XV Jose Iturbi International Piano Competition took place in Valencia, from September 14 to the 30th, 2006. The competition is held every two years and is a member of the Geneva World Federation of International Music Competitions. Pianist Josu De Solaun Soto was given the First Grand Prize, becoming the first Spanish pianist to be awarded such distinction in the 25 years of the competition's existence. The prize included over $25,000, recital and orchestral engagements and a recording contract.
First Grand Prize | Josu de Solaun | |
Second Prize | Valentina Igoshina | |
Third Prize | Andrei Yaroshinsky | |
Fourth Prize | Patrick Hemmerle | Sofya Melikyan |
Fifth Prize | Natalya Kuchaeva | |
Sixth Prize | Void | |
Best Valencian pianist | Josu de Solaun | |
Best Spanish pianist | Josu de Solaun | |
Best interpreter of Spanish music | Patrick Hemmerle | Sofya Melikyan |
Best interpreter of Spanish contemporary music | Miguel Ángel Castro | Philipp Kopachevsky |
Best interpreter of a Beethoven concerto | Patrick Hemmerle | |
Best interpreter of a Chopin piece | Patrick Hemmerle |
Yukiko Akagi | Claudio Carbó | Miguel Ángel Castro | Josu de Solaun | Patrick Hemmerle |
Valentina Igoshina | Philipp Kopachevsky | Natalia Kuchaeva | Sofya Melikyan | Yukiko Morikawa |
Antonio Ortiz | Andrei Yaroshinsky |
Josu de Solaun ( Beethoven's 3rd) | Patrick Hemmerle ( Beethoven's 1st) | Valentina Igoshina ( Beethoven's 4th) |
Natalya Kuchaeva ( Beethoven's 5th) | Sofya Melikyan ( Beethoven's 3rd) | Andrei Yaroshinsky ( Beethoven's 3rd) |
Accompaniment: Valencia Orchestra. Yaron Traub, conductor. |
Josu de Solaun ( Rachmaninov's 2nd) | Valentina Igoshina ( Tchaikovsky's 1st) | Andrey Yaroshinsky ( Rachmaninov's Rhapsody) |
Accompaniment: Valencia Orchestra. Yaron Traub, conductor. |
XV Jose Iturbi International Piano Competition took place in Valencia, from September 14 to the 30th, 2006. The competition is held every two years and is a member of the Geneva World Federation of International Music Competitions. Pianist Josu De Solaun Soto was given the First Grand Prize, becoming the first Spanish pianist to be awarded such distinction in the 25 years of the competition's existence. The prize included over $25,000, recital and orchestral engagements and a recording contract.
First Grand Prize | Josu de Solaun | |
Second Prize | Valentina Igoshina | |
Third Prize | Andrei Yaroshinsky | |
Fourth Prize | Patrick Hemmerle | Sofya Melikyan |
Fifth Prize | Natalya Kuchaeva | |
Sixth Prize | Void | |
Best Valencian pianist | Josu de Solaun | |
Best Spanish pianist | Josu de Solaun | |
Best interpreter of Spanish music | Patrick Hemmerle | Sofya Melikyan |
Best interpreter of Spanish contemporary music | Miguel Ángel Castro | Philipp Kopachevsky |
Best interpreter of a Beethoven concerto | Patrick Hemmerle | |
Best interpreter of a Chopin piece | Patrick Hemmerle |
Yukiko Akagi | Claudio Carbó | Miguel Ángel Castro | Josu de Solaun | Patrick Hemmerle |
Valentina Igoshina | Philipp Kopachevsky | Natalia Kuchaeva | Sofya Melikyan | Yukiko Morikawa |
Antonio Ortiz | Andrei Yaroshinsky |
Josu de Solaun ( Beethoven's 3rd) | Patrick Hemmerle ( Beethoven's 1st) | Valentina Igoshina ( Beethoven's 4th) |
Natalya Kuchaeva ( Beethoven's 5th) | Sofya Melikyan ( Beethoven's 3rd) | Andrei Yaroshinsky ( Beethoven's 3rd) |
Accompaniment: Valencia Orchestra. Yaron Traub, conductor. |
Josu de Solaun ( Rachmaninov's 2nd) | Valentina Igoshina ( Tchaikovsky's 1st) | Andrey Yaroshinsky ( Rachmaninov's Rhapsody) |
Accompaniment: Valencia Orchestra. Yaron Traub, conductor. |