LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL LIONS EUROPEAN MUSICAL COMPETITION Thomas Kuti

History of the Competition

1st ISTANBUL Year : 1991 / 4 candidates Instrument : Classical Guitar Obligatory Piece : M. Guiliani, Variazione su un tema di Haendel 1st Winner : Leonardo Lospalluti MD 108 Italy 2nd Winner : Beatrice Morisco MD 103 France 2nd GENOA Year : 1992 / 5 candidates Instrument : Human Voice Obligatory Piece :10 pieces for soprano, mezzo soprano, contralto, tenor, baritone, bass 1st Winner : none 2nd Winner : Barbara Andreini (soprano) San Marino ND Catherine Briard (soprano) MD 103 France

3rd VIENNA Year :1993 / 7 candidates Instrument : Obligatory Piece : , Impromptu in B flat major, op. 142, no. 3 1st Winner : Roberto Corliano MD 108 Italy Christoph Berner MD 114 Austria 2nd Winner : none

4th BERLIN Year :1994 / 4 candidates Instrument : Violoncello Obligatory Piece : Max Reger, 3rd Suite for Cello solo 1st Winner : Katarzyna Ewald-Almany MD 103 France 2nd Winner : Claudio Bohorquez MD 111 Germany

ROTTERDAM Year :1995 / 0 No Musical Interpretation Prize

5th DEAUVILLE Year :1996 / 6 candidates Instrument : Violin Obligatory Piece : Camille Saint-Saens, Introduction and Rondo Capricccioso, op.28 1st Winner : Francois Sochard MD 103 France 2nd Winner : Thomas Garcia MD 102

6th Year : 1997 / 5 candidates Instrument : Oboe Obligatory Piece : , two romances, op. 94 1st Winner : Nora Salvi D 119 Hungary 2nd Winner : Alexander Gattet MD 103 France

7th Year :1998 / 9 candidates Instrument : Piano Obligatory Piece : , “Funerailles” 1st Winner : Sebastien Lienard MD 112 Belgium Peter Koczor D 119 Hungary 2nd Winner : Oliver Schnyder MD 102 Switzerland Evelina Sumelius MD 107 Finland

8th ANTALYA Year : 1999 / 12 candidates Instrument : Flute Obligatory Piece : C. Chaminade, Concertino, op. 107 1st Winner : Noa Gerber D 128 Israel 2nd Winner : Francisco Garcia MD 116 Spain

9th FLORENCE Year : 2000 / 14 candidates Instrument : Human Voice Obligatory Piece : 5 pieces for soprano, 5 for tenor 1st Winner : Serena Farnocchia MD 108 Italy 2nd Winner : Kristiane Kaiser MD 114 Austria

10th PORTO Year : 2001 / 13 candidates Instrument : Violin Obligatory Piece : A. Chorelli, “La Follia”, op. 5, no. 12 1st Winner : Maya Katherina Koch MD 111 Germany 2nd Winner : Gregory Ayss D 128 Israel

11th Year : 2002 / 12 candidates Instrument : Piano Obligatory Piece : Sergej Prokofiev, Sonata no. 3, op. 28 1st Winner : Ran Dank D 128 Israel 2nd Winner : Mariangela Vacatello MD 108 Italy

12th LIMASSOL Year : 2003 / 13 candidates Instrument : Violoncello Obligatory Piece : J. S. Bach, suite for violoncello solo no. 4, BWV 1010, Preludium & Sarabande 1st Winner : Julian Steckel MD 111 Germany 2nd Winner : Olsi Leka MD 112 Belgium

13th ROME Year : 2004 / 17 candidates Instrument : Clarinet Obligatory Piece : Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, op. 128, Scherzo & Lullaby 1st Winner : Jean-Luc Votano MD 112 Belgium 2nd Winner : Moran Katz D 128 Israel

14th STUTTGART Year : 2005 / 18 candidates Instrument : Trumpet Obligatory Piece : Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Concerto for Trumpet, E Major, 1st movement 1st Winner : Mark Kiss-Mate MD 114 Austria 2nd Winner : Boris Kertsman D 128 Israel 3rd winner : Christof Skupin MD 111 Germany

15th BOURNEMOUTH Year : 2006 / 18 candidates Instrument : Flute Obligatory Piece : , Concerto for Flute, KV 313, 1st movement 1st Winner : Aylin Özer MD 118 Turkey 2nd Winner : Roberta Zorino MD 108 Italy 3rd winner : Julia Chernyaeva D 123 Russia

16th BUCHAREST Year : 2007 / 15 candidates Instrument : Piano Obligatory Piece : , Sonata no 26 E flat major,op. 81a, “Les Adieux”, 2nd and 3rd movement (“L’Absence”and “Le Retour”) 1st Winner : Mayuko Sata MD 111 Germany 2nd Winner : Christoph Traxler MD 114 Austria 3rd Winner : Tatiana Kolesova D 123 Russia

17th CANNES Year : 2008 / 18 candidates Instrument : Violin Obligatory Piece : Henryk Wieniawski, Polonaise de Concert no. 1 op. 4 1st Winner : Sophie Rosa MD 105 British Isles & Ireland 2nd Winner : Lev Solodovnikov D 123 Russia 3rd Winner : Piotr Jasiurkowski MD 110 The Netherlands

18th TAMPERE Year : 2009 / 15 candidates Instrument : Trombone Obligatory Piece : Eugène Bozza, Ballade 1st Winner : Aleksey Lobikow D 123 Russia 2nd Winner : Alon Stoler D 128 Israel 3rd Winner : Tobias Lang MD 102 Switserland

19th BOLOGNA Year : 2010 / 17 candidates Instrument : Classical Guitar Obligatory Piece : Johann Sebastian Bach Prélude, Gavotte I + II from the suite for lute, BWV 995 1st Winner : Lazhar Cherouana MD 103 France 2nd Winner : Laura Snowden MD 105 British Isles & Ireland 3rd Winner : Zsombor Sidoo D 118 Hungary

20 th MAASTRICHT Year : 2011/15 candidates Instrument : Oboe Obligatory Piece : Johann Sebastian Bach :Concerto in F ( BWV 169 en 49), (I) Allegro moderato 1st Winner : Maria Schrage MD 111 Germany 2nd Winner : Frauke Hanne Elsen MD 112 Belgium 3rd Winner : Monika Sek D 121 Poland

21st BRUXELLES Year : 2012/18 candidates Instrument : Cello Obligatory Piece : Johann Sebastian Bach :Prelude from Suite nr. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010 for cello - solo 1st Winner : Dorukhan Doruk MD 118 Turkey 2nd Winner : Chiara Enderle MD 102 Switzerland and Liechtenstein 3rd Winner : Honorine Schaeffer MD 103 France

22nd ISTANBUL Year : 2013/ 19 candidates Instrument : Piano Obligatory Piece : Ludwig van Beethoven : Sonata op. 31, Nr. 2 in D minor – 2nd and 3rd movement 1st Winner : Andrei Gologan MD 114 Austria 2nd Winner : Jonathan Fournel MD 103 France 3rd Winner : Alexandru-Cadmiel Botac D 124 Romania

23rd BIRMINGHAM Year : 2014/ 16 candidates Instrument : French Horn Obligatory Piece : Robert Schumann : Adagio and Allegro op. 70 1st Winner : Pascal Deuber MD 102 Switzerland-Liechtenstein 2nd Winner : Marc Gruber MD 111 Germany 3rd Winner : Emma van den Ecker MD 112 Belgium Special award of the Jury: Gabriel Dambricourt MD 103 France

24th AUGSBURG Year : 2015/ 17 candidates Instrument : Clarinet Obligatory Piece : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Concert A-Maior, KV 622, 2nd and 3rd movement 1st Winner : Andrea Fallico MD 108 Italy 2nd Winner : Daniel Gurfinkel D 128 Israel 3rd Winner : Ioan Radu Grelus D 124 Romania

Jury: Prof. Antonio Fraioli; Alexandra Gruber; Prof. Harald Harrer; Ludmilla Peterkova; Stephan Vermeersch

25th SOFIA Year : 2016/ 19 candidates Instrument : Violin Obligatory Piece : C. Saint-Saens, Introduction and Rondo Cappricioso, op. 28 1st Winner : Antony Fournier MD 102 Switzerland-Liechtenstein 2nd Winner : Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux MD 103 France 3rd Winner : Floris Willem MD 112 Belgium Special award of the Jury: Slava Atanasova MD 130 Bulgaria

26th MONTREUX Year : 2017/ 18 candidates Instrument : Trumpet Obligatory Piece : Vladimir Peskin, Concert for trumpet in C minor, 1st movement 1st Winner : Carlos Leite MD 115 Portugal 2nd Winner : Sebastian Berner MD 111 Germany 3rd Winner : Morgane Grandjean MD 102 Switzerland and Liechtenstein

27th Skopje Year : 2018/ 17 candidates Instrument : Flute Obligatory Piece : C.Ph.E.Bach - Sonata for flute solo, a-minor, 1st and 2nd movement 1st Winner : Gladys Avignon MD 103 France 2nd Winner : Natalia Egielman D 121 Poland 3rd Winner : Xavier Santos MD 115 Portugal

Prize of the audience: Natalia Egielman and Xavier Santos Jury: Straso Temkov, Macedonia; Dejan Gavric, Germany; Miomir Simonovic, Serbia