Montreal International Music Competition
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Montreal International Music Competition was a well-known international competition for classical pianists, violinists and opera singers, founded in 1963 and abandoned in 1997.[1][2]
The main laureates of each edition are:[1]
- 1965 Piano 1st Jean-Claude Pennetier, France, and Albert Lotto, USA
- 1966 Violin 1st Vladimir Lancman (Landsman), USSR; 2nd Hidetaro Suzuki, Japan, and Gueorgui Balev, Bulgaria
- 1967 Voice 1st Marina Krilovici, Rumania, and Yury Mazurok, USSR
- 1968 Piano 1st Garrick Ohlsson, USA; 2nd Peter Rösel, East Germany
- 1969 Violin 1st Vladimir Spivakov, USSR; 2nd Oleg Krissa, USSR, and Gidon Kremer, USSR
- 1970 Voice 2nd Maurice Brown, Canada (no 1st awarded)
- 1971 Piano 2nd Peter Basquin, USA (no 1st awarded)
- 1972 Violin 1st Ruben Agaronian, USSR; 2nd Mikhaïl Bezverhny, USSR
- 1973 Voice 1st Gheorgue Emil Crasnaru, Rumania; 2nd Makvala Kasrashvili, USSR
- 1975 Violin 2nd Dong-Suk Kang, Korea, and Yuval Yaron, Israel (no 1st awarded)
- 1976 Piano 1st Eteri Andjaparidze, USSR; 2nd Nicolaï Demidenko, USSR, Naüm Grubert, USSR, and Gerhard Oppitz, West Germany
- 1977 Voice 2nd William Parker, USA, and Louise Wohlafka, USA (no 1st awarded)
- 1979 Violin 1st Peter Zazofsky, USA; 2nd Mihaela Martin, Rumania
- 1980 Piano 1st Ivo Pogorelic, Yugloslavia; 2nd Christopher O'Riley, USA, and Vladimir Ovchinnikov, USSR
- 1981 Voice 2nd Judith Nicosia, USA (no 1st awarded)
- 1983 Violin 2nd Chin Kim, Korea (no 1st awarded)
- 1984 Piano 1st Ekaterina Sarantseva, USSR; 2nd Yuri Rozum, USSR
- 1985 Voice 2nd Sandra Graham, Canada, and Andreas Scheibner, East Germany (no 1st awarded)
- 1987 Violin 1st Dmitri Berlinski, USSR; 2nd Catherine Cho, USA, and Alexander Simionescu, USA
- 1988 Piano 1st Angela Cheng; 2nd Bernd Glemser, West Germany
- 1989 Voice 2nd Steffanie Pearce, USA, and John Koch, USA (no 1st awarded)
- 1991 Violin 2nd Hiroko Suzuki, Japan (no first awarded)
References
- 1 2 "Montreal International Music Competition/Concours international de musique de Montréal". thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2026-01-30.
- ↑ "Montreal International Music Competition/Concours international de musique de Montréal". thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2026-01-30.