKLYN

***

2008

April 25

Friday 8:00pm

IBLA RADFORD

AWARDS

IBLA Gran Prize Winners

perform at

RADFORD UNIVERSITY

VIRGINIA

***

2008

April 24

Thursday 1:00 pm

IBLA - OHIO

KENT STATE UNIVERSITY

AWARDS

IBLA Gran Prize Winners
perform at

Kent State University

OHIO

***

2008

February 20 Wednesday 6:00 pm

IBLA - BOSTON

AWARDS

IBLA Gran Prize Winners
perform at the

Berklee School of Music

in Boston

 

***

2007

December 16 - January 8

IBLA - INDONESIA

AWARDS

IBLA Gran Prize Winners
perform

in Surabaya

Balai Adika Hall

&

in Jakarta

Italian Culture Institute

with the cooperation of

IBLA Winner

Genssly Ediansyah Syams

&

Hendrata Prasetia

Indonesia


 

click here for past events

a rare view of a snow covered Ragusa Ibla

Images of Sicily, views of Ragusa Ibla

Images of Sicily: Villa Zinna

2010

IBLA GRAND PRIZE

July 1 to July 11
Ragusa-Ibla

Sicily

Italy

The IBLA Foundation in New York City organizes an annual music competition for pianists, singers, instrumentalists and composers which takes place in Ragusa Ibla, Italy. Winners have been presented in such venues as Lincoln Center Alice Tully Hall and Carnegie Hall in New York, the Tokyo Opera City Hall, the Tchaikovsky Bolshoi Hall in Moscow as well as other prestigious venues in Canada, Europe, Russia and the USA.

La Fondazione IBLA di New York City organizza un concorso per pianisti, cantanti, strumentisti e compositori che si tiene ogni anno a Ragusa Ibla in Sicilia. I vincitori sono stati presentati al Lincoln Center o Carnegie Hall di New York, alla Tokyo Opera City Hall, alla Tchaikovsky Bolshoi Hall di Mosca oltre ad altre prestigiose Università in Canada, Europa, Russia e USA.

2009 Spring Carnegie Hall & Gala

IBLAtimes2009

2008 Winter Carnegie Hall & Gala

2008 Competition Results

2008 Spring Carnegie Hall & Gala

2007 Spring Carnegie Hall & Gala

International Music Competitions and Festival
open to classical, jazz and contemporary music for

Pianists • Singers • Composers • Instrumentalists

no age limit

Piano Competition / Concorso Pianistico
"Bellini" Vocal Competition / Concorso di Canto "Bellini"
Competition for Composers / Concorso per Compositori
Strings Competition / Concorso per Archi
Winds Competition / Concorso per Fiati
Marimba Competition / Concorso per Marimba
Percussions Competition / Concorso Strumenti a Percussione

Dr. Salvatore Moltisanti

President

in cooperation with

New York University

Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimo'

E. P. T. A. Associates of New York

The City of Little Rock

Radford University in Virginia

Berklee School of Music in Boston
McGill University in Montreal, Canada
Queen's University in Kingston, Canada
  STEINWAY & SONS
Città di Ragusa
Provincia Regionale di Ragusa & AAPIT

Ibla Grand Prize Concert Site

presented by

IBLA FOUNDATION
Board of Directors


New York Chairwoman

Baroness Mariuccia Zerilli Marimo'


Tokyo - Indonesia Chairwoman

Lady Dewi Soekarno

New York Gala Chairs

Lillian Vernon & Paolo Martino

New YorK Vice-Chairs
Steve & Rebecca Madsen

Joanna Crispi

Jocelyne Wildenstein
Baroness Gabrielle Langendorff

IBLA Little Rock Chairwoman
Ms. Joan Zumwalt


IBLA Little Rock Director

Mr. Sherman Banks


IBLA Italy Chairs

Dr. Franco & Cettina Spampinato


International Jury Chairman

Maestro Marcello Abbado


Executive Director

Mr. Michael Yasenak

Directors
Ms. Kelly Knox

Ms. Chie Sato Roden

Dr. Salvatore Moltisanti

President

 


 

IBLA NEWS
updated as of February 22, 2010

 

2009, April 28, a German Television Report on IBLA Winner Violinist Elin Kolev

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX5dV_Buv_E

The office is now accepting applications for the 2010 IBLA GRAND PRIZE Competitions

Application Procedures

Applications

Frequently Asked Questions

email:iblanyc@aol.com


phone: 212 387 0111

2010 Application Deadline

due to lenghty international visa procedures

the deadline has been extended to March 16 , 2010

At times electronic applications are not received.

Should you not receive an answer within 48 hours, please contact the office again. We may have not received the application.

Due to limited space and time, only a selected number of applicants will be admitted to the competition. All others will receive full application fee refund.

Send your materials via regular mail.

The office will be waiting for it once an e-mail communication has been established.

Please do not waste money in

express / registered / priority mails!!!

For an immediate answer to most of your questions, please visit the

Frequently Asked Questions

This document is the result of over 18 years of experience and it is frequently updated. You will find the answer to most of your questions. For additional questions contact the office.

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July 1 to July 11, 2010
Ragusa-Ibla, Sicily

"The sunbaked island of Sicily, the largest and historically richest in the Mediterranean, is the scene of the annual IBLA GRAND PRIZE, a piano competition held in a hall buried among the clusters of 17th and 18th century stone buildings that crowd the little threads of streets. The rocky town of only 80,000 lies just a few miles from where Ionian and Mediterranean meet at Sicily's southern most tip. Hearing piano-playing in this kind of setting is amazing. It is like the opening of an ornate and ancient casket only to find it stocked with glittering gems."
-Gordon Sparber, Winston-Salem Journal, NC, USA