PRIOR WINNERS (First edition, 2016)
The three top prize winners performed at Carnegie Hall on 8 July 2016: Marc Sabbah (viola) - Emanuel Rimoldi (piano) and Konu Kim (tenor).
Emanuel Rimoldi: piano
Marc Sabbah: viola
Konu Kim: tenor
The top award in the second category (CD release with the Orpheus Classical label, all costs covered) was allocated to Kotaro Fukuma, who is currently recording the album “Piano Fantasy”. The CD release will include three popular masterpieces: Wandererfantasie (F. Schubert), Piano Fantasie (W. A. Mozart), and “Moonlight” Sonata (L. v. Beethoven).
Orpheus Classical
Kotaro Fukuma: piano
Pianist Emanuel Rimoldi received the "Ivo Pogorelich Award", and had the opportunity to receive a Masterclass with this legendary Maestro (honorary president of the competition).
In addition to these top prize winners, other 34 special prizes were awarded:
Piano Section
First Prizes
Tiffany Poon (with distinction)
Anna Dmytrenko
Alexander Ullman
Artem Yasynsky
Ismael Margain
Vestard Shimkus
Second Prizes
Jorge Nava
Sergiu Tuhutiu
Shai Sluzki
Third Prizes
Igor Andreev
Janos Balazs
Voice Section
First Prizes
Francisco Corujo (with distinction) - tenor
Maite Alberola (with distinction) – soprano
Alicia Amo - soprano
Irina Marinas - soprano
Second Prizes
Heejung Lee - soprano
Kirill Goryunov - baritone
Kristen Scott - mezzo
Third Prizes
Durum Yang - soprano
Liubov Molina - contralto
Strings Section
First Prizes
Erzhan Kulibaev (with distinction) - violin
Ivan Karizna (with distinction) - cello
Benedict Kloeckner - cello
Christoph Croisé - cello
Kenneth Renshaw - violin
Second Prizes
Marilies Guschlbauer - cello
Milan Pala - violin
Xavier D. Foley - double bass
Third Prizes
Amalia Hall - violin
Barbara Kolarova - violin
Wonhee Bae - violin
Special prizes: “Young Virtuoso Award”
Anastasia Rizikov (piano)
Ludovica Rana (cello)
Michael Andreas Häringer (piano)
The four top prize winners and most of the special awards’ winners joined the Manhattan Concert Artists roster:
www.manhattanconcertartists.com
