The Second Competition, April 1977


The Maestro addressing the audience and prizewinners of
the second Competition (left to right): D. Kacso, G. Oppitz and E. Terada.

International Jury:
Arthur Rubinstein, Guido Agosti (Italy), Jan Ekier (Poland), Jacques Fevrier (France), Martin Filar (U.S.A.), Rudolf Firkusny (U.S.A.), Akiko Iguchi (Japan), Nikita Magaloff (Switzerland), Andre-Francois Marescotti (Switzerland), Robert Ponsonby (England), Michal Smoira-Cohn (Israel), Hugo Steurer (W. Germany), Josef Tal (Israel), Arie Vardi (Israel), Ilona Vincze (Israel).

Laureates:
First Prize:
Gerhard Oppitz, West Germany - The Arthur Rubinstein Award - Competition Gold Medal and $5,000.


Gerhard Oppitz

Programme performed: Bach - Prelude & Fugue in C sharp Minor (Book II); Chopin - Etudes op. 10 no. 8 and op. 25 no. 11, Liszt - Etude d’Execution Transcendente no. 10; Debussy - Etude "Pour les Degres Chromatiques", Mozart - Fantasy in C Minor K 475; Shulamit Ran - "Hyperbolae"; Scriabin - Sonata no. 5 Op. 53; Beethoven - Sonata in C Minor op. 111; Bartok - Sonata 1926: Brahms - Piano Quintet in F Minor op. 34; Chopin - Sonata in B Minor - op. 58; Beethoven - Concerto in E flat Major no. 5; Brahms - Concerto in D Minor no. 1.

Second Prize:
Diana Kacso, Brazil - Competition Gold Medal and $4,000.

Third Prize:
Etsuko Terada, Japan - Competition Gold Medal and $3,000.




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