2005 Laureates

2004 . 2003 . 2002 . 2001 . 2000 . 1999 . 1998

2005 RESULTS
IBLA WORLD COMPETITION
FOR PIANISTS, SINGERS, COMPOSERS AND INSTRUMENTALISTS

PLEASE NOTE THAT IBLA COMPETITORS ARE NOT JUDGED AGAINST EACH OTHER BUT IN REFERENCE TO A STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE


IBLA GRAND PRIZE AWARDS
TOP WINNERS

TOP WINNERS will be invited to perform in the winners' concert tour to be scheduled in Europe, Canada and the USA upon discretion of the New York IBLA Foundation Board of Directors.

Kyoko Ishigame, violinist JAPAN
special mention

Rajung Yang, pianist, Bartok - Prokovieff competition KOREA - USA
Bartok - Prokovieff Award

Anna Shakina, pianist RUSSIA
special mention for Ligeti - talent

Anna Shakina, piano concerto RUSSIA
special mention for Rachmaninoff

Hubert Giziewski, accordion duo POLAND
special mention for Piazzolla

Pawel Sulej, accordion duo POLAND
special mention for Piazzolla

Johanna Groebner, pianist, duo four hands AUSTRIA
special mentions for Rachmaninoff -Mozart

Veronika Trisko, pianist, duo four hands AUSTRIA
special mentions for Rachmaninoff -Mozart

Cezara - Lucia Vladescu, piano concerto ROMANIA
special mention for Beethoven

Cezara - Lucia Vladescu, pianist ROMANIA
special mention for Ginastera

Natalya Starkova, soprano RUSSIA

Tatiana Valueva, pianist RUSSIA

Anna Smirnova, mezzo-soprano RUSSIA

Tatiana Valueva, pianist RUSSIA

Nazareno Ferruggio, pianist ITALY
special mentions for Debussy - Martin

Jesslyn Julia Gunawan, pianist young 'A' INDONESIA
special mentions for Haendel - Chopin

Jesslyn Julia Gunawan, violinist young 'A' INDONESIA
special mention for talent 

Yukiko Hinami, pianist JAPAN
special mentions for Mozart

Yukiko Hinami, pianist, Bartok competition JAPAN
special mention for Bartok

Lenio Liatsou, pianist GREECE
Contemporary Music Award

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MOST DISTINGUISHED MUSICIANS
&
HONORARY SPECIAL MENTION WINNERS

Among these musicians some may be invited to perform in the winners concert tour in case of cancellation of the winners or upon discretion of the New York IBLA Foundation Board of Directors.

Federico Ermirio, composer ITALY

Sun - Im Cho, pianist KOREA-USA
special mentions for Ravel

Atsuko Ikuta, piano duo four hands JAPAN

Keiko Ikuta, piano duo four hands JAPAN
special mention for Rachmaninoff

Masaki Mochida, piano duo JAPAN

Yukiko Hinami, piano duo JAPAN
special mention for Casella

Ioulia Verchinina, pianist young 'B' RUSSIA
special mention for Chopin etudes

Naho Yamamoto, pianist JAPAN
special mention for Ligeti

Isabella Baer - Lara, soprano, USA

Alex Tuchman, pianist young 'A' USA

Alex Tuchman, pianist Bartok competition USA

Lee Voon Chu, pianist young 'B' SINGAPORE
special mention for Copland

Elixir trio:
Lucy Nargizyan, piano USA
Samvel Chilingarian, violin USA
Catherine Cavella, cello USA
special mention

The Bridge duo:
Matthew Jones, viola WALES
Michael Hampton, pianist ENGLAND
special mention for York Bowen

Irina Lubarova, piano concerto RUSSIA - ISRAEL

Or Re'em, piano accompanist ISRAEL
special mention for Rachmaninoff

Julia Udod, pianist young 'D' RUSSIA
special mention for Glinka - Balakirev

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DISTINGUISHED MUSICIANS

Chen Zhao, pianist SINGAPORE

Ka Man Chan, pianist young 'B' HONG - KONG

Hongbo Quan, pianist young 'D' CHINA - GERMANY

Vlada Vassilieva, pianist RUSSIA - MEXICO
special mention for Tchaikowsky - Rachmaninoff

Kang Hee Lee, pianist KOREA-GERMANY

Or Re'em, pianist ISRAEL
special mention for Rachmaninoff

Hilde Marie Torgauten, pianist NORWAY
special mention for scriabine

Imants Bluzmanis, pianist Bartok competition LATVIA

Ayaka Yamada, pianist concerto JAPAN - HUNGARY

Vlada Vassilieva, pianist young 'D' RUSSIA - MEXICO

Vlada Vassilieva, piano duo four hands RUSSIA - MEXICO

Anatoly Zatin, piano duo four hands RUSSIA - MEXICO

Giulio LoMonaco, pianist ITALY special mention for Shostakovich

Imantis Bluzmanis, pianist young 'C' LATVIA
special mention for talent

Soyeon Lee, pianist KOREA - FRANCE
special mention for Ravel

Lita Liviani Tandiono, violinist young 'A' INDONESIA

Lita Liviani Tandiono, pianist young 'A' INDONESIA

Luca Blasio, violinist ITALY

Alessio Quaresima, pianist ITALY

Nicholas Namoradze, pianist GEORGIA - HUNGARY
special mention for talent

Andrea Frezzolini, composer ITALY
special mention

Carla Rebora, composer ITALY
special mention

Sean Avram Carpenter, violinist USA

Atsuko Sakaguchi, pianist JAPAN

Sawako Shimizu, pianist JAPAN

Guy Slapak, pianist ISRAEL

Chiara Volpes, pianist ITALY
special mention for Berkovich

Yihua Cao, pianist young 'B' CHINA
special mention for talent

Irina Lubarova, pianist RUSSIA - ISRAEL

Emma Abbate, piano accompanist ITALY - ENGLAND

Maya Sapone, soprano ITALY - ENGLAND

Giuseppe Russo Rossi, viola ITALY

Maurizio Zaccaria, pianist ITALY

Sin Yu Kwok, pianist young 'A' HONG KONG special mention for talent

Ayaka Yamada, pianist JAPAN - HUNGARY

Roberta Vacca, composer ITALY
special mention

Ladislao Todoroff, composer ITALY
special mention

Paolo Longo, composer ITALY
special mention

Carmine Emanuele Cella, composer ITALY
special mention

Sin Yu Kwok, pianist young 'B' HONG KONG special mention for Glinka

Fabio Wittkowski, piano duo BRASIL - USA

Gisele Wittkowski, piano duo USA

Howard Na, pianist Bartok competiion USA

Thimoti Bastian Malonda, pianist INDONESIA

Biao Chen, composer CHINA - FRANCE

Ke-Chia Chen, composer CHINA

Paolo Geminiani, composer ITALY

Atsuko Ikuta, pianist JAPAN

Ka Man Chan, pianist young 'A', HONG KONG
special mention for talent

Irina Lubarova, piano duo RUSSIA - ISRAEL

Or Re'em, piano duo ISRAEL

Omi Hidetaka, piano concerto JAPAN

Hyung Sook Yoon, pianist KOREA

Pancrazio Pellitteri, piano duo ITALY

Antonino Pellitteri, piano duo ITALY

Daniele Coluccini, pianist young 'D' ITALY

Antia Couto Martinez, pianist young 'A' SPAIN
special mention for talent

Teruyo Hoshika, pianist JAPAN

Tihamer Hlavasek, pianist HUNGARY

Gianluca Imperato, pianist ITALY

Tatiana Kopyacheva, soprano RUSSIA

Marina Veselova, piano accompanist RUSSIA

Sin Yu Kwok, piano duo - four hands HONG KONG

Ka Man Chan, piano duo - four hands HONG KONG
special mention for talent

Soo-Woon Park, pianist KOREA

John Alan Rose, composer USA

Ivana Ristova, piano duo MACEDONIA

Dunjia Ivanova, piano duo MACEDONIA - USA

Juliette Regnaud, piano duo four hands FRANCE

Feriel Kaddour, piano duo four hands FRANCE

Rosario Giuseppe Sabbatino, piano concerto ITALY

Mayumi Shimizu, pianist JAPAN

Anna Starzec, pianist POLAND

Valentina Litvina, soprano RUSSIA

Eugene Gutchin, pianist RUSSIA

John Alan Rose, pianist Bartok competition USA

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ACCOMPLISHED MUSICIANS

Massimiliano Arizzi, sopranista ITALY
special mention for talent

Omi Hidetaka, piano concerto JAPAN

Howard Na, pianist USA

Masaki Mochida, pianist JAPAN

Janet De Vigne, soprano ENGLAND

Simon Marlow, piano accompanist ENGLAND

May Chung, pianist, Bartok competition USA

Paul Bonifaz Otero, pianist young 'C' MEXICO
special mention for talent

Dario Adamo, tenor ITALY
special mention for talent

Rosario Giuseppe Sabbatino, pianist ITALY

Teruyo Hoshika, pianist JAPAN - HUNGARY

Ivana Ristova, pianist Young 'D' MACEDONIA

Lucy Nargizyan, pianist ARMENIA - USA

Siu Yin Lie, piano duo four hands HONG - KONG

Hoi Hei Lie, piano duo four hands HONG - KONG

Jazz Trio: Rosario Riso, Salvo Perez, Vittorio Cataldo ITALY

Carl Rano, pianist USA

Fania Hafila, pianist young 'A' INDONESIA

Fania Hafila, pianist young 'B' INDONESIA
special mention for talent

Edith Widayani, pianist young 'B' INDONESIA

Edith Widayani, pianist young 'C' INDONESIA
special mention for talent

Sara Shoham, composer ISRAEL

Gloria Gil Rodriguez, composer SPAIN

Alfonso Rega, composer ITALY

Nicholas Ho, pianist young 'B' USA
special mention for talent

Mihyun Jeong, pianist KOREA

Santiago Lomelin, pianist young 'A' MEXICO
special mention for talent

Rosy Nigro, soprano ITALY

Yan Zhang, pianist young C HONG - KONG
special mention for talent

Siu Yin Lie, piano duo four hands HONG - KONG

Nicholas Ho, pianist young 'B' USA
special mention for talent

Dunja Ivanova, piano duo MACEDONIA

Ivana Ristova, piano duo MACEDONIA

Jacqui Bess, piano duo USA

Bibianne Yu, piano duo USA

Fiammetta & Serena Poidomani, vocal/guitar duo ITALY

Luis Ramirez, composer MEXICO

Roberto Scarcella Perino, composer ITALY - USA

Matthew Jones, composer ENGLAND

Jean'Michel Gillard, composer BELGIUM

Ke-Chia Chen, composer TAIWAN

Sayaka Mizutani, pianist JAPAN - HUNGARY

Mei Yee Chow, pianist young 'B' HONG - KONG
special mention for talent

Sandro Paterno, baritono ITALY

Ye-Jin Lee, pianist KOREA

Ka Hing Chan, pianist young 'A' HONG KONG
special mention for talent

Wai Ping Alice Yip, pianist young 'D' HONG - KONG
special mention for talent

Mei Yee Chow, pianist young ' A' HONG KONG
special mention for talent

Tji-kien Jap, pianist INDONESIA
special mention for talent

Stephanie Jaya, pianist young 'B' INDONESIA
special mention for talent

He Li, pianist CHINA
special mention for talent

Ka Hing Chan, pianist young 'B' HONG KONG
special mention

Ibai Basabe, pianist SPAIN

Tamara Golicnik, pianist SLOVENIA

Siu Yin Lie, pianist HONG KONG

Tommy Soetamto, pianist INDONESIA

Xu Weichao, pianist young ' C' CHINA
special mention for talent

Haijie Wang, pianist young 'C' CHINA
special mention for talent

Wai Ping Alice Yip, pianist HONG - KONG
special mention for talent

Jacqui Bess, piano duo USA

Bibianne Yu, piano duo HONG - KONG / USA

Nuyi Kong, pianist KOREA

Su-Kyoung Lee KOREA

Patrizia Marino ITALY

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