Maria Canals International Music Competition
The Maria Canals International Music Competition (Catalan: Concurs Internacional de Música Maria Canals Barcelona, IPA: [kuŋˈkuɾs intəɾnəsi.uˈnal də ˈmuzikə məˈɾi.ə kəˈnalz βəɾsəˈlonə]) is a music competition held yearly in the Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona. It was founded as a piano competition in 1954, but in 1964 it was expanded so other modalities could be held occasionally.[1][2] It was founded in 1954 by the Catalan pianist Maria Remei Canals i Cendrós (1913–2010) and her husband, the composer and writer Rossend Llates (1899–1973).[3] Since 1954, the Competition has welcomed over 7,000 participants from 100 countries and 180 jury members from all over the world.[4] It became a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions in 1958.[5] The Maria Canals competition, for which artists such as Joan Miró, Antoni Tàpies and Joan Clavé have made publicity posters, was declared to be of public utility by the Spanish Interior Ministry in 1996.
Commentaries on the competition
- Of the multitude of international piano competitions, it is comforting to note that a competition like the Maria Canals at Barcelona, in which the piano is judged purely on a musical level, in which the player cannot forget the essential thing, interpretation, that such a competition takes on greater importance every year. Musicians can only praise and thank Maria Canals for her initiative. For my part, I can only warmly salute not only the longevity of this competition, but its ever more important participation in that magnificent combat in which, nobly and with exemplary probity, the artists of the future – those who will pick up the baton from their elders – face each other. – Vlado Perlemuter, 1964.[6]
- Those of us who follow the Barcelonan musical life can't forget the ascendant evolution of the Maria Canals International Music Competition, initiated in 1954, which has turned into one of the most important European competitions. In celebrating its 40th anniversary we can state that many performers of the highest level have arisen from the competition, such a thing having contributed to expand the prestige of Barcelona as an artistic city. – Xavier Montsalvatge, 2004.[7]
Prize Winners
1954 | 1st prize (men) | 1st prize (women) | ||
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Spain Miquel Farré Mallofré | Spain Maria Neus Miró Gumà | |||
1956 | Grand prize | 1st prize (men) (ex-a.) | 1st prize (women) (ex-a.) | |
Not awarded | West Germany Klaus Börner | Switzerland Aline Demierre | ||
Italy Giorgio Radicula | Spain Núria Escofet Manich | |||
1957 | Grand prize | 1st prize (men) | 1st prize (women) | |
Not awarded | Italy Alberto Colombo | France Thérèse Castaigne | ||
1958 | 1st prize | |||
France Françoise Thinat | ||||
1959 | 1st prize | 2nd prize (men) | 2nd prize (women) | |
Not awarded | Switzerland Jean-Jacques Hauser | Japan Yoko Ikeda | ||
1960 | 1st prize | |||
Poland Andrzej Jasiński | ||||
1961 | 1st prize | |||
France Catherine Silie | ||||
1962 | 1st prize | |||
Uruguay Dinorah Varsi | ||||
1963 | 1st prize | 2nd prize (men) | 2nd prize (women) | |
Not awarded | Poland Jerzy Gajek | France Françoise Parrot | ||
1964 | 1st prize | |||
Sweden Dag Achatz | ||||
1965 | 1st prize | |||
United States James Tocco | ||||
1966 | 1st prize | |||
Spain Leonora Milà Romeu | ||||
1967 | 1st prize | 2nd prize (ex-a.) | ||
Not awarded | Italy Franco Angeleri | |||
France Jacques Rouvier | ||||
1968 | 1st prize | |||
Argentina Christina Viñas | ||||
1969 | 1st prize | |||
United States Joseph W. Fennimore | ||||
1970 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | ||
Mexico Guadalupe Parrondo | United Kingdom Martin Hughes | |||
1971 | 1st prize | 2nd prize (ex-a.) | ||
Not awarded | Poland Ewa Bukojemska | |||
France Yves Noack | ||||
1972 | 1st prize | |||
Hungary Klára Barányi | ||||
1973 | 1st prize | |||
United States Jonathan M. Purvin | ||||
1974 | 1st prize | 2nd prize by unanimity | 2nd prize (ex-a.) | |
Not awarded | Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Blanca Bodalla | Japan Akira Imai | ||
France Pierre Réach | ||||
1975 | 1st prize | 2nd prize (men) (ex-a.) | 2nd prize (women) | |
Not awarded | Italy Raimondo Campisi | United States Marioaran Trifan | ||
Italy Roberto Capello | ||||
Italy Andrea Bonatta | ||||
1976 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | ||
Japan Yasuto Sugimoto | Poland Elza Kolodin | |||
1977 | 1st prize | 2nd prize (ex-a.) | 3rd prize | |
West Germany Arnulf von Arnim | South Korea Chung-Myung Kim | Argentina Silvia Natiello | ||
Israel Carmen Or | ||||
1978 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize | |
France Bernard d'Ascoli | France Erik Berchot | Japan Ruriko Kikuchi | ||
1979 | 1st prize | 2nd prize (ex-a.) | 3rd prize | |
Not awarded | France Yves Rault | Italy Mario Bosselli | ||
Hungary Christine Kiss | ||||
1980 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize | |
Soviet Union Yuri Rozum | France Catherine Joly | Hungary Akos Hernadi | ||
1981 | 1st prize | 2nd prize (ex-a.) | 3rd prize | |
Not awarded | Japan Kazuoki Fujii | Brazil José Carlos Cocarelli | ||
France Michel Gal | ||||
1982 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize | |
Japan Hiromi Okada | Hungary Karoly Mocsari | Japan Yuki Matsuzawa | ||
1983 | 1st prize | 2nd prize (ex-a.) | 3rd prize | Special prize |
Not awarded | West Germany Bernd Glemser | Italy Antonella Vignali | Spain Marcelino López Domínguez | |
Japan Kyoko Koyama | ||||
1984 | 1st prize | 2nd prize (ex-a.) | 3rd prize | |
Not awarded | Japan Rie Konishi | Bulgaria Galina Vratcheva | ||
France Pascal Le Corre | ||||
1985 | 1st prize | 2nd prize (ex-a.) | 3rd prize | |
Not awarded | West Germany Detlef Kaiser | Romania Constantin Sandu | ||
Australia Ian Munro | ||||
1986 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize | Special prize |
Japan Chiharu Sakai | France Carole Carniel | Japan Nobuyuki Nagaoka | Spain Ignacio Marín Bocanegra | |
1987 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize (ex-a.) | |
Not awarded | United Kingdom Christopher Oakden | Japan Keiko Nakai | ||
France Alexandre Tharaud | ||||
1988 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize | Special prize |
China Zhong Xu | France Olivier Cazal | Japan Junko Saito | Spain José Ramón Méndez Menéndez | |
1989 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize | Special prize |
Argentina Gerardo Vila | France Christophe Simonet | Japan Yukiko Hori | Spain Miquel Jorba Picañol | |
1990 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize (ex-a.) | |
France Mathieu Papadiamandis | Not awarded | Philippines Jovianney E. Cruz | ||
Soviet Union Andrei Fadeev | ||||
1991 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize | |
Soviet Union Yuri Martinov | Japan Yuko Nakamichi | Germany Eva-Maria Rieckert | ||
1992 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize | |
Latvia Armands Ābols | Japan Akiko Kato | Japan Tomoko Doi | ||
1993 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize | |
Israel Amir Katz | Spain Gustavo Díaz-Jerez | Poland Rafal Luszczewski | ||
1994 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize (ex-a.) | |
Russia Sviatoslav Lips | Belarus Dmitri Morozov | France Frederik Lagarde | ||
Japan Johko Takemura | ||||
1995 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize (ex-a.) | |
South Korea Won Kim | Japan Keiji Serizawa | Russia Yulia Botchkovskaia | ||
Germany Birgita Wollenweber | ||||
1996 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize (ex-a.) | |
Not awarded | Germany Jan Gottlieb Jiracek | Israel Saar Ahuvia | ||
Japan Kiyo Wada | ||||
1997 | 1st prize | 2nd prize (ex-a.) | 3rd prize | Special prize |
Not awarded | Japan Elina Hata | Canada Li Wang | South Korea Young-Ha Chung | |
Japan Ayako Kawai | ||||
1998 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize (ex-a.) | Special prize |
Hungary Peter Koczor | Japan Takahiro Mita | Japan Miwako Takeda | France Vincent Larderet | |
United Kingdom Anthony Zerpa-Falcon | ||||
1999 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize | |
Russia Kirill Gerstein | Japan Ayako Kimura | South Korea Sung-Hoon Hwang | ||
2000 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize (ex-a.) | |
Japan Yusuke Kikuchi | Romania Ferenc Vizi | Poland Piotr Kupka | ||
France Fabrice Lanoë | ||||
2001 | 1st prize | 2nd prize (ex-a.) | 3rd prize | |
Japan Yurie Miura | United Kingdom Mel Adkins | Japan Mayako Asada | ||
Russia Ekaterina Krivokochenko | ||||
2002 | 1st prize | 2nd prize (ex-a.) | 3rd prize | |
United Kingdom Viv McLean | Russia Alexandre Moutouzkine | China Yun-Yang Lee | ||
South Korea Kook Hee Hong | ||||
2003 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize | |
Ukraine Israel Inesa Synkevich | Japan Yosuke Niino | South Korea Sowon Hwang | ||
2004 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize | |
Poland Piotr Machnik | Taiwan Yi-Chih Lu | Romania Matei Varga | ||
2005 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize | |
China Jue Wang | Japan Yukiko Akagi | Japan Fumiyo Kawamura | ||
2006 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize | |
Spain José Enrique Bagaría Villazán | France Marie Vermeulin | New Zealand Mi-Yeon I | ||
2007 | 1st prize | 2nd prize (ex-a.) | ||
Serbia Mladen Čolić | Czech Republic Veronika Böhmova | United States Marisa Gupta | ||
2008 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize | |
Croatia Martina Filjak | Russia Ilya Maksimov | Japan Jun Ishimura | ||
2009 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize | |
Latvia Vestards Šimkus | South Korea Jong Yun Kim | Italy Scipione Sangiovanni | ||
2010 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize | |
Ukraine Denis Zhdanov | Russia Olga Kozlova | Finland Marko Hilpo | ||
2011 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize | |
Poland Mateusz Borowiak | Russia Alexey Lebedev | Russia Alexey Chernov | ||
2012 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize | |
South Korea Soo Jung Ann[9] | Japan Nozomi Nakagiri | Ukraine Vadym Kholodenko | ||
2013 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize | |
Ukraine Russia Stanislav Khristenko | Japan Tomoaki Yoshida | South Korea Haejae Kim | ||
2014 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize | |
Ukraine Regina Chernychko | Russia Sergey Belyavskiy | Russia Tatiana Chernichka | ||
2015 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize | |
Ukraine Danylo Saienko | South Korea Minsung Lee | Germany Caterina Grewe | ||
2016 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize | |
Japan Hiroo Sato | Japan Shiori Kuwahara | China Yutong Sun | ||
2017 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize | |
Armenia Levon Avagyan | Hong Kong Hit Yat Tsang | Canada Anastasia Rizikov | ||
2018 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize | |
Russia Evgeny Konnov | United Kingdom Luke Jones | Russia Alexey Sychev | ||
2019 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize | |
Latvia Daumants Liepinš | Russia Aleksandr Klyuchko | Hong Kong Ka Jeng Wong |
2021 - 1st prize - Sandro Gegechkori (Georgia) 2nd prize - Ziming Ren (China) 3rd prize - Rafael Kyrychenko (Portugal)
1970 | 1st prize | ||
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Spain Fernando Puchol and Pedro León | |||
1973 | 1st prize | 2nd prize by unanimity | |
Not awarded | West Germany Dieter Lallinger and Jürgen Besig | ||
1980 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize |
West Germany Roland Straumer and Olaf Dressler | Japan Izumi Komoriya and Taisuko Yamashita | Spain Juan Llinares and Italy Ludovica Mosca | |
1987 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize |
East Germany Michael Sanderling and Gerald Fauth | Japan Senoko Numata and Akemi Tadenuma | France Pierre Luc Denuit and Sylvie Barret | |
1996 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize |
United States Avi Downes and Shana Downes | Japan Aya Yoshii and Yoko Yoshihara | Russia Maria Belousova and Poland Katarzyna Ewald | |
1999 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize (ex-a.) |
Germany Florian Wiek and Justus Grimm | Japan Akiko Okabe and Yuko Aragaki | Germany Isabel Gabbe and France Leslie Riva | |
Japan Kyoko Sasaki and Eriko Iso | |||
2004 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize (ex-a.) |
South Korea Eung Soo Kim and Moon Young Chae | Belarus Igor Bobowitsch and Ukraine Elena Kolesnichenko | France Julien Beaudiment and Laetitia Bougnol | |
Spain Katia Novell and Venezuela Luis Parés |
1968 | 1st prize | 2nd prize (ex-a.) | ||
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Not awarded | France Lô Angelloz | |||
Switzerland Teresita Frey | ||||
1972 | 1st prize | 2nd prize (ex-a.) | ||
Not awarded | France Christine Turellier | |||
West Germany Edelgard Seeman | ||||
1978 | 1st prize | 2nd prize (ex-a.) | 3rd prize | |
Not awarded | Japan Masayoshi Enokida | Poland Jadwiga Kotnowska | ||
France Philippe Pierlot | ||||
1983 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize | Special Prize |
Hungary Erika Sebök | Japan Motoaki Kato | Hungary Monika Hegedüs | Spain Vicenç Prats | |
1988 | 1st prize | 2nd prize (ex-a.) | 3rd prize | |
Soviet Union Dita Krenberga | France Christel Rayneau | Soviet Union Natalia Setchkareva | ||
Hungary Iren More | ||||
1994 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize | |
Russia Natalia Danilina | Japan Atsuko Koga | France Maryse Graciet | ||
1998 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize (ex-a.) | |
Russia Olesia Tertychnaia | Italy Christian Farroni | Japan Kaori Fujii | ||
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan Gavric | ||||
2001 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize | |
Italy Francesca Canali | South Korea Hyun-im Yoon | Austria Petra Orgl |
1969 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | |
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Not awarded | West Germany Wolfgang Lendle | ||
1974 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize |
France Marie Thérèse Ghirardi | Brazil Dagoberto Linhares | Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Bogdanović | |
1979 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize |
Uruguay Leonardo Palacios | United Kingdom William Waters | Spain Guillermo Pérez | |
1981 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize |
Spain Gabriel García Santos | Japan Shin-Ichi Fukuda | Australia Nicholas Petrou | |
1985 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize |
Italy Stefano Cardi | Netherlands Han Jonkers | Japan Keiko Fujii | |
1989 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize |
Netherlands Esther-Helena Steenbergen | Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia István Römer | Soviet Union Vladimir Tervo | |
1992 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize |
Bulgaria George Vassilev | Spain Xavier Coll | Japan Daisuke Suzuki | |
1997 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize |
Italy Sara Gianfelici | Italy Lorenzo Micheli | South Korea Daekun Jang |
1982 | 1st prize | 2nd prize (ex-a.) | 3rd prize | Special prize (ex-a.) |
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Not awarded | West Germany Axel Fries | Japan Shin-ichi Ueno | Spain Jordi Mestres | |
West Germany Peter Sadlo | Spain Santiago Molas | |||
1990 | 1st prize | 2nd prize (ex-a.) | 3rd prize | |
Spain Ramón Alsina | Germany Armin Weigert | Germany Stefan Eblenkamp | ||
Spain Ignasi Vila |
2009 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize |
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Trio Demian | Trio Quintillian | Trio Monte |
1964 | 1st prize | |||
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Argentina Rubén González | ||||
1967 | 1st prize | |||
Belgium Edith Volckaert | ||||
1971 | 1st prize | |||
Austria Ernst Kovacic | ||||
1975 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | ||
men | Portugal Gerardo Ribeiro | Romania Eugen Sârbu | ||
women | Japan Yukari Tate[10] | Mexico Rasma Liélmane | ||
1979 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize | |
Not awarded | Belgium Véronique Bogaerts | France Berthilde Dufour | ||
1984 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize (ex-a.) | Special Prize |
France Stéphane L. Picard | Not awarded | Poland Danuta Glowacka | Spain Joaquín Palomares | |
United States Mark Bleck | ||||
1989 | 1st prize | 2nd prize (ex-a.) | 3rd prize (ex-a.) | |
Not awarded | West Germany Franziska Pietsch | East Germany Thomas Bötcher | ||
Bulgaria Yova Slessareva | Japan Kyoko Saburi | |||
1993 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize | |
Bulgaria Denitsa Kazakova | Japan Ryotaro Ito | Germany Olga Nodel |
1976 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | |
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France Daniel Raclot | Brazil Antônio Meneses | ||
1986 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize |
Israel Hillel Zori | Italy Luca Signorini | Not awarded | |
1991 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize (ex-a.) |
France Valérie Aimard | France Anita Barbereau | France Laure Vavasseur | |
Germany Thorsten Encke |
1965 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | ||
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Not awarded | Not awarded | |||
1966 | 1st prize | |||
Austria Wolfgang Witte | ||||
1967 | 1st prize | |||
West Germany Dirk Schortemeier | ||||
1968 | 1st prize | |||
Romania Ionel Pantea | ||||
1969 | 1st prize | 2nd prize (ex-a.) | ||
Not awarded | Japan Kiyoko Ishii | |||
West Germany Roswitha Haub | ||||
1971 | 1st prize | |||
Romania Magdalena Cononovici | ||||
1972 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | ||
Not awarded | Romania Sandra Sandru | |||
1973 | 1st prize | |||
Romania Marilena Marinescu | ||||
1974 | 1st prize | 2nd prize by unanimity | 2nd prize (ex-a.) | |
Not awarded | Romania Marius Cosmescu | Hungary Juliana Paszthy | ||
Italy Wally Salio | ||||
1975 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize | |
Soviet Union Ludmila Yourchenco | Soviet Union Aleksandr Rudkowsky | Soviet Union Aleksandr Vorosilo | ||
1976 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize | |
Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded | ||
1977 | 1st prize | 2nd prize (ex-a.) | ||
Not awarded | Romania Károly Szilágyi | |||
Japan Keiko Hibi | ||||
1978 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | ||
France François le Roux | Romania Rodica Mitrica | |||
1979 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize (ex-a.) | |
Not awarded | Hungary Eva Tihany | Italy Gabriela Mazza | ||
Japan Kuniko Taguchi | ||||
1981 | 1st prize | 2nd prize (ex-a.) | 3rd prize | |
United States Nancy Carol Moore | France Anne Salvan | Soviet Union Olim Sadoullaiev | ||
Spain Luis Álvarez Sastre | ||||
1983 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize (ex-a.) | |
Argentina Mabel Perelstein | United States Jennifer Larmore | Canada Elise Bédard | ||
Spain Catalina Moncloa | ||||
1985 | 1st prize | 2nd prize (ex-a.) | 3rd prize | |
Japan Chihiro Bamba | West Germany Tomas Möwes | Spain Teresa Verdera | ||
East Germany Annette K. Markert | ||||
1987 | 1st prize | 2nd prize (ex-a.) | 3rd prize (ex-a.) | |
Not awarded | United States Jenny M. Miller | Japan Fumi Yamamoto | ||
South Korea Jin-Ok Kim | Romania Teodor Ciurdea | |||
1990 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize (ex-a.) | Special prize |
Soviet Union Vladimir Dits | Romania Mirela S. Spinu | Poland Malgorzata Lesiewicz-Przybył | Spain Manuel Lanza | |
Spain Manuel Lanza | ||||
1995 | 1st prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize (ex-a.) | |
Japan Mihoko Fujimura | Spain Rosa Mateu | Iceland Hanna Dóra Sturludóttir | ||
South Korea Suki Kim | ||||
2000 | 1st prize | 2nd prize (ex-a.) | 3rd prize | |
Germany Annette Dasch | Romania Ramona Eremia | Not awarded | ||
Lithuania Giedré Povilaityté |
References
- ↑ Ana Maria Davila (4 May 2007). "Competició pianística de primera". El Mundo.
- ↑ Lourdes Morgades (2 May 2007). "Un total de 114 pianistas aspiran a darse a conocer al mundo desde Barcelona en el Concurso Maria Canals". El País.
- ↑ L'Enciclopèdia
- ↑ Barcelona Yellow
- ↑ "Concours Internationaux de musique Maria Canals de Barcelone". World Federation of International Music Competitions. Archived from the original on 11 December 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ↑ Vlado Perlemuter. "Dans la multiplicité des Concours Internationaux de Piano..." Archived from the original on 14 November 2007.
Dans la multiplicité des Concours internationaux de Piano, il est réconfortant de constater qu'un Concours comme celui de Maria Canals à Barcelona, où le Piano n'est jugé qu'à l'échelle de la Musique, où l'instrumentiste ne peut pas oublier l'essentiel, l'interprète, qu'un tel Concours prend chaque année une ampleur grandissante. Les musiciens ne peuvent que louer et remercier Maria Canals de son initiative. Je ne peut, pour ma part, que souhaiter chaleureusement non seulement la longévité de ce Concours, mais une participation toujours plus importante à cette magnifique joute, où s'affrontent noblement et avec une probité exemplaire, les futurs artistes, qui prendront la relève de leurs aînés.
- ↑ Xavier Montsalvatge. "Els que ja fa temps que seguim..." Archived from the original on 8 January 2007.
Els que ja fa temps que seguim la vida musical barcelonina no podem oblidar l'ascendent evolució del Concurs Internacional d'Execució Musical Maria Canals, iniciat el 1954 per convertir-se en un dels certàmens més imporrtants d'Europa. En celebrar el seu 40 aniversari, podem afirmar que, del concurs, han sorgit molts intèrprets de primera categoria, cosa que ha contribuït a expandir arreu el prestigi de la realitat artística barcelonina.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 "The winners of the competition". Concurs Maria Canals. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ↑ "South Korean pianist Soo Jung Ann wins the International Music Competition Maria Canals of Barcelona". Catalan News. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ↑ "6e session musicale". ladepeche.fr. Retrieved 25 January 2016.