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Revision as of 14:59, 13 August 2008

Leeds Town Hall - Pianoforte venue
Parkinson Building, University of Leeds - Pianoforte venue

The Leeds International Piano Competition takes place every three years (next in 2009) in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1961 by Marion, Countess of Harewood and Fanny Waterman, who is today its Chairman and Artistic Director. The competition was first held in 1963 (there was a four-year gap before the 2000 competition). It takes place in the Great Hall of the University of Leeds and in Leeds Town Hall.

Prize Winners

Table showing: recent prize winners, all 1st prize winners,
and all prize winners who are subjects of Wikipedia articles (with any co-winners)
Year 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
2006 Sunwook Kim
South Korea
Andrew Brownell
USA
Denis Kozhukhin
Russia
Siheng Song
China
Sung-Hoon Kim
South Korea
Grace Fong
USA
2003 Antti Siirala
Finland
Evgenia Rubinova
Uzbekistan
Yuma Osaki
Japan
Igor Tchetuev
Ukraine
Chiao Ying-Chang
Taiwan
Sodi Braide
UK/Nigeria
2000 Alessio Bax
Italy
Davide Franceschetti
Italy
Severin von Eckardstein
Germany
Cristiano Burato
Italy
Ashley Wass
UK
Tatyana Kolessova
Russia
1996 Ilya Itin
Russia
Sa Chen
China
1993 Ricardo Castro
Brazil
1990 Artur Pizarro
Portugal
Balázs Szokolay
Hungary
1987 Vladimir Ovchinnikov
USSR
Ian Munro Australia Noriko Ogawa
Japan
Boris Berezovsky
USSR
Hugh Tinney Ireland Marcantonio Barone USA
1984 Jon Kimura Parker
Canada
Louis Lortie
Canada
David Buechner, now
Sara Davis Buechner
USA
1981 Ian Hobson
UK
Christopher O'Riley
USA
Peter Donohoe
UK
1978 Michel Dalberto
France
Lydia Artymiw
USA
1975 Dimitri Alexeev
USSR
Mitsuko Uchida
Japan
Joint 3rd prize:
Andras Schiff (Hungary) and
Pascal Devoyon (France)
Joint 5th prize:
Michael Houstoun
New Zealand and
Myung-Whun Chung (USA)
1972 Murray Perahia
USA
1969 Radu Lupu
Romania
Arthur Moreira Lima
Brazil
Anne Queffélec
France
1966 Rafael Orozco Flores
Spain
Joint 2nd prize:
Viktoria Postnikova (USSR) and
Semyon Kruchin (USSR)
1963 Michael Roll
UK
Vladimir Krainev
USSR