2006 Valencia International Piano Competition Prize Iturbi

XV Jose Iturbi International Piano Competition took place in Valencia, from September 14 to the 30th, 2006. The competition is held every two years and is a member of the Geneva World Federation of International Music Competitions. Pianist Josu De Solaun Soto was given the First Grand Prize, becoming the first Spanish pianist to be awarded such distinction in the 25 years of the competition's existence. The prize included over $25,000, recital and orchestral engagements and a recording contract.

Jury

Prizes

First Grand Prize Josu de Solaun
Second Prize Valentina Igoshina
Third Prize Andrei Yaroshinsky
Fourth Prize Patrick Hemmerle Sofya Melikyan
Fifth Prize Natalya Kuchaeva
Sixth Prize Void
Best Valencian pianist Josu de Solaun
Best Spanish pianist Josu de Solaun
Best interpreter of Spanish music Patrick Hemmerle Sofya Melikyan
Best interpreter of Spanish contemporary music Miguel Ángel Castro Philipp Kopachevsky
Best interpreter of a Beethoven concerto Patrick Hemmerle
Best interpreter of a Chopin piece Patrick Hemmerle

Compositions commissioned for the competition

Competition Results (by Rounds)

First round

Yukiko Akagi Orlando Alonso Cathal Breslin Catalina Butcaru Claudio Carbó
Miguel Ángel Castro Josu de Solaun Dora Deliyska Geraldine Dutroncy Anna Fedorova
Sonja Fräki Nikolai Gangnus Irina Georgieva Patrick Hemmerle Dagmar Hofman
Hong Kook-hee Hyung Sue-woon Valentina Igoshina Kyoko Kashii Marianna Katerelou
Kim Ji-youn Philipp Kopachevsky Natalya Kuchaeva Fuyuka Kusa Lee Yoo-soon
Lin Weichi Maria McGarry Sofya Melikyan Katia Michel Salvatore Monzo
Yukako Morikawa Eleonora Morozova Inocencio Negrín Theodosia Ntokou Vincenzo Oliva
Antonio Ortiz Natalya Osenchakova Stefania Passamonte Ekaterina Popova Cameron Roberts
Pavel Shatskiy Anna Solivieva-Drubich Inesa Sinkevych Shun Tominaga Wu Xiaofeng
Andrei Yaroshinsky Yoon Eun-kyung Bojana Zdravković Denis Zhdanov

Second round

Yukiko Akagi Cathal Breslin Claudio Carbó Miguel Ángel Castro Josu de Solaun
Anna Fedorova Nikolai Gangnus Patrick Hemmerle Valentina Igoshina Philipp Kopachevsky
Natalya Kuchaeva Fuyuka Kusa Lin Weichi Sofya Melikyan Yukako Morikawa
Inocencio Negrín Vincenzo Oliva Antonio Ortiz Cameron Roberts Pavel Shatskiy
Wu Xiaofeng Andrei Yaroshinsky Bojana Zdravković Denis Zhdanov

Third round

Yukiko Akagi Claudio Carbó Miguel Ángel Castro Josu de Solaun Patrick Hemmerle
Valentina Igoshina Philipp Kopachevsky Natalia Kuchaeva Sofya Melikyan Yukiko Morikawa
Antonio Ortiz Andrei Yaroshinsky

Semifinals

Josu de Solaun (Beethoven's 3rd) Patrick Hemmerle (Beethoven's 1st) Valentina Igoshina (Beethoven's 4th)
Natalya Kuchaeva (Beethoven's 5th) Sofya Melikyan (Beethoven's 3rd) Andrei Yaroshinsky (Beethoven's 3rd)
Accompaniment: Valencia Orchestra. Yaron Traub, conductor.

Final

Josu de Solaun (Rachmaninov's 2nd) Valentina Igoshina (Tchaikovsky's 1st) Andrey Yaroshinsky (Rachmaninov's Rhapsody)
Accompaniment: Valencia Orchestra. Yaron Traub, conductor.
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