First Competition, September 1974

Jury members of the first Competition (left to right): Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli,
Michal Smoira-Cohn, Jacques Fevrier, Arthur Rubinstein, Alexander Tansman, Guido Agosti,
Henri Gagnebin, Enrico Barenboim, Eugene Istomin, Pnina Salzman, Dieter Weber,
Mindru Katz, Irving Kolodin

 

International Jury
Arthur Rubinstein, Guido Agosti (Italy), Enrique Barenboim (Israel), Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (Italy), Jacques Fevrier (France), Henri Gagnebin (Switzerland), Eugene Istomin (U.S.A.), Mindru Katz (Israel), Irving Kolodin (U.S.A.), Pnina Salzman (Israel), Michal Smoira-Cohn (Israel), Alexander Tansman (France), Dieter Weber (Austria)

 

Laureates

First Prize

Emanuel Ax, U.S.A. - The Arthur Rubinstein Award - Competition Gold Medal and $5,000

 

Programme performed:

• Bach - Prelude & Fugue in F Minor (Book II)
• Beethoven - Waldstein Sonata; Alexander - Patterns for Piano;
• Chopin - Etudes no. 8 op. 10 & no. 6 op. 25;
• Debussy - Etude no. 11; Liszt - Paganini Etude no. 6;
• Ravel - "Scarbo" from "Gaspard de la Nuit";
• Brahms - Sonata for violin and piano in D Minor op. 108;
• Beethoven - Appassionata Sonata;
• Schoenberg - Three piano pieces op. 11;
• Chopin - Sonata in B Minor no. 3 op. 58;
• Beethoven - Concerto no. 4; Brahms - Concerto no.1

 

Second Prize
Eugene Indjic, U.S.A. - Competition Silver Medal and $3,000

 

Third Prize
Jointly awarded to:  $2,000 each and Competition Bronze Medal

Janina Fialkowska, Canada

Seta Tanyel, Austria

 

The Maestro and prizewinners of the first Competition (left to right):
E. Ax, S. Tanyel, J. Fialkowska and E. Indijc.

 

"...A COMPETITIVE FESTIVAL IN THE GREAT ART OF THE PIANO"... declared the Jury and music circles worldwide.

 

This opinion was endorsed by Maestro Rubinstein.