Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition

The Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition is an international piano competition specializing in the music championed by Arthur Rubinstein. The competition has been held every three years in Tel Aviv, Israel since 1974.

In 1974, Jan Jacob Bistritzky established the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition to promote the careers of young and outstanding pianists. The Arthur Rubinstein Award and other prizes are presented to the winners. The Rubinstein Competition also commissions works by Israeli composers.^[1] Emanuel Ax won first prize in the first competition.^[2]

Winners

Year	First prize	Second prize	Third prize
1974[3]	Emanuel Ax, USA	Eugene Indjic, USA	Janina Fialkowska, Canada & Seta Tanyel, Austria
1977[4]	Gerhard Oppitz, West Germany	Diana Kacso, Brazil	Etsuko Terada, Japan
1980[5]	Gregory Allen, USA	Ian Hobson, UK	Geoffrey Tozer, Australia
1983[6]	Jeffrey Kahane, USA	Hung-Kuan Chen, Taiwan	Fei-Ping Hsu, China
1986[7]	not awarded	Thomas Duis, West Germany	Angela Cheng, Canada
1989[8]	Ian Fountain, UK & Benjamin Frith, UK
1992[9]	Giorgia Tomassi, Italy	Simone Pedroni, Italy	Ilya Itin, Russia
1995[10]	Alexander Korsantia, Georgia	Sergei Tarasov, Russia	Ohad Ben-Ari, Israel
1998[11]	Igor Tchetuev, Ukraine	Vitaly Samoshko, Ukraine	Jong-Gyung Park, Korea
2001[12]	Kirill Gerstein, Russia	Ferenc Vizi, Romania	Massimiliano Ferrati, Italy
2005[13]	Alexander Gavrylyuk	Igor Levit	Yeol Eum Son
2008[14]	not awarded	Roman Rabinovich and Ching-Yun Hu	Khatia Buniatishvili
2011[15]	Daniil Trifonov	Boris Giltburg	Ilya Rashkovsky
2014[16]	Antonii Baryshevskyi, Ukraine	Steven Lin, USA	Seong-Jin Cho, South Korea

References

1. "About". The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society. 2012. Retrieved February 18, 2012.
2. Setting pianistic standards
3. "First Competition, September 1974". The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
4. "Second Competition, April 1977". The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
5. "Third Competition, April 1980". The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
6. "Fourth Competition, April 1983". The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
7. "The Fifth Competition, April 1986". The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
8. "Sixth Competition, April 1989". The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
9. "Seventh Competition, April 1992". The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
10. "Eighth Competition, April 1995". The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
11. "Ninth Competition, April 1998". The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
12. "Tenth Competition, April 2001". The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
13. "The 11th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition". The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
14. "The 12th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition". The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
15. "The 13th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition". The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
16. "The 14th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition". The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society. Retrieved 10 January 2016.

External links

• First Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition State Medal, 5734-1974