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 :Piano Obligatory Piece :Franz Schubert, 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 Switzerland 6th ZURICH Year :1997 / 5 candidates Instrument :Oboe Obligatory Piece :Robert Schumann, two romances, op. 94 1st Winner :Nora Salvi D 119 Hungary 2nd Winner :Alexander Gattet MD 103 France 7th BUDAPEST Year :1998 / 9 candidates Instrument :Piano Obligatory Piece :Franz Liszt, “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 BRUSSELS 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 :Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 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 :Ludwig van Beethoven, 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 28th Tallinn Year : 2019/ 17 candidates Instrument : Classical Guitar Obligatory Piece : Fernando Sor, Grand Solo op. 14 in D major 1st Winner : Özberg Mirac Sarigül MD 118 Turkey 2nd Winner : Bruno Pino Mateos MD 116 Spain 3rd Winner : Andrzey Grygier D 121 Poland Prize of the audience: Bruno Pino Mateos, MD 116 Spain Special Awards of the Jury: Phileas Baun, MD 111 Germany; Antonia Haslinger, MD 114 Austria; Alexandru Grecu, D 124 Romania Jury: Prof. Evgeni Finkelstein, Moscow Prof. Michael Lewin, London Prof. Heiki Mätlik, Tallinn .