Third Competition, April 1980

 

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