The Valencia International Piano Competition Prize Iturbi (also referred to as the José Iturbi International Piano Competition[1]) is an international piano competition held in Valencia, Spain. It is named after virtuoso José Iturbi, born in Valencia. Created in 1981, it has been held ever since in the month of September and is part of the World Federation of International Music Competitions.

After four annual editions, in 1986 it became a biennial competition. In 2004 Valencia's Palau de la Música replaced the city's Teatro Principal as the competition's headquarters. In 2013 the competition was changed to a triennial periodicity. The competition consists of five rounds, as shown in the chart below. The prize has always included a cash award, recital and orchestral engagements, and a recording contract. As of 2013, the winner is awarded €18,000 in cash. On two occasions, 1982 and 1992, a First Prize was not awarded.

The Valencia Orchestra takes part in the finals.

Winners

Grand Winners
Year1st prize2nd prize3rd prize
1981 Poland Elza KolodinBrazil Edson EliasTurkey Hüseyin Sermet
1982 Not awardedNot awardedFrance Michel Gal
1983 New Zealand Patrick O'ByrneSoviet Union Youri PochtarUnited States Mary Kathleen Ernst
1984 Romania Christian BeldiNot awardedNot awarded
1986 Philippines Rowena ArrietaJapan Emiko KumagaiJapan Yumiko Urabe
1988 West Germany Igor KamenzItaly Brenno AmbrosiniPhilippines Jovianney Emmanuel Cruz
1990 Soviet Union Aleksey OrlovetskyItaly Luca ChiantoreNot awarded
1992 Not awardedNot awardedBulgaria Mariana Gurkova
1994 Russia Israel Miri YampolskyCuba Mauricio VallinaJapan Atsuko Seki
1996 Germany Uta WeyandTaiwan Jenny LinSouth Korea Jung-Eun Kim
1998 Australia Duncan GiffordNot awardedNot awarded
2000 Russia Israel Roman ZaslavskySpain Ángel SanzoGermany Sheila Arnold
2002 Greece Maria ZisiGermany Severin von Eckardstein

Azerbaijan Maria Stembolskaya (ex-a.)

 Not awarded
2004 Russia Alexandre MoutouzkineFrance Jean-Frédéric NeuburgerGermany Ingmar Schwindt
2006 Spain Josu de Solaun SotoRussia Valentina IgoshinaRussia Andrei Yaroshinsky
2008 China Zhengyu ChenSouth Korea Soyeon KimRussia Spain Marianna Prjevalskaya
2010 Russia Andrei YaroshinskyLatvia Arta ArnicaneRussia Aleksey Lebedev
2012 Japan Tomoaki YoshidaRussia Ilya MaximovUkraine Tetiana Shefran
2015 Georgia (country) Luka OkrosItaly Viviana LasaracinaPoland Aleksandra Jablczynska
2017 Russia Fatima DzusovaSouth Korea Chon Sae-yoonSpain Jorge Nava
2021 Not awardedRussia Alexey SychevJapan Ryutaro Suzuki

Georgia (country) Salome Jordania (ex-a.)

References

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