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Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition
The Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition is an international piano competition specializing in the music championed by Arthur Rubinstein. The competition has been held every three years in Tel Aviv, Israel since 1974. History The Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition came into being in 1973, at the initiative of Jan Jacob Bistritzky, a close friend of Arthur Rubinstein, who was honored to give his name to the Competition. Conceived in the spirit of this legendary pianist, the Competition is committed to attaining standards of the highest order and is a valid international forum for presenting talented, aspiring young pianists and fostering their artistic careers. The Competition first took place in 1974 and is held every three years. Rubinstein himself attended the first two competitions, when the winners were Emanuel Ax and Gerhard Oppitz, renowned pianists today. In 2003 pianist Idith Zvi succeeded Mr. Bistritzky as Artistic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregory Allen (born 1967), English midfielder footballer
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Greg Allen may refer to: * Greg Allen (rugby league) (1947–2009), Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s * Greg Allen (baseball) (born 1993), American Major League Baseball outfielder * Greg Allen (American football) (born 1963) * Greg Allen (footballer) Gregory Frank Allen (born 18 October 1967) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for Arsenal and Cambridge United Cambridge United Football Club is a professional association footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergey Tarasov (musician)
Sergey Tarasov is a Russian pianist. He was awarded 2nd prizes at the 1995 Ferruccio Busoni and Arthur Rubinstein competitions before winning the 1996 Sydney International Piano Competition. In 1988 he also won the 7th Prague Spring International Piano Competition. He subsequently obtained the 1998 International Tchaikovsky Competition's 4th prize, and won the 1999 Premio Jaén. References Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society International Tchaikovsky Competition Kommersant ''Kommersant'' (russian: Коммерсантъ, , ''The Businessman'' or Commerce Man, often shortened to Ъ) is a nationally distributed daily newspaper published in Russia mostly devoted to politics and business. The TNS Media and NRS Russia ... - Photo archive. Fondazione Concorso Pianistico Internazionale Ferruccio Busoni Jaén, Spain, Diputación de Jaén Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Russian classical pianists Male classical pianists Prize-winners of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilya Itin
Ilya Itin (born 3 April 1967 in Yekaterinburg) is a Russian concert pianist of international acclaim currently residing in New York City. Early career Music Competition Ilya Itin was the Gold Medalist of the 1996 Leeds International Piano Competition where he also captured the Contemporary Music Award and the BBC Audience Award. In Russia, he was awarded the top prize given Moscow Conservatory in the Russian National Rachmaninov Competition, followed by top prizes at the William Kapell Competition. In 1991, he won First Prize, ' and the ''Special Chopin Prize'' at the Casadesus Competition (presently, the Cleveland International Piano Competition) and was awarded ', ''Best Prokofiev Performance'', ''Best Performance of a Work of Mozart'' and Third Prize at the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, and Third Prize at the Arthur Rubinstein Competition, 1992. Current career Performance Ilya Itin has toured as a soloist throughout Europe, Asia, South America, and the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simone Pedroni
Simone Pedroni is an Italian pianist and conductor born in Novara, Italy. Pedroni graduated from Milan's Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in 1990. In 1995, he received his master's degree at Accademia Pianistica "Incontri col Maestro" in Imola, Italy, where he studied with Lazar Berman, Franco Scala and Piero Rattalino. Pedroni was the gold medalist of the Ninth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition The Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (The Cliburn) is an American piano competition by The Cliburn, first held in 1962 in Fort Worth, Texas and hosted by the Van Cliburn Foundation. Initially held at Texas Christian University, the co ... in 1993. References External links Website - English Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Italian classical pianists Male classical pianists Italian male pianists Prize-winners of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition 21st-century classical pianists 21st-century Italian male musicians {{c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgia Tomassi
Giorgia is the Italian cognate of the female name Georgia. Notable people with the name include: Arts and entertainment *Giorgia (singer), Italian singer, born ''Giorgia Todrani'' *Giorgia Fumanti, Italian-Canadian soprano and singer of operatic pop *Giorgia Gueglio, Italian singer *Giorgia Moll, Italian actress *Giorgia Palmas, Italian television personality *Giorgia Surina, Italian television personality *Giorgia Whigham, American actress *Giorgia Würth, Swiss-Italian actress Sports people *Giorgia Apollonio, Italian curler *Giorgia Benecchi, Italian pole vaulter *Giorgia Bronzini, Italian professional racing cyclist *Giorgia Carrossa, Italian figure skater *Giorgia Motta, Italian footballer *Giorgia Villa, Italian artistic gymnast Other people *Giorgia Meloni Giorgia Meloni (; born 15 January 1977) is an Italian politician who has been serving as the Prime Minister of Italy since 22 October 2022, the first woman to hold this position. A member of the Chamber of Deputies s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krzysztof Jabłoński (pianist)
Krzysztof Jabłoński (born 30 September 1977 in Gniezno, Poland) is a Polish speedway rider has won European Champion titles and was a member of the Polish national team. In October 2008, he joined the Lakeside Hammers speedway team in the UK, during their injury crisis. His brother, Mirosław (b. 1985) is also a speedway rider. Career Individual U-21 World Championship *1998 - 2nd place (14 points +2) Individual European Championship *2004 - 6th place (9 points) *2006 - European Champion (13 points +3) European Pairs Championship *2007 - 2nd place (12 points) Polish Pairs Speedway Championship *1998 - 3rd place Polish Under-21 Pairs Championship *1998 - 2nd place Polish Under-21 Team Championship *1998 - 2nd place Silver Helmet (U-21) *1998 - 3rd place See also *Poland national speedway team The Poland national speedway team is the national motorcycle speedway team of Poland and is controlled by the Polish Motor Union ( PZM). The team is one of the major t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Frith
Benjamin Frith is a British classical pianist. He was born in South Yorkshire, England, on 11 October 1957. He began taking piano lessons with Fanny Waterman at age ten. He was encouraged by Waterman to pursue a career after winning the Dudley National Piano Competition in 1972, at age 14. Following Frith's Dudley win, Peter Pears asked him to play at the Aldeburgh Festival. He was educated at the University of Leeds and graduated with a BA in Music in 1979. Subsequently, he studied under Fanny Waterman and won several awards early in his career, including the Gold Medal at the 1989 Arthur Rubinstein Piano Competition in Israel. He has appeared with many of the world’s finest orchestras including the Berlin Symphony, Israel Philharmonic, City of Birmingham Symphony, Polish National Radio, and the BBC Philharmonic. He has worked with many leading conductors such as Zubin Mehta, Antoni Wit, Vasary, Skrowaczewski, Bamert, Atzman and Barry Wordsworth. His repertoire ranges fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Fountain
Ian or Iain is a name of Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well as ... origin, derived from the Hebrew given name (Yohanan, ') and corresponding to the English name John (given name), John. The spelling Ian is an Anglicization of the Scottish Gaelic forename ''Iain''. It is a popular name in Scotland, where it originated, as well as other English-speaking world, English-speaking countries. The name has fallen out of the top 100 male baby names in the United Kingdom, having peaked in popularity as one of the top 10 names throughout the 1960s. In 1900, Ian was the 180th most popular male baby name in England and Wales. , the name has been in the top 100 in the United States every year since 1982, peaking at 65 in 2003. Other Gaelic forms of "John" include "Seona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Duis
Thomas Duis (born 1958, in Frankfurt) is a German pianist. Duis studied with Kurt Gerecke in Wiesbaden, Karl-Heinz Kämmerling in Hannover and Fanny Waterman in Leeds. He was the top-ranking pianist at the 1986 Artur Rubinstein Competition in Tel Aviv (he was awarded the 2nd prize, the 1st being declared void), and was awarded 2nd prize at the 1986 Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition and 3rd prizes at the 1985 Sydney Competition and the 1987 ARD Competition in Munich. Duis had his discographical debut for EMI, and has performed internationally since. He was the rector of the Hochschule des Saarlandes für Musik und Theater until 2012, and is a musical ambassador for the Goethe-Institut. Premieres * Benjamin Yusupov: Concerto-Intimo for piano and orchestra. Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra - Leon Botstein, conductor. Henry Crown Hall, Jerusalem; March 28, 2007. References Artur Rubinstein Competition ARD Competition Louisiana Piano Series International Künstlersekretaria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fei-Ping Hsu
Fei-Ping Hsu (Chinese: 许斐平; July 20, 1952November 27, 2001) was a Chinese-American pianist. Hsu was born on the island of Gulangyu in southeast China. As the youngest son of a Christian pastor, he grew up singing hymns while his mother played on an upright piano. By the time he was twelve, he played the complete Chopin Etudes and had performed with the Shanghai Philharmonic. Hsu was invited to perform for Queen Elisabeth of Belgium, and she invited him to study and perform in Europe under her sponsorship. He was not allowed to accept because of the advent of the Cultural Revolution during the 1960s. He survived the labor camps and became known in China and toured throughout the Far East as a soloist with the Central Philharmonic. He was a Gold Medal winner at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition. He also garnered top prizes in other competitions. Hsu made his New York recital debut at Alice Tully Hall in 1983 and performed throughout the United States, incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |