International Piano Competition of Orléans
The International Piano Competition of Orléans (French: Concours International de Piano d'Orléans) is an international piano competition dedicated exclusively to music of the XXth-XXIst centuries that is held biannually in Orléans, France. The only of its kind as of 2022.,[1] the competition has been founded in 1994 by French pianist and pedagogue Françoise Thinat, is a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions[2] and a partner of Busoni Competition.[3]
For every edition, a piece is commissioned from one of internationally established composers as an obligatory piece for the competitors. Those who have written for the competition up till 2022 are Eric Tanguy, Patrick Burgan, Thierry Escaich, Pierre Jodlowski, Edith Canat de Chizy, Philippe Hurel, Jacques Lenot, Jérôme Combier, Philippe Hersant, Hèctor Parra, Pascal Dusapin and Philippe Manoury.[4] The jury has included, over the years, such names as Idil Biret, Claude Helffer, François-Frédéric Guy and Unsuk Chin.[5]
History
[edit]In 1989 Francoise Thinat has founded an association which was supposed to promote piano music of the XXth century, and the first edition of the competition took place in 1994. She imagined
«an ideal competition, with a unique programme, an open repertoire, a collegial jury ... an age limit which would encourage «a second breath», without discouraging very young talents...».[6][7]
Starting 1998, every participant should include a work by a young composer of choice, and a composition prize is awarded to the composer of the piece deemed best by the jury. Six years after, in 2004, the first edition for children «Brin d'herbe» took place[8]
Laureates
[edit]| Year | 1st Prize | 2nd Prize | 3rd Prize | Composition Award
André Chevillion – Yvonne Bonnaud |
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| 1994 | Shinji Urakabe  Japan
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Hideki Nagano Japan
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Ananda Sukarlan  Indonesia
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| 1996 | Fabio Grasso  Italy
Thomas Hell |
Rita Kinka  Hungary
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| 1998 | Toros Can  Turkey
Ami Fujiwara |
Ami Fujiwara Japan
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Maria Stembolskaya  Russia
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Unsuk Chin  South Korea
Franck Krawczyk |
| 2000 | Saori Mizumura Japan
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Andrea Corazziari Italy
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Alexandre Pirojenko Russia
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Muhiddin Dûrrûoglu-Demiriz  Belgium
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| 2002 | Winston Choi  Canada
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Nino Jvania  Georgia
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Makoto Ueno Japan
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Vykintas Baltakas  Lithuania
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| 2004 | Francesco Schlime  Luxembourg
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Reto Reichenbach  Switzerland
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Ya-Ou Xie  China
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Kenneth Hesketh  UK
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| 2006 | Wilhem Latchoumia  France
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Prodromos Symeonidis  Greece
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Ermis Theodorakis Greece
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David Rakowski  USA[9]
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| 2008 | Florence Cioccolani France
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Antal Sporck  Netherlands
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Adam Marks USA
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Mayoko Fukami Japan
Vera Ivanova Thierry Huillet |
| 2010 | Christopher Falzone USA
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Yejin Gil South Korea
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Anaël Bonnet France
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Adam Roberts USA[11]
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| 2012 | Christopher Guzman USA
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Andrew Zhou USA
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Christopher Stark USA[12]
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| 2014 | Imri Talgam  Israel
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Aline Piboule France
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Kathrin Isabelle Klein  Germany
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Didier Rotella France
Nicolas Mondon |
| 2016 | Takuya Otaki Japan
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Marianna Abrahamyan  Armenia
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Philippe Hattat France
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Philippe Hattat France
Matthias Krüger |
| 2018 | Maroussia Gentet France
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Hyeonjun Jo South Korea
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Miharu Ogura Japan
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Miharu Ogura Japan[15]
Hyeonjun Jo |
| 2020 | Mikhaïl Bouzine Russia Germany
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Dmitry Batalov Russia
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Chae-Um Kim South Korea
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Tetsuya Yamamoto Japan
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| 2022 | Lorenzo Soulès France
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Chisato Taniguchi Japan
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Chi Ho Han South Korea
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Matthieu Acar France
Miharu Ogura |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "International Piano Competition of Orléans 2022 | GFPA". Archived from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ "Member Competitions". World Federation of International Music Competitions. 20 February 2018.
- ^ "Il Busoni fa esordire la "Junior Jury"" (in Italian). 27 May 2017.
- ^ Commissioned pieces – Orléans Concours International
- ^ Adult competition – Orléans Concours International
- ^ "La lettre du Musicien" (in French).
- ^ Attitude. "Concours d'Orléans : Françoise Thinat tourne la page". www.lalettredumusicien.fr (in French). Retrieved 18 November 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Concours junior – Orléans Concours International" (in French). Retrieved 20 November 2019.
- ^ "Concours international de piano d'Orléans 2006 – Orléans Concours International" (in French).
- ^ "Florence Cioccolani, lauréate du Concours international de piano d'Orléans". Qobuz (in French) (published 1 October 2022). 5 March 2008.
- ^ admin (2 March 2010). "Le parcours sans faute de Christopher Falzone – Concours international de piano d'Orléans". Concertclassic (in French). Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ "Christopher Guzman lauréat 2012 du Concours d'Orléans". Qobuz (in French). 5 March 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ "Imri Talgam remporte le 11e concours international de piano d'Orléans". France Musique (in French). 17 March 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ Tosi, Michèle. "Finale du 12e Concours international de piano d'Orléans « Concours « La Scène « ResMusica" (in French). Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ Anastasio, Sofia (20 March 2018). "Palmarès du Concours international de piano d'Orléans 2018". France Musique (in French). Retrieved 1 October 2022.
