Concours Géza Anda
The Concours Géza Anda is one every three years since 1979 taking place in Zurich Piano Competition. In 1978, Hortense Anda- Buehrle, the widow of the late 1976 Hungarian pianist Géza Anda, in his memory, the Géza Anda Foundation, which performs the competition since its inception in 1979. Known laureates are Hisako Kawamura (2003 ), Michael Endres (1985 ), Kirschnereit (1991 ), Pietro De Maria ( 1994), Georges Pludermacher (1979 ), Konstantin Scherbakov (1991 ), Hüseyin Sermet (1985 ), Henri Sigfridsson (2000 ), Nikolai Tokarev (2006), Denes Várjon (1991) and Alexei Volodin ( 2003).
The last host in June 2012, which was first broadcast as a live stream on the Internet in collaboration with Zurich University of the Arts, was the Russian, living in Hamburg pianist Varvara Nepomnyashchaya ( with artist name " Varvara " ) to decide for themselves; she won at the same time also the Mozart and the audience award.
The special feature of the Concours Géza Anda is the promotion of the winners, which are mediated by the Géza Anda Foundation concert performances for free during three years. The winners will receive opportunities to perform in Europe, South America and Asia.
- 2.1 preselection
- 2.2 recital
- 2.3 Mozart exam
- 2.4 Final Concert
Prices (as of 2012)
Main prizes
In addition to the free concert management mentioned above, the winners prize money totaling 60,000 Swiss francs; 1st prize 30,000 Swiss francs, 2nd prize 20,000 Swiss francs and 3rd prize 10,000 Swiss francs.
Mozart Prize of the Music College Winterthur
The jury gives a semi- finalist in consultation with the Winterthur Musikkollegium the Mozart Prize, consisting of a presentation of the prize winner, accompanied by the music college. The winner of the 2012 Concours Varvara will play 595 on 31 October 2013, the Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K., led by Thomas Zehetmair in the city Winterthur.
Géza Anda 's Audience
Visitors to the final concert will have the opportunity to give one of the finalists Géza Anda Audience Prize. The audience award relates, in contrast to the major prizes only at the final concert. It is donated by the private bank Ihag Zurich, which belongs to the founding families Buehrle and Anda, and includes a concert appearance.
The Géza Anda Foundation, the audience to the fact that the artistic performance for the price should be decisive. However, the public in recent years decided to award the prize always at the finalists with the most virtuosic piano concerto.
Schumann Prize
The best interpretation of a work by Robert Schumann is rewarded with the Schumann Prize. It is sponsored by the concert agency Artists Management Company AG Zurich and consisted of a cash prize of 5,000 Swiss francs and a concert appearance. The prize was awarded in 2012 to the Russian pianist and third prize winners Elmar Gasanov.
Prizes
Two young participants will receive an award in the amount of 5,000 respectively 3,000 Swiss francs for their outstanding artistic performance during the competition.
Mode ( as of 2012)
For the competition, a number of legal copies of the Viennese classical, romantic and modern need for piano solo and piano concertos to be prepared. The compulsory pieces lean heavily on the repertoire of Géza Anda. The whole competition is public and can be visited by interested parties. The first two rounds will be held in the premises of the Zurich University of the Arts. For the Mozart - examination and the final concert of the Tonhalle Zurich will be used.
Preselection
2012, all candidates were invited for the Vorselektionsrunde to Zurich for the first time. The participants had to carry forward for 25 minutes sentences and / or works, at its option and from the compulsory pieces chosen by the jury. Maximum of 50 participants will be invited for the first round the next Concours 2015 Based on an audio-visual application.
Recital
For the 55- minute-long, second round put the remaining participants after consultation with the Jury a recital program together. Pieces that were played excerpts in the first round, can be considered in its entirety again.
Mozart exam
The semi-finalists take to the jury, accompanied by the music college Winterthur under the leadership of Theodor Guschlbauer per a piano concerto by Mozart before. The Musikkollegium Winterthur also founds the Mozart Special Prize.
Final Concert
During the final concert, the finalists will be accompanied by the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich. After the end of the final concert there is a brief pause between the time the jury retires the verdict is discussed and in which the audience chooses the winner of the Audience Award. Subsequently, the secondary and special prizes will be awarded.
Jury
The jury consists of well-known classical musician, former winners, music journalist and cultural managers. These include Antal Dorati ( Jury President in 1982 and 1985), Sándor Végh ( Jury President in 1991 and 1994), Vladimir Fedosseyev ( jury president in 2003, chief conductor of the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra ), Franz Xaver Ohnesorg ( Jury President 2006, artistic Head of the Piano Festival Ruhr), Jonathan Nott ( jury President in 2009 and 2012, chief conductor of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra ), Dénes Várjon ( Géza Anda Winner 1991), Pietro De Maria ( Géza Anda Winner 1994), Alexei Volodin ( Géza Anda Winner 2003), Bella Davidovich, Elisso Virsaladze, Markus Hinterhäuser, Oleg corn mountain, Gérard Wyss and Martin Meyer.
The jury of the Concours Géza Anda 2012, chaired by Jonathan Nott was composed of Michel Béroff, Andrea Bonatta, Markus Hinterhäuser, Oleg corn mountain, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Rathert, Alexei Volodin and Gérard Wyss.