International Tchaikovsky Competition
{{short description|Quadrennial classical music competition in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, Russia}}
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The International Tchaikovsky Competition is a classical music competition held every four years in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, Russia, for pianists, violinists, and cellists between 16 and 32 years of age and singers between 19 and 32 years of age. The competition is named after Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
The International Tchaikovsky Competition was the first international music competition held in the Soviet Union, beginning in 1958. For the XIV competition in 2011, Valery Gergiev was appointed the competition's chairman, and Richard Rodzinski, former president of the Van Cliburn Foundation, was appointed general director. A new voting system was instituted, created by mathematician John MacBain,{{Cite web | title=John MacBain, Computer Scoring System - Indianapolis International Violin Competition | website=The Violin Channel | date=16 September 2014 | url=https://mobile.theviolinchannel.com/jury-computer-scoring-system-indianapolis-violin-competition/ | access-date=30 November 2024}} and used by the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, and the Cleveland International Piano Competition. All rules and regulations also underwent a complete revision. Emphasis was placed on the composition of the jury, which consisted primarily of well-known and respected performing artists.{{Cite web|date=2011-09-20|title=Everything to play for at the Tchaikovsky competition|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/sep/20/tchaikovsky-competition-moscow-gergiev|access-date=2020-10-30|website=the Guardian|language=en}}
The XIV International Tchaikovsky Competition was held in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia, from 14 June to 1 July 2011, under the auspices of the Russian federal government and its Ministry of Culture. The competition disciplines were piano, violin, cello, and voice (male singers and female singers). The XV competition took place in June 2015.{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/classicalmusic/11719314/Tchaikovsky-piano-competition-sees-self-taught-Frenchman-take-Russia-by-storm.html | work=The Telegraph | title=Tchaikovsky piano competition sees self-taught Frenchman take Russia by storm | first= Ismene | last=Brown | date=6 July 2015 |access-date=7 July 2015}} The XVI competition took place 17–29 June 2019, in Moscow and St. Petersburg; woodwind and brass competition disciplines were added.{{cite web |title=The XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition |url=https://tchaikovskycompetition.com/en/ |access-date=2 February 2019}} The XVII International Tchaikovsky Competition was held in Moscow in 2023. The XVIII International Tchaikovsky Competition will take place in 2027.{{cite web |title=The XVII International Tchaikovsky Competition |url=https://tchaikovskycompetition.com/en/schedule/ |access-date=22 October 2024}}
Prizes
Cash prizes are awarded to the top-five competitors in each discipline of piano, violin, cello, and to each of the top four competitors in the men's and women's solo vocal categories. First prize (not always awarded) is US$30,000; second, US$20,000; third, US$10,000; fourth, US$5,000; and fifth, US$3,000. An additional prize, a Grand Prix of US$100,000, may be awarded to one of the gold medalists deemed outstanding by the juries. Additional awards are given for best performance of the chamber concertos and the commissioned new work.{{cite web|url=http://tchaikovsky-competition.com/en |title=XIV International Tchaikovsky Competition |access-date=31 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615010833/http://tchaikovsky-competition.com/en |archive-date=15 June 2011 }}.
For the 2019 competition, the prizes{{Cite web|url=http://tch15.medici.tv/en/page/awards|title=#TCH15 – Awards|website=tch15.medici.tv|access-date=19 July 2019}} were as follows:
| class="wikitable" | |
| style="text-align:center" | Prize
| style="text-align:center" | Amount | |
| Grand Prix | US$100,000 in addition to the 1st Prize amount, for a total of US$130,000 |
| 1st Prize | US$30,000 and a Gold Medal |
| 2nd Prize | US$20,000 and a Silver Medal |
| 3rd Prize | US$10,000 and a Bronze Medal |
| 4th Prize | US$5,000 and a Diploma |
| 5th Prize | US$3,000 and a Diploma |
| 6th Prize | US$2,000 and a Diploma |
| Best performance of a concerto with a chamber orchestra in Round II (in the piano, violin, and cello sections) | US$2,000 and a Diploma |
History
Held every four years, the first competition, in 1958, included two disciplines: piano and violin. Beginning with the second competition, in 1962, a cello category was added, and the vocal division was introduced during the third competition in 1966. In 1990, a fifth discipline was announced for the IX International Tchaikovsky Competition: a contest for violin makers, which traditionally comes before the main competition. In 2019, two new categories were added to the competition, woodwinds and brass.{{Cite web|url=https://www.classicalmusicnews.ru/tchaikovskycompetition/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615010833/http://tchaikovsky-competition.com/en|url-status=dead|title=Конкурс имени Чайковского – все новости и публикации|archive-date=15 June 2011|access-date=19 July 2019}}
=Tianxu An incident=
On 25 June 2019, at the final round of the piano category, Chinese competitor Tianxu An was supposed to play Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 followed by Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. However, the scores on the orchestra's and conductor's stands were placed in reversed order and the Rachmaninoff piece was announced first, different from what the pianist requested. Since An didn't understand Russian, he was unaware of the situation. With the piano entry in the Rachmaninoff almost immediate, the performance "began with a failure". Following the incident, jury chair Denis Matsuev invited him to perform the program again, but An declined. The competition made an official apology and the orchestra administration suspended the responsible staff after the event. An was eventually awarded a "special prize" for his confidence and courage.{{cite report |url=https://tchaikovskycompetition.com/en/news/304.htm |title=An Tianxu has decided not to give a repeat performance of his programme |date=26 June 2019 |website=Tchaikovsky Competition}}{{cite news |url=https://www.rhinegold.co.uk/international_piano/tchaikovsky-finalists-chances-scuppered-after-programme-mix-up/ |title=Tchaikovsky finalist's chances scuppered after programme mix-up |date=27 June 2019 |publisher=Rhinegold Publishing |first=Josephine |last=Miles}}{{cite news |url=https://www.thestrad.com/news/orchestra-plays-one-concerto-while-soloist-is-expecting-another/9159.article |title=Orchestra plays one concerto while soloist is expecting another |date=28 June 2019 |work=The Strad}}{{cite news |url=https://www.francemusique.com/musical-knowledge/unbelievable-hiccup-during-prestigious-international-tchaikovsky-competition-22598 |title=Unbelievable hiccup during the prestigious International Tchaikovsky Competition |date=3 July 2019 |publisher=France Musique}}
= World Federation of International Music Competitions =
In 1971, the International Tchaikovsky Competition joined the World Federation of International Music Competitions (WFIMC), which had been founded in 1957. On 19 April 2022, in line with widespread sanctions in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the WFIMC decided with an overwhelming majority of member votes to exclude the International Tchaikovsky Competition from its membership with immediate effect.{{Cite press release
|date=2022-04-19 |publisher=World Federation of International Music Competitions
|title=Vote to exclude the International Tchaikovsky Competition
|url=https://www.wfimc.org/sites/default/files/news/press-release-tchaikovsky.pdf
|title=The World Federation of International Music Competitions (WFIMC) has excluded the International Tchaikovsky Competition
|url=https://tchaikovskycompetition.com/en/news/?ELEMENT_ID=8583 |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=tchaikovskycompetition.com
}}
Prize winners
Winners of the prizes and medals awarded in the given year and category.{{Cite web|url=https://tch16.medici.tv/en/past-winners/|title=Past Winners of the International Tchaikovsky Competition since 1958: full list"|website=Medici.tv|access-date=28 July 2021}}
= Piano =
= Violin =
| {{MedalistTable|type=Year}} |
| 1958
| Valery Klimov (USSR) | Victor Pikayzen (USSR) | {{ill|Ștefan Ruha|ro}} (Romania) |
|---|
| 1962
| Boris Gutnikov (USSR) | Shmuel Ashkenasi (Israel) | Nina Beilina (USSR) |
| 1966
| Viktor Tretiakov (USSR) | Masuko Ushioda (Japan) | Yoko Sato (Japan) |
| 1970
| Gidon Kremer (USSR) | Vladimir Spivakov (USSR) | Liana Isakadze (USSR) |
| 1974
| Not awarded | Eugene Fodor (USA) | Marie-Annick Nicolas (France) |
| 1978
| Ilya Grubert (USSR) | Mihaela Martin (Romania) | Irina Medvedeva (USSR) |
| 1982
| Viktoria Mullova (USSR) | Tomoko Kato (Japan) | Stephanie Chase (USA) |
| 1986
| Ilya Kaler (USSR) | {{ill|Xue Wei|ru|Сюе Вэй}} (China) | Jane Peters (Australia) |
| 1990
| Akiko Suwanai (Japan) |{{ill|Evgeny Bushkov|ru|Евгений Бушков}} (USSR) | Alyssa Park (USA) |
| 1994
| Not awarded | Anastasia Chebotareva (Russia) | {{ill|Graf Murzha|ru|Граф Муржа}} (Russia) |
| 1998
| Nikolai Sachenko (Russia) | Latica Honda-Rosenberg (Germany) | Ichun Pan (China) |
| 2002
| Not awarded | Tamaki Kawakubo (Japan/USA) | {{ill|Tatiana Samouil|de}} (Russia) |
| 2007
| Mayuko Kamio (Japan) | Nikita Boriso-Glebsky (Russia) | Yuki Manuela Janke (Germany) |
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| Not awarded | Sergey Dogadin (Russia) | {{ill|Jehye Lee|ru|Ли Джихе}} (South Korea) |
| 2015
| Not awarded | Yu-Chien Tseng (Taiwan) | Alexandra Conunova (Moldova) |
| 2019
| Sergey Dogadin (Russia) | Marc Bouchkov (Belgium) | Donghyun Kim (South Korea) |
| 2023
| Gyehee Kim (South Korea) | {{ill|Ravil Islyamov|ru|Ислямов, Равиль Фаридович}} (Russia) | Daniil Kogan (Russia) |
= Cello =
| {{MedalistTable|type=Year}} |
| 1962
| Natalia Shakhovskaya (USSR) | Leslie Parnas (USA) | Natalia Gutman (USSR) |
|---|
| 1966
| {{ill|Karine Georgian|ru|Георгиан, Каринэ Арменовна}} (USSR) | Stephen Kates (USA) | Kenichiro Yasuda (Japan) |
| 1970
| David Geringas (USSR) | {{ill|Victoria Yagling|nl}} (USSR) | Ko Iwasaki (Japan) |
| 1974
| Boris Pergamenschikov (USSR) | Ivan Monighetti (USSR) | Hirofumi Kanno (Japan) |
| 1978
| Nathaniel Rosen (USA) | Mari Fudzivara (Japan) | Alexander Kniazev (USSR) |
| 1982
| Antonio Meneses (Brazil) | Alexander Rudin (USSR) | Georg Faust (West Germany) |
| 1986
| Mario Brunello (Italy) | Suren Bagratuni (USSR) | Sara Sant'Ambrogio (USA) |
| 1990
| Gustav Rivinius (West Germany) | Françoise Groben (Luxembourg) | Bion Tsang (USA) |
| 1994
| Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 1998
| Denis Shapovalov (Russia) | Li-Wei Qin (Australia) | {{ill|Boris Andrianov|ru|Андрианов, Борис Анатольевич}} (Russia) |
| 2002
| Not awarded | Johannes Moser (Germany) | Claudius Popp (Germany) |
| 2007
| Sergey Antonov (Russia) | Alexander Buzlov (Russia) | István Várdai (Hungary) |
| 2011
| Narek Hakhnazaryan (Armenia) | Edgar Moreau (France) | Ivan Karizna (Belarus) |
| 2015
| Andrei Ioniță (Romania) | Alexander Ramm (Russia) | Alexander Buzlov (Russia) |
| 2019
| Zlatomir Fung (USA) | {{ill|Santiago Cañón Valencia|es|Santiago Cañón}} (Colombia) | Anastasia Kobekina (Russia) |
| 2023
| Youngeun Lee (South Korea) | Maria Zaitseva (Russia) | Sanghyeok Park (South Korea) |
= Vocal, female =
| {{MedalistTable|type=Year}} |
| 1966
| Jane Marsh (USA) | Veronica Tyler (USA) | Not awarded |
|---|
| 1970
| Elena Obraztsova (USSR) | Not awarded | Evdokia Kolesnik (USSR) |
| 1974
| Not awarded | {{ill|Lyudmila Sergienko|ru|Людмила Сергиенко}} (USSR) | Galina Kalinina (USSR) |
| 1978
| Lyudmila Shemchuk (USSR) | Lyudmila Nam (USSR) | Ewa Podleś (Poland) |
| 1982
| Lidiya Zabilyasta (USSR) | Khuraman Gasimova (USSR) | Dolora Zajick (USA) |
| 1986
| Natalia Erasova (USSR) | Barbara Kilduff (USA) | Maria Guleghina (USSR) |
| 1990
| Deborah Voigt (USA) | Marina Shaguch (USSR) | Emilia Oprea (Romania) |
| 1994
| Hibla Gerzmava (Georgia) | Laura Claycomb (USA) | Irina Gelahova (Russia) |
| 1998
| {{ill|Mieko Sato|jp|佐藤美枝子}} (Japan) | Elena Manistina (Russia) | Maira Mukhamed (Kazakhatan) |
| 2002
| Aitalina Afanasieva-Adamova (Russia) | {{ill|Wu Bixia|fr}} (China) | {{ill|Anna Samuil|de}} (Russia) |
| 2007
| Albina Shagimuratova (Russia) | Olesya Petrova (Russia) | Marika Gulordava (Japan) |
| 2011
| Sunyoung Seo (South Korea) | Not awarded | Elena Guseva (Russia) |
| 2015
| Yulia Matochkina (Russia) | Svetlana Moskalenko (Russia) | Mane Galoyan (Armenia) |
| 2019
| Maria Barakova (Russia) | Aigul Khismatullina (Russia) | Maria Motoligina (Russia) |
| 2023
| Zinaida Tsarenko (Russia) | Olga Maslova (Russia) | Albina Tonkikh (Belarus) |
= Vocal, male =
| {{MedalistTable|type=Year}} |
| 1966
| Vladimir Atlantov (USSR) | {{ill|Nikolay Okhotnikov|ru|Охотников, Николай Петрович}} (USSR) | Simon Estes (USA) |
|---|
| 1970
| Yevgeny Nesterenko (USSR) | Vladislav Piavko (USSR) | Victor Trishin (USSR) |
| 1974
|{{ill|Ivan Ponomarenko (singer)|lt=Ivan Ponomarenko|ru|Пономаренко, Иван Викторович|uk|Пономаренко Іван Вікторович}} (USSR) | Kolos Kováts (Hungary) | Anatoly Ponomarenko (USSR) |
| 1978
| Not awarded | Valentin Pivovarov (USSR) | Yuri Statnik (USSR) |
| 1982
| Paata Burchuladze (USSR) | Gegham Grigoryan (USSR) | Vladimir Chernov (USSR) |
| 1986
| Alexander Morozov (USSR) | Barseg Tumanyan (USSR) | Sergei Martynov (USSR) |
| 1990
| Hans Choi (USA) | Boris Statsenko (USSR) | Oleg Kulko (USSR) |
| 1994
| Chen-Ye Yuan (China) | Not awarded | Mikhail Davydov (Russia) |
| 1998
| Besik Gabitashvili (Georgia) | Yevgeny Nikitin (Russia) | Alexander Kisselev (Russia) |
| 2002
| {{ill|Mikhail Vladimirovich Kazakov|ru|Казаков, Михаил Владимирович|lt=Mikhail Kazakov}} (Russia) | Andrej Dunaev (Russia) | Kim Don Seub (South Korea) |
| 2007
| Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Ukraine) | Dmitry Belosselskiy (Russia) | Maxim Paster (Ukraine) |
| 2011
| Jongmin Park (South Korea) | Enkhbatyn Amartüvshin (Mongolia) | Not awarded |
| 2015
| Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar (Mongolia) | Chuanyue Wang (China) | Hansung Yoo (South Korea) |
| 2019
| Georgios Alexandros Stavrakakis (Greece) | Gihoon Kim (South Korea) | Migran Agagzanyan (Russia) |
| 2023
| Jihoon Son (South Korea) | Maksim Lisiin (Russia) | Inheo Jeong (South Korea) |
= Woodwinds =
| {{MedalistTable|type=Year}} |
| 2019
| Matvey Demin (flute; Russia) | Joidy Blanco (flute; Venezuela) | Alessandro Beverari (clarinet; Italy) |
|---|
| 2023
| Sofia Viland (flute; Russia) | Anna Komarova (flute; Russia) | Ye Sung Kim (flute; South Korea) |
= Brass =
| {{MedalistTable|type=Year}} |
| 2019
| Zeng Yun (horn; China) |Fedor Shagov (tuba; Russia) | Felix Dervaux (horn; France) |
|---|
| 2023
| Semyon Salomatnikov (trumpet; Russia) | Zhicheng Jin (horn; China) | Not awarded |
= Grand Prix =
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See also
References
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External links
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