The jurors of the XIV International Tchaikovsky Competition have announced the winners of the piano, cello, violin, and vocal categories. They are as follows:

PIANO
1^st Prize, Gold Medal: Daniil Trifonov (Russia)
2^nd Prize, Silver Medal: Yeol Eum Son (South Korea)

3^rd Prize, Bronze Medal: Seong Jin Cho (South Korea)

4^th Prize: Alexander Romanovsky (Ukraine)
5^th Prize: Alexei Chernov (Russia)

Prize for the Best Performance of the Commissioned Work by Rodion Shchedrin:
Yeol Eum Son (South Korea)

Prize for the Best Performance of the Chamber Concerto:
Yeol Eum Son (South Korea)
Daniil Trifonov (Russia)


Jury Discretionary Awards:
Pavel Kolesnikov (Russia)
François-Xavier Poizat (France)

The Special Vladimir Krainev Award:
Alexander Romanovsky (Ukraine)

CELLO
1^st Prize, Gold Medal: Narek Hakhnazaryan (Armenia)

2^nd Prize, Silver Medal: Edgar Moreau (France)

3^rd Prize, Bronze Medal: Ivan Karizna (Belarus)

4^th Prize: Norbert Anger (Germany)

5^th Prize: Umberto Clerici (Italy)


Prize for the Best Performance of the Commissioned Work by Krzysztof Penderecki:
Edgar Moreau (France)

Prize for the Best Performance of the Chamber Concerto:
Narek Hakhnazaryan (Armenia)

Jury Discretionary Awards:
Jakob Koranyi (Sweden)

Janina Ruh (Germany)

VIOLIN
1^st Prize, Gold Medal: not awarded
2^nd Prize, Silver Medal: Sergey Dogadin (Russia)

2^nd Prize, Silver Medal: Itamar Zorman (Israel)
3^rd Prize, Bronze Medal: Jehye Lee (South Korea)

4^th Prize: Nigel Armstrong (USA)

5^th Prize: Eric Silberger (USA)


Prize for the Best Performance of the Commissioned Work by John Corigliano:
Nigel Armstrong (USA)

Prize for the Best Performance of the Chamber Concerto:
Jehye Lee (South Korea)

Jury Discretionary Awards:
Aylen Pritchin (Russia)

Yu-Chien Tseng (Taiwan)

VOICE

Female
1^st Prize, Gold Medal: Sun Young Seo (South Korea)

2^nd Prize, Silver Medal: not awarded
3^rd Prize, Bronze Medal: Elena Guseva (Russia)

4^th Prize: not awarded

Male
1^st Prize, Gold Medal: Jong Min Park (South Korea)

2^nd Prize, Silver Medal: Amartuvshin Enkhbat (Mongolia)

3^rd Prize, Bronze Medal: not awarded
4^th Prize: not awarded

Jury Discretionary Awards, Female:
Oksana Davydenko (Kazakhstan)
Olga Pudova (Russia)

Jury Discretionary Awards, Male:
Dmitry Demidchik (Belarus)
Gevorg Grigorian (Russia)

The Webcast Audience Award:
Piano: Daniil Trifonov (Russia)
Cello: Narek Hakhnazaryan (Armenia)

Violin: Sergey Dogadin (Russia)

Female Voice: Elena Guseva (Russia)
Male Voice: Amartuvshin Enkhbat (Mongolia)


Find the webcast archive at www.tchaikovsky-competition.tv and at http://pitch.paraclassics.com.

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For more than fifty years, the International Tchaikovsky Competition has been regarded as one of the major events in the global music community, and as an outstanding opportunity for extraordinary young musicians to gain international recognition and establish their careers. In Russia, the event is considered one of the country’s most valuable cultural assets.

The International Tchaikovsky Competition is held once every four years. The first, in 1958, embraced two disciplines, piano and violin. In 1962, a cello category was added, and the vocal division (with separate prizes for men and women) was introduced at the third competition in 1966.

Among the competition winners who have achieved worldwide recognition are pianists Van Cliburn, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Mikhail Pletnev, Grigory Sokolov, and Barry Douglas; violinists Gidon Kremer, Vladimir Spivakov, and Victoria Mullova; cellists Antonio Meneses, Natalia Gutman, and Mario Brunello; and singers Evgeny Nesterenko, Paata Burchuladze, Elena Obraztsova, and Deborah Voigt.

Under the chairmanship of Dmitri Shostakovich, Emil Gilels, and Mstislav Rostropovich, among others, past juries have included such legendary names as Sviatoslav Richter, Aram Khachaturian, David Oistrakh, Gregor Piatigorsky, Heinrich Neuhaus, Nadia Boulanger, Krzysztof Penderecki, Dmitri Kabalevsky, Irina Arkhipova, George London, Lev Oborin, Pierre Fournier, Maria Callas, Leonard Rose, Eugene List, Georgy Svirdov, Mario Del Monaco, Leonid Kogan, Carlo Zecchi, Joseph Szigeti, Fiorenza Cossotto, Natalia Gutman, Shlomo Mintz, Bidu Sayao, and Magda Tagliaferro.

The chairman of the 2011 Organizing Committee is conductor Valery Gergiev, one of the most celebrated and influential musicians in the world today. Leading Russian orchestras are invited to perform with the finalists in the last round of the competition. In 2011, for the first time, the competition is presented simultaneously at halls in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Moscow hosts the piano and cello competitions, while St. Petersburg presents the violin and vocal competitions.

Jury members in 2011 include Barry Douglas, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Maxim Vengerov, Antonio Meneses, Renata Scotto, and Krzysztof Penderecki, among other noted musicians. Van Cliburn is the honorary chairman of the piano competition, and the honorary chairman of the vocal competition is Plácido Domingo. See the complete list of jury members here.

The XIV International Tchaikovsky Competition—which has implemented new sets of rules, regulations, and procedures for applications and voting—will award prizes totaling approximately 300,000 Euros. In addition, the XIV International Tchaikovsky Competition will collaborate with three major artist management agencies in Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom to organize concert engagements over three years for prizewinners. The concerts will include several performances under conductor Valery Gergiev. See the list of prizes here.

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