Seregno - International Piano Competition Ettore Pozzoli
The International Piano Competition Ettore Pozzoli is a long-standing competition established in 1959 when a Piano Competition in Italy was still a new idea: it was the third with Vercelli and Bolzano. Ettore Pozzoli's widow donated her inheritance to the International Piano Competition Foundation in honour of her husband's memory.
The project has been entrusted to the City Council of Seregno that is commetted to promoting end preserving the name of its illustrious Citizen. The first edition of the competition took place in September 1959: the winner was Maurizio Pollini who soon after won first prize at the Chopin Competition in Warsaw. The Pozzoli Competition is held every two years in collaboration with the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan and Casa Ricordi part of the Unversal Studio.
Contact
Filomena Solito
Comune di Seregno
Piazza Martiri della Libertà 1
20831 Seregno (MB)
Italy
Vladimir Skomorokhov and Riito Shimata, 2nd prize winners ex aequo, the 33rd edition 2024.
Zixi Chen, 3rd prize winner, the 33rd edition 2024.
