Carl Nielsen International Music Competition
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Carl Nielsen International Competition (Danish: Carl Nielsen Konkurrencen) is a competition for classical musicians (violin, clarinet, and flute) held in Odense, Denmark in memory of the composer Carl Nielsen.
Overview[]
The competition was established in 1980 under the patronage of Queen Margarethe of Denmark. It became a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions in 1981. Initially a violin competition, its first President was Henryk Szeryng. Later the competition added special editions for organists (since 1986), clarinetists (since 1997) and flutists (since 1998). At various times jury members included Max Rostal, Joseph Gingold, Norbert Brainin, Arve Tellefsen, Milan Vitek, Dorothy DeLay, Tibor Varga, Jean-Jacques Kantorow.
Since 2012, the organ competition is no longer part of the Carl Nielsen Competition, but is instead held as a separate competition. But the violin, clarinet and flute competitions have, after nearly four decades, established themselves as some of the most demanding and rewarding in the world, each offering winners the chance to launch a significant international career. From 2019, the Carl Nielsen International Competitions for violin, clarinet and flute will be held concurrently for the first time. Representing the 2019 competition as Artistic Advisors are three of the world's leading musicians in their fields – Nikolaj Znaider, Emmanuel Pahud and Martin Fröst.
Prize-winners[]
Violin[]
1980[]
- 1st Prize: Kathleen Winkler – United States
- 2nd Prize: Per Enoksson – Sweden
- 3rd Prize: Hozumi Murata – Japan
- 4th Prize: Adriana Rosin – Romania
- 5th Prize: Grazyna Skowron – Poland
- 6th Prize: Marius Nichiteanu – Romania
1984[]
- 1st Prize: Osamu Yaguchi – Japan
- 2nd Prize: Lenuta Ciulei-Atanasiu – Romania
- 3rd Prize: Johannes Søe Hansen – Denmark
- 4th Prize: Jaroslaw Zolnierczyk – Poland
- 5th Prize: Jacob Friis – Denmark
- 6th Prize: Anne Yuuko Akahoshi – Germany
1988[]
- 1st Prize: Alexei Kochvanets – USSR
- 2nd Prize: Heike Janicke – East Germany
- 3rd Prize: Joji Hattori – Japan
- 4th Prize: Nicole Monahan – United States
- 5th Prize: Sigrun Edvaldsdottir – Iceland
- 6th Prize: Beata Warykiewicz – Poland
1992[]
- 1st Prize: Nikolaj Znaider – Denmark
- 2nd Prize: Jennifer Koh – United States
- 3rd Prize: Pekka Kuusisto – Finland
- 4th Prize: Ilja Sekler – Russia
- 5th Prize: Not awarded
- 6th Prize: Vladislav Adelkhanov – Georgia
1996[]
- 1st Prize: Adele Anthony – Australia
- 2nd Prize (shared): Malin Broman – Sweden and Jaakko Kuusisto – Finland
- 3rd Prize: Not awarded
- 4th Prize: Not awarded
- 5th Prize: Esther Noh – United States
- 6th Prize: Tamás András – Hungary
1999[]
- 1st Prize: Leor Maltinski – Israel
- 2nd Prize: Saeka Matsuyama – Japan
- 3rd Prize: Mariko Inaba – Japan
2000[]
- 1st Prize: Masaaki Tanokura – Japan
- 2nd Prize: Dmytro Tkachenko – Ukraine
- 3rd Prize: Mikkel Futtrup – Denmark
- 4th Prize: Mariusz Patyra – Poland
2004[]
- 1st Prize: Hyuk Joo Kwun – South Korea
- 2nd Prize: Erin Keefe – United States
- 3rd Prize: Ui-Youn Hong – South Korea
- 4th Prize: Judy Kang – Canada
2008[]
- 1st Prize: Hrachya Avanesyan – Armenia
- 2nd Prize: Yusuke Hayashi – Japan
- 3rd Prize: Josef Spacek – Czech Republic
- 4th Prize: Eugen Tichindeleanu – Romania
2012[]
- 1st Prize: Olga Volkova – Russia
- 2nd Prize: Niklas Walentin Jensen – Denmark
- 3rd Prize: Eva Thorarinsdottir – Iceland
- 4th Prize: Ui-Youn Hong – South Korea
2016[]
- 1st Prize (shared): Liya Petrova – Bulgaria and Ji Yoon Lee – South Korea
- 2nd Prize: Not awarded
- 3rd Prize: Luke Hsu – United States
- 4th Prize (shared): Soo-Hyun Park – South Korea, Ji Won Song – South Korea and Karen Kido – Japan
2019[]
- 1st Prize: Johan Dalene, Sweden
- 2nd Prize: Marie-Astrid Hulot, France
- 3rd Prize: Anna Agafua Egholm, Denmark
Flute[]
1998[]
- 1. Prize: Karl-Heinz Schütz, Austria
- 2. Prize: Kazunori Seo, Japan
- 3. Prize: Henrik Wiese, Germany
- 4. Prize: Natalie Schwaabe, Germany
2002[]
- 1. Prize: Pirmin Grehl, Germany
- 2. Prize: Denis Bouriakov, Russia
- 3. Prize: Fruzsina Varga, Hungary
- 4. Prize: Sarah Rumer, Austria-Switzerland
2006[]
- 1. Prize: Alexandra Grot, Russia
- 2. Prize: Lukasz Dlugosz, Poland
- 3. Prize: ex aequo: Marion Ralincourt, France and Grigory Mordashov, Russia
2014[]
- 1. Prize: Sébastian Jacot, Switzerland
- 2. Prize: Yukie Ota, Japan
- 3. Prize: Yaeram Park, South Korea
2019[]
- 1. Prize: Flute: Joséphine Olech, France
- 2. Prize: Marianna Julia Żołnacz, Poland
- 3. Prize: Rafael Adobas Bayog, Spain
Clarinet[]
1997[]
- 1. Prize: Spyros Mourikis, Greece
- 2. Prize: Igor Begelman, US
- 3. Prize: Carlo Failli, Italy
- 4. Prize: Anne Piirainen, Finland
2001[]
- 1. Prize: Alexander Fiterstein, US
- 2. Prize: Nicolas Baldeyrou, France
- 3. Prize: Jens Thoben, Germany
- 4. Prize: Sebastien Batut, France
2005[]
- 1. Prize: Olivier Patey, France
- 2. Prize: Olivier Vivarès, France
- 3. Prize: Björn Nyman, Norway
- 4. Prize: Vincent Penot, France
2009[]
- 1. Prize: Olli Leppäniemi, Finland
- 2. Prize: Christelle Pochet, France
- 3. Prize: Daniel Ottensamer, Austria
- 4. Prize: Balazs Rumy, Hungary
2013[]
- 1. Prize: Sergey Eletskiy, Russia
- 2. Prize: Mathias Kjøller, Denmark
- 3. Prize: Inn-Hyuck Cho, South Korea
- 4. Prize: Pierre Genisson, France
2019[]
- 1. Prize: Blaz Sparovec, Slovenia
- 2. Prize: Aron Chiesa, Italy
- 3. Prize: Víctor Díaz Guerra, Spain
Organ[]
1986[]
- 1. Prize: not awarded
- 2. Prize: Jesper Madsen, Denmark
- 3. Prize: Kevin Bowyer, UK
1988[]
- 1. Prize: Andreas Liebig, Germany
- 2. Prize: Kayo Ohara, Japan
- 3. Prize: Anne Nietosvaara, Finland
1990[]
- 1. Prize: Kevin Bowyer, UK
- 2. Prize: Bine Katrine Bryndorf, Denmark
- 3. Prize: Yuzuru Hiranaka, Japan
1992[]
- 1. Prize: Christopher Wrench, Australia
- 2. Prize: Stephen Farr, UK
- 3. Prize: Christian Schmitt, Germany
- 4. Prize: Pascale Melis, France
- 5. Prize: Paul Theis, Germany
1994[]
- 1. Prize: not awarded
- 2. Prize: Rie Hiroe, Japan
- 3. Prize - Ex Aequo: Valter Savant-Levet, Italien og Marina Zagorski, Russia
- 4. Prize: Stefan Kordes, Germany
- 5. Prize: Frédéric Desenclos, France
1996[]
- 1. Prize: Hanne Kuhlmann, Denmark
- 2. Prize: Veronique le Guen, France
- 3. Prize: Torsten Laux, Germany
- 4. Prize: Jin Kim, South Korea
- 5. Prize: Heinrich Christensen, Denmark
1998[]
- 1. Prize: Johannes Unger, Germany
- 2. Prize: Teilhard Scott, UK
- 3. Prize: Torsten Laux, Germany
- 4. Prize: Samuel Kummer, Germany
- 5. Prize: Làszló Deàk, Hungary
2000[]
- 1. Prize: not awarded
- 2. Prize - Ex Aequo: Sarah Baldock, UK and Charles Harrison, UK
- 3. Prize: Christina Blomkvist, Sweden
- 4. Prize: Burkhard Just, Germany
- 5. Prize: Hedvig Dobias, Hungary
2002[]
- 1. Prize: not awarded
- 2. Prize: Burkhard Just, Switzerland
- 3. Prize: Helene von Rechenberg, Germany
- 4. Prize: Katrin Meriloo, Estland
2004[]
- 1. Prize: William Whitehead, UK
- 2. Prize: Clive Driskill-Smith, UK
- 3. Prize - Ex Aequo: So-Hyun Park, Republic of Korea and Johannes Hämmerle, Austria
2007[]
- 1. Prize: Henry Fairs, UK
- 2. Prize: Gijs Boelen, Netherlands
- 3. Prize: Daniel Bruun, Denmark
- 4. Prize: Ruth Draper, US
2011[]
- 1. Prize: Philip Schmidt-Madsen, Denmark
- 2. Prize: Timothy Wakerell, UK
- 3. Prize: Simon Menges, Germany
References[]
- Music competitions in Denmark
- Violin competitions