The big Picture: 2023 First Prize Winners at a glance

Federation

23 January 2024

A review of the past year shows South Korea remains number one

A total of 58 WFIMC member competitions was held in 2023, with 79 First Prizes awarded. Including Second and Third Prizes, a total number of 218 prizes were given.
Not surprisingly, winners holding a South Korean passport account for 17% of all First Prizes, closely followed by China, Italy, Russia and the USA (each of them 9%). When looking at all Prizes (First, Second, Third), South Korea still remains at the top with 14%, followed closely by China (12%), Russia (8%), and Japan (7%).

The overall gender balance leans heavily towards male laureates: 143 candidates or 66% are male; 46 candidates or 21% are female, with 29/13% mixed prizes (i.e. in chamber ensembles) or undefined.

Looking at age, the range from 20-24 year-olds accounts for 42% of all prizes, followed by 34% of older candidates in the 25-29 bracket and 12% in the 30-34 group.

Disciplines were heavily dominated by piano competitions (20 competitions or 26%), followed by violin (9 competitions/12%) and voice (5 competitions/7%).

A comprehensive review and the complete data will be available at the upcoming General Assembly in Parma.

Cello

Jérémy Garbarg / Schoenfeld International String Competition, Harbin

Vilem Vicek / International Instrumental Competition, Markneukirchen

Chamber Music

String Quartet

Affinity Quartet / Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, Melbourne

Novo Quartet / Geneva International Music Competition, Geneva

Quartetto Indaco / Osaka International Chamber Music Competition, Osaka

Piano Quartet

Capybara Piano Quartet / Osaka International Chamber Music Competition, Osaka

Piano Trio

Trio Chagall / Schoenfeld International String Competition, Harbin

Trio Orelon / ARD International Music Competition, Munich & Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, Melbourne

Trio Pantoum / Lyon International Chamber Music Competition, Lyon

Rilian Trio / Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition and Academy, Trondheim

Brass Quintet

Ventus Brass Quintet / Jeju International Brass Competition, Jeju

Piano & Violin Duo

AKA Duo / International Chamber Music Competition "Pinerolo e Torino - Citta Metropolitana", Pinerolo / Torino

Composition

Josef Bardanashvili / The Azrieli Music Prize, Toronto

Yair Klartag / The Azrieli Music Prize, Toronto

Jordan Nobles / The Azrieli Music Prize, Toronto

Enrico Scaccaglia / Luciano Berio International Composition Competition, Rome

Juan Trigos / The Azrieli Music Prize, Toronto

Conducting

Giuseppe Mengoli / The Mahler Competition, Bamberg

Swann van Rechem / International Competition for Young Conductors, Besançon

Jong-Jie Yin / Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors, Katowice

Double Bass

Gabriel Polinsky / ARD International Music Competition, Munchen

José Trigo / International Instrumental Competition, Markneukirchen

Flute

Elizaveta Ivanova / Geneva International Music Competition, Geneva

Guitar

Io Yamada / Michele Pittaluga International Guitar and Composition Competitions "Premio Citta di Alessandria", Alessandria

Harp

Tjasha Gafner / ARD International Music Competition, Munchen

Horn

Zhicheng Jin / Jeju International Brass Competition, Jeju

Oboe

Ángel Luis Sánchez Moreno / International Oboe Competition of Japan, Tokyo

Organ

Bryan Anderson / Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition, Kennett Square

Niklas Jahn / International Organ Competition Musashino-Tokyo, Tokyo

Jan Kopriva / International M.K. Ciurlionis Piano and Organ Competition, Vilnius

Tom Rioult / International Organ Competition of Saint-Maurice d'Agaune, Saint-Maurice

Percussion

Antonin Jaccard / IPEA International Percussion Competition, Shanghai

Piano

Claudio Berra / International Music Competition Dr. Luis Sigall, Viña del Mar

Stefan Bonev / Concours International de Piano d'Epinal, Epinal

Caleb Borick / International Telekom Beethoven Competition, Bonn

Elia Cecino / International Piano Competition "Iturbi Prize", Valencia

Dominic Chamot / Gian Battista Viotti International Music Competition, Vercelli

Kevin Chen / The Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition, Tel Aviv

Kyubin Chung / ISANGYUN Competition, Tongyeong

Roman Fediurko / Horowitz Competition Kyiv-Geneva, Geneva

Khadizha Israpil / International Piano Competition Spanish Composers, Las Rozas de Madrid

Jeonghwan Kim / Sydney International Piano Competition, Sydney

Jung Eun Séverine Kim / James Mottram International Piano Competition, Manchester

Anastasia Kliuchereva / Zhuhai International Mozart Competition for Young Musicians, Zhuhai

Artem Kuznetsov / Santa Cecilia International Piano Competition, Porto

Zhexiang Li / China Shenzhen International Piano Concerto Competition, Shenzhen

Philipp Lynov / Takamatsu International Piano Competition, Takamatsu

Jonathan Mamora / Maria Canals International Music Competition, Barcelona & Sccotish International Piano Competition, Glasgow

Arsenii Mun / International Ferruccio Busoni Piano competition, Bolzano

Jinhyung Park / International Piano Competition Prize Jaén, Jaén & International M.K. Ciurlionis Piano and Organ Competition, Vilnius

Saxophone

Marc Felis Candela / Andorra International Saxophone Competition, Andorra

Trombone

Drahos Botond / International Competition Citta di Porcia, Porcia

Julien Hategan / Jeju International Brass Competition, Jeju

Gonçalo Nova / Prague Spring International Music Competition, Prague

Trumpet

James Vaughen / Aeolus International Competition for Wind Instruments, Dusseldorf

Viola

Sào Soulez Larivière / Prague Spring International Music Competition, Prague

Haesue Lee / ARD International Music Competition, Munchen

Violin

Jung Min Choi / Schoenfeld International String Competition, Harbin

Hawijch Elders / International Violin Competition Henri Marteau, Lichtenberg/Hof

Yeyeong Jin / Michael Hill International Violin Competition, Auckland

Li Jinzhu / Zhuhai International Mozart Competition for Young Musicians, Zhuhai

Seohyun Kim / Tibor Varga International Violin Competition, Sion

Bohdan Luts / Concours Long Thibaud, Paris

Lilia Pocitari / Bartok World Competition, Budapest

Dmytro Udovychenko / Concours Musical International de Montreal, Montreal

Simon Zhu / International Violin Competition Premio Paganini, Genova

Voice

Cai Jingwen / Ningbo International Vocal Competition, Ningbo

Taehan Kim / Queen Elisabeth Competition, Brussels

Gemma Nha / Seoul International Music Competition, Seoul

Samueol Park / Mt. Fuji International Opera Competition of Shizuoka, Hamamatsu

Duo Wohlgemuth & Park / International Schubert Competition Dortmund, Dortmund (Lied duo)

Hong Zhenxiang / Ningbo International Vocal Competition, Ningbo

The big Picture: 2023 First Prize Winners at a glance

A review of the past year shows South Korea remains number one

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