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Revision as of 14:45, 13 August 2008

The Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition is a prestigious piano competition taking place in Santander every three years, organized by the Albéniz Foundation. Founded in 1972 as a national prize, it turned into an international competition in its 2nd edition, and was professionalized in the mid-70s, being accepted into the World Federation of International Music Competitions in 1976.

Sponsored by the Infanta Margarita and a network of civil service and private companies, it arranges an extensive world tour for the winner, including debuts in auditoriums such as the Carnegie Hall and the Wigmore Hall. Currently, 20 pianists are accepted into the competition through a demanding shortlist of candidates.

Prize Winners

Winners
Year
1972 Grand Prize 2nd prize Honour Certificates
Spain Josep Colom Spain Jesús González Alonso Spain Martín Millán
Spain Agustín Vergara
1974 Grand prize 2nd prize (ex-a.) 3rd prize Honour Certificates
Japan Ruriko Kikuchi Spain Jesús González Alonso Spain María T. Berrueta de Rubio United Kingdom Susan A. Howes
Spain José M. Martínez Pínzolas Spain Manuel Quesada
Spain María H. Revilla
1975 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize 4th prizes
United States Marioara Trifan United Kingdom Peter Bithell United States Rebecca A. Penneys France Silvie Carbonel
5th prize
Germany Margarita Höhenrieder
1976 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize 4th prize (ex-a.)
Turkey Hüseyin Sermet Czechoslovakia Ivan Klansky Brazil Paulo E. Gori
United States Janine Drath
5th prize
Japan Nina Hamaguchi
6th prize
Marie Sprimont
7th prize
Czechoslovakia Milan Langer
1977 1st prize 2nd prize (ex-a.) 3rd prize Special prizes
Egypt Ramzi Yassa United Kingdom Jeremy Atkins France Jean G. Ferlan
United States David Allen Wehr Japan Kazuko Hayami
Canada Marc Ponthus
1978 Grand prize 2nd prize 3rd prize 4th prize
Spain Josep Colom France Frédéric Aguessy Soviet Union Ana Manarasova Soviet Union Andrey Diev
Other prizes
Poland Anna Jastrzebska-Quinn
South Korea Kim Myung Chung
Bulgaria Krassimir Taskov
1980 Grand prize 2nd prize 3rd prize (ex-a.) Antonio Lavín prize
Not awarded Northern Ireland Barry Douglas Romania Dan Atanasiu JapanYumiko Maruyama
Italy Francesco Nicolosi Ana de los Ríos prize
Japan Megumi Umene
Conservatory prize
Gaswan K. Zerikli
1982 1st Grand prize 2nd Grand prize 3rd Grand Prize 4rd Prize
South Africa Marc Raubenheimer Soviet Union Oleg Volkov France Yves Rault Hong Kong Alec Chien
5th prize
France Eric N'Kaoua
6th prize
Japan Kazuoki Fujii
1984 1st Grand Prize 2nd Grand Prize 3rd Grand Prize 4rd prize
Republic of Ireland Hugh Tinney Brazil José Carlos Cocarelli Soviet Union Rauf Kasimov China Fei-Ping Hsu
5th prize
Argentina Daniel Rivera
6th prize
United States William Koehler
7th prize
Soviet Union Nigora Akhmedova
8th prize
United States Edward Zilberkant
Special prize
Soviet Union Viktor Chernelievsky
1987 1st Grand Prize 2nd Grand Prize 3rd Grand Prize 4th prize (ex-a.)
United StatesDavid Allen Wehr Soviet Union Sergey Yerokhin Germany Bernd Glemser Soviet Union Pavel Nersesjan
China Xiang Dong Kong
5th prize
Austria Mathias Fletzberger
1990 Grand Prize Honour Prize Honour mentions Finalist prizes
Not awarded Soviet Union Sergey Yerokhin Netherlands David Kuijken Italy Brenno Ambrosini
Soviet Union Viktor Lyadov France Jean-François Dichamp
Spain Claudio Martínez Mehner
Semifinalists diploma
France Isabel Dubuis
Bulgaria Mariana Gurkova
Soviet Union Oxana Rapita
Soviet Union Alexander Sandler
United States Emily White
Spain Marta Zabaleta
1992 Grand Prize Honour Prize Finalist prizes
Uzbekistan Eldar Nebolsin China Xu Zhong Germany Markus Groh
Bulgaria Mariana Gurkova
Brazil Edoard Monteiro
Russia Vadim Rudenko
1995 Grand Prize Honour Prize Finalist prizes
Not awarded Italy Enrico Pompili Latvia Armands Abols
United States Carl Cranmer
Spain Miguel Ituarte
Israel Polina Leschenko
Canada David M. Louie
1998 Grand Prize 2nd Prize 3rd Prize Laureate prizes
South Korea Yung Wook Yoo South Korea Jong Hwa Park Bulgaria Plamena Mangova Spain Gustavo Díaz Jerez
Philippines Albert Tiu
Russia Alexei Volodin
2002 Grand Prize 2nd Prize 3rd Prize (ex-a.)
Not awarded Israel Boris Giltburg United States Ning An
South Korea Soyeon Lee
2005 Grand Prize 2nd Prize 3rd Prize Audience Prize
Italy Alberto Nosè Germany Herbert Schuch China Jie Chen Italy Alberto Nosè
2008 Grand Prize 2nd Prize 3rd Prize Audience Prize
China Jue Wang Canada Avan Yu Japan Kotarô Fukuma Canada Avan Yu


Special prizes
Year Best Spanish contestant Contemporary music Chamber music Spanish music
1978 Spain María Teresa Berrueta de Rubio
1980 Germany Martin Doerrie Japan Michiko Tsuda
1982 France Yves Rault France Eric N'Kaoua
1984 Spain Luis Á. Sarobe United States William Koehler United States William Koehler Czechoslovakia Zuzana Paulechova
1987 Spain Jorge L. Otero France Claire Desert France Claire Desert Brazil Clélia Iruzun
1990 Spain Claudio Martínez Mehner Netherlands David Kuijken Soviet Union Viktor Lyadov Bulgaria Mariana Gurkova
1992 Spain Marta Zabaleta Finland Laura Mikkola Russia Tatiana Pavlova China Wi Yu
1995 Italy Enrico Pompili Armenia Armen Babakhanian United States Carl Cranmer


Grant-prizes
Year
1987 China Xiang Dong Kong
1990 France Jean-François Dichamp Spain Claudio Martínez Mehner Italy Giorgia Tomassi
1992 Spain Carlos Apellániz Finland Laura Mikkola Ukraine Andrey Zheltonog
1995 United Kingdom Freddy Kempf Israel Polina Leschenko


See also