Clara Haskil International Piano Competition
The Clara Haskil Piano Competition was founded in 1963 in order to honour and perpetuate the memory the Swiss pianist Clara Haskil.
The competition is a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions since 1976. It takes place every two years in Vevey where Clara Haskil resided from 1942 until her death in Brussels in 1960. A street in Vevey bears her name.
The competition welcomes young pianists from all over the world.
The competition benefits from the collaboration with Radio Suisse Romande Espace 2, and from the generous sponsorship of the Fondation Nestle pour l'Art, Leenards Foundation, Loterie Romande, Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation, Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie Bank, the towns and communities of Vevey, Montreux, La Tour-de-Peilz, Blonay, Chardonne, Corseaux, Corsier, Jongny, and several commercial companies. The members of a circle of private donors, founded in 1999, also support the activities of the Clara Haskil Competition.
The final, broadcast by Radio Suisse Romande Espace 2 and by Télévision Suisse Romande, is part of the Montreux-Vevey International Festival of Opera and Music.
Winners 2015–1963
| Year | Winner | Finalists |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | no winner | Guillaume Bellom – France; Benedek Horváth – Hungary; Yukyeong Ji – South Korea |
| 2013 | Cristian Budu – Brazil | Dmitry Mayboroda – Russia; François-Xavier Poizat – Switzerland |
| 2011 | Cheng Zhang – China | Zhi Chao Julian Jia – China; Joo Hyeon Park – South Korea |
| 2009 | Adam Laloum – France | Nima Sarkechik – France / Iran; François Dumont – France |
| 2007 | Hisako Kawamura – Japan | Alina Elena Bercu – Romania; Yana Vasilyeva – Russia |
| 2005 | Sunwook Kim – South Korea | Francesco Piemontesi – Switzerland; Gottlieb Wallisch – Austria |
| 2003 | no winner | Herbert Schuch – Germany; Stefan Stroissnig – Austria; Jacob Katsnelson – Russia |
| 2001 | Martin Helmchen – Germany | Inon Barnatan – Israel; Deborah Lee – United States |
| 1999 | Finghin Collins – Ireland | Julia Bartha – Germany; Julien Le Pape – France; Denys Proshayev – Ukraine |
| 1997 | Delphine Bardin – France | Polina Leschenko – Russia, Israel; Hie-Yon Choi – South Korea; Daniil Kopylov – Russia; Nicholas Ong – Malaysia; Miku Nishimoto-Neubert – Japan |
| 1995 | Mihaela Ursuleasa – Romania | Sheila Arnold – Germany/India; Klaus Sticken – Germany; |
| 1993 | Till Fellner – Austria | Adrian Oetiker – Switzerland; Seiko Ohtomo – Japan |
| 1991 | Steven Osborne – Scotland | Yoshiko Iwai – Japan; Lorenz Ehrsam – Switzerland; Emmanuel Strosser – France; Alena Tchernouchenko – USSR |
| 1989 | Gustavo Romero – United States | Ishibashi Eri – Japan; Marie-Josèphe Jude – France; Marietta Petkova – Bulgaria; Patricia Pagny – France; Doris Adam – Austria |
| 1987 | Hiroko Sakagami – Japan | Sachiyo Yonekawa – Japan; David Satyabrata – Indonesia; Sylviane Deferne – Switzerland; Laurent Cabasso – France; Jean-Marie Cottet – France |
| 1985 | Nataša Veljković – Yugoslavia | Philippe Cassard – France; Alexandra Papastefanou – Greece; Philippe Zahnd – Switzerland; Tomoko Ogasawara – Japan; Huseyn Sermet – Turkey |
| 1983 | no winner | Nathalie Bera-Tagrine – France; Luc Devos – Belgium; Sandro de Palma – Italy; Yukino Fujiwara – Japan |
| 1981 | Konstanze Eickhorst – Germany | Eric N'Kaoua – France; Friedemann Rieger – Germany; Nina Tichman – USA; Marioara Trifan – USA |
| 1979 | Cynthia Raim – United States | Edouard Garcin – France; Kei Itoh – Japan; Marie-Paule Siruguet – France; Pietro Rigacci – Italy; Mamiko Suda – Japan |
| 1977 | Evgeni Koroliov – USSR | Dennis Lee – Malaysia; Jeffrey Kahane – USA; Mamiko Suda – Japan |
| 1975 | Michel Dalberto – France | Marie Catherine Girod – France; Brigitte Meyer – Switzerland; Kyung Sook Lee – Korea; Margrit Pirner – Germany |
| 1973 | Richard Goode – United States | Penelope Blackie – Great Britain; Brigitte Meyer – Switzerland; Mitsuko Uchida – Japan |
| 1969 | no winner | Peter Lang – Austria; Hanae Nakajima – Japan; Zsuzsanna Sirokay – Hungary |
| 1967 | Dinorah Varsi – Uruguay | John Owings – USA; Zsuzsanna Sirokay – Hungary; Michael Studer – Switzerland |
| 1965 | Christoph Eschenbach, Germany | Françoise Parrot – France; Carmen Vilá – Spain; Annerose Walther – Germany |
| 1963 | no winner | Jon Bingham – England; Gino Brandi – Italy; Jakob Maxin – USA/Russia; Mayne Miller – USA |