The first three winners of the third Competition (from left to right): I. Hobson, G. Allen, J. Tozer. International Jury: Guido Agosti (Italy), Arthur Balsam (U.S.A.), Jan Eckier (Poland), Leon Fleisher (U.S.A.), Hans Graf (Austria), Akiko Iguchi (Japan), Nikita Magaloff (Switzerland), Andre-Francois Marescotti (Switzerland), Michal Smoira-Cohn (Israel), Pnina Salzman (Israel), Hugo Steurer (W. Germany), Arie Vardi (Israel). Laureates: First Prize: Gregory Allen U.S.A. - The Arthur Rubinstein Award - Competition Gold Medal and $5,000. Programme performed: Bach - Prelude & Fugue in E Minor (Book II); Beethoven - Six Variations on an Original Theme in F Major, op. 34; Haydn - Andante and Variations in F Minor; Chopin - Etude op. 25 no. 11; Rachmaninoff - Etude op. 39 no. 5; Debussy - Etude no. 2 "Pour les Tierces"; Ravel - Toccata; Gilboa - Reflections on Three Chords of Alban Berg; Scriabin - Sonata in F sharp Major no. 5 op. 53; Scarlatti - Sonata in D Major, L465 and Sonata in A Major; Messiaen - Le Loriot (Catalogue d’Oiseaux); Chopin - Ballades in F Minor, no. 4 op. 52; Alkan - Le festin d’Escope; Mozart - Piano Quartet in G Minor, K487; Beethoven - Concerto in G Major no. 4 op. 58; Rachmaninoff - Concerto in D Minor, no. 3 op.30. Second Prize: Ian Hobson, Great Britain - Competition Gold Medal and $4,000. Third Prize: Jeoffrey Tozer, Australia - Competition Gold Medal and $3,000.

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