The Robert Schumann International Competition for Pianists and Singers was constituted in 1956 in East Berlin within the framework of the commemorations on the 100th anniversary of Robert Schumann's death. A second edition was organized on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth, and three years later a third edition was arranged in Zwickau, his birthplace.[1] The competition, a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions,[2] has taken place in Zwickau every 3 or 4 years since.[3]
Prize winners
Piano
| Year | |||
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| 1956 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize (ex-a.) |
 Annerose Schmidt |
 Irina Sijalova |
 Lidia Grychtołówna
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| Mikhail Voskresensky
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| 1960 | No piano category | No piano category | No piano category |
| 1963 | 1st prize | 2nd prize (ex-a.) | 3rd prize |
| Nelly Akopyan |
 Rutka Carakcieva |
 Aniko Szegedi
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 Peter Rösel |
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| 1966 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize (ex-a.) |
| Eliso Virsaladze |
Svetlana Navasardyan |
Raina Padareva
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| Evgenia Sachareva
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| 1969 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize |
| Dezső Ránki |
Tatyana Ryumina |
 Okitaka Uehara
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| 1974 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize |
| Pavel Egorov |
Dina Joffe |
 Petru Grossmann
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| 1977 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize |
| Emma Tahmizian |
Dana Borşan |
Christoph Taubert
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| 1981 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize (ex-a.) |
 Yves Henry |
Susanne Grützmann |
Kalle Randalu
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 Balázs Szokolay
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| 1985 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize |
| Tamriko Siprashvili |
 Zuzana Paulechová |
Mzija Gogashvili
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| 1989 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize |
| Éric Le Sage |
Sachiko Yonekawa |
Alexander Melnikov
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| 1993 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize |
 Temirzhan Yerzhanov |
Eiji Shigaki |
 Corrado Rollero
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| 1996 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize (ex-a.) |
 Mikhail Mordvinov |
 Dana Ciocarlie |
Lyubov Gegechkori
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| Christian Seibert
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| 2000 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize |
 Kiai Nara |
 Ulugbek Palvanov |
Andrea Rebaudengo
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| 2004 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize |
| Akiko Yamamoto |
Nicolas Bringuier |
  Soojin Ahn
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| 2008 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize |
| Mizuka Kano |
Akiko Nikami |
Da Sol Kim
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| 2012 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize |
 Aljoša Jurinić |
 Florian Noack |
Luca Buratto
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| 2016 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize |
| not awarded | Tomoyo Umemura |
 Tiffany Poon
| |
 Cheng Zhang |
Maiko Ami
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Voice
| Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 1st prize (ex-a.) | 2nd prize (ex-a.) | 3rd prize |
| Kira Isotova |
Sigrid Kehl |
 Dan Iordăchescu
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| Aleksander Vedernikov |
Jiří Bar |
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| 1960 | 1st prize | 2nd prize (ex-a.) | 3rd prize (ex-a.) |
| Vitali Gromadski |
Wolfgang Hellmich |
Sylvia Geszty
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| Roman Horák |
Violanta Sirotinina
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| 1963 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize |
| Karl Heinz Stryczek |
Evgeni Isakov |
Friederike Apelt
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| 1966 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize |
| Ionel Pantea |
 Julia Albonico |
Jürgen Hartfiel
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| 1969 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize |
| Ladies | Heidi Berthold-Riess |
Rosemarie Lang |
Georgina Orlovschi
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| Gentlemen | Ruben Lisician |
Peter Tschaplik |
Siegfried Lorenz
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| 1974 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize |
| Ladies | Mitsuko Shirai |
Andrea Ihle |
 Violetta Madjarova
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| Gentlemen | Lászlo Polgár |
Sergej Lejferkus |
Mihai Zamfir
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| 1977 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize |
| Ladies |  Edith Wiens |
Mary Ann Hart |
Jana Mrázová
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| Gentlemen | Boris Mareskin |
Alibek Dnisev |
Christoph Rösel
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| 1981 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize |
| Ladies | not awarded | Constanza Mestes |
Györgyi Benza (Ex aequo)
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| Nadja Cvetkova (Ex aequo)
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| Gentlemen | Jürgen Kurth |
Andreas Scheibner |
Matthias Weichert
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| 1985 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize |
| Ladies | not awarded | Cornelia Wosnitza |
Kirsten Bertkau
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| Gentlemen | Karsten Mewes |
Egbert Junghanns |
Thomas Mäthger
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| 1989 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize |
| Ladies | not awarded | Angela Liebold (Ex aequo) |
Britta Schwarz
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| Svetlana Sumaceva (Ex aequo) |
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| Gentlemen | Frank Schiller |
Matthias Goerne |
Torsten Frisch
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| 1993 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize |
| Ladies | not awarded | Asako Motojima |
Barbara Hölzl (Ex aequo)
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| Fumiko Hatayama (Ex aequo)
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| Gentlemen | Locky Chung |
Stefan Geyer |
Raimond Spogis
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| 1996 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize |
| Ladies | Risako Kurosawa |
 Maria-Riccarda Schmid |
 Bodil Arnesen
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| Gentlemen | Henryk Böhm |
Hideki Kadoya |
Marius Budoin
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| 2000 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize |
| Ladies | Annette Dasch |
Christa Mayer |
Measha Brueggergosman
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| Gentlemen | not awarded |  Klemens Geyrhofer |
Kyu-Hee Cho
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| 2004 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize |
| Ladies | not awarded | Stefanie Irányi (Ex aequo) |
Julia Amos
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| Lydia Teuscher (Ex aequo) |
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| Gentlemen | Colin Balzer |
Daniel Wolfgang Johannsen |
Peter McGillivray
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| 2008 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize |
| Ladies | Anne-Theresa Albrecht |
 Carolina Ullrich |
Julia Hajnóczy (Ex aequo)
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| Sophie Harmsen (Ex aequo)
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| Gentlemen | Christoph Pohl (Ex aequo) |
Jesse Blumberg
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 Tomasz Wija (Ex aequo) |
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| 2012 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize |
| Ladies | Anna Lucia Richter |
 Fatma Said |
 Simone Easthope (Ex aequo)
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| Annika Boos (Ex aequo)
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| Gentlemen | Mauro Peter |
Georg Gädker (Ex aequo) |
not awarded |
| Sebastian Wartig (Ex aequo) |
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| 2016 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize |
| Ladies | Henriette Gödde |
Hiltrud Kuhlmann |
 Hagar Sharvit
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| Gentlemen |  André Baleiro |
Jean-Christophe Fillol |
Jonathan Michie
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String quartet
| Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize |
 Jan-Evert-Andersson-Quartett |
Peter-Komlós-Quartett |
Christian-Lucaß-Quartett
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References
- ^ "International Robert Schumann Contest for Pianists and Singers". Schumann in Zwickau. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- ^ ""Robert Schumann" International Competition". World Federation of International Music Competitions. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Winners". Schumann in Zwickau. Retrieved 23 January 2016.