FIRST AWARDS 2006 to 2024
PRIMI PREMI dal 2006 al 2024
The Competition has counted among its winners pianists accompanists and conductors who currently perform or have performed at prestigious Italian and foreign theaters: Teatro Grande in Brescia, Teatro Comunale in Bologna, Teatro Regio in Turin, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo, Teatro Sao Carlos in Lisbon, Teatro Regio in Parma, Teatro di Busseto, Teatro di Como, Teatro Bellini in Catania, Teatro di Santiago del Cile. A large number of the winners were students from the "Accademia d'arte e mestieri del Teatro alla Scala, Milano".
Il Concorso ha annoverato tra i suoi vincitori pianisti accompagnatori e direttori d'orchestra che attualmente svolgono o hanno svolto i loro incarichi presso prestigiosi teatri italiani ed esteri: Teatro Grande di Brescia, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Teatro Regio di Torino, Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Teatro Donizetti di Bergamo, Teatro Sao Carlos di Lisbona, Teatro Regio di Parma, Teatro di Busseto, Teatro di Como, Teatro Bellini di Catania, Teatro di Santiago del Cile. Moltissimi vincitori sono stati studenti dell'Accademia d'arte e mestieri del Teatro alla Scala di Milano.
2006: GIANLUCA PAGLIUSO (Italy)
2007: not assigned
2008: not assigned
2009: EX-AEQUO JEONG UN KIM (South Korea)
2009: EX-AEQUO FRANCESCO RICCI (Italy)
2010: LEE IN SEON (South Korea)
2011: SO YOUNG SIM (South Korea)
2012: not assigned
2013: KAYOKO IKEDA (Japan)
2014: not assigned
2015: EX-AEQUO SHIN INCHUL (South Korea)
2015: EX-AEQUO EUN BITNA (South Korea)
2016: EX-AEQUO MIURA MARI (Giappone)
2016: EX-AEQUO PULSONI CHIARA (Italy)
2017: JEONG JIEUN (South Korea)
2018: KWON SUBHIN (South Korea)
2019: ELIA TAGLIAVIA (Italy)
2020: CHOI HYEJI (South Korea)
2021: JOHANNES BETTAC (Germany)
2022: not assigned
2023: JUHYUNG LEE (South Korea)
2024: not assigned
WINNERS OF THE 19TH EDITION ONLINE
Vincitori della 19° edizione ONLINE
2° PRIZE
MA XUANDI (Cina) - Milano's Conservatory
3° PRIZE
JIMIN LEE (South Korea) - Parma's Conservatory
WINNERS OF THE 18TH EDITION ONLINE
Vincitori della 18° edizione ONLINE
1° PRIZE
JUHYUNG LEE (South Korea)
3° PRIZE
MINJEONG KIM (South Korea)
4° PRIZE
ZITONG WANG (China)
WINNERS OF THE 17TH EDITION ONLINE
Vincitori della 17° edizione ONLINE
CHIH WEI KAO
2° PRIZE
GENI HUYNJI KIM
2° PRIZE
ROBERTO FRANCO
3° PRIZE
WINNERS OF THE 16TH EDITION ONLINE
Vincitori della 16° edizione ONLINE
JOHANNES BETTAC,
1° PRIZE &
1° YOUTH PRIZE
Johannes Bettac studies orchestral conducting at the HfM Detmold with Prof. Florian Ludwig. Before his studies, he completed an internship as a repetiteur at the Theater Hof. Lately he already served as assistant conductor and repetiteur at the Landestheater Detmold. He is repetiteur in singing and instrumental classes at the HfM Detmold. As an orchestral pianist he played among others in the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra, the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester or the National Youth Orchestra of Germany. In 2020 he received the special prize of the European Music Federation for Youth at the competition for ostracised music in Schwerin. During his school years, he won numerous prizes at the Jugend musiziert competition (e.g. in 2018, two prizes with full marks as well as three special prizes). Within his studies Johannes Bettac as a conductor already worked with numerous ensembles, like the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, the Symphonisches Orchester des Landestheaters Detmold, the chamber orchestra Bridge of Sound or the ensemble for modern music Earquake.
MATTEO FAILLA.
2° PRIZE
Pianist, composer and arranger from Varese (Italy), he begins piano studies with Paola del Negro and graduates in 2019 at Conservatory of Music “G. Verdi” in Como, where he trained as accompanist in singing and acting classes with Francesco Miotti and Daniela Manusardi. He is among the winners of the first two editions of the composition competition “Aforismi” with the works “A Night at the Brazen Head” and “Song on Purgatory’s beach”. Eclectic musician, he performs in Varese, Como and Milan in various ensembles that embrace opera, choral, and fusion music. He was repetiteur and pianist in orchestra in the contemporary opera “Due ragazzi perbene” by the composer and conductor Lorenzo Casati: he also transcribed the vocal score of the opera. He performed as a pianist, repetiteur and prompter at Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Palazzo Cesi in Acquasparta, Teatro Garibaldi in Lucera and Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago. He’s currently attending the two year course for opera coaches at La Scala Theatre Academy in Milan.
MATILDE BIANCHI,
3° PRIZE &
2° YOUTH PRIZE
Matilde, born in Bologna on February 19, 2002, grew up in a musical environment: the daughter of musicians she is since childhood surrounded by different musical instruments with which she tries her hand, preferring the piano. In addition to qualifying for first places in several international competitions, in 2017 she won a scholarship for musical excellence at the "Giovani in Crescendo" competition in Pesaro. It was a significant experience with which he will begin to debut as a soloist with orchestra (Orchestra del Teatro Rossini and "Ferruccio Busoni") in several Italian cities such as Pesaro, Bologna (Auditorium Manzoni and Teatro Comunale di Bologna), Vinci, Vatican Museums, at only 15 years old.
Matilde is currently attending the two-year piano course at the G. B. Martini Conservatory of Bologna under the guidance of Maestro Matteo Fossi and the opera school of the Municipal Theater of Bologna in the advanced course for Maestro Collaboratore.
ALESSIO MASI,
3° YOUTH PRIZE
Alessio Masi began his musical studies in 2008 and then enrolled in 2014 at the Conservatory of Music A. Scarlatti in Palermo. He is currently attending the second year of the three-year Piano Course and simultaneously attending the Pre-Academic Course in Composition. Winner of a scholarship for the 2020-2021 academic year as a collaborating pianist for the classes of string instruments, he already has concert experience to his credit, including as a collaborating pianist, for the J.S. Bach Concerto Laboratory, and performed as a solo pianist at the 2018 Chopin Marathon at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo. In 2021, he participates in a Masterclass in advanced piano performance given by Roberto Prosseda at the Fontarò Theater in Palermo.
WINNER OF THE 15TH EDITION ONLINE
Vincitori della 15° edizione ONLINE
CHOI HYEJI
1° PRIZE
Choi Hyeji graduated from the Catholic University of Daegu under Maestro Hae-sun Paik (winner of the Leeds, Tchaikovsky competitions). She specialized in Italy at the "G. Verdi" Conservatory of Music in Como under Maestro Ugo Federico, Federica Valli and Paolo Beschi. She has performed in her homeland and in Italy as a soloist and in various chamber music ensembles in the halls of theaters in northern Italy. (Collaboration on piano at the Masterclass of maestro Giovanni Sollima, Recital of maestro Daniele Bogni as pianist ). Currently, he continues to specialize as a master collaborator on piano at the academy Teatro alla Scala in Milan and the Conservatory of "G. Verdi" in Milan. He carries out intense concert activity. Two years after her victory in the Respighi Competition, 2020 jury president Roberto Rizzi Brignoli invited her to be the concertmaster pianist for a production of Boheme at the Opera House in Santiago, Chile.
DANIELE BONINI
2° PRIZE
Daniele Bonini graduated from the Udine Conservatory of Music. Winner of more than 40 national and international solo and chamber music competitions, he has attended solo performance master classes held by Daniel Rivera, Marian Mika, Juris Zvikovs, Riccardo Zadra and Paolo Bordoni. He has attended master classes at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena and the Fiesole School of Music. He performs in Italy and abroad and is a regular collaborating pianist at Conservatories of Music: "J. Tomadini" in Udine, "G. Tartini" in Trieste, "G. Verdi" in Milan and "G. Verdi" in Como. He is also a collaborating pianist for the International Competition organized by the Humanitarian Society of Milan and the National Arts Award.
LEE KIBBUM
2° PRIZE
Lee Kibbum was born in 1991 in Gongju, South Korea. She majored in Piano at Sookmyung University in Korea and after graduation in 2014, she moved to Italy. In 2016, she graduated from the Milan Conservatory of Music in Vocal Chamber Music in the Biennium. And in 2018, she graduated from the Academic Biennium of Master Collaborator at the Conservatorio "G. Verdi" in Milan. She attended the advanced course for Maestro collaboratore in the Biennium 2018/2020 at the Accademia Teatro alla Scala in Milan.
AHN EUNMI
3° PRIZE
Ahn Eumi was born in Masan, South Korea. She graduated with a degree in piano from Keimyung University in Daegu, South Korea. She graduated as a Maestro collaboratore collaborator from the Biennium of the "A.Boito" Conservatory of Parma in June 2020. She attended the Maestro collaboratore course for musical theater at the Coccia Theater in Novara. She is engaged as a pianist at OFF 'Festival VERDI PARMA'; ACCADEMIA DI APRILE MILLO in Busseto; VERDI OFF 'Festival VERDI PARMA.