2006 Valencia International Piano Competition Prize Iturbi

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.

Jury

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Prizes

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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

Compositions commissioned for the competition

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Competition Results (by Rounds)

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First round

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  Yukiko Akagi   Orlando Alonso   Cathal Breslin   Catalina Butcaru   Claudio Carbó
  Miguel Ángel Castro   Josu de Solaun   Dora Deliyska   Geraldine Dutroncy   Anna Fedorova
  Sonja Fräki   Nikolai Gangnus   Irina Georgieva   Patrick Hemmerle   Dagmar Hofman
  Hong Kook-hee   Hyung Sue-woon   Valentina Igoshina   Kyoko Kashii   Marianna Katerelou
  Kim Ji-youn   Philipp Kopachevsky   Natalya Kuchaeva   Fuyuka Kusa   Lee Yoo-soon
  Lin Weichi   Maria McGarry   Sofya Melikyan   Katia Michel   Salvatore Monzo
  Yukako Morikawa   Eleonora Morozova   Inocencio Negrín   Theodosia Ntokou   Vincenzo Oliva
  Antonio Ortiz   Natalya Osenchakova   Stefania Passamonte   Ekaterina Popova   Cameron Roberts
  Pavel Shatskiy   Anna Solivieva-Drubich   Inesa Sinkevych   Shun Tominaga   Wu Xiaofeng
  Andrei Yaroshinsky   Yoon Eun-kyung   Bojana Zdravković   Denis Zhdanov

Second round

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  Yukiko Akagi   Cathal Breslin   Claudio Carbó   Miguel Ángel Castro   Josu de Solaun
  Anna Fedorova   Nikolai Gangnus   Patrick Hemmerle   Valentina Igoshina   Philipp Kopachevsky
  Natalya Kuchaeva   Fuyuka Kusa   Lin Weichi   Sofya Melikyan   Yukako Morikawa
  Inocencio Negrín   Vincenzo Oliva   Antonio Ortiz   Cameron Roberts   Pavel Shatskiy
  Wu Xiaofeng   Andrei Yaroshinsky   Bojana Zdravković   Denis Zhdanov

Third round

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  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

Semifinals

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  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.

Final

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  Josu de Solaun (Rachmaninov's 2nd)   Valentina Igoshina (Tchaikovsky's 1st)   Andrey Yaroshinsky (Rachmaninov's Rhapsody)
Accompaniment: Valencia Orchestra. Yaron Traub, conductor.
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