Results of the 29th International Smetana Piano Competition

17.03.2010

The International Smetana Piano Competition took place from 7th to 14th March 2010 in Pilsen, Czech Republic.

1st Category (uo tp 16 years):

1st prize: Michaela Augustinová Czech Republic
Noemi Koblischková Czech Republic
Yuka Imose Japan
2nd prize:
Barbora Brabcová Czech Republic
Maria Genina Germany
3rd prize: Markéta Sinkulová Czech Republic
Daniel Šimek Czech Republic
Uram Kim Korea
Certificate of Merit: Yujin Kim Korea

2nd Category (uo to 20 years):

1st prize: Stanislav Chigadaev Russia
2nd prize: Marek Kozák Czech Republic
Lenka Korbelová Czech Republic
Certificate of Merit: Adam Farana Czech Republic
Tadeáš Forberger Czech Republic

3rd Category (up to 30 years):

1st prize: Ah Ruem Ahn Korea
2nd prize: Petra Milarová Czech Republic
3rd prize: Jiří Pešek Czech Republic
Certificate of Merit: Miho Fukuda Japan

Special Prizes:

Karel Pexidr Foundation Prize (Prize for the Best Performance of Bedrich Smetana Works)

Ah Ruem Ahn (Korea)

Stanislav Chigadaev (Russia)

Conservatory of Plzen Prize

Ah Ruem Ahn (Korea)

EMCY Prize:

Ah Ruem Ahn (Korea)

Diploma for Participation in Finals:

Aneta Mertová (Czech Republic)

Daniel Jun (Czech Republic)

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EMCY Member Competitions: National

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Rassegne Nazionali d’Archi ‘Mario Benvenuti’
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Croatia
International Competition for Young Cellists ‘Antonio Janigro’ (Poreč)

Czech Republic
International Heran Violoncello Competition (Ústi nad Orlicí)
International Kocian Violin Competition (Ústi nad Orlicí)
International Radio Competition for Young Musicians ‘Concertino Praga’ (Prague)
International Smetena Piano Competition (Pilsen)

Estonia
International Competition for Pianists, Violinists and Cellists ‘Young Musician’ (Tallinn)
International Competition of Young Pianists dedicated to the Work of Fryderyk Chopin (Narva)

Europe
Eurovision Young Musicians
Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists

Germany
Anna Amalia Competition for Young Guitarists (Weimar)
Ettlingen International Competition for Young Pianists (Ettlingen)
International Competition for Violin, Kloster Schöntal (Schöntal)
International Franz Liszt Competition for Young Pianists (Weimar)
International Louis Spohr Competition for Young Violinists (Weimar)

Italy
Adriatic Music Competition (Ancona)

Lithuania
International Balys Dvarionas Competition for Young Pianists and Violinists (Vilnius)
International Jascha Heifetz Competition for Violinists (Vilnius)

F.Y.R. of Macedonia
International Competition for Young Musicians ‘Ohrid Pearls’ (Ohrid)

Netherlands
Charles Hennen Concours, International Chamber Music Competition for Strings (Heerlen)

Poland
International Competition for Young Pianists Arthur Rubinstein in memoriam (Bydgoszcz)
International Competition for Young Violinists K. Lipinski and H. Wieniawski (Lublin)
Witold Lutoslawski International Cello Competition (Warsaw)

Russia
International Competition for Young Pianists ‘A Step Towards Mastery’ (St. Petersburg)
International Russian Rotary Children Music Competition (Moscow)
Moscow International David Oistrakh Violin Competition (Moscow)
Mravinsky International Competition for Youth (St. Petersburg)

Serbia
International Competition of Young Musicians ‘Petar Konjovic’ (Belgrade)

Slovakia
International Piano Competition Košice (Košice)

Slovenia
European Organists Competition for Youth (Ljubljana)
International Competition for Violin and Viola, Festival Bled (Bled)
International Saxophone Competition (Nova Gorica)

Spain
International Competition for Young Pianists and Chamber Music (San Sebastian)

Ukraine
International Competition for Young Pianists in memory of Vladimir Horowitz (Kiev)
International Vladimir Krainev Young Pianists Competition (Kharkov)