6th Competition Laureates (l. - r.)
Ian Fountain & Benjamin
Frith (Joint 1st Prize)
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International Jury:
Claude Frank (U.S.A.); Halina Czerny-Stefanska (Poland); Karl Heinz Kaemmerling
(W. Germany); Gyorgy Nador (Hungary); Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov (U.S.S.R.);
Bao Hui Quao (China); Joaquin Soriano (Spain); Gordon Stewart (Great Britain);
Fanny Waterman (Great Britain).
Israel: Boris Berman; Joseph Dorfman, Emanuel Krasovsky; Chairman of the Jury:
Tzvi Avni.
Laureates:
At this great confrontation of talents, the Jury,
acknowledging the competitors’ high level, excellent technique and versatile
interpretation of the demanding repertoire, decided to award Two First Prizes:
Ian Fountain (Great Britain) and Benjamin Frith (Great Britain);
each received the Arthur Rubinstein Award - Competition Gold Medal and $10,000.
Programme performed:
Ian Fountain: Mozart - Sonata in B flat Major, K570;
Liszt - Transcendental Etude no.
11 in D flat Major (Harmonies du Soir); Chopin - Etude in A Minor, op. 25 no. 11;
Chopin - Barcarolle in F sharp Major, op. 60; Bach - Prelude and Fugue in F sharp Minor,
WTC I; Tippet - Theme and Variations in G Major; Schumann - Symphonic Etudes, op. 13;
Radzinski - Mazurka; Beethoven - Sonata in B flat Major, op. 106; Schumann - Piano
Quintet in E flat Major, op. 44; Mozart - Concerto in A Major, K488;
Tchaikovsky - Concerto no. 1, op. 23.
Benjamin Frith: Haydn - Sonata in C Major, HOB XVI /50; Chopin - Etude in C
sharp Minor, op. 10 no. 4; Liszt - Petrarch Sonnet 104; Brahms - Intermezzo
in B flat Minor, op. 117, no. 2: Liszt - Transcendental Etude no. 10 in F Minor;
Zorman - Fascinating Rhythm; Schumann - Davidsbundlertanze, op. 6; Bach - Prelude
and Fugue in F sharp Minor, WTC II; Beethoven - Sonata in B flat Major, op. 22;
Bartok - Out of Doors Suite; Dvorak - Piano Quintet in A Major, op. 81;
Beethoven - Concerto no. 1 in C Major, op. 15; Chopin - Concerto no. 2 in F Minor,
op. 21.
Third Prize:
Krzysztof Jablonski, Poland - The Arthur Rubinstein Award - Competition
Gold Medal and $3,000.
Fourth Prize:
Pietro de Maria, Italy - Competition Silver Medal and $1,000.
Fifth Prize:
Jointly awarded to Rina Dokshitsky, Israel, and Francois Killian, France;
each received the Competition Silver Medal and $1,000.
52 candidates were selected from among 140 completed applications (27 countries);
600 enquiries were received. 44 competitors (representing 17 countries) participated
in this Competition - the highest number since its inception 15 years ago.
For the first time, the Jury included representatives from the Soviet Union and China.
Judges, critics, reporters, and the audience, unanimously agreed that the levels
and standards achieved here by so large a number of competitors were the highest ever.
The Laureates’ Gala Concert and Awards Ceremony was performed with the Israel
Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Jesus Lopez Cobos.
The Competition received unprecedented media coverage while for two and a half weeks
the press revolved around the Rubinstein event. Some 30,000 people attended the
contest through all five stages. Audiences (Mann Auditorium, 3,000 seats) waited
for hours to hear the judges’ decision.
All stages of the contest were heard live on "Voice of Music"
(the popular radio station) and broadcast extensively on TV.
"The Maestro’s Legacy", a 1-hour video film on the 6th Competition (1989)
was commended by UNESCO International Art Film Festival, 1990, as "the best
documentary film on a cultural theme".
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