Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition
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
Year | ||||
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1972 | Grand Prize | 2nd prize | Honour Certificates | |
Josep Colom | Jesús González Alonso | Martín Millán | ||
Agustín Vergara | ||||
1974 | Grand prize | 2nd prize (ex-a.) | 3rd prize | Honour Certificates |
Ruriko Kikuchi | Jesús González Alonso | María T. Berrueta de Rubio | Susan A. Howes | |
José M. Martínez Pínzolas | Manuel Quesada | |||
María H. Revilla | ||||
1975 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize | 4th prizes |
Marioara Trifan | Peter Bithell | Rebecca A. Penneys | Silvie Carbonel | |
5th prize | ||||
Margarita Höhenrieder | ||||
1976 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize | 4th prize (ex-a.) |
Hüseyin Sermet | Ivan Klansky | Paulo E. Gori | ||
Janine Drath | ||||
5th prize | ||||
Nina Hamaguchi | ||||
6th prize | ||||
Marie Sprimont | ||||
7th prize | ||||
Milan Langer | ||||
1977 | 1st prize | 2nd prize (ex-a.) | 3rd prize | Special prizes |
Ramzi Yassa | Jeremy Atkins | Jean G. Ferlan | ||
David Allen Wehr | Kazuko Hayami | |||
Marc Ponthus | ||||
1978 | Grand prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize | 4th prize |
Josep Colom | Frédéric Aguessy | Ana Manarasova | Andrey Diev | |
Other prizes | ||||
Anna Jastrzebska-Quinn | ||||
Kim Myung Chung | ||||
Krassimir Taskov | ||||
1980 | Grand prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize (ex-a.) | Antonio Lavín prize |
Not awarded | Barry Douglas | Dan Atanasiu | Yumiko Maruyama | |
Francesco Nicolosi | Ana de los Ríos prize | |||
Megumi Umene | ||||
Conservatory prize | ||||
Gaswan K. Zerikli | ||||
1982 | 1st Grand prize | 2nd Grand prize | 3rd Grand Prize | 4rd Prize |
Marc Raubenheimer | Oleg Volkov | Yves Rault | Alec Chien | |
5th prize | ||||
Eric N'Kaoua | ||||
6th prize | ||||
Kazuoki Fujii | ||||
1984 | 1st Grand Prize | 2nd Grand Prize | 3rd Grand Prize | 4rd prize |
Hugh Tinney | José Carlos Cocarelli | Rauf Kasimov | Fei-Ping Hsu | |
5th prize | ||||
Daniel Rivera | ||||
6th prize | ||||
William Koehler | ||||
7th prize | ||||
Nigora Akhmedova | ||||
8th prize | ||||
Edward Zilberkant | ||||
Special prize | ||||
Viktor Chernelievsky | ||||
1987 | 1st Grand Prize | 2nd Grand Prize | 3rd Grand Prize | 4th prize (ex-a.) |
David Allen Wehr | Sergey Yerokhin | Bernd Glemser | Pavel Nersessian | |
Xiang Dong Kong | ||||
5th prize | ||||
Mathias Fletzberger | ||||
1990 | Grand Prize | Honour Prize | Honour mentions | Finalist prizes |
Not awarded | Sergey Yerokhin | David Kuijken | Brenno Ambrosini | |
Viktor Lyadov | Jean-François Dichamp | |||
Claudio Martínez Mehner | ||||
Semifinalists diploma | ||||
Isabel Dubuis | ||||
Mariana Gurkova | ||||
Oxana Rapita | ||||
Alexander Sandler | ||||
Emily White | ||||
Marta Zabaleta | ||||
1992 | Grand Prize | Honour Prize | Finalist prizes | |
Eldar Nebolsin | Xu Zhong | Markus Groh | ||
Mariana Gurkova | ||||
Edoard Monteiro | ||||
Vadim Rudenko | ||||
1995 | Grand Prize | Honour Prize | Finalist prizes | |
Not awarded | Enrico Pompili | Armands Ābols | ||
Carl Cranmer | ||||
Miguel Ituarte | ||||
Polina Leschenko | ||||
David M. Louie | ||||
1998 | Grand Prize | 2nd Prize | 3rd Prize | Laureate prizes |
Yung Wook Yoo | Jong Hwa Park | Plamena Mangova | Gustavo Díaz Jerez | |
Albert Tiu | ||||
Alexei Volodin | ||||
2002 | Grand Prize | 2nd Prize | 3rd Prize (ex-a.) | |
Not awarded | Boris Giltburg | Ning An | ||
Soyeon Lee | ||||
2005 | Grand Prize | 2nd Prize | 3rd Prize | Audience Prize |
Alberto Nosè | Herbert Schuch | Jie Chen | Alberto Nosè | |
2008 | Grand Prize | 2nd Prize | 3rd Prize | Audience Prize |
Jue Wang | Avan Yu | Kotarô Fukuma | Avan Yu |
Year | Best Spanish contestant | Contemporary music | Chamber music | Spanish music |
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1978 | María Teresa Berrueta de Rubio | |||
1980 | Martin Doerrie | Michiko Tsuda | ||
1982 | Yves Rault | Eric N'Kaoua | ||
1984 | Luis Á. Sarobe | William Koehler | William Koehler | Zuzana Paulechova |
1987 | Jorge L. Otero | Claire Desert | Claire Desert | Clélia Iruzun |
1990 | Claudio Martínez Mehner | David Kuijken | Viktor Lyadov | Mariana Gurkova |
1992 | Marta Zabaleta | Laura Mikkola | Tatiana Pavlova | Wi Yu |
1995 | Enrico Pompili | Armen Babakhanian | Carl Cranmer |
Year | |||
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1987 | Xiang Dong Kong | ||
1990 | Jean-François Dichamp | Claudio Martínez Mehner | Giorgia Tomassi |
1992 | Carlos Apellániz | Laura Mikkola | Andrey Zheltonog |
1995 | Freddy Kempf | Polina Leschenko |