THE SEVENTH

INTERNATIONAL MASTER COMPETITION MARCH-APRIL 1992 THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC SOCIETY

THE SEVENTH

INTERNATIONAL PIANO MASTER COMPETITION MARCH-APRIL 1992 ISRAEL ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN’S ADDRESS AT THE PRIZE DISTRIBUTION CEREMONY — SEPTEMBER 1974, JERUSALEM

Your Excellency, the President of Israel. Her Excellency, Mrs. GoldaMeir, my old friend and most admired woman in the world, spoke to you in Hebrew, apparently about me. I guessed from her voice, from the expression of her eyes, that she did speak too well about me. I felt that because she has in her heart a generosity which is unequalled; I cannot answer what she said, because I do not, unfortunately, understand Hebrew. I know only the Hebrew prayers as a little boy, and I never learned your new wonderful Hebrew language. I am very ashamed of it. So please pardon — excuse me please — if I answer in English.

This Government: the President; Mrs. Golda Meir; Mr. Koi, Minister of Tourism — they have all taken to heart to make this competition for in my name, which was a little bit too muchfor me to take.

I was afraid of it, I thought it might be difficult — the country suffers so much; there are countries always ready to fight; it must be always ready to defend itself— it has so many things to face, so many more difficult than any country in the world just now, and yet, the pride of my heart is that it has never lost sight of culture, of music, of art, of love of life, of high spirit, of magnificent humanity. This is the pride of this country. This is one of the reasons why I love it so dearly, and so much, and so deeply.

This competition was on the highest level of all the competitions at which I have ever been present. And I am old enough to say that I have been at very many. I must say it is a pride for Israel to have such a high level of pianists.

My friend Bistritzky gave the name to this competition of “Master .” I was a little bit against that very high word” Master,” but I must admit it was rightly used. Indeed, all of them show that they are master pianists. I am very happy to be allowed to give them the prizes which they deserve. One thing, you must excuse me, that they put so much weight on my poor old name. I attribute it really to my old age maybe. Iam byfar the dean of oldest living pianists tonight. And so you couldn’t find anybody better for the moment.

In any case, let me thank you from the bottom of my heart to give me so much honor, which I do not deserve, but accept humbly and with love.

Thank you.

Maestro Arthur Rubinstein about the Competition: ".. .NEVER, NEVER, NEVER have I met such a concentration of talent before; everyone, at a lesser contest, would easily have won first prize. .." (The Jerusalem Post, Sept. 13, 1974).

"... Congratulations and many thanks for the brilliant organization of the Piano Master Competition in Israel, success of which was due to your relentless enthusiasm and expert handling of everything and everybody, in spite of great difficulties. Your wonderful thoughtfulness and great warmth made our stay an unforgettable experience. . ." (Maestro Rubinstein's cable to J. Bistritzky, Director; dated Sept. 19, 1974)

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GREETINGS BY THE PRESIDENT OF ISRAEL, MR. CHAIM HERZOG, TO THE SEVENTH ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN INTERNATIONAL PIANO MASTER COMPETITION

It is ten years since Arthur Rubinstein breathed his last, but he was one of those rare, irreplaceable, superbly gifted persons who cannot be forgotten. Admired world-over as one of the very greatest pianists of the century, he was notable, too, for his charm, his human warmth, his concern with fostering talent. For Israel he was the wonderful performer we eagerly heard on his visits here, aid and ally to our own musicians, and he was the guide par excellence of the gifted young.

Both these aspects of Arthur Rubinstein’s personality are expressed in the eighteen year old International Piano Master Competition named for him. From among the youthful participants over the years,, fine new pianists have already emerged on the world scene. There could not have been a more appropriate way to commemorate Arthur Rubinstein than this tri-ennial competition. Given his special, profound attachment to Israel and the Jewish people, it is difficult to imagine its being held elsewhere. We are more than delighted that Israel is the venue and that our music-loving audience has the opportunity to be present. The Arthur Rubinstein Piano Master Competition has made a firm place for itself in the world of music, and we now look forward expectantly to the seventh competition.

Like its predecessors, it will give the gift of continued life to the radiant memory of that extraordinary musician and man, Arthur Rubinstein.

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Jerusalem, February 9, 1992.

Dear Friends,

I send my greetings to the Arthur Rubinstein Piano Competition that your•distinguished Association has organized for the seventh time.

In these days when we are in the midst of a peace process between Israel and her neighbours and we are absorbing waves of immigrants - among them many composers, musicians and talented performers - when Israel's status in the international community has been enhanced, we should not forget the spiritual and cultural life of our country.

This Competition is an expression of the vitality of the State of Israel. The participance in the competition - performers from many nations, including Israelis - will carry in their minds the image of this great Jewish pianist who was deeply attached, with all his affection and heart, to the Jewish State. His contribution to our musical life was invaluable and I wish that the participants will attain the heights of beauty and sensitivity of Arthur Rubinstein.

Isra'el, which is one of the most important centers of musical life and creativity, is proud of this Festival in our midst. It is a tribute to cur State, to our musical life and to the memory of the beloved pianist whose accomplishments will inspire future generations.

It is good that this Competition, bearing the name of Rubinstein, continues and will continue. I congratulate the/Arganizers and all the participants. We look forward, with enthusiasm/ tp hearing the wonderful sounds that their hands will create. [ I

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Sincerely\l

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I Dear Mr. Ben-Natan and Mr. Bistritzky, Arthur Rubinstein International Music Festival

5 HONORARY COMMITTEE

CHAIRMAN YITZHAK SHAMIR Prime Minister

VICE-CHAIRMEN ZVULUN HAMMER - Minister of Education and Culture YITZHAK MODAI - Minister of Finance GIDEON PATT - Minister of Tourism THE SEVENTH SHLOMO LAHAT - Mayor of Tel Aviv-Yafo TEDDY KOLLEK - Mayor of Jerusalem ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN INTERNATIONAL PIANO MASTER YAACOV AGMON MOSHE NEUDORFER TZVI AVNI JOSEPH PACKER COMPETITION ASHER BEN NATAN LEON RECANATI GARY BERTINI MENDI RODAN JACOB BISTRITZKY ESTHER RUBIN UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF JOSEPH CIECHANOVER PNINA SALZMAN SIMCHA DINITZ MOSHE SANBAR MR. CHAIM HERZOG BARUCH GROSS AVNER SHALEV PRESIDENT REUVEN HECHT ZALMAN SHOVAL OF EFRAIM KATZIR MICHAL SMOIRA-COHEN THE STATE OF ISRAEL YAIR KLESS ARIE VARDI MOSHE MAYER AYALA ZAKS-ABRAMOV POLA MOSES

H.Exc. Mr. Curt Hengl Ambassador of Austria H.Exc. Mr. Ivan Cannabrava Ambassador of Brazil H.Exc. Mr. Mark Elliott Ambassador of Great Britain H.Exc. Mr. Louis Lucet Ambassador of France H.Exc. Mr. Otto von der Gablentz Ambassador of Germany H.Exc. Mr. Gorog Janos Ambassador of Hungary H.Exc. Mr. Pier Luigi Rachele Ambassador of Italy H.Exc. Mr. Katsuhisa Uchida Ambassador of Japan H.Exc. Mr. Joao Quintela Ambassador of H.Exc. Mr. Radu Homescu Ambassador of H.Exc. Mr. Alexander Bovin Ambassador of Russia H.Exc. Mr. Pedro Lopez Aguirrebengoa Ambassador of Spain H.Exc. Mr. William Harrop Ambassador of The of America

6 THE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDERS' COMMITTEE OF THE ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN INTERNATIONAL PIANO MASTER COMPETITION

Honorary President: Mme ANIELA RUBINSTEIN

GUIDO AGOSTI - Italy LAJOS HERNADI - Hungary HAIM ALEXANDER - Israel MIECZYSLAW HORSZOWSKI - USA HERBERT ARMSTRONG - USA SOL HUROK - USA CLAUDIO ARRAU - Chile RENE HUYGHE' - France STEFAN ASHKENASE - Belgium - USA VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY TERUAKI KAWAI - Japan GEORGES AURIC - France HIROSHI KAWAKAMI - Japan MENACHEM AVIDOM - Israel JOSEPH KESSEL - France GINA BACHAUE’R - UK PAUL KLECKI - Switzerland DANIEL BARENBOIM - Israel IRVIN KOLODIN - USA A. BENEDETTI-MICHELANGELI - Italy - USA PAUL BEN HAIM - Israel NIKITA MAGALOFF - Switzerlano ASHER BEN NATAN - Israel Mr. & Mrs. FREDERIC R. MANN - USA DIANE BENVENUTI - Israel ANDRE MARESCOTTI - Switzerland LEONARD BERNSTEIN - Israel SIR ROBERT MAYER - UK MASSIMO BOGIANCHINO - Italy ZUBIN MEHTA - India JACK BORNOFF - UK YEHUDI MENUHIN - UK NADIA BOULANGER - France DARIUS MILHAUD - France MONIQUE DE LA BROUCHOLLERIE - France SIR CLAUS MOSER - UK MARQUESA OLGA DE CADAVAL - Portugal MARLOS NOBRE - Brazil DUQUESA ANN DE CALABRIA - Spain PALOMA O’SHEA DE BOTIN - Spain PABLO CASALS - Spain - USA GABY CASSADESUS - France LUCIANO PAVAROTTI - Italy CARLOS CHAVEZ - Mexico GREGOR PIATIGORSKY - USA VAN CLIBURN - USA CARLO ALBERTO PIZZINI - Italy AARON COPLAND - USA KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI - CLIFFORD CURZON - UK ROBERT PONSONBY - UK PLÁCIDO DOMINGO - Spain MARCEL POOT - Belgium HENRI DUTILLEUX - France BARON ALAIN DE ROTHSCHILD - France JACQUES FEVRIER - France ALBERT SABIN - USA RUDOLF FIRKUSNY - USA BRUNO SEIDELHOFFER - Austria ANNIE FISCHER - Hungary RUDOLF SERKIN - USA MAUREEN FORESTER - Canada MILES SHEROVER - Venezuela, Israel PIERRE FOURNIER - Switzerland STANISLAW SKROWACZEWSKI - USA ZINO FRANCESCATTI - Italy SIR GEORG SOLTI - UK HENRI GAGNEBIN - Switzerland ISSAC STERN - USA BERNARD GAVOTI - France - Mexico ALBERTO GINASTERA - Argentine JOSEF TAL - Israel MARQUIS DE GONTAUT BIRON - France ALEXANDER TANSMAN - France CAMARGO GUARNIER - Brazil MARIE-ANNE DE VALMALETE - France JACQUES HACHUEL - Spain FANNY WATERMAN - UK RODOLFO HALFFTER - Mexico Mr. & Mrs. GEORGE R. WHYTE - UK CARLO ZECCHI - Italy

7 STATE OF ISRAEL Minister of Education and Culture

Greetings to Participants of the Rubinstein Plano Competition February 1992

Arthur Rubinstein, of Blessed Memory, lived a long life repleat with accomplishments, which in traditional Jewish terminology are known as good deeds and acts of kindness. Sustained by his extraordinary musical talents, inter­ national recognition and phenomenal success, he was active - and goaded others into action - in all manner of humanitarian enterprises - always to the benefit of mankind in general as well as people as individuals.

Owing to the power of his Jewish faith and his own humane personality, he was bound to the State of Israel in body and in spirit. Although officially he may not have been a citizen of this country, he nevertheless was at home here - a much beloved member of the family.

The International Piano Competition for Youth - which he fully endorsed and which now bears his name - is being held in Israel for the seventh time, and is one of the most beautiful and joyful manifestations of Israel's acceptance, as a State, onto the international cultural scene.

The name Rubinstein, and fidelity to the spirit of his intentions, are guarantees that this competition will be all that it was meant to be - a national cultural asset of quality, heart-warmingly embraced Internationally.

On the face of it, competition and music are mutually incompatible. Competition involves tensions and great efforts to defeat others and triumph over them, whereas music connotes good will, enriching and peaceful. Our Sages had this to say on the subject: "Envy the creative ones, and multiply your wisdom." Wisdom of all sorts, including music.

I wish to thank you in advance - those taking part in the competition and the festival, as well as those who ¿contribute to its realization by their hard work and organizational abilities - for the wonderful experience we shall have the privilege to witness.

Zevulun Hammer

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GIDEON PATT MINISTER OF TOURISM

Dear Mr Bistritzky,

I extend a cordial welcome to the participants and guests of the Artur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition

This competition has become an impressive and welcome Israeli tradition as well as a prestigious musical milestone in the world of music. Throughout the year the Ministry of Tourism encourages the production of festivals, events and competitions and assists in making them memorable for both music-lovers and the general public.

Artur Rubinstein was a great artist whose wonderful musical interpretations attracted many generations of the world’s music-lovers as well as those in Israel. They flocked to his concerts to hear the music and honour the "maestro”. In giving his name to this competition, Artur Rubinstein increased its prestige to make it one of the foremost in international music.

I wish every success to the participants and feel sure that they will find us an excellent, attentive audience.

Sincerely,

Gideon Patt

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11 rrn’yn wki i_uUI MAYOR OF JERUSALEM

March 1992

Dear Friends:

1992 is a year of commemorations: 500 years since the expulsion of the Jews from Spain and Columbus's revealing the New World to the Old. Here we are marking a far shorter anniversary but one that is in many ways no less historic, 25 years since the reunification of Jerusalem.

1992 also marks a decade since the passing of my esteemed friend. Maestro Arthur Rubinstein, the ardent and supremely gifted musician who graced Jerusalem with his love no less than his music.

It is thus especially meaningful that the International Piano Master Competition holds its final concert and awards ceremony here in Jerusalem. Too often, Jerusalem is seen only as a city of problems. Your presence here affirms that Jerusalem is also a city of culture, a city that shares in the aspirations this competition represents. I am sure the Maestro--still sorely missed--would be pleased.

I welcome the contestants, judges and other guests of the Seventh Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition to Israel and Jerusalem and thank you all for your unique and magnificent contribution to our cultural life and that of the world at large. I wish you all a pleasant stay and great success now and in the future.

Yours truly,,

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From the Child to the Wonder Municipality of Tel-Aviv-Yafo upon the occasion of the seventh annual Arthur Rubinstein competition, 1992 In 1906, when Arthur Rubinstein was only 17 years old, the young pianist made a surprising decision. He knowingly ceased a successful musical career, one that began when he made his first stage appearance at the age of four, and decided to retire from the concert stage for a certain period (which in retrospect lasted 10 years), in order to devote all his time and energy to musical and academic studies. In time, he explained this step by his need to "overcome the largest obstacle of a wonderchild, that of remaining a child after the wonder is gone".

And indeed, this leave of absence and celibacy from the stagelights were well reflected in Rubinstein's creative personality. From the virtuoso who stunned audiences with his phenomenal control of the instrument, he left his "incubation period" as a ripe, thorough artist whose unique musical interpretation played upon the deepest strings of his listeners' souls.

The International Piano competition that perpetuates the name of Arthur Rubinstein can be viewed as a parallelism of his life, as its purpose is to encourage young musicians who have evolved into multi-faceted, musically creative personalities, that know how to manipulate the superb instruments in their hands in order to forge rich pieces of musical art.

This goal incurs great responsibilty and it should be noted with pleasure and satisfaction, that the Rubinstein competition has succeeded in assembling an international panel of judges, which must be among the most superb panels imaginable, However, in all modesty, it would appear that there is yet another factor that makes some contribution to the continued success of the Rubinstein competition, and that is the Tel Aviv-Yafo music-loving audience, as music is intended to be heard and recorded, and thus evoke a reponse. From this aspect, Tel Aviv-Yafo is a natural home for the Rubinstein competition, as the Rubinstein competition constitutes a city-wide celebration.

Most music-lovers across the world, and those of Tel Aviv-Yafo are no exception, love to listen to the pieces of important and well-known musicians, whose reputations promise a valuable artistic experience. Sometimes, however, the most impressive experience is the one that contains surprise and the joy of discovery of the excellent musician who has just begun his career, and as yet has no reputation. Thanks to the Rubinstein competition, we have the opportunity to revel in this experience.

I,hope that all the participants in the seventh Rubinstein competition Succeed in providing us with such an experience and that they leave here into the wide-open blue skies of international music.

Mayor of Tel-Aviv Yafo

13 RENA MALKA ZIMAND (1916-1987)

The Arthur Rubinstein International Piano State for the construction of public Master Competition honours the memory of buildings, hospitals, and cultural and the late Rena Malka Zimand for her educational institutions. Together with her humanitarian and philanthropic activities friend the late Aliza Begin, she also worked and her contribution to the cultural life of to support various charitable institutions. Israel. In recognition of these activities, she was A Holocaust survivor, Rena Malka, awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Bar Ilan together with her husband David, left University. Poland after World War II and made their Rena Malka Zimand passed away on home in Brussels where she soon became January 23rd, 1987 and is buried in known not only as a devoted wife and Jerusalem on the Mount of Olives. mother, but also for her charitable The Public Council of the Arthur Rubinstein activities. With her quiet wisdom and International Music Society thanks the modest manner, she won the hearts of all Zimand family who, in commemoration of who knew her. Rena Malka Zimand, have assisted in Her strong ties with Israel encouraged Rena sponsoring the Competition. Malka's family to invest in the Jewish

14 ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN bequeathed his artistic legacy to all the peoples of the world, but his deepest thoughts and feelings were constantly directed towards the young State of Israel. He gave us his unfailing, most generous and meaningful support, adding significantly to our country's stature among the nations by his unsparing contribution to her cultural development. In this spirit of compassionate fellow-feeling, he appeared repeatedly with the Israel Philharmonic from its earliest beginnings, without any form of renumeration, both in Israel and across the world. Giving expression to his belief in and concern for the Jewish people's national revival in their free State, the Maestro stated, "Homeland and culture are two concepts which cannot be separated from each other" - and consented to the establishment in Israel of an International Piano Master Competition in his name. It does us much honour to unite the name of one of the world's greatest artists, who was also an exemplary human-being, with the cultural life of Israel, now and for always.

Thus, to perpetuate his great artistic tradition, THE ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN INTERNATIONAL MUSIC SOCIETY was established (1980) with the following objectives:

♦ to continue to realize and develop the about him, will be processed for the use of Society's central activity - THE ARTHUR researchers, also for educational and musical RUBINSTEIN INTERNATIONAL PIANO institutions. MASTER COMPETITION. Founded in 1973, this coniest has become a highly ♦ to initiate and assist in the establishment of significant event in Israel's cultural and THE ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN CHAIR in educational life. It has won the acclaim of the ART OF THE PIANOFORTE at an huge audiences and is recognized world-wide Israeli University. as a prestigious Competition demonstrating the advanced stature of our music culture. ♦ to publish and distribute books and publicity materials; to issue films and recordings; to + to establish THE ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN arrange exhibitions, seminars and lectures on AWARD. the Maestro's life and art.

♦ to promote the artistic careers of the + to organize an ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN Competition laureates. SOCIETY international series of concerts and festivals in the great art of the piano, as ♦ to establish a central archive; to regard as a a tribute to our patron, - an artist respected privilege the collation, organization and and loved by millions of music devotees. research of vast documentary materials The series will be presented both in Israel pertaining to tEe life, art and activities of and abroad, in cooperation with music Arthur Rubinstein; recordings, films and all institutions and centres where the Maestro's written materials, either by the Maestro or happiest associations were formed. MEMBERS FOUNDERS AND PUBLIC COUNCIL OF THE ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN INTERNATIONAL MUSIC SOCIETY

BARUCH GROSS, Chairman ASHER BEN NATAN, Executive Committee Chairman JOSEPH ROSH, Treasurer JACOB J. BISTRITZKY, Founder Director

MEMBERS

GIZA AGMON DRORA RAPAPORT YA'ACOV AGMON * ARI RATH BOAZ APPELBAUM LEON RECANATI MENACHEM AVIDOM AMNON REPHAEL TZVI AVNI * MENDI RODAN ERIKA BEN NATAN EDIT ROSENFELD HANINA BRANDES * SAVIONA ROTHLEVI NURIT AND YITZHAK BRENER ESTHER RUBIN * MEIR DE SHALIT RONI & AMNON RUBINSTEIN NAVA DISSENTCHIK PNINA SALZMAN ADOLF EBNER MOSHE SANBAR ILANA ELKON SARA & MICHAEL SELA ABBA FROMCHENKO AVNER SHALEV * YITZHAK GUR RUTH SHAMIR DOV GOLDSTEIN KENA SHOVAL AVI HANNANI ZALMAN SHOVAL * NAOMI HACOHEN * GAD SOMECH NAOMI & ELIEZER KAPLINSKI MICHAL SMOIRA COHN NILI KARIV EDIT TEUMIM ZVIKA KLIFFER * OFER TORIEL EMANUEL KRASOVSKY ZIPORA VARDI ZIVA LAHAT ARIE VARDI * SHLOMO LAHAT YIGAL WEISSMAN MICHAL MODAI FANNY YESHURUN * POLA MOSES SHLOMO YITZHAKI JUTTA & YITZHAK MOR AYALA ZAKS ABRAMOV GAD NASHITZ * SAM ZEBA MOSHE NEUDORFER JULIUS ZELLERMAYER ANNE PATT ISAAC ZINGER JOSEPH PACKER HENRI ZIMAND MOSHE PORAT ILANA & HAGAI ZUR

* Executive Committee

1 6 Address by former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education and Culture, Mr. Yitzhak Navon, at the Laureates Gala Concert and Awards Ceremony, - the closing event of the 6th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition (Jerusalem 1989).

Mr. President, Madam Herzog, distinguished guests:

I shall add but little to the President's comments,. . . just a word or two to say that the headlines in the daily press and communication media make us aware of the anxious times in which we live ...

Then, quite unexpectedly, we see a ray of light shining through the clouds and in a flash we are reminded of what it is we are struggling for.

What indeed are we living for if not for those very spiritual and aesthetic values that nourish our souls? And this we do need! A word - one I shall not forget to repeat whenever I happen to be invited here - and also to point out the huge and respected and essential role of our friend - Bistritzky: Jasha Bistritzky.

This country's history is marked by events and deeds carried out by individuals who were madly passionate about what they were doing.

Madly passionate about what he does - that exactly describes Jasha Bistritzky. He steers the course, he initiates, he organizes, and for the past 18 years he has shouldered the full burden alone.

Jasha, there's simply no other choice for you. You will just have to be well. Constantly. And you will just have to live and be strong and carry on for many years to come.

17 In welcoming this our 7th International Piano Master With successive Competitions our event - by now a Competition - to which the grand Maestro, Arthur national experience - developed into a national asset. Rubinstein, gave his name - I recall what Claudio Arrau The gratitude of the Society's board members, the wrote to the originator of this event: music loving public, the wonderful, faithful followers of the Competition - and of course my own personal ". . . No piano competition in the future will bear a better appreciation - must be expressed to Jacob Bistritzky for name . .." having given us a musical event of remarkable stature; Jacob Bistritzky was aware of this when he conceived not just to Israel but indeed to the world, and for having the idea and then, in 1974, founded the Competition, enriched the cultural and educational life of our nation. thus linking the name of the great Jewish artist with The success achieved by the former Competitions has Israel's culural life. brought us great satisfaction; thus we trust in the future Arthur Rubinstein, man of the world and humanist that and in further accomplishments, I welcome with he was, regarded art as universal. He felt that great tremendous respect, first of all the jurors for their artists should not remain sealed in the Shrine of Art; that dedication in carrying out the task they have their role was to bring a unifying vision to the peoples of undertaken; the competitors - may they excell in their the world; that all may be nourished by art and what it playing! - and the Israel audiences for their continued has to offer to each and every one of us. devoted interest in the happening. He remained faithful to his nation and origins. His love It is our hope that Israel will be as a magnet to all who for Israel was the kind that dwells in the heart of a great aspire to genuine creativity in the art of pianoforte and sensitive artist, such as he himself was. He loved playing. the nation that has made Zion its home, admired her I also wish to thank everyone who has helped our leaders and achievements. Society in this great mission, despite the difficulties that In 1980, with our Competition now on the map of top- beset it, to realize the Arthur Rubinstein Competition for ranking international musical manifestations (following the seventh time. three successful contests) we founded the Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society. The objective was to encourage and give public backing to the beneficial activities of the Competition's initiator for perpetuating the artistic and spiritual heritage left to us Baruch Gross, Adv. Chairman by one of the greatest artists of piano performance ever Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society witnessed in our times.

18 Arthur Rubinstein and J. Bistritzky 1979 - Ommagio a Venezia - Ommagio a Rubinstein

19 THE SEVENTH COMPETITION - The Tenth Anniversary of Arthur Rubinstein’s death Rishon LeZion Symphony. Numerous Festivals, Music Institutions and Artists Agents (see our current and future bulletins) have offered "Look for an artist in your contest, - not for a mere pianist - there are many, too many of them. But artists -- there are engagements, including Hillyer Int. Inc., - concert tour of only a few." the USA and Japan for the first prizewinner with the Arthur "Don't deal with 'wunderkinder', or pianists who play louder Rubinstein State Philharmonic Orchestra of Lodz and or faster. Ask for even more than 'Podiumreife'." conductor Ilya Stupel. Yamaha Corporation of Japan have "Put the highest acceptable repertoire demands before the proposed a concert tour of Japan to the first prizewinner. Various video-film and recording companies of world repute, competitors, and the highest criteria for artistic evaluation to the Jury", was Arthur Rubinstein's first request on including Nagoya TV of Japan, plan to produce films of the contest and compact discs of the prizewinners' granting me permission to give his name to the Competition and its main award. performances. The Maestro's artistic and spiritual credo remains as our The world renowned piano manufacturers, Steinway & Son, inheritance and guiding principle, and I take pride in having Yamaha Corp., and Kawai Co., holding to their tradition for our past events, have sent over especially selected fulfilled his request. The Competition has developed into a major international concert grand with teams of superb technicians to serve the Competition throughout. forum for the confrontation of exceptional, aspiring young artists and is today recognized and established as a This splendid gesture of friendly cooperation deserves the highest praise and gratitude. contest of the highest demands and criteria. As Dominic Gill has written: "...the most exhaustive and most taxing of all I am indebted to the Arthur Rubinstein State Philharmonic piano competitions..." (Financial Times, June 17, 1980). Orchestra of Lodz, together with principal conductor and music director, Maestro Ilya Stupel, for agreeing to appear At the 6th contest (1989), the judges, competitors, critics, with the prizewinners in the final events of our Competition. reporters, and the public, were unanimous in acclaiming the high level attained - rarely witnessed at other contests. I gratefully acknowledge the assistance of H.E. Prof. Jan Dowgiallo, Ambassador of the Republic of Poland, the Acknowledging the competitors' superb standards, the Jury Polish State Authorities, and Lot Airlines for helping to awarded two first prizes, to Benjamin Frith and Ian Fountain arrange the Orchestra's appearances here. (both UK), thus launching their careers: both appear at On behalf of our Society, the Competition, and of myself, I major concert venues - Fountain very recently in the wish to express to the Culture Authority, Ministry of International Piano Series at 's Queen Elizabeth Hall, along with such artists as A. Brendel, R. Lupu, and M. Education and Culture, the Municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo, and to the Zimand Foundation, my profound thanks for the Pollini. The 3rd laureate was Krzysztof Jablonski (Poland). All three young artists will very likely make rapid strides financial assistance and cooperation granted, enabling us to proceed and go forward with this Competition. towards full international recognition, just as , The invaluable contribution of the Music Advisory Gerhard Oppitz and Jeffrey Kahane, our earlier laureates. Committee in selecting the competitors, and of Chairman, "The Maestro's Legacy", a video of the 6th Competition, was Prof. Arie Vardi, who compiled the repertoire for the 7th nominated "The best documentary film on a cultural theme" - contest, is to be highly commended. UNESCO International Art Film Festival (1990). This, our 7th Competition, falls in the 10th year following In response to the announcement of the 7th Competition Maestro Rubinstein's death. To mark this anniversary, a circulated worldwide two years ago, we received over 900 series of commemorative concerts, "In Tribute To enquiries from pianists in 35 countries. 140 applications (25 Rubinstein", with the renowned artists Dmitri Bashkirov, countries) were accompanied by full documentation and repertoire; of these, the Screening Committee selected 52 John Lili, Gerhard Oppitz, Hiroko Nakamura, Joaquin candidates, representing 16 countries, for entry into the Soriano, also with Justus Frantz as Soloist-Conductor of Competition. the Rishon LeZion Symphony Orchestra, will be presented in Tel Aviv as a festive opening, turning the related events This gives substance to the theory that the greater the into a Festival in the Great Art of Pianoforte. My heartfelt challenge and the more prestigious the award, the greater is thanks to these artists for this magnificent gesture to the attraction and the goal. benefit the Competition Fund. We are favoured by a distinguished panel of 15 jurors This ongoing prestigious worldwide "Tribute" series comprising concert pianists, music pedagogues and critics organized by our Society will, in collaboration with UNESCO representing 11 countries, chaired by Prof. Tzvi Avni (MIMAF), present the two illustrious pianists, Mieczyslaw (Israel), all adding immense international and artistic significance to the event. My greatest thanks to all for the Horszowski and Maurizio Pollini, playing in dedication to their beloved Maestro (, May 19 and September 30, arduous task they have undertaken. The increasing interest expressed in our Competition has 1992). To H.E. the President of the State of Israel, the Prime led to many prospective engagements for our laureates with Minister, the Minister of Education and Culture, and to the significant abroad (subject to negotiation) and Minister of Tourism, under whose auspices the Competition by all major orchestras in Israel: The Israel Philharmonic, takes place, I wish to say that I thankfully acknowledge and Jerusalem Symphony, Israel Chamber Orchestra and the respect their words of appreciation and praise as appear in

20 this and our previous festive brochures.Those words have What is required is active help toward the establishment of found a proud place in my heart, inspiring my further an endowment fund to provide a dignified solution to the dedication to the cause. problem of enlisting support, and to assure the continuation Here I shall take the liberty to remind all concerned - the of this cultural manifestation for generations to come. Board of our Society, myself included, - of Maestro It would surely befit the authorities and all who feel Rubinstein's second request of me which he made concerned to express genuine recognition of the great conditional upon granting his name to the Competition: artist and the Competition to which he granted his name - an "I support your initiative and courageous project to issue a institution now fully acknowledged as a national asset. limited non-commercial series of exclusive gold medals, I do believe that authorities, public organizations and music for which I give you the sole rights to make use of my institutions, who care to back the Society and become friend Picasso's portraits of me, for the purpose of actively engaged in our efforts to maintain Maestro creating the Competition Fund." Rubinstein's spiritual and artistic traditions, may do so in "Never - please promise me - never associate my name the inspired knowledge that they will be contributing to with fund-raising. Do not solicit, in my name, for funds to Israel's cultural heritage. help the Competition." It is for this that I appeal to all music lovers and loyal This I promised the Maestro. And in fact the expenses of followers to join and widen our Friends and Benefactors the first three Competitions were covered by the income Circle, to demonstrate the full support of our local derived from presenting just 500 medals. population for this important Israeli musical event. After almost two decades of work producing four well I have the privilege of greeting and warmly welcoming our remembered Israel Festivals and seven Rubinstein guest of honour Mme. Nela Rubinstein, the distinguished Competitions as my contribution to our cultural life, and members of the Jury, all dear guests, friends and devotees now approaching my retirement, I must say that I am most of our Competition. May all of you have an enjoyable stay deeply concerned for the future of the Competition. and a fulfilling experience. The deprivation of income from the valuable medals To the competitors: I welcome you warmly, wish you the obliges us constantly to solicit monies from various very best of good luck, and trust you will achieve genuine individuals and sources - a demeaning procedure. This is artistic careers, with prizes gained here ... or without. precisely what the Maestro both feared and forbade. J. J. Bistritzky - Founder-Director of the Competition Vice-President - World Federation of International Music Competitions, Geneva

Dix années déjà! Nous avons beau savoir que le propre des grands regarder ce qu'il y a derrière le miroir, ce qui se cache hommes est d'être immortels, nous avons bien du mal à derrière ces croches et ces double-croches tracées par imaginer qu'un dixième de siècle s'est écoulé depuis le Mozart ou Debussy. Mais c’est là un privilège que jour où Arthur Rubinstein nous a quittés pour un autre possèdent très peu d'artistes. Et Arthur Rubinstein était monde. Mais, en même temps, il nous est désormais de toute évidence le musicien qui, plus que tout autre, possible d'avoir suffisamment de recul pour essayer de savait pour ainsi dire s'identifier corps et âme à celui qu'il définir l'indéfinissable, de cerner au plus près une jouait. Il était lui-même Beethoven, il était Liszt, il était personnalité dont l'aura exceptionnelle a agi pendant Chopin. Et à tel point que, lorsqu'on l'entendait jouer la près d'un siècle, traînant, comme la Phèdre de Racine, "Première Ballade", on ne pouvait un seul instant "tous les coeurs après soi", et imposant sa loi aux supposer qu'il pût en exister une autre traduction. Cela, musiciens comme aux profanes, au grand public comme c'était l'évidence de Rubinstein, cette sorte d'aveuglante aux spécialistes. nécessité qui colorait toutes ses interprétations. Médium La musique est, avec l'architecture, le seul art qui ait absolu, passerelle incontournable entre notre monde et besoin a'être interprété. Le compositeur, en effet, l'univers clos des sons, cet homme chaleureux, drôle, vif, n'existe point sans l'interprète, sans cet intermédiaire spirituel, généreux, cet homme qui aimait la vie sous tous obligatoire qui "traduit" pour les auditeurs ce qui est ses aspects, cet homme nous ouvrait comme sans le contenu en puissance dans la partition. Mais il y a mille vouloir les portes de l'infini. Et c'est pour tenter de faire manières d'être un interprète. Et très rares sont ceux qui un peu partager son secret à ses cadets qu'il a accepté ont le droit et la possibilité de "recréer" la partition de donner son nom à ce prestigieux concours qui laissée par le compositeur. Il y faut en effet cette perpétue l'art de l'un des plus grands pianistes de tous les suprême intuition qui place l'interprète de plain-pied avec temps. le créateur. La plupart du temps, ce sont des notes, et rien que des notes que l'on entend. Mais l'esprit est PIERRE PETIT absent. Or, le véritable interprète est celui qui va

21 THE COMPETITION REPERTOIRE by Professor ARIE VARDI

The artistic nature of a competition is revealed by its picture. And what of Bach? Why does he appear in the repertoire: the repertoire can thus be likened to a first stage and not in the second - or the other way "visiting card". For young pianists across the world, around? Why have etudes? Why is there insufficient this "card” represents an initial link with the contest. It contemporary music?. . . And we have only just implies ideas, it is inviting, it presents some of the begun . . preferences of the contest, and in this way hints at the One could say that the concept of including the various artistic criteria involved. Reading between the lines, styles is fundamentally wrong. After all, we are not the candidate may even perceive the character of the discussing an examination at a music school but an competition, which may help him to decide whether or event whose purpose is to select a concert pianist - a not to take part in the event. genuine artist. One could go even farther and say: I assembled the repertoire for the present Rubinstein "Why not leave the competitor to choose his whole Competition as well as for the five that preceded it repertoire independently and save all this bother?" and found the work very fascinating. On this occasion, (Incidentally, this reasonable policy is practised by I am pleased to share with the reader some of the some competitions). But sympathetic anarchy like this thoughts, considerations and speculations that went can be problematic for the jury since, in some cases, into the decision-making. In past competitions, the charisma and virtuosity may remain as the sole criteria judges and competitors were asked for their criticisms (e.g. in a programme based solely on the works of Liszt and opinions. This resulted in a diversity of tastes, as and Prokofiev). large as the number of those who responded. How shall we solve this problem? There is no ideal competition repertoire in existence Here again we must express our great gratitude to the (thank Heavens!) and the differences in repertoire late Arthur Rubinstein, - Rubinstein who played the that one finds among the various competitions is universal pianoforte repertoire. Rubinstein, whose perhaps the sole justification for the increasing charismatic power as a soloist was extraordinary but number of contests around the globe. who also excelled in playing together with chamber There is a rich and abundant piano literature in ensembles. Rubinstein, who gave his name to our existence: the number of works for piano exceeds the competition and who also was a judge on its sum total of all compositions written for other international panel of jurors. It is Arthur Rubinstein's instruments and musical ensembles. For this reason great art of pianoforte playing that we strive to choosing from among the different representative perpetuate. But he knew that the highest peaks of styles and forms, or from the works of significant achievement, even those of a master, are always composers, is complex. The Rubinstein Competition uneven. is one of the few contests in the world that demands With these conclusions in mind, the criterion were of each competitor an average total playing time of determined as follows: - three and a.half hours. And even this is too brief. 1. The competition repertoire shall continue in the Criticism of repertoire suggestions is almost Rubinstein tradition of pianism in a wide range of styles, unavoidable. Should you include a piano sonata by permitting each competitor maximum freedom of Haydn, you are bound to be asked, "Where's choice, so that he can more easily attain his "peaks". Mozart?" Request a sonata by Mozart and lovers of 2. The repertoire should be sufficiently attractive to Haydn will sound the alarm. With Haydn and Mozart on motivate the best of young pianists around the globe to the list, where shall we find space for an early present their credos and traditions and, at the same Beethoven sonata? Include a Beethoven sonata that time to express themselves individually. comes mid-way, then his later ones get crowded out. 3. The repertoire shall also be of interest to the public, Insert a later one, then Schubert goes out of the stimulating new responses to the old and well-loved works.

22 4. The repertoire shall supply the judges with the We do nevertheless recall several wonderful chamber fullest information on the time allotted to the various music performances during past competitions when stages, enabling the jury to pass fair judgement and there was a sudden inexplicable moment of creative discern the true artists among the candidates. togetherness. Along with these criteria, we also agreed:- 2. The Concertos: it is fair to say that playing two - not to offer a randomly chosen repertoire without concertos at the close of the competition is no easy explanation (i.e. we shall not limit works by Schumann task. Is it not too much? Possibly. But the prizewinner and demand the "Humoresque" without making travelling uphill to the concert arena should anticipate allowance for the "Kleisleriana", and etc.) similar activity. The increasing load of the recital - not to prescribe the order of performance and, as far repertoire, the chamber works and the concerti as possible, to allow the competitor to shift works from declares our expectations of a winner, - one who is Stage II to Stage III, and vice versa. The artist is also both mature and prepared, in terms of quality and examined on the trend and structure of his quantity, to start out on a professional career. programme; Today, the solo concertos performed with large - not to curtail a programme before the time limit has orchestras in huge halls are, whether rightly or wrongly, expired; the jewel in the crown of a musical career. For this - not to demand of the competitor that he prepare reason it is important to test the participants doubly by more works ("jury's choice”) than it is possible for us to putting them through a final competition round of two listen to; concertos. - not to enforce decisions on the playing of repeats, 3. Last, though not least, - the Israeli work: our etc., but to offer complete artistic freedom, as long as competition aims at forming links with some of the the competitor adheres to the time allotted to any world's future concert pianists who will, it is hoped, also specific stage. become linked to our audiences, to Israel, and to the What we desire is to do away with all the standard works emanating from this country. examination rules and regulations by relating to the This time along with the new works by Joseph Dorfman events in our own competition as to a regular concert. and Noam Sheriff, we are offering the choice of a Inevitably, some programme components will provoke sonata by Gideon Klein (see Dr. David Bloch's article, p. questions; 26). 1. : this is probably the most ambivalent Had Gideon Klein survived the Holocaust, he might topic. It is hardly necessary to point up the importance have settled among us in Israel and been with us today. of chamber music playing to the young or to the So we have placed him on the list of Israeli composers mature artist. Chamber music-making requires to be heard at the contest. Klein wrote his Sonata for constant teamwork: it is a process and not a one-time Piano while in Theresienstadt (Terezin) concentration meeting to be got through hastily. These facts are camp when he was 24 years old - the average age of acknowledged by competitors as well as by audiences Rubinstein Competition contestants. Other works he and judges. chose to play as a young pianist in concerts performed And if, despite it all, we have chosen to follow the path in Theresientadt almost match the repertoire of our of chamber music set by the Rubinstein Competition, it competition. is because we attach great significance to the pianist's In another life, he might possibly have come to us as a ability to listen to himself and to others - a blend of his competitor. sounds with those of melodious string instruments.

23 Tel-Aviv 12th April, 1976.

Mr. J. Bistritzky, Director, The Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, P.O.B. 29404, Shalom Tower, Tel-Aviv.

Dear Mr. Bistritzky,

In view of the success of the First Competition and its undoubted artistic standard, I was happy to. learn that arrangements are well in hand for the Second Master Contest, to take place in April 1977. I am particularly grateful that the Competition activities continue to be self-supporting and that they are not a burden on the Israel -Government. I supported your initiative for a world-wide fund-raising project through the issue of a Commemorative Gold Medal of artistic and numismatic value - such as would appeal to friends of the Competition who wish to assist in the cultural development of the State of Israel. To this end I entrusted you with sketches of me drawn by my friend, Picasso, and with my facsimile signature, giving you the sole rights to use them and to receive any royalties accruing therefrom for the purpose of creating the International Competition Fund.

24 THE COMPETITION’S MEDALS In accordance with the wishes of Arthur Rubinstein, ALL PROCEEDS from the presentation f these medals are to bearing the portraits of ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN be donated to the INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION originally drawn by PABLO PICASSO and dedicated tot FUND. he great musician, individually numbered on the rim, Individuals or legal entities, having contributed to the marked with an engraved facsimile signature of the Fund int he form of a gift for subvention, and artists who Maestro and the emblem of the State of Israel — have donate their services for the benefit of the Fund, will be been struck for us by the Israel Government Coins and duly presented with this gold medal and will become Medals Corporation. members of the International Founders and Sponsors Gold 22 karats — Diameter 35 mm — 30 Grams Committee.

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25 GIDEON KLEIN by Dr. David Bloch Senior Lecturer in Musicology, Tel-Aviv University Director, The Terezin Music Memorial Project

By pure coincidence of chronology, the 1992 Rubinstein Competition is taking place during the fiftieth year since the establishment of the Theresienstadt (Terezin) concentration camp. At the order of Adolf Eichman, this late-18th-century garrison town in northern Bohemia was used by the Nazis as a transit camp, a sluice through which 140,000 Jews, including 15,000 children, passed between the establishment of the ghetto in November 1941 until its liberation by the Soviet army in May 1945. In order to counter increasing rumors of the death camps, the Nazis tried to make it known that this "Paradise Ghetto" was, in fact, a spa where the Jews were being well treated while the German soldiers were dying at the front in defense of their fatherland. The historical irony of this deceit was that despite horrendous conditions and the constant fear of deportation to the "East", Terezin Jews were able to indulge in those very activities absolutely forbidden them in European countries under Nazi occupation. Kraus (living in Israel since 1949), Alice Herz- Terezin was thus the scene of an incredible richness Sommer (also in Israel for many years), Renee of culture, including theater, literature, graphic arts Gartner-Geiringer, Juliette Aranyi, Carlo S. Taube, and music. The latter developed spontaneously from James Simon and many others. The youngest the first illegal cultural programs in December 1941, member of this illustrious pianistic community was which quickly expanded into recitals, chamber, Gideon Klein. choral, operatic and orchestral concerts, cabarets and Born in Prerov, Moravia on December 6, 1919, performances in the ghetto coffee house. This Klein's family included farmers, and his father was a spiritual resistance of the Nazi efforts to dehumanize businessman dealing in cattle. The family rooted in Terezin's inmates was also enhanced by the Jewish tradition, was also modern in outlook and presence of dozens of excellent and well-known supportive of culture and art. At the age of six pianists, including Prof. Bernard Kaff, Edith Steiner- Gideon's precocious musicality became evident and

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he began to study piano with the head of the local Although the first movement immediately calls to conservatory. In the autumn of 1938 Klein was mind Alban Berg’s sonata, there are echoes as well of admitted to the Master School of the Prague Ravel. This eclecticism in no way detracts from the Conservatory, registering at the same time at Charles very strong personality of the music. The slow University for courses in philosophy and musicology, movement, perhaps a highly chromatic nocturne of writing an impressively-detailed study of Mozart's string Chopinesque color, is followed by the finale which, in quartets in his first semester. fact, was the first part to be composed. Clearly He graduated from the Master School in one year but intended as a scherzo, one of Klein's Terezin music was forced to leave the university when the Nazis, notebooks contains the beginning of the intended following their occupation of Czechoslovakia on March fourth movement, a four-measure phrase, but that is 15, 1939, closed all institutions of higher learning. all.... During this period Gideon had begun to perform Nine days after completing his last work, the string widely, to general acclaim for his technically polished trio, Gideon was sent to Auschwitz .on transport performances and the unusual maturity of his musical number Er 949 on October 16, 1944, and from there conceptions, his extraordinary musical intelligence, to Furstengrube, a coal-mining labor camp for men, technical understanding and emotional involvement. In near Katowitz in Poland. It is not known whether Klein 1940 Gideon was invited to study in the Royal was liquidated in Furstengrube by the remaining Academy in London, but was prevented from leaving Nazis as the liberating Soviet army approached or Czechoslovakia by the Nuernberg race laws. whether he died on a hunger march which was forced In December 1941 Gideon Klein, along with thousands on those Jews who were made to accompany the of other Prague Jews, was deported to the Terezin fleeing S.S.; in any event, he received no concentration camp. He immediately became active in consideration for his musical gifts, but paid the the cultural life of the ghetto, undertaking whatever ultimate price on about January 27, 1945, less than was necessary to assist in the creation and two months after his twenty-sixth birthday .... maintenance of musical activities for the benefit of both Whatever may have been Klein's ultimate musical musicians and audiences. He continued playing directions, his senseless death was a severe loss to chamber music with his colleagues from Prague, contemporary music, to Czech music in particular, assisted in the preparation of, and accompanied and no doubt to a splendid career as an international performances of Smetana's The Bartered Bride. pianist. The 1992 Rubinstein Competition is to be Verdi's Requiem and other works, and accompanied commended for honoring Klein's memory, and singers. Klein's repertoire, which he played from thereby that of the other Terezin musicians, and memory, served him well in Terezin, and his solo thereby all victims of the Holocaust, by including his recitals included Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, piano sonata among the elective compositions. Chopin and Janacek which had earned him such Hopefully this work, already performed worldwide, will admiration in Prague. thus continue its independent life as a well-deserved Klein's compositions in Terezin include chamber works permanent work in the repertoire of today's and for string trio and quartet, choral works, madrigals to future pianists, not for the sake of historical justice, poetry of Hölderlin and Villon, and a song cycle, but on its inherent musical merit, as Gideon Klein unfortunately lost, for alto and piano, Die Peststadt would surely have wanted. (The Plague City), to a text by Petr Kien. His Sonata for piano was written for his sister Eliska Note: The author is indebted to Prof. Eliska Kleinova Kleinova in 1943. Despite his frequent performing he (Prague), Joza Karas (Music in Terezin 1941-45) and did not play it in public but only privately for his sister. Slavicky ("Gideon Klein - Torso of his Life The sonata is obviously influenced by the Second and Work"), for much information on Klein. Viennese School although its harmony is also related to certain passages in Josef Suk's Life and Dreams.

27 SOME NOTES ABOUT THE PREVIOUS COMPETITIONS

THE FIRST COMPETITION, SEPTEMBER 1974

International Jury Guido Agosti (Italy), Enrique Barenboim (Israel), Arturo Benedetti Michelangel; (Italy), Jacques Fevrier (France), Henri Gagnebin (Switzerland), Eugene Istomin (U.S.A.), Mindru Katz (Israel), Irving Kolodin (U.S.A.), Arthur Rubinstein, Pnina Salzman (Israel), Michal Smoira- Cohn (Israel), Alexander Tansman (France), Dieter Weber (Austria)

Laureates First Prize: Emanuel Ax, U.S.A. — The Arthur Rubinstein Award, a Gold Medal and $5,000

Programme performed. Bach — Prelude & Fugue in THE MAESTRO WITH THE LAUREATES OF THE 1ST COMPETITION (LEFT TO RIGHT) E. AX, S. TANYEL, f Minor (Book 2); Beethoven — Waldstein Sonata; J. FIALKOWSKA, E. INDJIC Alexander — Patterns for Piano; Chopin — Etudes No. 8 Op. 10 & No. 6 Op. 25; Debussy — Etude No. rowNnn rnnnnn oy rnxwon 11; Liszt — Paganini Etude No. 6; Ravel — "Scarbo" from “Gaspard de la Nuit"; Brahms — Sonata for violin & piano in d Minor Op. 108; Beethoven — Appassionata Sonata: Schoenberg — three Piano Pieces Op. 11; Chopin — Sonata in b Minor No. 3 Op. 58; Beethoven — Concerto No. 4; Brahms — Concerto No. 1 Second Prize: THE JURY OF THE FIRST COMPETITION, 1974 1974 .nowhon Jrnnnn o’uown inn Eugene Indjic, U.S.A. — a Silver Medal and $3,000

Third Prize: Shared by Janina Fialkowska, Canada and Seta Tanyel, Austria — a Bronze Medal and $2,000

As the Competition was acclaimed by the Jurors and wide musical circles as A COMPETITIVE FESTIVAL IN THE GREA T ART OF THE PIANO, it was decided — inspired by the concurring opinion of the Maestro himself — to bestow the gold Medeil on those receiving the first three prizes in future competitions.

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28 THE SECOND COMPETITION, APRIL 1977

International Jury Guido Agosti (Italy), Jan Ekier (Poland), Jacques Fevrier (France), Marian Filar (U.S.A.), Rudolf Firkusny (U.S.A.), Akiko Iguchi (Japan), Nikita Magaloff (Switzer­ land), Andre-Franqois Marescotti (Swit­ zerland), Robert Ponsonby (England), Arthur Rubinstein, Michal Smoira-Cohn (Israel), Hugo Steurer (W. Germany), Joseph Tai (Israel), Arie Vardi (Israel), Ilona Vincze (Israel)

Laureates First Price: Gerhard Oppitz, West Germany — The Arthur Rubinstein Award, a Gold Medal and $5,000

Programme performed: Bach — Prelude & Fugue in c sharp Minor Book II; Chopin — Etudes Op. 10 No. 8 and Op. 25 No. 11; Liszt — Etude d"Execution Trans­ THE MAESTRO WITH THE LAUREATES OF THE 2ND COMPETITION (LEFT TO RIGHT) D. KACSO, cendente No. 10; Debussy — Etude “Pour les Degrés Chromatiques"; Mozart — Fantasy in c G. OPPITZ, E. TERADA Minor K 475; Shulamit Ran — "Hyperbolae"; Scria­ own nnnnn oy nwNon bin — Sonata No. 5 Op. 53; Beethoven—Sonata in c Minor Op. 111; Bartók — Sonata 1926; Brahms — Piano quintet in f Minor Op. 34; Chopin — Sonata in THE JURY OF THE SECOND COMPETITION, 1977 1977 ,nWD JTHnJin D’ÜÛIWD 130 b Minor — Op. 58; Beethoven — Concerto in E flat Major No. 5; Brahms — Concerto in d Minor No. 1

Second Prize: Diana Kacso, Brazil — a Gold Medal and $4,000

Third Prize: Etsuko Terada, Japan — A Gold Medal and $3,000 I \ i THE THIRD COMPETITION, APRIL 1980

International Jury Guido Agosti (Italy), Arthur Balsam (U.S.A.), Jan Ekier (Poland), Leon Fleisher (U.S.A.), Hans Graf (Austria), Akiko Iguchi (Japan), Nikita Magaloff (Switzerland), Andre-Francois Mares- cotti (Switzerland), Michal Smoira-Cohn (Israel), Pnina Salzman (Israel), Hugo Steurer (W. Germany), Arie Vardi (Israel)

Laureates: First Prize: Gregory Allen, U.S.A. — The Arthur Rubinstein Award, a Gold Medal and $5,000

Programme performed: Bach — Prelude and Fugue in e Minor.fBook II): Beethoven — Six Variations on an Original Theme in F Major. Op. 34; Haydn- Andante and Variations in f Minor: Chopin-Etude THE PRESIDENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL MR. YITZHAK NAVON AND HIS WIFE MRS. OFIRA NAVON Op. 25 No. 11; Rachmaninoff — Etude Op. 39 No. 5; WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE JURY (1980). Debussy — Etude No. 2 "pour les Tierces": Ravel — Toccata: Gilboa — Reflections on Three Chords of .(1980) tPDDwn nn oy ftpdw îmyn yao pns> in ,npinn wvo Alban Berg: Scriabin — Sonata in F sharp Major. No. 5 Op. 53; Scarlatti — Sonata in D Major. L465 and THE FIRST THREE WINNERS OF THE THIRD COMPETITION — FROM LEFT: IAN HOBSON (II), Sonata in A Major; Messiaen — Le Loriot (Catalogue Oiseaux); Chopin — Ballades in f Minor, No. 4 Op. GREGORY ALLEN (I), GEOFFREY TOZER (III) 52; Alkan — Le festin d'Esope; Mozart — Piano .nnv nfn — rpvnbwn rinnra mown nvnbw Quartet in g Minor. K487; Beethoven — Concerto in G Major No. 4 Op. 58: Rachmaninoff — Concerto in d Minor. No. 3 Op. 30

Second Prize: Ian Hobson, Great Britain — a Gold Medal and $4,000

Third Prize: Jeoffrey Tozer, Australia — a Gold Medal and $3,000

30 (\ THE FOURTH COMPETITION, APRIL 1983 This Competition was overshadowed by the loss of its Patron in whose honour it was established during his lifetime.

International Jury Pierre Colombo (Switzerland), Orazio Frugoni (Italy), Eugene List (U.S.A.), Nik­ ita Magaloff (Switzerland), Pierre Petit (France), Pnina Salzman (Israel), Harold Schonberg (U.S.A.), Michal Smoira- Cohn (Israel), Takahiro Sonoda (Japan), Hugo Steurer (W. Germany), Maria Tipo (Italy), Arie Vardi (Israel)

Laureates First Prize: Jeffrey Kahane, U.S.A. — The Arthur Rubinstein Award, a Gold Medal and $10,000

THE LAUREATES OF THE FOURTH COMPETITION, RIGHT TO LEFT: J. KAHANE, HUNG-KUAN CHEN, Programme performed: Bach — Prelude and Fugue FEI-PING HSU in e flat (Book I) Mozart — Sonata in F Major, K. 189e jpjnam minna >3nn (280); Schubert — Impromptu in G flat Major No. 3, Op. 90; Debussy — Des pas sur la neige (, FIRST PRIZE WINNER OF THE FIRST COMPETITION EMANUEL AX. WITH I.P.O. UNDER GARY BERTINI, Book I); Prokofiev — Suggestion diabolique. No. 4. AT THE FINAL CONCERT Op. 4; Chopin — Etudes Nos. 6, Op. 10 and 12, Op. wo mo rpiwnvnn nmominon nnnmn oy .y .roman nnnra pwNin mon inn 25; Liszt — Etude de Concert, "Waldesrauschen"; Schubert — Impromptus Nos. 1 and 2, Op. 90; Bee­ thoven — Sonata in A Major, Op. 101; Chopin — Sonata in b Minor, Op. 58; Maayani — Impromptu No. 2; Bartók — Suite, Op. 14; Brahms — Trio in B Major, Op. 8; Beethoven — Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58; Rachmaninoff — Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini

Second Prize: Hung-Kuan Chen, Taiwan — a Gold Medal and $5,000

Third Prize: Fei-Ping Hsu, China — a Gold Medal and $3,000 * THE FIFTH COMPETITION, APRIL 1986

International Jury Michal Smoira Cohn (Chairman — Israel), Marcello Abbado (Italy), Michael Bogus­ lavsky (Israel), Pierre Colombo (Switzer­ land), Halina Czerny-Stefanska (Poland), Dean Elder (U.S.A.), Gary Graffman (U.S.A.), Gerhard Oppitz (W. Germany), Pnina Salzman (Israel), Takahiro Sonoda (Japan), Joaquin Soriano (Spain), Fanny Waterman (Great Britain), Arie Vardi (Israel).

Laureates First Prize: not awarded

Second Prize: Thomas Duis, West Germany — A Gold Medal and $5,000.

Programme performed: Bach — Ricercarefin 3parts) from "The Musical Offering Mozart — Sonatensatz (Allegro), K. 400(372a); Chopin — the last Mazurka in F Minor; Ravel — "Alborado del gracioso ", Chopin MEMBERS OF THE JURY AND CONTESTANTS OF THE FIFTH COMPETITION AT — Etude in C Major, op. 10 no. 1; Liszt — Transcen­ THE GRAVE- SIDE OF ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN IN THE JERUSALEM FOREST. dental Etude no. 10, in F Minor; Liszt — Mephisto rowan mp *p> Tpvnnnn minnn nniun Walze; Beethoven — Sonata in F Minor, op. 57 Prokofiev — Sonata no. 6, op. 82; Oedoen Partos — Metamorphoses for Piano; Beethoven — Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major, op. 30, no. 3; Mozart — Concerto in D Minor, K. 466, Brahms — Concerto no. 1 in D Minor, op. 15.

Third Prize: Angela Cheng, Canada — a Gold Medal and $3,000.

I > 32 r X THE SIXTH COMPETITION, APRIL 1989

International Jury Claude Frank (U.S.A.); Halina Czerny-Stefanska (Poland); Karl Heinz Kaemmerling (West Germany); Gyorgy Nador (Hungary); Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov (U.S.S.R.); Bao Hui Quao (China); Joaquin Soriano (Spain); Gordon Stewart (Great Britain); Fanny Waterman (Great Britain). Israel: Boris Berman; Joseph Dorfman, Emanuel Krasovsky; Chairman of the Jury: Tzvi Avni.

Laureates: First Prizes: Ian Fountain (Great Britain) and Benjamin Frith (Great Britain) - The Arthur Rubinstein Award, 6TH COMPETITION LAUREATES (l.-r.) Competition Gold Medal and $ 10,000 I. FOUNTAIN, B. FRITH, K. JABLONSKI each. tpuwfi nnnnn Programme performed: Ian Fountain: Mozart - Sonata in B flat Major, K570; Liszt - Transcendental Etude no. 11 in D flat Major (Harmonies du Soir); Chopin - Etude in A Minor, op. 25, no. 11; Chopin - Barcarolle in F sharp MEMBERS OF THE JURY, 6TH COMPETITION (1989) Major, op. 60; Bach - Prelude and Fugue nnnnn - “inn in F sharp Minor, WTC I; Tippett - Theme and Variations in G Major; Schumann - Symphonic Etudes, op. 13; Radzynski - Mazurka; Beethoven - Sonata in B flat Major, op. 106; Schumann - Piano Quintet in E flat Major, op. 44; Mozart - Concerto in A Major, K488; Tchaikovsky- Concerto no. 1, op. 23.

Benjamin Frith: Haydn - Sonata in C Major, HOB XVI/50; Chopin - Etude in C sharp Minor, op. 10, no. 4; Liszt - Petrarch Sonnet 104; Brahms - Intermezzo in B flat Minor, op. 117, no. 2; Liszt - Transcendental Etude no. 10 in F Minor; Zorman - Fascinating Rhythm; Schumann - Davidsbündlertänze, op. 6; Bach - Prelude and Fugue in F sharp Minor, WTC II; Beethoven - Sonata in B flat Major, op. 22; Bartók - Out of Doors Suite; Dvorak - Piano Quintet in A Major, op. 81; Beethoven - Concerto no. 1 in C Major, op. 15; Chopin - Concerto no. 2 in F Minor, op. 21.

Third Prize: Krzysztof Jablonski (Poland) - The Arthur Rubinstein Award - Competition Gold Medal and $3000

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Founder-Director of the Competition: J. J. Bistritzky

Editing of English language publications: Sylvia Gefen Competition Secretary: Meri Bogoroff Financial Administrator: Poriah Mashiach

(Permanent Staff, Society and Competition)

Chairman, Music Advisory Board: Prof. Arie Vardi Legal Adviser: Baruch Gross, Adv., (Volunteers)

Secretary to the Jury: Dr. Asaf Zohar Coordinator (Competitors): Baruch Meir

Executive Producer-Coordinator: Livia Parnes (Temporary Staff) ***** Publisher: Competition Festive Brochure and other Publications: Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society Editor: J. J. Bistritzky Assistants: Sylvia Gefen (English), Meri Bogoroff (Hebrew)

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Photography: J. J. Bistritzky, G. Rojanski ***** THE MANAGEMENT IS MOST SINCERELY GRATEFUL TO THE CIRCLE OF BENEFACTORS: Meir Sherman, Neima and Joseph Rosh, Ilana Elkon, Michael and Sara Sela, Edit Teumim, Natan Kreiner, Yafa Weisman, Leon Recanati, Dafna Margolin, Baruch Gross, Amnon Goldenberg, Rina and Uri Menashe, Varda Rubinstein, Yoel Cohen, Gad Nashitz, Amnon and Roni Rubinstein, Yeshayahu Shaked, Michael Strauss, Muki Dagan, Asher Landa, Zila and Moshe Porat, Lola Ber, Adolf Ebner, Abba Fromchenko, Alex Rechter, Zvika and Susan Kliffer, Fanny and Sacha Yeshurun, Stella and David Corlat, Moshe and Doris Arkin, Jonathan and Orna Shestovitz, Barbara Kaufman, Michael Kaufman, Nahum Vaskevitch, Noga and Noam Weiman, Genny and Hanina Brandes, Moshe and Silvia Lipka, Lili and Rafi Zeituni, Michal and David Furer, Bruria and Nati Neurenberg, Adi Rosenkranz, Anne Patt, Mickey Bogan, Isaac Zinger, Esther Rubin To all new members who joined us after the publication of this brochure, and to THE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS *****

THE LADIES RECEPTION COMMITTEE and all VOLUNTEERS who assisted in helping the Competition are to be thanked most heartily for their splendid endeavours.

34 r—------' The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society acknowledges with great appreciation and gratitude THE CULTURE AUTHORITY, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE, whose financial assistance enabled the 7th Competition to be realized

THE TEL-AVIV-YAFO MUNICIPALITY for financial support and cooperation in organizing the event THE ZIMAND FOUNDATION whose benevolence made it possible for this Competition to take place THE MINISTRY OF TOURISM AND THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS for contributing to the Competition Fund THE JUDITH EYTAN FUND for awarding a scholarship to the most outstanding Israeli competitor * * * * We are indebted to THE ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN STATE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA OF LODZ and MAESTRO ILYA STUPEL for appearing in the final gala events of the Competition and in additional concerts and to THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF POLAND who financially assisted the Orchestra’s visit and LOT AIRLINES who helped in arranging the air travel * * * * Our greatest thanks to THE JERUSALEM FOUNDATION LOLA AND DOLPHI EBNER for sponsoring the First Prize for sponsoring the Second Prize THE FRYDERYK CHOPIN INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION () THE CHOPIN MAGAZINE (Tokyo) - these institutions have each donated special prizes to the Competition "YEDIOT ACHARONOT" (daily newspaper) for sponsoring the Audience Prize * * * * Our sincerest thanks for the contributions received from: ISRAEL DISCOUNT BANK, ELIAHU INSURANCE CO., THE ISRAEL PHOENIX, PACKER PLADA LTD., C.F.C.-GENEVA, BANK LEUMI LE ISRAEL LTD., BANK HAPOALIM, HAIFA CHEMICALS LTD., CLARIDGE ISRAEL INC., Mrs. M. BOGAN (USA), GUTWIRT FOUNDATION, SUPERSOL LTD., SANO LTD., THE LANDSBERG FAMILY, and Mr. I. ZINGER

THE COMPETITION MANAGEMENT MOST SINCERELY THANKS ALL WHO CONTRIBUTED TO ITS ENDEAVOURS BY PLACING ADVERTISEMENTS IN THIS FESTIVE BROCHURE. — We are greatly obliged to the piano manufacturers STEINWAY AND SON, YAMAHA CORPORATION, AND KAWAI CO. for sending us specially selected concert grand pianos and expert technicians: Messrs. George Ammann (Steinway); F. Tsuji and Toshiro Suzuki (Yamaha); Peter Grote and Nobuko Takiyanagi (Kawai). The gesture of YAMAHA and Israel representative KLEI ZEMER-RBX Ltd., in placing practice pianos in the hotel rooms of all competitors is highly valued. We are grateful for the cooperation of TEL AVIV MUSEUM, the F.R. MANN AUDITORIUM and BINYANEI HA'OOMA We thank THE RAMADA CONTINENTAL HOTEL for hosting the Jurors, Guests of Honour, and Journalists from abroad, the RAMAT AVIV HOTEL for hosting the competitors and MELIA TRAVEL ISRAEL for its services. k______/ 35 GENERAL RULES

1. These Rules accord with, are complementary to, and 7. The Competition Management will endeavour to promote the artistic careers of the prizewinners by do not at all derogate from the Rules published in the recommendations to concert managements, leading 7th Competition prospectus with accompanying application form. orchestras and recording companies. 2. The 7th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master 8. The Competition Management reserves all rights to any and all recordings and films of auditions and "live Competition will be held in Tel Aviv from March 29 to April 15, 1992: Stages I, II and III (including Chamber chronicle" concerts performed by the laureates. These rights extend to the use of such recordings for radio, Music) from March 29 to April 10 at Tel Aviv video, television, films and records. Competitors may Museum (Recanati Auditorium) and Stages IV and V from April 12 to 14 at the F.R. Mann Auditorium. not claim fees for performances of any reproduction The Laureates Gala Concert and Awards Ceremony thereof within the framework of the Competition. will be held on April 15 at Binyanei Ha'Ooma in 9. All stages of the Competition are open to the public. To Jerusalem. prevent exceeding the time allotted to each Stage, the Stages IV and V, and the Gala Concert, will be Jury shall determine whether works shall be played partially or wholly. Competitors concerned will be performed with the Arthur Rubinstein State Philharmonic Orchestra of Lodz, conducted by advised of the Jury's decision prior to each Stage and will not be interrupted during performance unless the Maestro Ilya Stupel. given time is exceeded. 3. Pianists from 18 to 32 years of age of all nationalities may apply for entry to the Competition. Repeats may be played at the competitor's discretion within the given time span. 4. The Competition Management provides free board and 10. Competitors shall choose editions that adhere to the lodging from two days prior to the commencement of Stage I through the period of official participation in original text. the contest. Competitors will be provided with practice With the exception of Chamber Music, all works must be performed from memory. There will be one rehearsal facilities. 5 PRIZES: for Chamber Music and one for each of the Semi-final 1st Prize: The Arthur Rubinstein Award: and Final Stages with orchestra. Competition Gold Medal and $10,000, 11. Repertoire, see p. 38. The competitor may choose any sponsored by the Jerusalem Foundation. work/s in order to complete the programme within the allotted time. 2nd Prize: Competition Silver Medal and $5,000 Sponsored by Lola and Dolfi Ebner. 12. Competitors shall play the works in the order deter­ 3rd Prize: Competition Bronze Medal and $3,000 mined by ballot preceding Stage I. This order shall be 4th, 5th and 6th Prizes: $1,000 each maintained throughout the Competition. In unforseen circumstances, the Competition Director and the At the discretion of the Jury and the Management, gold medals may also be awarded to the Chairman of the Jury may allow changes in the laureates of the 2nd and 3rd prizes. order determined for a given Stage only. AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS: 13. The Jury shall not recall a competitor for a second International Chopin Foundation (Warsaw): hearing at any Stage. 14. In accordance with the present Rules, competitors who $ 4,000 for the best performance of a large Chopin work. are not ready to perform when called upon to do so by Chopin Magazine (Tokyo): $3,000 the Jury, may be disqualified. The Judith Eytan Scholarship: $5,000 to the 15. The members of the Jury and the competitors shall most outstanding Israeli competitor. refrain from any and all attempts to establish contact Yamaha Corporation of Japan: concert tour of with each other on matters relating to the Competition. All communications between competitors and members Japan for the first prizewinner. Kawai Pianos International: an upright piano of the Jury shall be through an intermediary, either the model NS-20 A. Jury Secretary or the Competition Director. Yediot Achranot (daily newspaper): Audience 16. Matters of procedure of an exceptional nature that Prize, $2,500. cannot be resolved by the Competition Rules and 6. The prizes will be distributed at the Laureates Gala Regulations shall be determined by the Jury whose Concert and Awards Ceremony on April 15, 1992. right of decision on such issues, in collaboration with the Competition Director and the Legal Advisor, is sovereign.

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RULES FOR THE JURY

17. Meetings of the Jury shall be conducted by the Jury 24. The counting of the votes shall be the responsibility of Chairman; however he shall not vote at any Stage of the Competition Management and shall be performed the Competition except in such circumstances as in the presence of the Jury Chairman who will also stipulated in Rule 25. announce the result of each ballot to the Jury 18. At its first meeting prior to the commencement of the members. Competition, the Jury shall elect from among its 25. STAGES I, II, III and IV (SEMI-FINAL) members two Vice-Chairmen with voting rights. In the event of a tie for the final places, a second 19. Jury members shall not communicate any part of the ballot shall be held for the competitors in the Jury's proceedings or deliberations to any person tie in order to select the required number of outside the Jury meetings. competitors. Each Juror shall hold a number of votes 20. All Jury members shall declare to the Jury Chairman equal to the number of places remaining to be filled which of the competitors, if any, has been his/her (subject to Rules 20, 21 and 22). Should the result pupil in the past 3 years. Voting on these competitors remain indecisive, the competitor with the lowest shall be held in accordance with Rules 22 and 23. number of votes shall be eliminated and a further 21. At the termination of each Stage, the Jury, excluding ballot held on the remaining competitors in the tie. the Chairman, shall vote on the competitors to be This process shall continue until all places are filled. admitted to the next Stage. In the event of an exactly similar tie following two The 20 competitors with the highest points at Stage I successive ballots, the Jury Chairman shall exercise shall be admitted to Stage II. The 10 competitors his right to cast a vote to determine the winner. The with the highest points at Stage II shall be admitted to Jury Chairman shall announce to the Jury the required Stage III. The 6 competitors with the highest points at number of competitors as well as the final results of Stage III shall be admitted to Stage IV (Semi-final). the ballot. Following this announcement, there shall be The 3 competitors with the highest points at Stage IV no re-voting or further deliberations. shall be admitted to Stage V (Final). 26. STAGE V (FINAL) 22. The ballot at the termination of Stage I: the Jury The First Prizewinner shall be determined by a simple members shall each have twenty votes, all of which ballot in which the Jury members shall each have must be cast. Jurors may not give more than one vote one vote. A Juror whose student has reached the final to any one competitor. At the end of Stages II, III and Stage will not be permitted to participate in this ballot. the Semi-final a similar ballot shall take place, each Should none of the competitors gain at least half of Jury member holding a number of votes equal to the the Jurors' votes (of the members permitted to vote number of competitors to be admitted to the next for him/her) then a further ballot shall be held to decide Stage. Any member of the Jury may, if he/she sees between the two competitors with the most votes. fit, include his/her pupil's name on the voting list. Should the result be a tie, a discussion will take However, in such cases, the Juror's opinion will not place followed by a further ballot. This procedure will count as a vote on behalf of that particular competitor continue until the Jury has reached a conclusive (see Rules 20 and 23). decision. Each Juror shall record beneath his/her signature the Once the First Prizewinner has been determined, the names of the competitors received by him/her for winner of the Second Prize shall be determined by a each ballot (a special voting form will be provided by simple ballot. the Competition Secretariat). 27. The Jury's decisions are final and beyond appeal. 23. The votes for each of the competitors shall be counted and the total votes cast for each one shall be expressed as a percentage of the number of Jurors entitled to vote for a particular competitor, in compliance with Rules 20, 21 and 22.

37 REPERTOIRE

STAGE I THE ISRAELI WORK Duration of performance: 30 - 40 minutes. Three compositions will be sent to each of the competitors The Competitor shall play the following: three months prior to the Competition. * One Sonata by HAYDN or MOZART Each competitor must include in his/her programme one of * An Etude (virtuoso) by CHOPIN the three works listed below: * An Etude (virtuoso) by LISZT * Verses from Klezmer Ballade * An Etude of the 20th CENTURY by JOSEPH DORFMAN (in part or in whole); The competitor may add a work/s of his own choice to * Sonata for Piano by GIDEON KLEIN (in part or in whole); complete the programme in the time allotted to this Stage * For Ella by NOAM SHERIFF. and may also decide the playing order. STAGE II STAGE IV - Semi-Final Duration of performance: 30-40 minutes. ONE Concerto from the group listed below, at the STAGE III competitor's choice: Duration of performance: 40 - 50 minutes. The competitor may choose his repertoire and decide the MOZART - Concerto in D Minor, K 466 playing order of the recital programmes for Stages II and III MOZART - Concerto in C Major, K 503 but must include, either at Stage II or Stage III, the MOZART - Concerto in B flat Major, K 595 following: BEETHOVEN - One of the 5 Concertos

* A BAROQUE work STAGE V - Final * A Sonata by BEETHOVEN * A large ROMANTIC work of significance * A 20th CENTURY work of significance ONE Concerto from the group listed below, at the competitor's choice: * One of three works by ISRAELI JEWISH COMPOSERS (duration 5-10 minutes) CHOPIN - Concerto No. 1 or No. 2 SCHUMANN - Concerto in A Minor The competitor may add a work/s of his own choice to LISZT - Concerto No. 1 or No. 2 complete the programmes for Stages II and III in the time allotted to these Stages. BRAHMS - Concerto No. 1 or No. 2 TCHAIKOVSKY - Concerto No. 1 RACHMANINOFF - Concerto No. 2 or No. 3 CHAMBER MUSIC RAVEL - Concerto in G Major ONE Quartet from the group listed below, at the BARTOK - Concerto No. 2 or No. 3 competitor's choice. The work shall be played at Stage III - PROKOFIEV - Concerto No. 2 or No. 3 separately from the Recital - in the additional time allotted to this.Stage. Competitors must ensure that the time limits stipulated in the BRAHMS - Quartet in C Minor, op. 60 Competition Rules for Stages I, II and III, shall not under any DVORAK - Quartet in E flat Major, op. 87 circumstances be exceeded. FAURE - Quartet in G Minor, op. 45 SCHUMANN - Quartet in E flat Major, op. 47 The programmes may be performed with or without repeats, at the competitor's discretion. No work shall be repeated at any Stage of the Competition. \______/

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Hommage to Arthur Rubinstein — by the Ministry of Communications and the Philatelic Service, on the 10Oth anniversary of the birth of one of the greatest artists of our time.

The first day issue stamp bears portraits of the artist, as drawn by Picasso, and both the envelope and the stampmark are dedicated to the Fifth Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition.

39 PROGRAMME OF THE COMPETITION

THE TEL AVIV MUSEUM RECANATI AUDITORIUM

THE TEL AVIV MUSEUM RECANATI AUDITORIUM

THE TEL AVIV MUSEUM RECITALS RECANATI AUDITORIUM I PERFORMED BY 10 CONTESTANTS

THE TEL AVIV MUSEUM CHAMBER MUSIC RECANATI AUDITORIUM PERFORMED BY 10 CONTESTANTS

STAGE IV Ì THE F. MANN AUDITORIUM CONCERTOS FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA TEL AVIV ISEMI-FINAL 8 PERFORMED BY 6 SEMI-FINALISTS

“1 THE F MANN AUDITORIUM STAGE V I CONCERTOS FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA TEL AVIV FINAL ’ PERFORMED BY 3 FINALISTS Lra,,.K,IX

BINYANEI HA'OOMA AWARD CEREMONY and GALA CONCERT JERUSALEM PERFORMED BY THE LAUREATES

40 MARCH 29 -APRIL 2, 1992 9.00-13.00, 16.00-21.00 APRIL 3, 9.00-12.00. 14.00-17.00

APRIL 5-7, 1992 9.00-13.00, 16.00-20.00

APRIL 8-9, 1992 9.00-13.00. 16.00-20.00

APRIL 10, 1992 WITH MEMBERS OF THE "AVIV" QUARTET 9.00-18.00 SiäiiSiii

. WITHTHE ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN STATE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, LODZ 1 Conductor: ILYA STUPEL

S; WITH THE ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN I STATE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, LODZ I Conductor: ILYA STUPEL

WITH THE ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN I STATE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, LODZ I Conductor: ILYA STUPEL

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■v V------TZVI AVNI Tzvi Avni is one of Israel's foremost n’nPna cwPnnia mx xm >nx ’as composers. He studied under man Psx ntnPni nmx>n tnp xm .Pxaw’ Mordechai Seter at the Israel Music ,a>ax Pra np’vinP n>mpxa ,ant> Academy Tel-Aviv, and graduated with a tin i’vrnn pivwna-n’amPip no’vaamxa diploma in theory and composition. A Psn ,nnnvppx np’vinP toana vnn’P subsequent scholarship enabled his Psx Tilinto no’vaa’nxai ’ppawix further education at Columbia-Princeton .ota vpiPi npaip panx Electronic Music Center with V. wxioi ninPm nmxnP Tivanao inoia Ussachevsky, and at Tanglewood under n’mpxa nnnoppx np’tnnP )aPixn Aaron Copland and Lukas Foss. .□’pwnn pan w np’vinP Professor of Theory and Composition at mm> aawa nPPn n’Pp’tnnn wvnay Jerusalem's Rubin Academy of Music, ,nnnxp np’vin Pv ana axivnaai mmtnP Tzvi Avni also heads the Academy's np’tnm mPnpnP np’oin ,n’Pxpn np’tnn electronic music studio. His works ,tóap np’tnn □> ano xin .nnnvppx include several orchestral compositions .tnn’pvnt maax ano qnox’n and a wide repertoire of chamber music, □npx oaa onn>a ,trina panno not >nx vocal works, choral music, and p’xmvvip vnai pmiay pipan aiay (1986) electronic pieces. He has also - Pxao’ nrtn’n mnx >»y ip pnnrw composed for the ballet, theatre, art tin ixa pnn’S’n maa .(1990) nnm> films and radio plays. Pnpw’o niysnn )m ,ninnon nwPpna Avni is a recipient of various prizes, Music Committee, National Council for .b’nnai including the ACUM Prize (1986) for his Culture and Art (1983-87). He regularly Pv o’pp’tnnn D«na P’ya nax 'ana life achievements and the Kustermeyer publishes articles on musical subjects ton Pv aayoP vn» xin .Pxaw» Prize awarded him by the German-Israel for adults and youth and has lectured n>n ntnnxP oyi ,’Pxovnn Dmt»nampn Friendship Association (1990). His on. his music at universities and nma’sn nsyinn Pw np’tnnP annn to’ recorded works are frequently heard in academies in the USA, Canada, and in nianp ta’n’yp ovaan xm .niaanP Israel and abroad. Germany. inany py nsmi np’oin >xtma nnnxn Active in Israel's music life, Avni Tzvi Avni has twice been appointed trnp ,amaxa mxv’vaamxi nnmpNa chaired the Israel Composers League, chairman of the Jury for the Rubinstein .nnnaiat "World Music Days”, (Israel Society for Competition. He previously held this ,nia’san nntm toyan n ,ana: nax ’as Contemporary Music, 1980), and the position in 1989 (6th Competition). .nnnnn Po o’oawn aan a»i’o pop ______42 MARCELLO ABBADO

bnina enenn ,nxax ib’aan Director of the Conservatorio nb’na mi nam e«y pmeaaenpn Giuseppe Verdi of Milan since 1973, Marcello Abbado is an internationally main ,pnbna tabiya aain ,1973 rxn recognized composer, conductor and □’oaanpn mnbixa yninn tanioai concert pianist. He has appeared at .naia’x ’ama omiann tvba’eoaai major venues and festivals throughout linca win xin ,n>oxi np’aax ,np’anx , America, Africa and Asia, and has also performed as a soloist under ta’twn be taonae nnn naintn nmba the baton of such celebrated ,nxax vnxbp ,’beip nnna tie >yit’ conductors as Guido Cantelli, Claudio .e’bxne iixiabn n’nann bixa Abbado, Paul Hindemith and Wolfgang 25 ruma oeaann nxax ibnn Sawallisch. man m qui ,onxin be mea’anpn Marcello Abbado is noted for his performances as soloist-conductor of y’ain qx nip .arooan a’b nein mpnn the 25 concerti by Mozart and has nxn nxbna ’pna be vniam’ ba oy presented the entire piano works of . i’nbnn nnbinb me Debussy in celebration of the juror of various prominent music con­ aana a»vai aana pn nxax lb'xan composer's birth centenary. tests, among them the Beethoven, maien Jivmxbva nvnnn be D’vaien His principal compositions for sympho­ Dublin, Munich, Arthur Rubinstein, Tokyo, ny orchestra and chamber music have Leeds, London, Sydney and Van Cliburn ,pi>n q’baa ,pinna mann imi’a ,maa been recorded and widely performed. International Plano Competitions. ,panb ,va’b ,vpie ,i”oei>aia mnax Abbado has served as chairman or •ian”bp ixn ,’ivo

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JOSEPH BANOWETZ

Joseph Banowetz has an international inx qeaaa ’mxbi’a rae qana givib reputation as a performer, recording ba’pi a«naxa abn .aaiei ¡nixaa ,e’bpn artist, pedagogue, and writer. Born in bax nnapinn n’bp’emn inaeann pbn the United States, he received part of ,(ixme nabp be na’nbn) laaana baxp his early training from Carl Friedberg (a nbnn ibe n’bp’emn nampn ,pav vía pupil of ) in New York vaa) nam nii”oana vam>b ovo anxb City. He graduated with a first prize in np’einb mnapxa qanioaa ni’iia pexa piano performance from the Vienna □yen ,nbei oen .ni’i be nvnnxbi Akademie fur Musik und Gestellende anai myain yonb p’aneix nbenn ’ipnnx - pan oaaa □> nat xm .naia’xa Kunst and was then sent by the ae.’a puinena npnnx nii’an pia’x mn Austrian government on an extended ,mt>ia ,nen’x ,npnnx pana y>ain ’(ana European concert tour. Awarded the .aibn vn n’baooix ,n’ox Pan American Prize by the Organi­ '(ana ,niebpm □’eampa myarn by gen zation of American States, Banowetz paan» nao mata >nbiy oipaaa nat subsequently performed around the nxaina) »mema em’eb lanioab globe. Joseph Banowetz holds classes in ma’nn trine ,(a”nax .mxni’x ne’ona>nx In addition to his extensive concert piano performance at the University .tvbiixn naea nievan xena anva q’pnn and recording activities, he is interna­ antea xana anbn mea anón D’eatn of North Texas, and is a member of qna aan m xm .eope pea ne’eaa’iixa tionally recognized for his compre­ the Advisory Board of the Gina n’nixbinn niannm ba’eean be qy”nn hensive work The Pianist's Guide to Bachauer International Piano ,a»na.xa axtxaxa ni”i e»y anioab Pedaling . Competition and Festival.

43 DMITRI BASHKIROV Music lovers first learned about Dmitri m tin niwxab non np’tnnn >amx Bashkirov in 1955 when he received the pvxan naan nx ba>pwa ,1955 mwa Long-Thibaud Grand Prix. A year later .nin-mb manna he graduated with merit from 's nx mmnuna ,ant’ anixn nre Tchaikovsky Conservatoire, after trai­ anb ia ,>pt>aip»’x »»y p’mnaatnipn ning under Prof. A. Goldenveiser. .avnnbn .x 'ana rmnina Today Bashkirov is one of the most y’am xin ,ta»nrovsa D’obiann xin dvo prominent representatives of piano □”ap’yn np’tnnn naana na»m nnbxna performing art. He appears to great am: axtoaaa yimaa,pit>ai ta’bo’oa paa acclaim at the major international music u’bpni ,tabiya mb’atnn maintnn tay centers, both as a recitalist and as a .man soloist, performing a diverse repertoire nx abwnn ,tapta >t>ia ,nx .an’poa of works with the world's leading piaraaavnpa nxam naiaya lbw na”apn orchestras; he has also produced □>t>aaa mat ,napt>ina ’pnaip”'x w numerous recordings. inxn” ato’y th payin 1968 raw a :ta’aiw An outstanding Russian performer, .”Ti’V’aivn np’bataan bw >mxbn Bashkirov combines his career with np’vinb nbax’aa naip’an taaaa nat p pedagogical work as professor at the .pbaaa nnaam Tchaikovsky Conservatoire. Prize for his outstanding interpretation by into oaaia t>aa th payin 1970 nawa Bashkirov is the recipient of various of the composer's works. And in 1974 .natamn irnawao prizes: in 1968 he was designated Madrid University presented Dmitri n’ban a>aan nn’naamxn ba>p 1974 nawa Honoured Artist of the RSFSR and in Bashkirov with the Medal of Honour in it n’ban .nianxa i’w>n by Tiaa bn the same year won the Critics Prize at recognition of his achievements in the ainaxb :ta”nyo pa aaya npayin the International Biennale of Modern performing arts. The Medal of Honour .0011 naaaxbi p’vwa’aia Music held in Berlin. In 1970 he was has been awarded only twice previously: awarded the special to Arthur Rubinstein and to A. Watts.

V------JOSE DE SEQUEIRA COSTA nvtnp m mvt Born in the Portuguese colony of na”pv ,nbinx n’bawaian naynnn a>b> Angola, Sequeira Costa left for ainbb >aa ,nnnw b’aa pata’bb nay nnvip at the age of eight to study with .noin na naxn bxx Vianna da Motta. His music education px’i bxx nawnn n’bp’tnnn wibavn continued with Jacques Fevrier and .aw’a ppix bxx a»nx inb n’aaani n’aaa Marguerite Long and later with Edwin ,1951 -a nbnn ibw moaxaipn na”hpn Fischer. mb manna pwxan vaaa naw nnxb Costa's concert career began in .m’bamaian nmannn baa nynai ia>n earnest in 1951, after he had won the ibw D’onyppn n’aan nbba 1958 nawa Grand Prix of the Long-Thibaud ,bnoaia bo maann nanaa ,pt>a aip’a Competition and almost all the maaain ,pbas ,n»n’aaa □’oaxaipi Portuguese piano awards. By 1958 his .n’paibvia'xi concert schedule included visits to na”pv intin taw 28 p qx mnwa China as cultural ambassador for mmxba’an manna nawa vnvb nonip Portugal and appearances across an’ .(napvin) ’ptaaip’”x w»y anataab Europe. nbb’a ,aoo’a tmaawn aana aan’a imx At the age of 28 years Costa, together pi nmann wnna oaw xin .paipopwi with Richter, Gilels and Shostakovich, mnannai nvaxna ]aw manna m served on the jury of the First directs the Vianna da Motta Piano atn xin baioaiaa .bx’aonm pnn ,t>’axa International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Portugal. .noin na naxn mann nx Competition - a role he assumed on Sequeira Costa is a professor at the nv’vaamxa aivataa xin nonip nanpv five subsequent occasions - and has University of . He appears ,a»nax ,tmp since adjudicated the Chopin, Paris, widely in recitals and in the principal □’aa n’bo’oaa y>mnb qwnn xm Munich and Montreal International music festivals and has recorded for maan bsx o’bpm D”ap’yn D’ba’oosai Piano Competitions. He founded and major labels. .mawnn □'o>bpnn

44 f DEAN ELDER -iihx pi Dean Elder, distinguished pianist, hn’p ,apam aaro ,nain ,pmva ,aPx pa teacher, writer, and critic had his Pax anroaa nmra nnwxan mawan nx early piano training with Franziska mao hv nma’tpn ,7>ai”n npo’aiaa Heinrich, a pupil of the legendary ,”aa avhi hax arP p-anx .maixn uaxp Teresa Carreno. He later studied with ii’ptni avPi Pax pi icmp aaahx Walter Frey, Alfred Cortot, and .naia’xa in Europe. One of □’xapan o>Pp’tnnn o’xnnpn anx «in America’s most widely read music ana iw taapit ana pi’a vnvnt ,anva journalists, he is senior Consulting invw asp ana p ,»a>iiHbp'> nyn Editor for Clavier Magazine and .(Pianists at Play) "O’l»a 0’ianipa" author of Pianists at Play, a book of pn ,D>nrot>an Piaa nx p>xan xin taw interviews with great pianists, master .nraia nmav mow arpm pax nwa lessons, and technical regimes. PPvd anx ma’aaa apty aabx an Mr. Elder follows the competition mnax mnanna oowa wn’vn ,mnannn circuit closely and has served on the .axixaxa nmi paxp tax’h’t ,p>vwnaia juries of the Arthur Rubinstein, nPinti ,v>axaa np’tnnn Piaa ,caP William Kapell, Gina Bachauer, arowh n’mxbnan manna pi nPmxa Leeds, Paris Music Masters, .oaamxa ooP Senigallia Italy, and the Utrecht Liszt International Piano Competitions.

”------V ■v------' NOEL DO CARMO FLORES Noel Flores is Professor at the wi mao aroaiaaa vnwn paps bxn Hochschule fur Musik and .tarn iw nvwxi np’ottó main darstellende Kunst of Vienna. Pp’tma paw>a maim tain ,nxna .abu Born in Goa, India, he showed ,aasva ,p-anx .axta apa inia pía xav uncommon musical talent at an early hw na>cPn paiaxa nPw naaana anh xin age. Later, he studied in Spain under >oaaai D’awxa owaaa nan ,nina Julia Parody, a pupil of Busoni, and .mnanna mi«uan was awarded first and other anh xin nmia np’tnxP main aeon maa outstanding competition prizes. In .aai ao>a naaana ,a»nxi qxai oin naaana Vienna he studied under Hans Graf □taaa ,naia>x Pa tamaanpa pain papa and Dieter Weber at the Hochschule ■paan □> xin .manx maaxai np’anx fur Musik. )mai Drawn np’oin >taana ,inx-mn>aa As a concert pianist Flores has ,vaPa amvab nviann fw D’oswn aana appeared throughout Europe, South .iP’m imuata paiann ,i>sa>P ,nm America and in other countries. He conducts master classes at major music centers and has served on the juries of the Leeds, Vienna, Leipzig, Hamburg, Portugal and Milan International Piano Competitions.

45 ■V VALENTIN GHEORGHIU Romanian-born Valentin Gheorghiu, .1928-3 n’lnn ,xxhx>a ihii mnn pvihi began piano studies at 5 years of age. Later he was taught by Constanta wnn huo lhv inman ’-nn’h nx bnn xin (mroa) ux’smix nxiovnp hxx mhi Erbriceanu and Mihail Jora. His music opnaiomp ,n>nmn) mvi h>xo>n hsxi mentor and guide was George Enesco. .np’tnna * v5' my rpvix mxi .(not At age 15, his career was launched by ihw m»ipn nx hnn ,1943 mra ,15 hna a performance with the opipn hp mnmnh’an mintnn ny Philharmonic under conductor George P’l txn .ipvmxi mixi hw inwia Georgesco; he thereafter appeared .myt pm ,hxiw>a pi nan’x »anna across Europe, the USA, also in Israel mawnn o’mhpnn miana u’hpn xin and Japan. Gheorghiu has recorded mriBinP’on qna ,rnaa nmntn toy p>n for major companies and appeared b\y mnmnb’an ,mis”h miDtn ,mo’sn with world-renowned orchestras, .nhaxpvoxw ytrrn rnmh including the Czech Philharmonic, ,ohiyo mhmnn nvnnna vam mini Gewandhaus Leipzig, Leningrad ,pia”hp -|xi ,fnnhm >nna qn’ra Philharmonic and Dresden Staad- .Tiyi ’pvaip>”s ,ia>n-mh kapelle. Valentin Gheorghiu has adjudicated the leading piano contests, among them the Tchaikovsky, Van Cliburn, Leeds, Long-Thibaud, and Busoni International Piano Competitions.

------Y V------JOHN LILL in John Lili performed Rachmaninov's w» ’tupvn ivi’tsnpn nx yma o>> in Third under Sir ,v>hia ix’inx hw nnn awinm tv when he was eighteen pvxin viaa not xin 1970-a .18 p nwo years old. In 1970 he won the ,m ’p03ip«m i»»y n’mpvn minna coveted Tchaikovsky Competition muntna mhnm oy myarno imx nh>am which led to engagements with major D’nnin hw on’ornw nnn ,ban nnn orchestras throughout the world auhoav ,nntix ,tnoi> ,>hn>aiao working with conductors, such as □n D’ho’orn m y>ain xin .tpwwiini Barbirolli, Jochum, Ozawa, Svetlanov pin xmi mmx o’yaixc inva ,proo and Rozhdestvensky. Lili has ]Bx xin h’h pj .naii’x min boa my’apa appeared both as a recitalist and as a ,’b ,m.»an ’in’wa yiap soloist with major orchestras in over mi’n> hv nhyna )wxi pnao awm xin forty countries, plays frequently in all ys>aw iwxin ’V’ian pnroan nmi pinoa the European capitals, and is a notion obix) rbw mwoivn wnn oo nx regular artist at the BBC Proms. ra pin b>h .(1986 jp’aia tom ¡1982 navbx mv bhion ami ixwiai A leading interpreter of Beethoven whose complete sonata cycle he was ixi nnnna vav xin 1989 vpa .nwimup the first British pianist to perform myvo by qmi .mmxbi’an iiia”bp (London, 1982, 1986), Lili's prolific performed and recorded all the t»bpn xm ,1991 nwa ih® ta’am myainn repertoire includes more than sixty Beethoven piano concertos. His amxa ,pmv>a bw moi'anpn ho nx j concertos. complete recording of the Prokofiev muxnvn ho hw mtthpn iixh ixn’ ,pinxn In summer 1989, he adjudicated the sonatas was recently released. .mmn a«aipna bv> Van Cliburn International Piano John Lili lives in London and in 1978 iw>yn th piym ,1978-ai pinha u h>h p'l Competition. In addition to his was awarded the OBE for his services iw>n hy .»n’V’ian miamxn nv>n» extensive tours throughout 1991, he to music. .np’Pino

46 ------—V •V------> HIROKO NAKAMURA Hiroko Nakamura began playing the h’» annosa pih nhnn nninpi ipron piano at the age of three, and at fifteen n’xp’omn nn’n ,16 na nnvnai oihv became the youngest musician ever to manna tays-’x rinato ,nni’a m’ynn win the Japan Music Competition. She hsx tritò x»n .np’oiDh msnxn n’M’n studied with Rosina Lhevinne (Juilliard CHN’tn’j np’Oinh p»n’3a) pih nmin School of Music) and was the youngest pio manna ,on5a ta’onn ’5’yx pa nn>m prizewinner (20 years old) of the Warsaw Chopin Competition. .nonna Mme Nakamura appears in over 100 ,0’phKtòp 100-n im> rmw miopi 'aita concerts annually, including tours in the ,nup ,a”nnxa □mw hhia ,nio no ' United States, Canada, the UK, Europe, ixivxoi pò ,n’om ,nsin’x .n’io’na Russia, China and in Taiwan, and has x’n .min nnhsnh ini mnn n’mohpm produced many successful recordings. poxnn naso .nasica □> monti nnat She is also a recognized author: her »n>nix" oosa noi ,'”poaip’”n monti" first book, "The Tchaikovsky Con- .n’Tiy’n mnsoh gooin cours", won the coveted Ohya prize for np’om-nopano di nyn>n ,miopi aia non-fiction. mainp D’myh ninnn ,n’n>mho ni’O’xai Hiroko Nakamura, well-known as a critic and TV personality, is frequently invited nana nomo x’n .nmosh mnnnna oisoh to judge piano contests. She has ,’iinoo ni’mxhi’3 rimonti ho tnoswn adjudicated the Tchaikovsky, Paloma ,noin no nixn ,’onx nmhxs ,’pooip>”s O'Shea, Vianna da Motta, Gina .piOl OTh pXlXSXa ni”l Bachauer, Busoni, Leeds, and Chopin International Piano Competitions.

------V "V PIERRE PETIT

Pierre Petit was born in Poitiers, France. limito ninno nah .nanna nhn >oo n”s He studied literature at the Sorbonne, nnxh .nnixhia tini ho nnannna np’oini music under the tuition of Nadia li’hiomvnpn l’ain’h tin ta’hon ,pa Boulanger and continued his studies at .O’nsa np’oinh main >nwhn the Conservatoire National Supérieur de xnm ho poxan onsn nx hap 1946 nioa Musique de Paris. .m’hp’oin mn’n’ noon ana .n’miisniph In 1946 he was awarded the Premier Prix "p’oin-m-hnnn hipxn” hnina onon xin n’mhoi l’an ni’ian p’ana pi o’oaa de Composition - Premier Grand Prix de inianoaiha Rome. pnyn ho ’hp’Oinn npann inn >oa n»3 He is the author of a number of musical □’osion nan x’oia pan xitn .»mi’s nh" works and is a producer at the Radio and anh onmn o»y mnnnn ho Television Authority of Luxembourg. Pierre Petit is the music critic of "Le Figaro". He is also the Head of the "Ecole Normale de Musique" in Paris and the President of the Jury of the Marguerite Long International Piano Competition.

47 PNINA SALZMAN yosht nriD Pnina Salzman, the first Israeli pianist ìaw d’Pnw’.i oninroon pan nnvNi to attain international fame, studied in miNsa nnPnon .’tHKbi’1 oroi’op Paris under the personal tuition of nt'n totip iiapx b'v tw’nh nonna Alfred Cortot, who enrolled her at the ni Pmn PipN»P nPapnn ,insPnna Ecole Normale de Musique. From that wiin Psx nnpnvn ,tamia j’p’oin school she received the Licence de .proopan Concert at the age of twelve. Later she Po mwPn p’iroaionpp npapnn 14 Pna met Arthur Rubinstein, who gave her min Po filmina ,ia ninPi v’ixa many lessons. poxi oipna nitat mo nmixa .nsx’Po At fourteen she entered the Conser­ .yinwaipnpn Po DmnroaP manna vatoire of Paris under the tuition of nnn ,opiyn ’ama mai ornvo ni» Magda Tagliaferro and won the first acne mn D’rwnn ’ito b'v □nro’aio prize for piano the same year. She has ji’Pxivm nninroan nmn .nnintnn toured the world many times, playing .(1963) n»nraa nyiamo nnoxm with most of the prominent conductors □mina ,D’Pv»via nnin Nm Pxio’a and major orchestras. In Israel she .nnintnn Pa tapi o”inxp devotes herself to recitals and cham­ nmipxa irosnaa ninan papi nino ber music, and plays regularly with all .a’ax Pna np’OinP the Israeli orchestras. Pnina Salzman serves as a professor at the Rubin Academy of Music in Tel Aviv. A. A.

V JOAQUIN SORIANO The Spanish pianist, Joaquin So­ inh wx’Ito ppxin maon iirroan riano, completed his studies under L. ponn .P Pux n»wPna piiwaitnipa Magenti at the Valencia Conser­ •rompici Pin V’ixa Po )i’iroaimipa vatory and received further training now ,nx’iro .Pira napx Pin ni’iiai from Perlemuter at the Paris Conser­ ,qnnon pao mmnn ooa oroiaa vatory and Alfred Brendel in Vienna. rnnPixa yiain ,)toni visa D’nya oiPo Soriano, laureate of six competitions Po nt>m Nin .tappa urna □”mpi’n and three first prizes, has appeared .limona yiain tan »i’iin ni pro» at the most prestigious concert halls ni’imxP nmapxa lana min nmnxa in the world. He is founder of the Trio iWB-jxe nmipxa pi nroipi Po de Madrid and also performs with this .l’ima ensemble. nmmn Po Droaion lana orno nx’iro He was recently appointed as a nnips ,>pvaip’”n PPia ,nm mmixPua member of the Academy of Fine Arts, ,prooi’an nmx ,Px’ionn ,t>i’P ponx Valencia, as well as of San Fernando, mniNppan proven romro ptanpp ,xi Madrid. .opro Po Soriano has served on the inter­ national juries of the Tchaikovsky, Paloma O'Shea, Leeds, Montreal, Arthur Rubinstein, Van Cliburn and Tokyo International Piano Compe­ titions. A, 48 ARIE VARDI >7-11 Born in Israel, Arie Vardi is one of his ’iron inNi mn ,Pxiv> 7>P> ,mi n’ix country's finest concert pianists and an rovi ,’nixPi’i inxn Pniv’ Pv omrovsn internationally recognized artist. He was iPivi y>oin .dxiv’) pro minai- mt i960 inuni roPxiv’n nnininPron mintnn ay winner of the Chopin Competition (Israel), nwi v>'y minni mt . nunc put Pv appeared with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Zubin Mehta, went on to win Pv 31 istmi y’sin i»nx rovipm ìpoiN Pun -trovai opnvn xin .nsn’Ni oroiimp the Georae Enesco International Compe­ tition in Bucharest, and thereafter perfor­ tpn t»a Pun numsnipi uvimixi Pins med numerous concerts in Europe. .piNnprov v”n Pixpi Vardi studied piano with Paul Baumgartner muntmv mnvnn ny iPivs mil y’sin and composition under Pierre Boulez and •la’i n’Pivtnx ,pimn num ,np’mxi Karl Heinz Stockhausen. He has appeared .„□yl mmx» vis 1P piym 1985-1 extensively as soloist with major orches­ Nin .mm-pivs mmitn O’roy? y’sin mi tras and conductors, touring Europe, the li«n ,7xi Pv rovi’mipn Pa tin pm Americas, the Far East, Australia and fl>ov’ii>v'ian>xn nsipm nnonv xin roumi Japan. mi>s’ Pa nx iipptan .arovsn roasv Pv In 1985, Arie Vardi was awarded the roainn Pun vmvPpn .Pttxat romi "Omanut La'Am" (“Art for the People") mnai ,ronPiy nP’nn tP ìx’in ,mnvnn Prize for the best performances in Israel. micro iro’mni mnm □> ina iPv jnxn He often appears as soloist-conductor of Arie Vardi is Professor of Piano at Tel Aviv >sui imn nnxn Pnp Pun am’i ninnola the complete sets of concerti by Bach, University's Rubin Academy of Music and at .n’t’ipvn Haydn and Mozart, performing some works the Hochschule fur Musik in Hannover. His v»y nmipxa arovap mana pan roi mix on the Hammerflugel. Vardi specializes in students have won major prizes in prestigious aavn roan i’ix Pn rroronnixi pan the impressionist period or pianoforte international competitions and he is frequently oroisi tat i>-nnPn .mini np’vtnP main literature including Debussy and Ravel in invited abroad to hold master classes. Nini ronixPi’i mi’vn mPyi mmnni their entirety. His recordings for major Vardi regularly adjudicates the principal piano •inx mro -patnP maian o’royp intin contests at Leeds, Munich, Sydney, Tokyo, mnvn mmnni mmp tnroyp vsiv >m labels have won him international acclaim, while "Master Class" and various other of and Vienna. He is chairman of the Music romani vpro ,mro ,pi’n ,vi’P nna his music programmes have proved most Advisory Board of the Arthur Rubinstein anta inan xm .nma amvap nmixPain International Piano Master Competition. rooiNPi’in mannn Pv rommxn myin popular with TV and radio audiences. .provami limx vy arovap -*■

V > LEV VLASENKO ih Lev Vlasenko commenced music studies at the age of 10 under Prof. Y. ,10 Pni irovin ’im’P nx Pnn ipivPi ip Flier at Moscow's Tchaikovsky State P’IlVnVllpl 1”p5 .’ ’3113 Pv ll’DpHl Conservatoire. He played Beethoven's UN pn il Pni .niptam >pvnp”u vy Concerto No. 1 when he was 11, gave Pvrom nx .pinci Pv 1 ron iviunpn his first recital at the age of 14 and was Pun TinPP nyi 14 P’ii pn ìPv pv’Nin later trained by Prof. A. Virsaladeze at the Tbilisi State Conservatoire. P’IlVlIWlpl miNpNVin .N >3113 In 1956, Lev Vlasenko won first prize at .ro’piivi >nipnnn the Liszt International Piano ninni pvxm visi ìpivPi mi 1956 -i Competition; two years later he was myii vv’P v»y irovsp ji»nixPi’in awarded second prize at Moscow's 1st nnnni nvn visi nn □»niv International Tchaikovsky Compe­ p .mpvini ’pvnp’”i v»y roniNPum tition, and went on to further victories at mmnnn mi onw onv>np ynn most of the. principal international piano contests. .mnvnn avmxPain "People's Artist of the Russian Fede­ oyvn ”vyn iax” inuii nnsinv ,ipmPi ration", Vlasenko continues to appear ,nsii’xi y>3inP nnn ,rovnn nmisn to acclaim across Europe, the USA and mpu vmysin .p>n amn-mnixi Japan. His performances are televized .□ro’Ppn 20-n un’ v’Ppn xim nroiPvP and he has made over 20 recordings. □’l’un □mvsnsn inx nih ìpivPi ip Lev Vlasenko is one of Moscow ìynn inroPro mpvm Pv p>iroiivnpi Conservatoire's leading professors. He osivi innvnP niia xin .oniu nnv’nP holds seminars on performance and his pupils have achieved great success. .irovsP mmiNPui mmnni He frequently adjudicates the leading international piano competitions.

49 THE ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN STATE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, LODZ 'mb ,i»wj»an mil-i« v"j> n>nabann mwtiin Principal Conductor and Artistic Director: ILYA STUPEL bsiVV D’b’N fbp’oin brani nyxa nao General Manager: Jan Wolanski Concertmeister: Piotr Redel bri 1B1»# :’WXT PJ »pwbll )X> rb-OHJ The Philharmonic/Symphony Orchestra of Lodz was founded Philharmonic Choir which it founded and formed in 1953, soon in 1915 and other than the Warsaw Philharmonic is the most after becoming a fully subsidized state institution; a festival, mxb i>n nmpm niw nmx /mb ïw nwnnb»an np’mm x>n -mb bw n’jian’cn/nnimnb’an minim )rnx ’n’" ba’noa ,Tvaivn ’Jiabnn ipinb naanw senior of Poland’s orchestras. "Days of Organ and Oratorio", and a Composer's Concert .I’bia mnntmw Throughout 76 years and despite ongoing struggles to obtain Series conducted by great artists, among them A. Glazunov D’ntoD on’by ,D>mbnb trtnjmp mim -n’wiiNi nmx ,)in>n jwwnb omnnnn D’paxnn mmb funding, the Orchestra has hosted many great conductors, (1930), A. Khatchaturian (1962) and by K. Penderecki IX’Wsn .X ,(1930) 3151tb> -X :DD’3’3 ,D’JDN7I ’bill :DD’J»3 D’blJT D’Djm TMI’p J1W 76 pK)3 ,minim among them T. Mazurkiewicz, with whom it made its first (1988), A. Malawski and A. Panufnik. -p’»l».X1 ’pV3Xbn.X ,(1988) ’P31TJ2 .p ,(1962) public appearance (1915), S. Kussevitzky, V. Bierdajew and In 1984, Arthur Rubinstein, whose remarkable artistic career ,’p3>3dp .v ,(1915) niwxib nji’am tmx I’apmxn ,v> n’miKJxn m»ipnv» .pnwmia -nmx pn ,1984 nwa mwn in D’ibiü di nmx p mo nabn’a .11 imxhtij G. Fitelberg, as well as major soloists such as W. Landowska began in Lodz, became a patron of the Orchestra and 111X11 minim bn nmoab ,-mba nbnn lbw nxbain and B. Huberman (founder of the Israel Philharmonic), M. consented to give it his name. Thus it was renamed and is minim D>pn) )main .31 npvamb.i ma njwxnn minima «nnn nnw yapo ,p>ab nx nb p»wnb vixnpxn ,i /praiwrm .n ,(ji»bxnw»n Jinimnb’an Horszowski, W. Backhaus, and P. Kochanski. Later, C. officially known as THE ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN STATE .--mb ,iwKm nmx wy mnabnnn n>jimnb>an Arrau, H. Szeryng (when he was just 13 years old), M. PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, LODZ. bw mnan’on minim ray iv’ain p-inx .’pomp .ai Rostropovitch, I. Haendel and D. Oistrach performed with the This musical body now appears in regular concert series and D’o-imp mura ,jiw»3p3 nny ynw ,nt Pp’vin «in ix n>nw) ww .n ,ixnx .p di (ix nxipw ’aa) >mb W vapi mnbpn bn na>j iat>n .pbiaa nm jmaixi Lodz Symphony, as it was then known. numerous opera performances throughout Poland. A .pnmix.Ti bun.x /paiarrotm .n ,(13 p Arthur Rubinstein, who was born and spent his childhood in considerable number of recordings have been contracted for .baiDP n’b’x nppxn ’naun ’bp’Oinn nbnin tay pioa v’ain ,-mba bin ibw pwmm -nmx Lodz, appeared as soloist with the Orchestra on three production with its present leader, Maestro Ilya Stupel. There imn mn Dy nbsin nbiya «pjpwi -rop mintnb tnxnai i960 row ,1927 mwa rjn’wnn wbwa minim occasions: in 1927, in 1960, and in March of 1975 when he is an ongoing successful collaboration of the Orchestra with •I’bia bw n’vibvni nj>»n maw ’jab ,nimnxn i’myainn mxa 1975 gave one of his last performances before retiring from active the Polish radio and TV network. mvotm ny’ain ,nwn obpn nnnbn txnw o»)W3 pw bw urnoipn jix pn nt rma ounipa .D’trmtpa concert life. At this farewell concert he played Chopin's In the years since World War II, the Arthur Rubinstein State -mb ,)”t>vo’3n lunx wy n’jiabnnn ji’nan’pn .pinna bn 5 -nn ivn-impn nxi nwn naa Concerto in F Minor and Beethoven's Concerto No. 5. Philharmonic Orchestra, Lodz, has appeared to acclaim' D’Disjip wna 1990 nw3i nan>x mm nrn» nnbana The Orchestra's multiple activities comprise the Lodz across Europe, and recently in a successful tour of Taiwan. nbnpnn jix nbbia minim bn Jijnann nib’yan .)xii’xt>3 nbsm

50 51 r HOW THE LODZ PHILHARMONIC ACQUIRED ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN’S NAME by Janusz Cegiella Arthur Rubinstein, who was born in Lodz on January 28, 1887 was, in Maestro his book entitled "An Escape". Rubinstein agreed to come, a sense, contemporary with the Concert Hall - the home of the Lodz and in return handed over the first volume of his "Diaries", saying: Philharmonic - the construction of which started at the crossing of "What a nice meeting of... writers." In Paris at that time, one could Dzielna and Wschodnia Streets in 1884 - and its inauguration which observe large posters advertising the film about Rubinstein, "L'amour took place in January 23, 1887. The. building consisted of two de la Vie", for which Czyz was to have recorded the music. He went to separate parts: a concert hall on the upper level, and a restaurant the cinema to see the film and particularly remembered the scene in which existed under different managements until 1946. Only then which Rubinstein talked in Polish to a group of Jewish youngsters in was the dilemma - Bach or Bacchus - finally settled and the Concert Tel Aviv. For a while he played the piano, then he thought and said: Hall was called the Lodz Philharmonic. "Young musicians face a special task. As Muscovites never Arthur Rubinstein was attached to this hall from his early childhood managed to subdue the Pole's soul, the Israelite earth, in the same throughout his whole life. It was there that he made his debut in 1894 way, will for ever remain the Jew's homeland..." before going on to study in Berlin, and there that he gave his The film was never shown in Poland. concerts when paying short visits to his family. He visited Lodz and Rubinstein liked Czyz. Before the Lodz Philharmonic celebrated its demonstrated increasingly splendid piano playing. In October 1924 jubilee, he asked him to conduct a concert inaugurating a new huge he performed in the cycle, "Master Concerts". Rubinstein was legend Salle de Congres in Paris on March 14, 1974 in the Festival in his own city to a much greater extent than such composers as International du Son. Together they performed Brahm's Piano Grazyna Bacewicz and Aleksander Tansman or the famous Concerto in D Minor, op. 15. Czyz conducted "Eroica". Subsequently, conductor Pawel Klecki. Admittedly, this mysterious legend received on April 3, 1975 they performed together with the Orquestra Ciudad de its colour not only from his marvellous music but also from his Barcelona; the programme included Chopin's Concerto in F Minor and i enchanting personality, for he was a man of sensational charm. Beethoven's Concerto No. 5 in E Major, op. 73. This was a repetition The Second World War caused a long break in Maestro Rubinstein's of the Jubilee Concert at Lodz. visits to Lodz. He came to Poland in 1958 and we met at the Bristol On February 17, 1975 a great gala jubilee performance was held at the Hotel in Warsaw. I tried to persuade him to visit his native town. But Grand Theatre to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Lodz he refused. He was afraid to see what the Germans had left there. Philharmonic. The musical cream of the country attended. None of his relatives or close friends had survived. No graves were Rubinstein's stay in Poland was filmed in its entirety, Jozef Tejchma, left. The town lived on but it was a total burial ground. Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Culture and Art, arrived. In However, my arguments - I was a manager at "Pagart" at that time - response to his congratulations, Rubinstein said: must have touched him. On February 16, 1960 he paid his first visit "Thank you very much for your congratulations. Actually I do not to Lodz to make a public appearance. The concert was conducted by accept invitations to such jubilees. In the whole world there are only Jerzy Katlewicz of Cracow. Naturally, it was a total success, two towns which I could visit: Lodz, because I was born here, and Tel remembered today by the "more mature" inhabitants of Lodz. He Aviv, because my blood flows there..." played Beethoven's Concerto No. 4 in G Major, op. 58 and Chopin's This was Arthur Rubinstein's last visit to his native town before he I Concerto in F Minor. On this occasion he met Henryk Czyz, artistic died in 1982. It was only on April 4, 1984 that his name was granted to director of the Lodz Philharmonic; the meeting of these two artists the Philharmonic. A commemorative plaque was exposed on the was well remembered by Rubinstein, and soon they were on friendly building at 78 Piotrkowska Steet where he was born, and some time terms. Rubinstein invited Czyz to give a concert in Paris but this visit later the Historical Museum of Lodz devoted an individual exhibition did not materialize. They meant to record music for the hall to Rubinstein's souvenirs. Since that time our Philharmonic has autobiographical film, "L'amour de la Vie". taken pride in its name: Arthur Rubinstein State Philharmonic. Czyz was triumphant all over the world at that time. On March 31, I am not sure if it is the right thing to quote the Maestro's words written 1962 Czyz was conducting a performance at Warsaw's Grand and published in a new book by Henryk Czyz. Probably Arthur Theatre. In the audience were Aniela Rubinstein, Pawel Klecki and Rubinstein would not mind because he used to make jokes about the great Polish stage manager, Bronislaw Horowicz. every possible subject. Thus, when accompanied by the film camera When Arthur Rubinstein made his next visit to Poland in 1960 to act during the last visit to his family home, he displayed his marvellous as Honorary President of the Jury for the Chopin Competition, he memory pointing out to all present the windows of his parents' again performed in Lodz, this time giving a recital of works by bedroom, his father's study and the room in which he himself was Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Ravel, Chabrier, Granados and Liszt. born. After another concert, this time conducted by Stefan Marczyk, a By the gate there was a grocer's shop and near the open windows gifted young conductor, (Czyz was away on tour) Marczyk asked the there was a big sack full of candies. The owner of the shop used to Maestro if he would not mind granting his name to the Lodz come to the door, dive into the sack and give away candies to the Philharmonic. Rubinstein thought for a long while and... gave his children playing nearby. Those were delicious fruit candies in consent. colourful paper. Small Arthur thought that when he grew up and had However, this aim was not accomplished for a number of years. enough money he would buy a shop like that and would also give away In the years 1971-75, Czyz served as director in Lodz. The 60th candies to the children... every day. anniversary of the Lodz Philharmonic was approaching. It seemed - And I grew up - he now said - and earned much money but somehow I natural that such a ceremony should be honoured by Arthur never did buy a shop like that. Thus I wasted my life - he added after a Rubinstein's presence. Czyz went to Paris to invite him and gave the while.

52 ILYA STUPEL

Ilya Stupel is considered to be a prominent pob bnm nv»b ,nib’i2 1948-2 7bii baiov n>b>x conducting talent. Born in 1948 in Vilnius, vm w>in 222 ,14 p mvn2 .wibv boa 7713002 Lithuania, he began playing the piano when he was 3 years old. At the age of 14 he ran his own weekly o>n>yb y>own raw ,ibwo n>ynv Drain obian programme for the Polish radio, often presenting l’71O>b O1D2 ,1957-2 .2TI2W D17’2> D13O11O his own compositions. In 1957, after completing OW ,1’biab 22V N17 ,73b’l bW p>71O27t0W2 his studies at the Vilnius Conservatory he moved D71O1D2 lp’2’711 17112 rW07 bW 171W2 WD’W to Poland where he was engaged as assistant to innawoi baioo i2ty 1968-2 ,f2it>p bw mn Bohdan Wodiczko of the Katowice Radio Symphony. In 1968, Stupel and his family left .mum pw»nm pbia dn Poland and settled in Sweden. ->D2 >3W bw >0X77 0712302 »000 X17 Dl’n Principal conductor at the two major opera houses >2072 nuib 72701 70bX01 171213>Vb7 7701X in Helsingborg and Malmo, Stupel has appeared v>b2 ,maix nipana n>72n-Di27xi nan>x extensively in Europe and the USA performing D’bo’P72 oi y>aio .o’raaow o>o72iipi opera, ballet, symphonies, recitals and jazz 70bb loiio xin ni2inp o’D’yb .vi >yai02i music. He is frequently invited to direct seminars and "7>’Op72” opinion 12702 10N-nin>22 master-classes at Berkshire Music Center, .71151302 Tanglewood. >bp>vion nbniob baiov n>b>x nno 1990-2 In 1990 Ilya Stupel was appointed music director ninnx o”y noionnb’an mioinn bo nraioi and principal conductor of the renowned Arthur ,>po2ipioo n>by irao 72y2o) 'nib2 i»oo3>217 Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra of Lodz, whose past conductors include Stokowsky, Kletzky and by mm xin 11 raiotn oy .(ix’nio’sni >pabp Khatchaturian. Stupel has signed an exclusive jn>iiao’v bo 'ppo 7N1O727 nobpnb nnn recording contract for the production, with this bo ni’iiao’vn ba nmb ,7iwab nioaonipi orchestra, of a wide repertoire of symphonies and •l’2X’7pOl >pV21p»'2 ,213’3077 ,’>(’21pOV1O piano concertos by Beethoven, Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky and Scriabin.

54 — = NOAM SHERIFF Born in Tel Aviv in 1935, Noam Sheriff p bwa b3N njnbn TDb ,1935 inx-bn *nb» studied composition with Paul Ben-Haim and iinayn d„d read philosophy at the Hebrew University in nnin own "pjwon z>”dn .o>bwnn ? Jerusalem. He later went on to study music np’tnn inb ,pbnn bw ntntnab with Boris Blacher and conducting with Igor .Vipïo tivn bsN m i3ba vnu bw Markevitch at the Berlin Hochschule fur Musik. nimpN” ini’*’ b\y mnnn tno Sheriff was 22 years of age when his jvnnnnb’anjrnotnn w by ”W»b "Festival Prelude", was premiered by rnwb b\y tidji wnn,jvbx* i Leonard Bernstein and the Israel niysnn .rw 22, p *ip mnvb ,1957-2 Philharmonic Orchestra - a success that .pbiyn nnpi bmvfa niynpa vjinnn brought the composer repeated ,mwb wwn ibw jrrnvon *nnvnn tiwn commissions from prominent institutions. He -nn ,n’bi£) nb jivskhi tno imsvn is recognized as one of Israel's most , jniotjn *npob iirvsnp, ,jnb’an ,i\yy .□’jinn n»nm dPvht bw o>b>nn distinguished and versatile musicians whose byi vm nmntnn no’.n by moo oyn particular art of orchestration and sensitivity 7PH Ï982 Tyi 1972-d .obiyn nmn Jinwm : io form is manifest in his compositions: La n*n»tjin bw hdsjdi >bp>tnon nbnin Folia Variations, Trei-Assar, Prayers, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, and in nx> oy Tn> brvi 1986-2 .jpm’pn mnxpn Mechaye Ha'metim - a large scale o>nnw ’mpvn trnpn jin »Pirn symphony. His works are frequently played in VTDbnn cn:rn npsbnw dwmd:i nsn’xi nmotJi ’bnono dvs cnoroo Israel and abroad. ’DiNbrn *vnp o”p 1989 x’pi .3wmx3i Sheriff regularly conducts leading Israeli and -pwNi n’jiûD’vn DTiatJin morinvynn ms’Jb 1 other international orchestras. From 1972 to Noam Sheriff has served as music director .Tnmnxn owa ,rvn oyw .rnsb 1982 he was music director of the Kibbutz bxw»* b:vt>t)û bw Pp’tno 'tyvj brw Chamber Orchestra. and chief conductor of the Rishon LeZion Together with Gary Bertini, he directed the Symphony Orchestra since 1989. This year ]7DD 1989 TND .Hp’VlOb 1DNCP* O’bl’OVDI [ he also assumed the post as head of b\y win nns5o2i ’bp>tnnn nbrwo 1986 Salzburg Mozarteum summer course .ivsb iwn*i Jibwn’vn nTiauin for conductors. In 1989 he led an orchestral conducting studies at Tel Aviv international conducting course with the University's Rubin Academy of Music. .D’ymnb’fln jitioVjifi >”y ,wpnro n npyzi participation of the Rishon LeZion Orchestra. Commissioned by the Israel Philharmonic 500” pND*>yi pbno ,mnvn mnp ynbnb Many of his students have embarked on Orchestra, he is presently working on a ,nbion ysnnw ,”rpv jirrn> *pibtn nw conducting careers in Europe and in the composition to be performed in Toledo, *wxib niDJiJ napnxb .1992 ’Non .w USA. He was music director of the Israel Spain, in May of 1992 - the 500th anniversary inn \y»y np>mnb rpmpxn nw’ib npTnon k Festival and advisor to other festivals.. yy of the expulsion of Spanish Jewry. .N”Ji jiD’tm’jiNn

------JOSEPH DORFMAN Born in Odessa, Joseph Dorfman >wba bnm noawa abn ,iBaan qw commenced piano studies at the age of 5. He later went on to study at the Stolyarsky 7>pnn Kin .won bna anooaa nran Music School, graduated from Odessa np’tnDb main aavn n>aa )>aio»ba Conservatoire and gained his Ph.D. at bp pmcaacnpa onvob ay >pvw’biv>t> Moscow's Gnessin Music Institute. pvn liana iropia axm ba’p a”nx .nvaix Dorfman conducted the Odessa Philhar­ .napmna monic Chamber Orchestra and was coach rmmnn bp nnsiaa p’a paaia nw conductor of the Odessa Conservatory Opera Department. He has appeared bp inxn-naonai nvaix bp nnnxpn across Europe as a solo-pianist, in .proa pmraiwip bp mown npbnn chamber ensembles, and as a conductor. □’aaana piva ,pmvsa nm y’ain Currently he is Professor of Composition .nan>xa nsœi O”anxp and Theory at the Rubin Academy of Music, nnix’nbi ninbnb naana pan xm ona Tel-Aviv University: from 1985-89 he was -bn iwia'ax a’bp pan P”y n’napxa director of the Academy. ay) o»jp yaax nbnina pb>p qxi ,a’ax Chairman of the composers group .(1989 "Accoustic 7-11”, Dorfman is an active conductor and pianist in its "Forum for xin ”11-7 p’ooipx” owibnn naian h”i»a Contemporary Music" concert series. He np>vinb □man” o’obanpn narra b>ya was music director of "20th Century Music", bnina wv p .privai naina ”iro> na secretary of the Israeli Composers League np’Vinn" O’pasnpn nbb>v bp ’bp»vio and visiting professor at the universities of -mampn nanx bp aotnai »zo-n nxna Columbia and Yale, also at the -bivaiba n’n ,(O”ipx) o>b”,Dni onio Music Academy and the R. Schumann- Musikhochschule in Dusseldorf. He also ,b”i n>imbip nwo’vbi'nxi nbix directs master classes. -ran obiapna bp np’Vinb n’obpxa Joseph Dorfman is a leading Israeli .<)bnbp’ba pip vp npwinb main bavn composer whose compositions encompass .]ox inn’p nma di xin electro-accoustic music, works for ballet, □’bxbP’n o’l’nbano xinp ,)nabib opera, solo instruments and orchestral ,Piv o»bpb nn>3> ana o>b’ainn ensembles, many of which have been .n*)21Nl D’VbN3 ,7PD JPJTWpbN Dp’VID .nman’V mirnnbi □”anxp □’baotnxb performed in Israel and other countries. .b’nnzn rm iysn vjinnPD nui ,nvv>tnpx-iaopbx nih’a’ pnbn □> xin

55 HAGAI SHAHAM Hagai Shaham (born 1966) was taught to mion bsx uraa mm mb .1966 *nb> play the violin by the legendary Prof. .ino rmb’x nyirn Ilona Feher. inn ,(w) on\y nn not 1990 im In 1990, Shaham and his duo partner pwmn tnm ,cinrt>o) pnx nx oy Amon Erez won world acclaim in the rpoixbrm nnnno oxm njnob Munich International Competition when they gained the first prize, which had not pjym xb n nnwpb pinn via .pron been awarded for duo violin-piano .1971 JW TND performance since 1971. Earlier, mb’D3i nvnnn nmnn not ,pb *npo Shaham had won several competitions .npnox-bxw pp oyoo and scholarships. : nwo y’oin py nntntnn po He has performed with the Torino RAI *nwn nwi b\y miDtnn Symphony Orchestra, the BBC ,BBC-n mmtji ,wnt>n* rppbv»Nn Orchestra, the London Royal Opera mintnnt *mbop jvnnbon mmxn Orchestra and the Israel Philharmonic pott b\y inwn jvbxivnn rpjwinb’on Orchestra under Zubin Mehta. In 1988, he performed with Mehta and the non» bo nnn y>Din xin .non» Juilliard Symphony at Carnegie Hall. At *nx>bn bo Ji»ia»>on n*n»tnn oy os his second performance there in 1985, .bin nnpo he joined Isaac Stern and Pinchas vnioi poo pt”x oy nn» pn 1985 noon Zuckerman in the gala concert □v bnb bin nnpo on^npn •joipis honouring Isaac Stern's 65th birthday. .poo pn”x bo 65-n ínibin Hagai Shaham has performed noioo ,piooi dPo’OOO y>oin ono nn extensively in chamber recitals and as to*i»oi non’Ni oPo’oooi np’oio soloist at major music centres and .np’IQN po3i festivals across Europe, North and Central America.

ZVI PLESSER Cellist Zvi Plesser of the Aviv Quartet is a ”2’2X n’y’2i” i2n ,i©3o >23 13’30 graduate of the Jerusalem Music Centre. □’P’osn o’xp’om3 h’dmiíi im He was trained by Zvi Harel in Israel and O’n i2y2 ,o’3on»2 op’oio3 orna David Soyer in the US. Currently he 1’11’1 301 3X10’2 3X10 ’23 30 □l’Di’TI studies with Zara Nelsova at the Juilliard mxt 3sx icil xm ovai a"Oix2 i”io School of Music. .pTi’-via nx’3n iodo n’22 O2io3i Plesser is the recipient of several awards, VniOl pOO pt”X 3o 01’33 P’J 1985-2 among them the 1990 National Symphony ’MIXp D31X2 ,O3X1 O1311p2 ,)D1pl3 Orchestra Young Soloists Competition id 3o 65-n im3io en» p’33 ,pii>-i»32 (1st prize and Kennedy Center debut). .poo In 1985 he played together with Isaac ,’HIXp 031X2 y’0101 20 Xin 1988-2 Stern and Pinchas Zuckerman at minin oy ,nvnn pan bv 101302 Carnegie Hall in a gala concert honouring .nx’3n Maestro Stern on his 65th birthday, 1991 1X11202 .0’110 0’0132 021 1O3c appearing there again in 1988 as soloist minwi oy i3ioo nnoxi3 io3o m p’i with the Juilliard Orchestra and Zubin ’iip t2iD2 n’nix>n ri’iion’on Mehta. His Israel Philharmonic Orchestra mino 3o oion inni ,11011’0112 debut took place in 1989, in which year he ,it minio oyon o’i’yan o’Pivn also appeared as soloist with the nmntnn 211 oy y’oin io3a ’23 Jerusalem Chamber Orchestra in a nnoxi3 p’i 1989-2 ,3xio’ 3o ni2ionn concert tour of Europe. nyi ji>3xio’n n’nDin3’on minino oy Plesser, now 23 years old, performs mi’O2 ,i3ioo ono3 innn nao nmx2 widely as a member of the Aviv Quartet ,o’3on> 3o ii’inxpn minino 3o appearing in the world's most prestigious .noii’X2 venues. 1111213 103o 13’30 D01 122 23 3’12 Dyi 0’21 o”nipi’ nin3ix2 myom ,ni3’2in irmntn 56 YARIV ALONI Yariv Aloni was born in Israel in 1963 and rum ambb bnn ,1963 a>b> ,nibx an’ began violin studies at the age of eight; lay o>iw ywn aiayai nnnw b’>a awaa nine years later he took up the viola, studying with David Chen at Jerusalem's tit bax nbPi ma nb’rw .nbpia rumb Rubin Academy and subsequently with pan w»y np’tnnb n’napxa ,]n Daniel Benyamini, the renowned violist. ,’PD’ia bxna Pyx ,p-anxi D’bvn’3 Aloni's musical education included p’PDanb’sn naimna ’vxa pp, aawb composition with Theodore Holdheim; two ■nwn bax runbn anb p ,n’bxae>>n of his works were performed by the m iyjia pma’s’D D”nw o»mbm Kibbutzim Youth Orchestra. .jpyia’p-'i’an ayun mintn After graduating from the Jerusalem o’xp’vinb p’mnn ana xin mbx an Music Centre, Aloni took master classes with Isaac Stern and other internationally □w ,o’bwia>a np’viab nana o’P’vsn recognized artists. He has participated .nvw pt”x bw px-mipaa qnnwn annually in the international chamber vnoa bv oa’nb pib pnn xin 1985-a music festival at Rolandseck. He anvn uasxipa now pt”xi papia appeared with the Schleswig-Holstein □bixa ,pw an bw inabin dp aiaab Festival under the late Leonard Bernstein □y y’ain 1988 vpa .pap pia map and in chamber music with Christoph l”Dvbin->mtbs> bw ba>uvsn namwi Eschenbach. on p’owna aanx’b bv lomv rnn In 1985, Aloni played with Pinchas Zuckerman and Isaac Stern in a concert oy ipanxp np’vm bw o’oaanp p>j honouring Maestro Stern at Carnegie Hall. .piwx qroona nainn-pnroan As violist with the Aviv Quartet, he has ,1985-a nnpinw ,»a>ax rpywa ]bpia performed in major music centres in taxa D’paann ninbixn baa y’am xin Europe and in the United States. .b»inai Presently he is violist with the Penderecki ’paaaia ip>y>aaa ppia vnvn xm opa and a member of the iro’tnamxa onion bio oy runm faculty at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada. .naip ,a«aib anab’n f f

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ISAAC STERN: '7 would be honoured and pleased to become an honorary member of the International Founder's Committee. It is indeed a pleasure to join with distinguished colleagues in honouring an old friend and a most respected artist. . ." "... I am certain that following its great success at the initial venture, it (the Rubinstein Competition) will continue to expand and provide opportunities for gifted young artists to launch their careers most auspiciously. . ."

CLAUDIO ARRAU: "... No piano competition in the future will bear a better name..." Please accept my warmest good wishes for this next great occasion in the life of aspiring young pianists and my best pesonal greetings."

YEHUDI MENUHIM: "You have my deep admiration and all my prayers for the success of the competition which you have created and which should rank among the most important in the world. "I shall be more than delighted to discuss with you a parallel event in the field of the violin."

RUDOLF SERKIN: "... I believe it will be a very important cultural event, not only for Israel but for the whole musical world. I have always felt the greatest admiration for the artistry of Mr. Rubinstein and affection for him as a great human being. . ."

LORIN MAAZEL: ", . . / am most impressed by the criteria that have been established, by which the best creative interpretations of music in various styles will be of prime importance. I would be most honoured to be a member of the International Founders Committee. . ."

FRANZ ENDLER ("Die Pressa," Vienna)' . . It will be the 'competition of competitions.' Everything is being done to ensure that the winner does not owe his prize to chance or to a single brilliant performance of a specific composition. . . The Jury will be given not only a 'taste' by the candidates but will be able to listen to a full repertoire of complete pieces. . ."

DOMINIQUE GILL ( Financial Times, June 17, 1980): "... the most exhaustive and most taxing of all piano competitions. . ."

GUIDO AGOSTI Vice-Chairman of the Jury, wrote: The First Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition has certainly been an extremely important event in the musical world. . . There are, in my opinion, three outstanding features which lend an original profile to the "Rubinstein Competition" and a character of its own: the wide range and great number of compositions that the contestants presented and played; the balance which was maintained between musicianship and virtuosity — well-through out and evident through the whole programme; and last but not least the length of time allocated to each stage. (excerpts of letter, October 1974.)

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Brenno AMBROSINI, Italy Ludmil ANGELOV, Bulgaria Age: 25 School: Hochschule für Musik, München Age: 31 School: State Conservatory of Bulgaria Address: Embajador Vieh 6-11, E-46002 Valencia, Spain Address: 24 Assen Zlatarov, Sofia 1504, Bulgaria

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STAGE I STAGE I Haydn Sonata in C Major, HOB XVI/48 Mozart Sonata in B flat Major, K 333 Chopin Etude in C Minor, op. 10, no. 12 Chopin Etude in A Minor, op. 25, no. 11 Chopin Barcarolle in F sharp Major, op. 60 Liszt Transcendental Etude no. 4 in D Minor Liszt Transcendental Etude no. 10 in F Mino (Mazeppa) Roger-Ducasse Etude in E flat Minor (1915) Debussy Etude no. 6 pour les huit doigts Bartók Four Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm Busoni Sonatina no. 6 (Carmen Fantasy) STAGE II Chopin Nocturne no. 7 in C sharp Minor, STAGE II op. 27, no. 1 Soler Sonata in D Major Chopin Sonata in B flat Minor, op. 35 Beethoven Sonata in C Minor, op. 111 Sheriff For Ella Berg Sonata op. 1 Al beniz Navarra STAGE III STAGE III Schumann Symphonic Etudes, op. 13 Bach Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, WTC II Chopin Scherzo no. 1 in B Minor, op. 20 Beethoven Sonata in E flat Major, op. 81a Debussy Feux d'artifice, from Préludes Book II Chopin Ballade no. 3 in A flat Major, op. 47 Sonata no. 9, op. 68 Debussy L'lsle joyeuse (1904) Scriabin Rachmaninoff Prelude in B Minor, op. 32, no. 10 Sheriff For Ella Liszt Paraphrase on Rigoletto (1859) Schumann Piano Quartet in E flat Major, op. 47 Schumann Piano Quartet in E flat Major, op. 47 STAGE IV STAGE IV Beethoven Concerto no. 5 in E flat Major, op. 73 Mozart Concerto in B flat Major, K 595 STAGE V STAGE V Liszt Concerto no. 1 in E flat Major Tchaikovsky Concerto no. 1 in B flat Minor, op. 23 X______y <______> 59 Adele ARNO, Italy Markus BECKER, Germany Age: 32 Age: 29 School: Verona Conservatory of Music. School: Hochschule fur Musik, Hannover Address: Viale Ca' Granda 27, Milano 20162, Italy Address: Rambergstrasse 13, 3000 Hannover 1, Germany

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STAGE I STAGE I Haydn Sonata in A flat Major, HOB XVI/46 Chopin Etude in C Major, op. 10, no. 1 Chopin Etude in A flat Major, op. 10, no. 10 Liszt Transcendental Etude no. 10 in F Minor Liszt Etude (Ab irato) Rachmaninoff Etude Tableau in C Minor, op. 39, no.1 Rachmaninoff Etude Tableau in E flat Minor, Haydn Sonata in E Minor, HOB XVI/34 op. 39 no. 5 Brahms Scherzo in E flat Minor, op. 4 Chopin Ballade no. 4 in F Minor, op. 52 STAGE II STAGE II Scarlatti Sonata in D Minor Soler Sonata in C sharp Minor Rihm Klavierstück V 1976 (Tombeau) Chopin Sonata in B Minor, op. 58 Beethoven Sonata in C Major, op. 2, no. 3 Debussy Images (Book II) STAGE III STAGE III Mozart Sonata in D Major, K 311 Beethoven Sonata in E Major, op. 109 Scriabin Sonata no. 5, op. 53 Gideon Klein Sonata for Piano (1943): Gideon Klein Sonata for Piano (1943): movement I movements II and III Liszt Spanish Rhapsody Schumann Symphonic Etudes, op. 13 Schumann Piano Quartet in E flat Major, op. 47 Brahms Piano Quartet in C Minor, op. 60 STAGE IV STAGE IV Mozart Concerto in D Minor, K 466 Beethoven Concerto no. 1 in C Major, op. 15 STAGE V STAGE V Chopin Concerto no. 1 in E Minor, op. 11 Brahms Concerto no. 1 in D Minor, op. 15 L______> 60 f------

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Fabio BIDINI, Italy Olivier CAZAL, France Age: 24 Age: 30 School: Santa Cecilia Conservatory, Rome School: Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique, Paris Address: Via T.Torri 15, 52100 Arezzo, Italy Address: 29 Chemin de la Procession 60300 Aumont en Halatte, France >...... < REPERTOIRE REPERTOIRE

STAGE I STAGE I Mozart Sonata in G Major, K 283 Haydn Sonata in F Major, HOB XVI/23 Chopin Etude in C Major, op. 10, no. 1 Chopin Etude in C Major, op. 10, no. 1 Liszt Transcendental Etude no. 12 Liszt Paganini Etude no. 6 in A Minor in E fiat Minor (Chasse-neige) Prokofiev Etude in C Minor, op. 2, no. 4 Rachmaninoff Etude Tableau in E fiat Major, op. 33, no. 7 Rachmaninoff Sonata in B flat Minor, op. 36 (1931) Chopin Ballade no.' 4 in F Minor, op. 52 STAGE II STAGE II Scarlatti Sonata in G Major, K 124 Beethoven Sonata in B flat Major, op. 22 Clementi Sonata in D Minor, op. 40, no. 3 Gideon Klein Sonata for Piano (1943): movement I Chopin -Fantaisie in A fiat Major, op. 61 Prokofiev Sonata no. 7, op. 83: movements II and III STAGE III Sheriff For Ella STAGE III Beethoven Sonata in F Minor, op. 57 Bach Prelude and Fugue in F Minor, WTC I Rachmaninoff Sonata in B fiat Minor, op. 36 (1931) Schubert Sonata in B flat Major, D 960 Brahms Piano Quartet in C Minor, op. 60 Schumann Piano Quartet in E flat Major, op. 47 STAGE IV STAGE IV Beethoven Concerto no. 4 in G Major, op. 58 Mozart Concerto in D Minor, K 466 STAGE V STAGE V Chopin Concerto no; 2 in F Minor, op. 21 Prokofiev Concerto no. 3 in C Major, op. 26 \______7 \______61 n»nix* ,ys jvìn 22 :>’> 25 :h’> pu’ 1’3 jiN’bi’j cnn ¡B’tin’b np’oiab p’-iTOTiwipn .rw

Edith CHEN, USA Ruei-Bin CHEN, Austria Age: 25 Age: 22 School: Vienna Music Conservatory School: , New York Address: Boerhaavegasse 23/27 A-1030, Wien, Austria Address: 251 W. 73rd St. New York, NY 10023, USA

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STAGE I STAGE I Haydn Sonata in E Major, HOB XVI/31 Mozart Sonata in A Minor, K 310 Chopin Etude in B Minor, op. 25, no. 10 Chopin Etude in A flat Major, op. 10, no. 10 Liszt Paganini Etude no. 3 in G sharp Minor Liszt Transcendental Etude no. 4 in D Minor (La Campanella) (Mazeppa) Prokofiev Etude in C Minor, op. 2, no. 3 Debussy Etude no. 11 pour les Arpèges composés Schumann Variations on a theme by Clara Wieck Ravel Scarbo, from Gaspard de la Nuit (1908) in F Minor, op. 14 STAGE II STAGE II Beethoven Sonata in F Minor, op. 57 Bach Toccata in E Minor, S 914 Stravinsky Three Movements from Petrouchka Rachmaninoff Sonata in B flat Minor, op. 36 (1921) Gideon Klein Sonata for Piano (1943) STAGE III STAGE III Bach Prelude and Fugue in C sharp Major, WTC I Beethoven Sonata in A Major, op. 101 Sheriff For Ella Prokofiev Sonata no. 6, op. 82 Liszt Sonata in B Minor Brahms Piano Quartet in C Minor, op. 60 Dvorak Piano Quartet in E flat Major, op. 87 STAGE IV STAGE IV Beethoven Concerto no. 5 in E flat Major, op. 73 Beethoven Concerto no. 5 in E flat Major, op. 73 STAGE V STAGE V Rachmaninoff Concerto no. 3 in D Minor, op. 30 Tchaikovsky Concerto no. 1 in B flat Minor, op. 23

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Hie-Yon CHOI, S. Korea Francesco CIPOLLETTA, Italy Age: 24 Age: 22 School: Hochschule für Musik, Berlin School: Verdi Conservatory, Torino Address: 227-189 Jeong-Reung 1,Seong-Bug ku, Seoul, Korea

Brahms Piano Quartet in C Minor, op. 60 Dallapiccola Sonatina Canonica on Paganini Caprices (1942) Gideon Klein Sonata for Piano (1943): movement I STAGE IV Brahms Piano Quartet in C Minor, op. 60 Beethoven Concerto no. 4 in G Major, op. 58 STAGE IV Beethoven Concerto no. 4 in G Major, op. 58 STAGE V STAGE V Tchaikovsky Concerto no. 1 in B flat Minor, op. 23 Schumann Concerto in A Minor, op. 54 \______J 63 r

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Jean François DICHAMP, France Lora DIMITROVA, Bulgaria Age: 24 Age: 30 School: Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique, Paris School: State Academy of Bulgaria Address: 16 Avenue du 14 Juillet, 58300 Decize, France Address: 96B Newlands Park, Sydenham, London SE26 5NB, UK

REPERTOIRE REPERTOIRE STAGE I STAGE I Mozart Sonata in F Major, K 332 Purcell New Ground Chopin Etude in C Minor, op. 10, no. 12 Mozart Sonata in C Minor, K 457 Liszt Concert Etude (Gnomenreigen) Chopin Etude in C sharp Minor, op. 10, no. 4 Rachmaninoff Etude Tableau in C Minor, op. 39, no.1 Liszt Transcendental Etude no. 12 Chopin Two Mazurkas: in E flat Minor (Chasse-neige) A fiat Major, op. 59, no. 2 Stravinsky Etude in F sharp Major op. 7, no. 4 F sharp Minor, op. 59, no. 3 STAGE II Chopin Scherzo no. 3 in C sharp Minor, op. 39 Beethoven Sonata in E flat Major, op. 7 STAGE II Ravel Oiseaux tristes, from Miroirs (1905) Beethoven Sonata in D Minor, op. 31, no. 2 Chopin Ballade no. 3 in A flat Major, op. 47 Ravel Vaises nobles et sentimentales (1911) STAGE III Shostakovich Prelude and Fugue no. 24 in D Minor Ravel Scarbo, from Gaspard de la Nuit (1908) Scarlatti Two Sonatas: STAGE III B Minor, K 27; G Major, K 146 Bach English Suite in A Minor, S 807 Chopin Sonata in B Minor, op. 58 Chopin Sonata in B Minor, op. 58 Dorf ma n Verses from Klezmer Ballade: Sheriff For Ella nos. I and III Schumann Piano Quartet in E flat Major, op. 47 Brahms Piano Quartet in C Minor, op. 60 STAGE IV STAGE IV Mozart Concerto in D Minor. K 466 Beethoven Concerto no. 4 in G Major, op. 58 STAGE V STAGE V Chopin Concerto no. 1 in E Minor, op. 11 v______Brahms Concerto no. 2 in B flat Major, op. 83 ; 64 —

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Bronislav DINETS, Israel Frédéric DREYFUS, France Age: 32 School: Gnessin Institute, Moscow; Age: 25 Rubin Academy of Music, Tel-Aviv School: Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris Address: 36/105 Brodetsky St. Tel-Aviv,Israel Address: 20 Avenue Arago 78110 Le Vesinet, France ? ------> REPERTOIRE REPERTOIRE STAGE I Chopin Ballade no. 3 in A flat Major, op. 47 Sonata in C Major, K 330 Mozart Sonata in C Major, K 330 Etude in A flat Major, op. 10, no. 10 Transcendental Etude no. 11 Chopin Etude in F Major, op. 10, no. 8 in D flat Major (Harmonies du soir) Rachmaninoff Etude Tableau in B Minor, op. 39, no. 4 Debussy Etude no. 8 pour les Agréments Liszt Transcendental Etude no. 10 in F Minor Fauré Nocturne no. 6 in D flat Major, op. 63 STAGE II STAGE II Bach Italian Concerto, S 971 Bach Prelude and Fugue in G Minor, WTC I Chopin Sonata in B Minor, op. 58 Prélude, Chorale et Fugue (1884) STAGE III Schumann 8 Bunte Blätter, op. 99 Beethoven Sonata in D Major, op. 10, no. 3 STAGE III Prokofiev Sonata no. 3. op. 28 Sonata in E Minor, op. 90 Gideon Klein Sonata for Piano (1943): Ballade no. 4 in F Minor, op. 52 movements II and III Valses nobles et sentimentales (1911) Chopin Polonaise in A fiat Major, op. 53 For Ella Brahms Piano Quartet in C Minor, op. 60 Piano Quartet in C Minor, op. 60 STAGE IV STAGE IV Beethoven Concerto no. 3 in C Minor, op. 37 Concerto in D Minor, K 466 STAGE V STAGE V Tchaikovsky Concerto no. 1 in B fiat Minor, op. 23 Concerto in A Minor, op. 54 ______) y 65 ------'I

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Julian EVANS, Great Britain Marcello FALDINI, Brazil Age: 27 Age: 27 School: Roval National College, Manchester School: Graz College of Music Address: 129 Oxford Road, Walthamstow, London E Address: Unterer Plattenweg 37 8043 Graz, Austria

REPERTOIRE REPERTOIRE STAGE I STAGE I Haydn Sonata in E Minor, HOB XVI/34 Mozart Sonata in A Minor, K 310 Chopin Etude in C Major, op. 10, no. 1 Chopin Etude in C sharp Minor, op. 10, no. 4 Liszt Paganini Etude no. 2 in E flat Major Liszt Paganini Etude no. 2 in E flat Major Scriabin Etude in C sharp Minor, op. 42, no. 5 Rachmaninoff Etude Tableau in E flat Minor, Schubert Sonata in A Major, D. 664 op. 39, no. 5 STAGE II Bartök Sonata (1926) Bach Fantasia in C Minor, S 906 Rachmaninoff 4 Preludes: G Major, op. 32, no. 5 STAGE II B flat Major, op. 23, no. Beethoven Sonata in A Major, op. 101 D Major, op. 23, no. 4 Prokofiev Sonata no. 6, op. 82 G Minor, op. 23, no. 5 Ravel Pavane pour une Infante défunte (18$ STAGE III Liszt Liebesträume no. 3 in A flat Major Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody no. 12 Bach Prelude and Fugue in C sharp Minor, WT( STAGE III Beethoven Sonata in E flat Major, op. 7 Liszt Sonata in B Minor Beethoven Sonata in E flat Major, op. 27, no. 1 Sheriff For Ella Gideon Klein Sonata for Piano (1943): movement I Liszt Sonata in B Minor Brahms Piano Quartet in C Minor, op. 60 Dvorak Piano Quartet in E flat Major op. 87 STAGE IV STAGE IV Beethoven Concerto no. 1 in C Major, op. 15 Beethoven Concerto no. 3 in C Minor, op. 37 STAGE V STAGE V Brahms Concerto no. 1 in D Minor, op. 15 Prokofiev Concerto no. 3 in C Major, op. 26

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Alan GAMPEL, USA Eitan GLOBERSON, Israel Age: 31 Age: 28 School: Rubin Academy of Music, Jerusalem School: Stanford University Hochschule für Musik, Hannover Address 3088 Manning Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90064, USA Address: 5 Meltzer St. Rehovot 76285, Israel

REPERTOIRE: REPERTOIRE STAGE I STAGE I Haydn Sonata in E Minor, HOB XVI/34 Mozart Sonata in B flat Major, K 570 Chopin Etude in A Minor, op. 25, no. 11 Chopin Etude in A Minor, op. 25, no. 11 Liszt Transcendental Etude no. 8 in C Minor Liszt Paganini Etude no. 3 in G sharp Minor (Wilde Jagd) (La Campanella) Rachmaninoff Etude Tableau in E flat Minor Rachmaninoff Etude Tableau in E flat Minor, op. 33, no. 6 op. 39, no. 5 Balakirev Islamey (1865) Brahms Intermezzo in E flat Minor, op. 118, no. 6

STAGE II STAGE II Scarlatti' Two Sonatas: C Minor K 11; Bach Prelude and Fugue in G sharp Minor, WTC II C Major K 159 Chopin Sonata in B flat Minor, op. 35 Beethoven Sonata in E flat Major, op. 81a Sheriff For Ella Stravinsky Firebird Suite (arr. Stravinsky) Al beniz Triana, from Iberia, Book II

STAGE III STAGE III Gideon Klein Sonata for Piano (1943) Beethoven Sonata in A flat Major, op. 110 Chopin Sonata in B flat Minor, op. 35 Prokofiev Sonata no. 7, op. 83 Chopin Variations on "La ci darem", op. 2 Brahms Piano Quartet in C Minor, op. 60 Schumann Piano Quartet in E flat Major, op. 47 STAGE IV STAGE IV Beethoven Concerto no. 3 in C Minor, op. 37 Beethoven Concerto no. 5 in E flat Major, op. 73 STAGE V STAGE V Prokofiev Concerto no. 3 in C Major, op. 26 Chopin Concerto no. 1 in E Minor, op. 11

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STAGE I Etude in C Major, op. 10, no. 1 Mozart Sonata, in B flat Major, K 333 Transcendental Etude no. 4 In D Minor (Mazeppa) Chopin Etude in A Minor, op. 25, no. 11 Etude in B Flat Major, op. 65, no. 1 Liszt Paganini Etude no. 3 in G sharp Minor Sonata In E flat Major, HOB XVI/52 (La Campanella) Intermezzo in E flat Minor, op. 118, no. 6 Rachmaninoff Etude Tableau in A Minor op. 39, no. 6 Ravel Jeux d'Eau (1901) Sonata in E flat Major, op. 81a Sonata no. 7, op. 83 STAGE II Scarlatti Sonata in A Major, K 39

Préludé and Fugue in B Minor, WTC I Beethoven Sonata in F Minor, op. 57 Fantasy in C Major, D 760 Chopin Fantaisie in F Minor, op. 49 (Der Wanderer) STAGE III For Ella Schumann Symphonic Etudes, op. 13 La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune; Ondine; Hommage à S. Pickwick, Esq., Scriabin Sonata no. 4, op. 30 P.P.M.P.C; Canope; Tierces Alternées; Sheriff For Ella Feux d'artifice, from Préludés, Book II Schumann Piano Quartet in E flat Major, op. 47 Brahms Piano Quartet in C Minor, op. 60 STAGE IV STAGE IV Beethoven Concerto no. 3 in C Minor, op. 37 Beethoven Concerto no. 5 in E flat Major, op. 73 STAGE V STAGE V Prokofiev Concerto no. 3 in C Major, op. 26 Chopin Concerto no. 1 in E Minor, op. 11 s______7 68 r------

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David GROSS, Germany Ilya ITIN, Russia Age:. 25 Age: 29 School: Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music, Moscow; School: Hochschule für Musik, Hannover; Yale University Texas University Address: Geiferstrasse 17, 1000 Berlin 33, Germany Address: 2928 Owenwood Dr. Fort Worth, TX 76109 USA

>REPERTOIRE REPERTOIRE STAGE I STAGE I Mozart Sonata in B flat Major, K 281 Chopin Etude in C sharp Minor, op. 10, no. 4 Mozart Sonata in E flat Major, K 282 Liszt Transcendental Etude no. 12 Chopin Etude in E Minor, op. 25, no. 5 in E flat Minor (Chasse-neige) Liszt Transcendental Etude no. 2 in A Minor Scriabin Etude in F sharp Major, op. 42, no. 3 Ravel Une Barque sur l'océan, from Miroirs Debussy Etude no. 3 pour les Quartes (1905) Chopin Nocturne no. 13 in C Minor, op. 48, no. 1 Szymanowski Sérénade de Don Juan, from Masques, Barcarolle in F sharp Major, op. 60 op. 34 Chopin STAGE II STAGE II Humoresque, op. 20 Schumann Bach Prelude and Fugue in F sharp Minor, WTC II Bartók Improvisations on Hungarian Sheriff For Ella Peasant Songs op. 20 STAGE III Chopin Sonata in B Minor, op. 58 6ach Prelude and Fugue in A flat Major,WTCI STAGE III Beethoven Sonata in E flat Major, op. 7 Beethoven Sonata in A flat Major, op. 110 Liszt Au Bord d'une Source; Orage, from Années de Pèlerinage Debussy Estampes (1903) vol. I Suisse Rachmaninoff Sonata in B flat Minor, op. 36 Gideon Klein Sonata for Piano (1943): movement I Brahms Piano Quartet in C Minor, op. 60 Brahms Piano Quartet in C Minor, op. 60 STAGE IV STAGE IV Beethoven Concerto no. 2 in B flat Major, op. 19 Mozart Concerto in D Minor, K 466 STAGE V STAGE V Brahms Concerto no. 1 in D Minor, op. 15 Rachmaninoff Concerto no. 3 in D Minor, op. 30 ______7 69 / X

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Yacov KASMAN, Russia Rita KINKA, Yugoslavia Age: 25 Age: 30 School: Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music, Moscow School: Academy of Arts, Novi Sad Address: c/o Gosconcert, Neglinnaya St. 15, Moscow 103051 Address: Novi Sad, Brade Popovic 10, Yugoslavia V J

REPERTOIRE REPERTOIRE: STAGE I STAGE I Haydn Sonata in G Major, HOB XVI/40 Mozart Sonata in B flat Major, K 333 Chopin Etude in A Minor, op. 25, no. 11 Chopin Etude in B Minor, op. 25, no. 10 Liszt Transcendental Etude no. 12 Liszt Transcendental Etude no. 12 in E flat Minor (Chasse-neige) in E fiat Minor (Chasse-neige) Rachmaninoff Etude Tableau in E flat Minor, op. 39, no. 5 Etude in C Minor, op. 2, no. 3 Prokofiev Schumann Toccata in C Major, op. 7 Schumann Allegro in B Minor, op. 8 STAGE II STAGE II Bach-Busoni Chaconne, from Sonata in D Minor Brahms Sonata in F sharp Minor, op. 2 for Violin, S 1004 Beethoven Sonata in E Major, op. 109 Stravinsky Thrée Movements from Petrouchka Chopin Nocturne no. 18 in E Major, op. 62, no. 2 (1921) STAGE III STAGE III Bach Prelude and Fugue in A flat Major, WTC II Bach Préludé and Fugue in B Major, WTC II Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (1874) Beethoven Sonata in F Minor, op. 2, no. 1 Bartók Suite op. 14 Rachmaninoff Sonata in B fiat Minor, op. 36 (1913) Gideon Klein Sonata for Piano (1943) Dorfma n Verses from Klezmer Ballade: Brahms Piano Quartet in C Minor, op. 60 nos. I and III STAGE IV Schumann Piano Quartet in E fiat Major, op. 47 Mozart Concerto in D Minor K 466 STAGE IV STAGE V Beethoven Concerto no. 5 in E fiat Major, op. 73 Bartók Concerto no. 3 STAGE V Prokofiev Concerto no. 2 in G Minor, op. 16 70 mp,i* 26 :>’> 24 w np’vmb n’aipNn :o»w»i> ,np’oiö> nmn 0"nn :o>nn’b il’i’W ,’ptttW’W pO’ö .nmw’bp mil jto’vo’îw

Wojciech KOCYAN, Poland Yoshihiro KONDO, Japan Age: 26 Age: 24 School: Szymanowski Academy of Music, Poland; School: Hochschule für Musik, München University of Southern Callifornia Address Bei Schlikewitz, Buchendorferstr. 46, Address: 12.2 Wieczorka, Gliwice 44-100, Poland 8027 Neuried, Germany

REPERTOIRE REPERTOIRE: STAGE I STAGE I Chopin Etude in A Minor, op. 25, no. 11 Mozart Sonata in A Minor, K 310 Liszt Concert Etude no. 2 in F Minor Chopin Etude in G Sharp Minor op. 25, no. 6 (La leggerezza) Liszt Paganini Etude no. 3 in G sharp Minor Rachmaninoff Etude Tableau in C minor, op. 39, no. 1 (La Campanella) Mozart Sonata in C Major, K 330 Debussy Etude no. 12 pour les Accords Chopin Barcarolle in F sharp Major, op. 60 Chopin Etude in C Major, op. 10, no. 1 Liszt Paraphrase on Rigoletto (1859) STAGE II STAGE II Bach Prelude and Fugue in G sharp Minor, WTC I Scarlatti Three Sonatas: G Major, K 427 Beethoven Sonata in D Major, op. 10, no. 3 B flat Major, K 544 Chopin Ballade no. 1 in G Minor, op. 23 F Major, K 518 Sheriff For Ella Chopin Sonata in B flat Minor, op. 35 STAGE III STAGE III Beethoven Sonata in D Major, op. 10, no. 3 Liszt Sonata in B Minor Sheriff For Ella Barber Sonata in E flat Minor, op. 26 Prokofiev Sonata no. 7, op. 83 Schumann Piano Quartet in E flat Major, op. 47 Brahms Piano Quartet in C Minor, op. 60 STAGE IV STAGE IV Beethoven Concerto no. 5 in E flat Major, op. 73 Beethoven Concerto no. 2 in B flat Major, op. 19 STAGE V STAGE V Liszt Concerto no. 1 in E flat Major Chopin Concerto no. 1 in E Minor, op. 11

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Adrienne KRAUSZ, Hungary Shoko KUROE, Japan Age: 25 Age: 21 School: Liszt Academy of Music, Hungary School: Hamburg University >—Address: 18, Rue de I'Hotel de Ville, 75180 Paris, France Address: Holmbrook 1, W-2000, Hamburg 52, Germany REPERTOIRE REPERTOIRE: STAGE I STAGE I Haydn Sonata in C Major, HOB XVI/50 Liszt Transcendental Etude no. 5 Haydn Sonata in F Major, HOB XVI/23 in B flat Major (Feux follets) Chopin Etude in C sharp Minor, op. 10, no. 4 Liszt Concert Etude (Gnomenreigen) Stravinsky Etude in F Sharp Major, op. 7, no. 4 Rachmaninoff Etude in F sharp Minor, op. 39. no. 3 Chopin Etude in C Major, op. 10, no. 1 Liszt Mephisto Waltz no. 1 (1860) Chopin Scherzo no. 4 in E Major, op. 54

STAGE II STAGE II Sheriff For Ella Bach Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, WTC I Chopin 24 Preludes, op. 28 Schumann Toccata in C Major, op. 7 Brahms Variations and Fugue STAGE III on a theme by Handel, in B flat Major, op. 24 Scarlatti Sonata in G Major, K 427 Beethoven Sonata in E flat Major, op. 81a STAGE III Beethoven Sonata in A Major, op. 101 Ravel Vaises nobles et sentimentales (1911) Ravel Gaspard de la Nuit (1908) Bartók Suite op. 14 Dorfman Verses from Klezmer Ballade Brahms Piano Quartet in C Minor, op. 60 nos. I and IV STAGE IV Dvoräk Piano Quartet in E flat Major, op. 87 Beethoven Concerto no. 3 in C Minor, op. 37 STAGE IV STAGE V Beethoven Concerto no. 3 in C Minor, op. 37 STAGE V Liszt Concerto no. 1 in E flat Major Brahms Concerto no. 1 in D Minor, op. 15 <______> 72 ———

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Oleg MARSHEV, Russia. Rudolf MEISTER, Germany Age: 31 School: Gnessin Institute, Moscow; Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music, Moscow Age: 29 Address: 1796 M. Gorkogo 40/42, 241 Moscow, Russia School: Hochschule für Musik, Vienna Address: Rheinhäuserstrasse 110, D-6800 Mannheim 1, Germany

>— REPERTOIRE REPERTOIRE: STAGE I STAGE I Mozart Sonata in F Major, K 533/494 Haydn Sonata in F Major. HOB XVI/23 Chopin Brahms Two Rhapsodies, op. 79 Etude in G sharp Minor, op. 25, no. 6 Chopin Etude in C Major, op. 10. no. 1 Liszt Transcendental Etude no. 10 in F Minor Liszt Transcendental Etude no. 10 in F Minor Scriabin Etude in G Major, op. 65, no. 3 Rachmaninoff Etude Tableau in E flat Minor, op. 33. no. Stravinsky La Semaine grasse, from Petrouchka STAGE II (1921) Bach Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, WTC II STAGE II Prokofiev Sonata no. 8, op. 84 Beethoven Sonata in C Minor, op. 111 Gideon Klein Sonata for Piano (1943): movement I Prokofiev Sonata no. 3, op. 28

STAGE III STAGE III Beethoven Sonata in E flat Major, op. 31, no. 3 Reger Variations on a theme by Bach, op. 81 Brahms Variations on a theme by Paganini, Bach Prelude and Fugue in F sharp Minor, op. 35, Book II WTC II Rachmaninoff Sonata in B flat Minor, op. 36 Faure Nocturne no. 6 in D flat Major, op. 63 Brahms Piano Quartet in C Minor, op. 60 Gideon Klein Sonata for Piano (1943): movement I STAGE IV Brahms Piano Quartet in C Minor, op. 60 Beethoven Concerto no. 1 in C Major, op. 15 STAGE IV Beethoven Concerto no. 5 in E flat Major, op. 73 STAGE V Prokofiev Concerto no. 3 in C Major, op. 26 STAGE V Prokof i ev Concerto no. 3 in C Major, op. 26 J 73 nwn o’vpn 1 nbnin îwn 24 :>»> 32 np’vinb p’iTOTivyipn :o>iio»b .himb’i np’vinP v”n’3 .nappio, >praip»'s wy

Maxim MOGILEVSKI, Russia Steven Paul NEUGARTEN, Great Britain

Age: 24 Age: 32 School: Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music, Moscow School: Guildhall School of Music, London Address: 14 Acad Pilugin Str. Block 1 Apt. 231 Moscow 117393 Address: 16 Yew Tree Court, Bridge Lane, London NW11 ORA, UK

REPERTOIRE REPERTOIRE: STAGE I Haydn Sonata in F Major, HOB XVI/23 Chopin Etude in G sharp Minor, op. 25, no. 6 Sonata in B flat Major, K 333 Liszt Transcendental Etude no. 5 Transcendental Etude no. 11 in B flat Major (Feux follets) in D flat Major (Harmonies du soir) Chopin Etude in D flat Major, op. 25, no. 8 Prokofiev Etude in C Minor, op. 2, no. 3 Ligeti Etude no. 5, "Arc-en-cielM (1985) Mozart-Liszt Fantasy on two themes from Beethoven Variations in F Major, op. 34 "Le Nozze di Figaro" STAGE II STAGE II Beethoven Sonata in A flat Major, op. 110 Beethoven Sonata in B flat Major, op. 106 Schönberg Six little pieces, op. 19 STAGE III Bartök Out of Doors (1926) Rachmaninoff Sonata in B flat Minor, op. 36 STAGE III Stravinsky Three Movements from Petrouchka Bach Prelude and Fugue in E flat Major, WTC I (1921) Gideon Klein Sonata for Piano (1943) Bach Duet for the piano in E Minor, S. 802 movements II and HI (from Klavierübung III) Rachmaninoff Etude Tableau in C Minor, op. 39, no. 7 Dorfman Verses from Klezmer Ballade: nos. I and IV Brahms Variations and Fugue on a theme by Handel, Schumann Piano Quartet in E flat Major, op. 47 in B flat Major, op. 24 Brahms Piano Quartet in C Minor, op. 60 STAGE IV Mozart Concerto in B flat Major, K 595 Concerto no. 4 in G Major, op. 58 STAGE V STAGE V Bartók Concerto no. 2 Concerto no. 2 7V _J ------

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Koji OIKAWA, Japan Sachiyo NOMURA, Japan Age: 25 Age: 30 School: Kunitachi College of Music, Japan School: Hochschule für Musik, München State Conservatory of Bulgaria Address: Utajma 3-37, Nishi Yodogawa, Osaka, Japan Address: Vivace 302, 4-20-5 Gakuen Musashimurayamashi, Tokyo 190-12,Japan

REPERTOIRE REPERTOIRE: STAGE I STAGE I Chopin Etude in A flat Major op. 10, no. 10 Moza rt Sonata in C Major, K 330 Liszt Paganini Etude no. 6 in A Minor Chopin Etude in A Minor, op. 25, no. 11 Rachmaninoff Etude Tableau in A Minor, op. 39, no. 6 Liszt Transcendental Etude no. 5 Mozart Sonata in A Minor, K 310 in B flat Major (Feux follets) Debussy Etude no. 11 pour les Arpèges composés STAGE II Chopin Sonata in B flat Minor, op. 35 Liszt Sonata in B Minor Sheriff For Ella STAGE II Beethoven Sonata in F Minor, op. 57 Stravinsky Three movements from Petrouchka (1921) STAGE III Gideon Klein Sonata for Piano (1943): Bach Prelude and Fugue in A flat Major, WTC II movements II and III Beethoven Sonata in E Major, op. 109 Prokofiev Sonata no. 7, op. 83 STAGE III Dvorak Piano Quartet in E flat Major, op. 87 Bach Prelude and Fugue in C Sharp Minor, WTC I Liszt Sonata in B Minor STAGE IV Faure Piano Quartet in G Minor, op. 45 Beethoven Concerto no. 3 in C Minor, op. 37 STAGE IV Beethoven Concerto no. 5 in E flat Major, op. 73 STAGE V STAGE V Schumann Concerto in A Minor, op. 54 ______Rachmaninoff Concerto no. 3 in D Minor, op. 30 J 75 iwnp zpw

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Richard ORMROD, Great Britain Soojin PARK, Korea Age: 25 Age: 1 9 School: Curtis Institute, School: Wells Cathedral Music School, UK New England Conservatory Address: 3 Tummel Close, Cyncoed, Cardiff, CF26LR, UK J Address:- 907 Boylston Street #32, Boston, MA 02115, USA REPERTOIRE REPERTOIRE:

Sonata in E Major, HOB XVI/31 STAGE I Sonata no. 2, op. 19 Mozart Sonata in C Major, K 330 Etude no. 2 "Cordes Yides" (1985) Chopin Etude in B Minor, op. 25, no. 10 Paganini Etude no. 3 in G sharp Minor Liszt Paganini Etude no. 2 in E flat Major (La Campanella) Rachmaninoff Etude Tableau in E flat Minor, op. 33, no. 6 Chopin Three Etudes: F Major, Liszt Paraphrase on Rigoletto (1859) A Minor, STAGE II C Minor, Bach Prelude and Fugue in C Minor,WTC II STAGE II Wolpe Form 1959 (Tonos) Gideon Klein Sonata for Piano (1943) Chopin Two Nocturnes: no. 16 in E flat Major, op. 55, no. 2; Schumann Symphonic Etudes, op. 13 no. 17 in B Major, op. 62, no. 1 STAGE III Liszt Après une lecture de Dante Bach Préludé and Fugue in D Major, WTC II STAGE III Beethoven Sonata in E Major, op. 109 Debussy Images, Book II Tippet Sonata no. 2 (1962) Sheriff For Ella Chopin Fantaisie in F Minor, op. 49 Brahms Piano Quartet in C Minor, op. 60 Beethoven Sonata in F Minor, op. 57 Balakirev Islamey (1865) STAGE IV Brahms Piano Quartet in C Minor, op. 60

Concerto no. 1 in C Major, op. 15 STAGE IV Mozart Concerto in B flat Major, K 595 STAGE V Concerto no. 2 in B flat Major, op. 83 Tchaikovsky Concerto no. 1 in B flat Minor, op. 23

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Maxim PHILIPPOV, Russia Simone PEDRONI, Italy Age: 24 Age: 20 School: Conservatory Accademica Pianistica, Imola, Italy School: Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music, Moscow Address: Via Curtatone 28/A 2800 Novara, Italy Address: c/o Gosconcert, Neglinnaya st. 15, Moscow 103051 ------=.

REPERTOIRE REPERTOIRE:

STAGE I STAGE I Haydn Sonata in C Major, HOB XVI/50 Haydn Sonata in A Major, HOB XVI/5 Liszt Concert Etude (II lamento) Chopin Etüde in A Minor, op. 25, no. 11 Ligeti Etude no. 5 "Arc-en-ciel" (1985) Liszt Concert Etüde (Waldesrauschen) Chopin Etude in E Minor, op. 25, no. 5 Liszt Ballade no. 2 in B Minor (1853) STAGE II Rachmaninoff Etüde Tableau in C Minor, op. 39, no. 1 Bach English Suite no. 6 in D Minor, S 811 STAGE II Hindemith Suite op. 26 (1922) Bach French Suite in G Major, S 816 STAGE III Sheriff For Ella Beethoven Sonata in E Major, op. 14, no. 1 Scriabin Sonata no. 3, op. 23 Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (1874) Sheriff For Ella STAGE III Rossini Une caresse à ma femme; Beethoven Sonata in C Major, op. 2, no. 3 Danse Sibérienne Schumann Sonata in F sharp Minor, op. 11 Faure Piano Quartet in G Minor, op. 45 Ravel Alborada del Gracioso, from Miroirs (1905) Brahms Piano Quartet in C Minor, op. 60 STAGE IV Beethoven Concerto no. 1 in C Major, op. 15 STAGE IV Beethoven Concerto no. 1 in C Major, op. 15 STAGE V STAGE V Rachmaninoff Concerto no. 2 in C Minor, op. 18 Rachmaninoff Concerto no. 2 in C Minor, op. 18 <______> 77 z

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Sergei PODOBEDOV, Russia Veronica REZNIKOVSKAYA, Russia Age: 20 School: Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music, Moscow; Age: 25 Royal College of Music, London School: Conservatory of Music, St. Petersburg Address: 156 Tilt Rd. Cobham, Surrey KT11 3HR, UK ------Address: Podöznoy per, 3-10,_ St. Petersburg,------Russia I

REPERTOIRE REPERTOIRE: STAGE I STAGE I Mozart Sonata in D Major, K 311 Haydn Sonata in C Minor, HOB XVI/50 Chopin Etude in C Major, op. 10, no. 1 Chopin Etude in A Minor, op. 10, no. 2 Liszt Paganini Etude no. 2 in E flat Major Liszt Transcendental Etude no. 10 in F Minor Rachmaninoff Etude Tableau in E flat Minor, Debussy Etude no.7, Pour les Degrés chromatiques Chopin Barcarolle in F sharp Major, op. 60 op. 39, no. 5 Debussy L'lsle joyeuse (1904) STAGE II Bach Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, S 903 STAGE II Moza rt Variations in D Major Beethoven Sonata in E flat Major, op. 27, no. 1 on a Minuet by Duport, K 573 Prokofiev Sonata no. 7, op. 83 Mozart-Li szt Busoni STAGE III Fantasy on themes from Le Nozze di Figaro Gideon Klein Sonata for Piano (1943): Scarlatti Three Sonatas: movements II and III E Major, K 531; B Minor, K 87; STAGE III E Minor, K 135 Beethoven Sonata in E flat Major, op. 81a S he riff For Ella Debussy Suite pour le piano (1896-1901) Chopin Sonata in B Minor, op. 58 Chopin Sonata in B Minor, op. 58 Dvorak Piano Quartet in E flat Major, op. 87 Brahms Piano Quartet in C Minor, op. 60 STAGE IV STAGE IV Mozart Concerto in B flat Major, K 595 Beethoven Concerto no. 3 in C Minor, op. 37 STAGE V STAGE V Racmaninoff Concerto no. 3 in D Minor, op. 30 Prokofiev Concerto no. 2 in G Minor, op. 16 \______T12V nux nbnin nwm 27 :>»> 26 ran ,np>viop mxn V”n>a :n>7in>5 ,np»oiD> n’TiubD n’aipN wv np'wnP mnTpNn Ia. - J Andreu RIERA, Spain Emily SEGAL, Great Britain

Age: 27 Age: 26 School: Hochschule für Musik, Wien School: Royal College of Music, London; Address: 7 Lillie House, Fieldway Crescent, London N51QB, UK Rubin Academy of Music, Tel Aviv Address: Flat 1, 97 Jerningham Rd. London SE14, UK >------¿ — REPERTOIRE: REPERTOIRE: STAGE I Mozart Sonata in D Major, K 576 Sonata in E flat Major, HOB XVI/52 Chopin Etude in G sharp Minor, op. 25, no. 6 Etude in G flat Major, op.10, no.5 Liszt Transcendental Etude no.10 in F Minor Concert Etude no. 2 in F Minor (La leggierezza) Debussy Etude no. 7 Pour les Degrés chromatiques Etude in F sharp Major, op. 42, no. 3 Falla Fantasia Baetica (1918) STAGE II STAGE II Bach Prelude and Fugue in F Minor, WTC II Scarlatti 2 Sonatas: E Major K 162; F Minor, K 481 Brahms Sonata in F Minor, op. 5 Beethoven Sonata in A Major, op. 2, no. 2 Sheriff For Ella STAGE III Beethoven Sonata in C Minor, op. 13 STAGE III Chopin Polonaise-Fantaisie in A flat Major, op. 6 Moza rt Sonata in C Major, K 279 Ravel Ondine, from Gaspard de la Nuit (1908) Schumann Kreisleriana op. 16 Falla Ritual Fire Dance, from El Amor Brujo Albeniz Triana, from Iberia, Book II Gideon Klein Sonata for Piano (1943): movement I Schumann Piano Quartet in E flat Major, op. 47 Brahms Piano Quartet in C Minor, op. 60 STAGE IV Beethoven Concerto no. 4 in G Major, op. 58 Concerto in B flat Major, K 595 STAGE V Chopin Concerto no. 2 in F Minor, op. 21

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Katia SKANAVI, Russia, Ori STEINBERG, Israel Age: 21 Age: 30 School: Gnessin Institute, Moscow School: Juilliard School, New York; Address: 18. rue de I'Hotel de Ville. 75004 Paris, France Stony Brook School of Music, New York Address: 825 Las Gallinas Ave. #306, San Rafael, CA 94903, USA < REPERTOIRE

STAGE I STAGE I Mozart Sonata in D Major, K 576 Sonata in A Minor, K 310 Chopin Etude in A Minor, op. 25, no. 11 Mozart Liszt Paganini Etude no. 6 in A Minor Chopin Etude in C Minor, op. 10, no. 12 Rachmaninoff Etude Tableau in A Minor, op. 39, no. 6 Prokofiev Etude in C Minor, op. 2, no. 4 Chopin Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise Brillante Prelude in G sharp Minor, op. 32, no. 12 in E fiat Major, op. 22 Paganini Etude no. 3 in G sharp Minor STAGE II (La Campanella) Scarlatti Three Sonatas: D Major, K 119; D Minor, K 141; A Major, K 24 STAGE II Debussy Estampes (1903) Sheriff For Ella Beethoven Sonata in C Minor, op. 13 Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody no. 12 Sonata in D Minor, K 9 STAGE III Out of Doors (1926) Beethoven Sonata in F sharp Major, op. 78 Chopin Sonata in B fiat Minor, op. 35 STAGE III Shostakovich 4 Preludes, op. 34: Bach Prelude and Fugue in F Minor, WTC II no. 15 in D fiat Major; no. 10 in C sharp Minor; Sheriff For Ella no. 16 in B fiat Minor; Liszt Sonata in B Minor no. 6 in B Minor. Liszt Tarantella, from Venezia e Napoli Schumann Piano Quartet in E fiat Major, op. 47 Schumann Piano Quartet in E fiat Major, op. 47 STAGE IV STAGE IV Concerto in D Minor, K 466 Beethoven Concerto no. 1 in C Major, op. 15 STAGE V STAGE V Liszt Concerto no. 2 in A Major Concerto no. 1 in E fiat Major k J 81 (------\

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Serguey TARASOV, Russia Alena TCHERNOUCHENKO, Russia

Age: 22 Age: 25 School: Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music, Moscow School: Kiev Conservatory of Music Address: c/o Gosconcert, Neglinnaya St. Moscow 113051 Adress: 252 141, Kiev, Vogogradskaya St. 11 apt. 2, Russia

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STAGE I STAGE I Mozart Sonata in B flat Major, K 281 Mozart Sonata in Minor, K 310 Liszt Transcendental Etude no. 5 in B flat Major Chopin Etude in A Minor, op. 25, no. 4 (Feux follets) Liszt Paganini Etude no. 4 in E Major Chopin Etude in C Major, op. 10, no. 1 Brahms Intermezzo in E flat Minor, op. 118, no. 6 Rachmaninoff Etude Tableau in E flat Minor, op. 39, no. 5 Debussy Etude no. 9 pour les Notes répétées Scriabin Fantasy in B Minor, op. 28

STAGE II STAGE II Scarlatti Sonata in D Major, K 96 Scarlatti Sonata in E Minor, K 81 Beethoven Sonata in F Minor, op. 57 Beethoven Sonata in A Major, op. 101 Liszt Mephisto Waltz, no. 1 (1860) Scriabin Sonata no. 9, op. 68 STAGE III Chopin Ballade no. 4 in F Minor, op. 52 STAGE III Gideon Klein Sonata for Piano (1943): movement I Schubert Sonata in B flat Major, D 960 Brahms Variations on a theme by Paganini, op. 35, Book I Gideon Klein Scriabin Etude in C sharp Minor, op. 42, no. 5 Sonata for Piano (1943) Rachmaninoff Sonata in B flat Minor, op. 36 Brahms Piano Quartet in C Minor, op. 60 Brahms Piano Quartet in C Minor, op. 60 STAGE IV STAGE IV Mozart Concerto in D Minor, K 466 Mozart Concerto in D Minor. K 466

STAGE V STAGE V Tchaikovsky Concerto no. 1 in B flat Minor, op. 23 Ravel Concerto in G Major ______7 k____ J 82 — r

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Markus TOMAS, Germany Giorgia TOMASSI, Italy Age: 29 Age: 22 School: Hochschule für Musik, Hannover School: Verdi Conservatory, Milano Address: Am Hörchersberg 9, W-7800 Freiburg i.Br. Germany Address: Via Cecilia Metella 12, 00178 Rome, Italy

REPERTOIRE REPERTOIRE: STAGE I STAGE I Haydn Sonata in C Minor, HOB XVI/20 Mozart Sonata in C Major, K 330 Chopin Etude in A fiat Major, op. 10, no. 10 Chopin Etude in C Major, op. 10, no. 1 Liszt Paganini Etude no. 5 in E Major (La Chasse) Liszt Transcendental Etude no. 7 in E flat Major (Eroica) Debussy Etude no. 11 pour les Arpèges composés Scriabin Etude in C sharp Minor, op. 42, no. 5 Debussy Ondine; Feux d'artifice, Rachmaninoff Sonata in B flat Minor, op. 36 (1931) from Préludés (Book II) STAGE II STAGE II Bach Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, WTC II Bach Toccata in C Minor, S 911 Gideon Klein Sonata for Piano (1943): movement I Beethoven Sonata in C Minor, op.111 Scriabin Fantasy in B Minor, op. 28 STAGE III Brahms Variations on a theme by Paganini, op. 35 Brahms Sonata in F Minor, op. 5 (Books I and II) Bartok Night's Music; The Chase, STAGE III from Out of Doors Beethoven Sonata in D Minor, op. 31, no. 2 Sheriff For Ella Schumann Piano Quartet in E flat Major, op. 47 Liszt Sonata in B Minor Fauré Piano Quartet in G Minor, op. 45 STAGE IV STAGE IV Mozart Concerto in D Minor, K 466 Beethoven Concerto no. 1 in C Major, op. 15 STAGE V STAGE V Schumann Concerto in A Minor, op. 54 Rachmaninoff Concerto no. 3 in D Minor, op. 30 20 :>»> np’tnnh rvmpxn :o>nn>b .n>3N-bTi ,1’an wy

Tai WEISSMAN, Israel Lev VINOCOUR, Russia Age: 27 Age: 20 School: Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music, Moscow School: Rubin Academy of Music, Tel-Aviv Address: Ryleeva Str. 23-4, Leningrad 191 123, Russia Address: 60 Gordon Street, Tel-Aviv 64388, Israel

REPERTOIRE REPERTOIRE: STAGE I STAGE I Moza rt Sonata in D Major, K 576 Mozart Sonata in F Major, K 280 Chopin 6 Etudes, op. 10; Chopin Etude in C Major, op.10, no. 7 no. 1 in C Major; no. 2 in A Minor; Liszt Transcendental Etude no. 10 in F Minor no. 3 in E Major; no. 4 in C sharp Minor; Scriabin Etude in G Major, op. 65, no. 3 no. 5 in G flat Major; no. 6 in E flat Minor. Shostakovich Prelude and Fugue in D flat Major, op. 87 Liszt Transcendental Etude no. 7 in E flat Major (Eroica) STAGE II Scriabin Etude in F sharp Major, op. 42, no. 8 Bach Prelude and Fugue in E flat Minor, WTC I Beethoven Sonata in A Major, op. 101 STAGE II Sheriff For Ella Bach Partita in C Minor, S 826 Beethoven Sonata in A Major, op. 101 STAGE III STAGE III Prokofiev Ten pieces from Romeo and Juliet, op. 75 Brahms Variation on a Theme by Paganini op. 35, Book I Liszt Après une lecture de Dante Gideon Klein Sonata for Piano (1943): movements II and III Brahms Piano Quartet in C Minor, op. 60 Ravel Gaspard de la Nuit (1908) Dvorak Piano Quartet in E flat Major, op. 87 STAGE IV STAGE IV Beethoven Concerto no. 1 in C Major, op. 15 Beethoven Concerto no. 4 in G Major, op. 58 STAGE V STAGE V Rachmaninoff Concerto no. 3 in D Minor, op. 30 Tchaikovsky Concerto no.,1 in B flat Minor, op. 23 ptwi’zrn nmx bw wnw nipa ri? (1989) n’V’wn mmm o’oawn non JURY MEMBERS OF THE 6TH COMPETITION (1989) AT THE GRAVE-SIDE OF ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN IN THE JERUSALEM FOREST

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