Sixth Competition

Sixth Competition, April 1989

6^th Competition Laureates (l-r) Ian Fountain & Benjamin Frith (Joint 1st Prize)

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: Zvi 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

Jointly awarded to

Ian Fountain (Great Britain)	each received the Arthur Rubinstein Award - Competition Gold Medal and $10,000
Benjamin Frith (Great Britain)

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

Francois Killian, France	each received the Competition Silver Medal and $1,000
Rina Dokshitsky, Israel	each received the Competition Silver Medal and $1,000

Fifty-two candidates were selected from among 140 completed applications from 27 countries.

Six hundred enquiries were received.

Forty-four 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 classical music radio station) and broadcast extensively on TV.

"The Maestro's Legacy", a 1-hour video film on the 6^th Competition (1989) was commended by UNESCO International Art Film Festival, 1990, as "the best documentary film on a cultural theme."