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The Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition
is organized by
The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society

Under the auspices of the


  and the 

        The Arts and Culture Division                                                    Art Administration
         The Arts Department                                                                  Music Department
                                                                                                                       

In cooperation with

bullet The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
bullet The Tel Aviv Museum of Art
bullet Israel Broadcasting Authority, Channel I, Voice of Music
bullet MEZZO - Classic.Jazz TV
bullet Haaretz

With the support of

$50,000 and over

bullet American Express

$20,000 and over

bullet The Ted Arison Family Foundation (Israel) Ltd.
bullet Israel National Lottery Council for the Arts, Support of the Competition
bullet Isrotel Hotel Chain, Hosts of the Chamber Music Semi-Finals Stage
bullet Mme. Heide Wolf-Kaufmann (Madrid), Sponsor of the First Prize
bullet The Nevzlin Family Foundation, Support of the Competition
bullet The Pratt Foundation (Australia), Donors of the Best Performance of the Israeli Composition Prize,
     Encouragement Award to a young Israeli Competitor, and the Pnina Salzman Prize for Best Performer
     of a Chopin piece
bullet The Marc Rich Foundation for Education, Culture and Welfare (Switzerland), Support of the Competition
bullet Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Support of the Competition

$10,000 and over

bullet Carmel Wines
bullet Donatella Flick (London), Support of the Competition
bullet Rahel and Dov Gottesman, Support of the Competition
bullet Josef Habas, Support of the Competition
bullet Hannah & Gideon Hamburger, Ilana & Yair Hamburger, Support of the Competition
bullet Leumi - Private Banking, Sponsor of the closing evening
bullet Kena & Zalman Shoval, Sponsors of the Second Prize: Sara and Moshe Mayer Prize
bullet Lady Annabelle Weidenfeld (London), Sponsor of the Prize for the Best Performer of Chamber Music
bullet Lord George Weidenfeld, (London) Sponsor of “Remembering Rubinstein" event, London, January 2008
bullet Marjorie and Arnold Ziff Charitable Foundation (Leeds), Sponsor of the Third Prize

$5,000 and over

bullet Steinway & Sons (Hamburg)
bullet Prof. Arie Vardi – Special encouragement grant to 10 competitors at the end of Stage II,
    in memory of Bela and Dov Vardi
bullet Anonymous

Up to $5000

bullet Doris and Murray Arkin
bullet Shula Barolsky, In memory of her parents, Judith and Yechezkel Berliner
bullet Bech-Tech Jerusalem Ltd, Ehud Edelman
bullet Adv. Abraham Ben-Naftali
bullet Rachel and Oded E'dan
bullet Mrs. Pierre Fournier
bullet I.B.I. Investment House
bullet Rina Menashe, in memory of her sister Maya Kook
bullet Nechama and Adv. Peter Gad Naschitz, Sponsors of the Sixth Prize
bullet Naomi and Murray Perahia (London)
bullet The Jehoshua Rabinovich Tel Aviv Foundation for the Arts, Sponsor of an Israeli composition
bullet Sara and Prof. Michael Sela, Sponsors of the Fourth Prize
bullet Lady Valerie Solti (London)
bullet Liora and Menachem Sternberg, (New York), Sponsors of the Fifth Prize
bullet Edith Teomim, Sponsorship of a recital for a winner in Wigmore Hall, London
bullet Mr. & Mrs. Oscar Yerburgh (London)
bullet Yedioth Ahronoth, Sponsor of the Audience Favorite Prize in Tel Aviv
bullet Zfunot Tarbut, sponsor of an Israeli composition
bullet Anonymous

Thanks and great appreciation to

bullet Ascolot School of Multi-Disciplinary Studies, The Open University
bullet Castel Tel Aviv, Tickets
bullet Ariel Cohen
bullet Arie Hanan, Comptroller
bullet Hilton Hotel (Tel Aviv) for their support in hosting the Jury Members
bullet The Israel Performing Arts Medicine Center
bullet Isrotel Hotel Chain for hosting Competitors and the Jury, and sponsoring the Audience Favorite Prize in Eilat
bullet Italian Culture Institute, Mrs. Simonetta Dela Setta, Cultural Attachee, Tel Aviv
bullet KeyNote, IPO Program for Music Education and Community Outreach
bullet Lilly Elstein, Founder of The International Music and Arts Center in Zichron Yaakov, for lending
    her Steinway Piano to the Competition
bullet Marom Musical Instruments, for lending pianos to the Competitors in the hotels
bullet Somekh Chaikin, Auditors
bullet Transaero Airlines, Russia

Heartfelt thanks to

bullet Adv. Peter Gad Naschitz
bullet Sara & Prof. Michael Sela
bullet Edith Teomim
bullet Prof. Arie Vardi
bullet The Executive Committee and Members of the Society
bullet The Volunteers