Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition

The Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition (in Spanish: Concurso Internacional de Piano de Santander "Paloma O'Shea") is a piano competition taking place in Santander, Spain.[1] Founded in 1972 by Paloma O'Shea as a national prize, it turned into an international competition in its 2nd edition, and was professionalized in the mid-70s, being accepted into the World Federation of International Music Competitions in 1976.[2]

Organized by the Albéniz Foundation and chaired by the Infanta Margarita and sponsored by a network of civil service and private companies,[3] it arranges an extensive world tour for the winners,[4] including debuts in auditoriums such as the Carnegie Hall, National Auditorium of Music and the Wigmore Hall and cash prizes.[5] The 19th edition of the competition will take place from 25 July – 5 August 2018 (Registration deadline November 2017).

The competition

Currently, 20 pianists are accepted into the competition through a demanding shortlist of candidates. The competition consists of a preliminary round (pre-auditions in Spain, Paris, New York and Moscow), a recital round, a chamber music round and final concerto round with a symphony orchestra.

Guest artists

During the last stages of the competition, the participants perform with guest artists and ensembles. Past ensembles include the London Symphony Orchestra, Dresden Philharmonic, Spanish National Orchestra, Madrid Symphony Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Takacs Quartet, Ysaÿe Quartet and the Vienna Chamber Orchestra and conductors Philippe Entremont, Sergiu Comissiona and Jesús López-Cobos.[6] This year, guest artists will include RTVE Symphony Orchestra , director Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez and the Quiroga Quartet.

Juries

Members of the jury have included Josep Colom, Gary Graffman, Federico Mompou, Vlado Perlemuter, Joaquín Achúcarro, Aldo Ciccolini, Nikita Magaloff, Paul Badura-Skoda, Hiroko Nakamura, Fou Ts'ong, Eliso Virsaladze, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Rafael Orozco, Philippe Entremont, Alicia de Larrocha and Dimitri Bashkirov.[6] This edition, the jury will be composed by Dimitri Alexeev, Akiko Ebi, Márta Gulyás, Claudio Martínez-Mehner, Arie Vardi, Ian Yunwook Yoo and Marco Zuccarini.

Prize winners

This is a partial listing of prize-winners of the Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition.

Year Grand Prize 2nd prize 3rd prize Other
1972 Josep Colom Jesús González Alonso —
Honour Certificates
  • Martín Millán
  • Agustín Vergara
1974 Ruriko Kikuchi Jesús González Alonso
José M. Martínez Pínzolas		 María T. Berrueta de Rubio
Honour Certificates
  • Susan A. Howes
  • Manuel Quesada
  • María H. Revilla
1975 Marioara Trifan Peter Bithell Rebecca A. Penneys

4th: Silvie Carbonel
5th: Margarita Höhenrieder

1976 Hüseyin Sermet Ivan Klánský Not awarded

4th: Janina Drath

Paulo E. Gori

5th: Nina Hamaguchi
6th: Marie Sprimont
7th: Milan Langer

1977 Ramzi Yassa Jeremy Atkins
David Allen Wehr		 Not awarded
Special Prizes
1978 Josep Colom Frédéric Aguessy Anna Manasarova
4th prize
Other prizes
1980 Not awarded Barry Douglas Dan Atanasiu
Francesco Nicolosi
Antonio Lavín prize
  • Yumiko Maruyama
Ana de los Ríos prize
  • Megumi Umene
Conservatory prize
1982 Marc Raubenheimer Oleg Volkov Yves Rault

4th: Alec Chien
5th: Eric N'Kaoua
6th: Kazuoki Fujii

1984 Hugh Tinney José Carlos Cocarelli Rauf Kasimov

4th: Fei-Ping Hsu
5th: Daniel Rivera
6th: William Koehler
7th: Nigora Akhmedova
8th: Edward Zilberkant
Special prize: Viktor Chernelievsky

1987 David Allen Wehr Sergey Yerokhin Bernd Glemser

4th: Pavel Nersessian

Xiang-Dong Kong

5th: Matthias Fletzberger

Grand PrizeHonour PrizeHonour mentionsFinalist prizes
1990 Not awarded Sergey Yerokhin David Kuijken

Brenno Ambrosini
Viktor Lyadov
Jean-François Dichamp
Claudio Martínez Mehner

Semifinalists diploma

Isabel Dubuis
Mariana Gurkova
Oxana Rapita
Alexander Sandler
Emily White
Marta Zabaleta

1992 Eldar Nebolsin Xu Zhong —

Markus Groh
Mariana Gurkova
Eduardo Monteiro
Vadim Rudenko

1995 Not awarded Enrico Pompili —

Armands Ābols
Carl Cranmer
Miguel Ituarte
Polina Leschenko
David M. Louie

1998 Yung Wook Yoo Jong Hwa Park Plamena Mangova
Laureate prizes
2002 Not awarded Boris Giltburg Ning An
Soyeon Lee
Laureate prizes
Grand Prize2nd prize3rd prizeAudience Prize
2005 Alberto Nosè Herbert Schuch Jie Chen Alberto Nosè
2008 Jue Wang Avan Yu Kotaro Fukuma Avan Yu
2012
0		 Not awarded
0		 Ahn Ah-ruem
0		 Tamar Beraia
János Palojtay		 Tamar Beraia
0
2015 Juan Pérez Floristán David Jae-Weon Huh Jianing Kong Juan Pérez Floristán

Special prizes
YearBest Spanish contestantContemporary musicChamber musicSpanish music
1978 María Teresa Berrueta de Rubio
1980 Martin Doerrie Michiko Tsuda
1982 Yves Rault Eric N'Kaoua
1984 Luis Á. Sarobe William Koehler William Koehler Zuzana Paulechová
1987 Jorge L. Otero Claire Desert Claire Desert Clélia Iruzun
1990 Claudio Martínez Mehner David Kuijken Viktor Lyadov Mariana Gurkova
1992 Marta Zabaleta Laura Mikkola Tatiana Pavlova Wi Yu
1995 Enrico Pompili Armen Babakhanian Carl Cranmer

Grant-prizes
Year
1987 Xiang-Dong Kong
1990 Jean-François Dichamp Claudio Martínez Mehner Giorgia Tomassi
1992 Carlos Apellániz Laura Mikkola Andrei Zheltonog
1995 Freddy Kempf Polina Leschenko

See also

References
  1. Fundación Sinfonía. "Santander Piano Competition Paloma O'Shea Piano Competition".
  2. "Korea Shines in International Competition". Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  3. "Who are we". Santander Piano Competition. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  4. "Prizes". Paloma O'Shea Piano Competition. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  5. World Federation of International Music Competitions. "XVIth "Paloma O'Shea" Santander International Piano Competition". Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  6. "Winners, Juries, Orchestras and Guests Artists". Concurso Internacional de Piano de Santander. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
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