The Cliburn Almanac
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Winners
1962 – Ralph Votapek (USA)
1966 – Radu Lupu (Romania)
1969 – Cristina Ortiz (Brazil)
1973 – Vladimir Viardo (USSR)
1977 – Steven De Groote (USSR)
1981 – André-Michel Schub (USA)
1985 – José Feghali (Brazil)
1989 – Alexei Sultanov (USSR)
1993 – Simone Pedroni (Italy)
1997 – Jon Nakamatsu (USA)
2001 – e.a. Stanislav Ioudenitch (Uzbekistan), Olga Kern (Russia)
2005 – Alexander Kobrin (Russia)
2009 – e.a. Nobuyuki Tsujii (Japan), Zhang Haochen (China)
Best Performance of a Commissioned/New Work
1962 – Arthur C. Fennimore (USA)
1966 – Radu Lupu (Romania)*
1969 – Minoru Nojima (Japan)
1973 – Vladimir Viardo (USSR)*
1977 – Steven De Groote (South Africa)*
1981 – Santiago Rodriguez (USA)
1985 – Barry Douglas (UK)
1989 – Benedetto Lupu (Italy)
1993 – Valery Kuleshov (Russia)
1997 – Naida Cole (Canada)
2001 – Antonio Pompa-Baldi (Italy)
2005 – Joyce Yang (South Korea)
2009 – Nobuyuki Tsujii (Japan)*
* indicates award winner was also awarded first prize overall.
Best Performance of Chamber Music
1962 – Ralph Votapek (USA)*, Hiroko Nakamura (Japan)
1966 – Barry Lee Snyder (USA)
1969 – Diane Walsh (USA)
1973 – Christian Zacharias (West Germany)
1977 – Michel Dalberto (France)
Steven De Groote (South Africa)*
Alexander Toradze (USSR)
1981 – André-Michel Schub (USA)*
1985 – José Feghali (Brazil)*, Kathryn Selby (Australia)
1989 – Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (France)
José Carlos Cocarelli (Brazil)
Kevin Kenner (USA)
Alexander Shtarkman (USSR)
1993 – Richard Raymond (Canada), Valery Kuleshov (Russia)
1997 – Naida Cole (Canada)
Jon Nakamatsu (USA)*
Katia Skanavi (Russia)
2001 – Davide Franceschetti (Italy)
Stanislav Ioudenitch (Uzbekistan)*
Maxim Philippov (Russia)
2005 – Joyce Yang (South Korea)
2009 – Evgeni Bozhanov (Bulgaria)
Son Yeol Eum (South Korea)
* indicates award winner was also awarded first prize overall.
Chamber music collaborators
1962 – String Quartet–in–Residence, Southern Methodist University
1966 – Curtis String Quartet
1969, 1973 – Eudice Shapiro (violin), Laszlo Varga (cello)
1977–1989 – Tokyo String Quartet
1993 – American String Quartet
1997 – Tokyo String Quartet
2001–present – Takács Quartet
Conductors
1962 – Milton Katims
1966, 1969 – Ezra Rachlin
1973 – Walter Susskind
1977 – John Giordano
1981 – Leon Fleischer
1985, 1989 – Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
1993 – Jerzy Semkow
1997–present – James Conlon
Commissioned composers/American Composers Invitational winners
1962 – Lee Hoiby (Capriccio on Five Notes)
1966 – Willard Straight (Structure for Piano)
1969 – Norman Dello Joio (Capriccio on the Interval of a Second)
1973 – Aaron Copland (Night Thoughts)
1977 – Samuel Barber (Ballade)
1981 – Leonard Bernstein (Touches)
1985 – John Corigliano (Fantasia on an Ostinato)
1989 – William Schuman (Chester: Variations for Piano)
1993 – Morton Gould (Ghost Waltz)
1997 – William Bolcom (Nine Bagatelles)
2001 – Lowell Liebermann (Three Impromptus)
2005 – Sebastian Currier (Scarlatti Cadences + Brainstorm)
2009 – Mason Bates (White Lies for Lomax)
Jury chairmen
1962 – Leopold Mannes (USA)
1966 – Howard Hanson (USA)
1969 – Ezra Rachlin (USA)
1973–present – John Giordano (USA)
Winning concertos
1962 – Ralph Votapek (source: New York Times, 07/10/1962)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 [1st mvt.]
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
1966 – Radu Lupu (source: Wisconsin State Journal, 11/10/1966)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 [1st mvt.]
1969 – Cristina Ortiz (source: Corpus Christi Times, 09/10/1969)
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
1973 – Vladimir Viardo (source: San Antonio Express, 02/10/1973)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 [all Beethoven finals]
1977 – Steven de Groote
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1981 – André-Michel Schub
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 (source: Winnipeg Free Press, 02/06/1981)
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 (source: New York Times, 01/06/1981)
1985 – José Feghali (source: Logansport Pharos-Tribune, 04/06/1985)
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
1989 – Alexei Sultanov (source: New York Times, 13/06/89)
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
1993 – Simone Pedroni (source: New York Times, 08/06/93)
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Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
1997 – Jon Nakamatsu
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
2001 – Stanislav Ioudenitch
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Olga Kern
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
2005 – Alexander Kobrin
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
2009 – Nobuyuki Tsujii
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Zhang Haochen
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2
Competitors at more than one Cliburn
Frédéric Aguessy (USA)
1977 first round, 1981 first round
Andrew Armstrong (USA)
1993 semi
finalist, 1997 first round
Peter John Basquin (USA)
1966 first round, 1969 semifinalist
Stephen Beus (USA)
2005 first round, 2009 first round
Kathyrn Brown (USA)
1985 first round, 1989 first round
David Buechner (USA)
1985 first round, 1989 first round
Michael Cave (USA)
1966 (as Carl Michael Cave) first round, 1969 first round
Hung-Kuan Chen (USA)
1981 semifinalist, 1985 semifinalist
José Carlos Cocarelli (Brazil)*
1977 first round, 1989 second prize
Lora Dimitrova (Bulgaria)
1985 (as Lora Anghelova Dimitrova) first round, 1989 first round
Barry Douglas (UK)
1981 semifinalist, 1985 third prize
Thomas Duis (West Germany)
1985 first round, 1989 first round
Konstanze Eickhorst (West Germany)*
1981 first round, 1989 first round
Ying Feng (China)
2001 first round, 2005 semifinalist
David Franceschetti (Italy)
2001 semifinalist, 2005 semifinalist
Michiko Fujinuma (Japan)
1966 first round, 1969 sixth prize
Eduardus Halim (Indonesia)
1985 first round, 1989 first round
Steven Hall (USA)
1977 first round, 1981 first round
Ian Hobson (UK)
1973 first round, 1977 sixth prize (e.a.)
Thomas Hrynkiw (USA)
1966 semifinalist, 1969 first round
Stanislav Ioudenitch (Uzbekistan)
1997 (under Russia) withdrew as semifinalist, 2001 first prize (e.a.)
Olga Kern (Russia)
1997 (as Olga Pushechnikova) first round, 2001 first prize (e.a.)
Alexei Koltakov (Australia)
2001 (under Ukraine) finalist, 2005 first round
Norman Krieger (USA)
1981 semifinalist, 1985 semifinalist
Soyeon Lee (South Korea)
2005 first round, 2009 first round
Michael Lewin (USA)
1977 first round, 1981 first round
Ang Li (Canada)
2005 first round, 2009 first round
Paniyas Lyras (USA)
1977 first round, 1981 second prize (e.a.)
Albert Mamriev (Israel)
2001 first round, 2005 first round
Alan Marks (USA)
1973 (as Alan David Marks) first round, 1977 first round
Károly Moscári (Hungary)
1985 fifth prize, 1989 first round
Anton Mordasov (Russia)
1997 first round, 2001 first round
Alexandre Moutouzkine (Russia)
2001 (as Alexander Moutouzkine) first round, 2005 first round
Miryo Park (USA)
1977 first round, 1981 first round
Ilya Rashkovskiy (Russia)
2005 first round, 2009 first round
Veronica Reznikovskaya (Russia)
1989 (under USSR) first round, 1993 semifinalist
Santiago Rodriguez (USA)*
1973 semifinalist, 1981 second prize (e.a.)
Jose Sandoval (Mexico)
1962 (as Jose Sandoval, Jr.) first round, 1966 semifinalist
Kathryn Selby (Australia)
1981 first round, 1985 semifinalist
Margarita Shevchenko (Russia)
1993 first round, 1997 first round
Geoffrey Tozer (Australia)
1973 semifinalist, 1977 third round
Xiaohan Wang (China)
2001 finalist, 2005 semifinalist
Andrew Wilde (UK)
1985 semifinalist, 1989 first round
William Wolfram (USA)*
1977 first round, 1985 first round
Di Wu (China)
2005 first round, 2009 finalist
* indicates a competitor who participated in non-consecutive editions of the Cliburn.