2020 Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition Postponed
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74 contestants from 19 countries have just been announced for the 2020 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, Belgium.
First Prize: €25,000 Date: May 4 – 30, 2020 Jury:• Gilles Ledure (Belgium)• Jean-Philippe Collard (France)• Nelson Goerner (Argentina)• Ralf Gothóni (Finland)• François-Frédéric Guy (France)• Daejin Kim (South Korea)• Momo Kodama (Japan)• Aleksandar Madžar (Serbia)• Steven Osborne (Great Britain)• Anna Vinnitskaya (Russia)• Elisso Virsaladze (Georgia)• Alexei Volodin (Russia)• Shai Wosner (Israel) Official Website
February 2020: Peter Serkin
This month, in remembrance of his life and achievements, we have selected American pianist Peter Serkin (July 24, 1947-February 1, 2020). Peter Serkin was an American classical pianist born to a family of musicians, notably including his father (pianist Rudolf Serkin), grandfather (violinist Adolf Busch), and great-uncle (conductor Fritz Busch). He was first noticed at
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57 contestants from 8 countries have been just been announced for the 2020 Seoul International Music Competition in Seoul, South Korea.
Competitors come from Canada, China, Japan, Poland, Russia, South Korea, Taiwan, and United States. First Prize: $50,000 Date: March 17-28 Jury:• Arnulf von Arnim (Germany)• Alexander Kobrin (USA/Russia)• Lowell Liebernabb (USA)• Chong-Pil Lim (South Korea)• Yoshikazu Nagai (USA)• Vladimir Ovchinnikov (Russia)• Aviram Reichert (Israel/South Korea)• Pascal Rogé (Switzerland)• Antti Siirala (Finland) • Ian Yungwook Yoo (South
January 2020: Alfred Brendel
This month, in honor of his 89th birthday (born January 5, 1931), we have selected Austrian pianist Alfred Brendel. Alfred Brendel’s place among the greatest musicians of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries is assured. Renowned for his masterly interpretations of the works of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Schumann and Liszt, he is one of
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December 2019: Mitsuko Uchida
This month, in honor of her upcoming 71st birthday (born December 20, 1948), we have selected Japanese pianist and conductor Mitsuko Uchida. Mitsuko Uchida is a pianist and conductor critically acclaimed for her interpretations of works by Mozart, Chopin, Schubert, Debussy, and the Second Viennese School. Her recordings of the Schoenberg Piano Concerto and all
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