Pilar Bayona Piano Competition

Pilar Bayona Piano Competition

The Pilar Bayona was a piano competition held in Zaragoza in memory of the homonym pianist (1897-1979). It was dissolved in 2004 and converted into a series of grants for Aragonese musicians. It was a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions.

"1st prize winners"

* 1983 flagicon|Belgium Johan Schmidt
* 1985 flagicon|Sweden Martin Söderberg
* 1987 flagicon|Germany Igor Kamenz
* 1989 flagicon|USSR Oleg Marshev
* 1992 flagicon|Spain Claudio Martínez Mehner
* 1995 flagicon|Ukraine Valeria Resian
* 1998 flagicon|Israel Dror Biran
* 2001 flagicon|Italy Domenico Codispoti

"Other notable pianists who have been prized at the competition"

* flagicon|Lithuania Petras Geniusas 1989, 2nd prize.
* Kirill Gerstein 1998, 2nd prize.
* Alexandre Moutouzkine 2001, 3rd prize.

External links

[http://www.pilarbayona.es/concurso.htm Official webpage]


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