Vianna da Motta International Music Competition


The Vianna da Motta International Music Competition was first constituted in 1957 in Lisbon in honor of José Vianna da Motta by his disciple Sequeira Costa, who remains its president; this inaugural edition was won by Naum Shtarkman. The competition, a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions, has been held regularly since 1964.

Awards

While mainly a piano competition, two violin editions have been held. In 1973 Ida Kavafian and Gerardo Ribeiro shared the 1st prize. In 1991 it was declared void; Graf Mourja and Rachel Varga were awarded, respectively, the 2nd and 3rd prizes.
Year1st prize2nd prize3rd prize
1957Naum Shtarkman, USSRGleb Axelrod, USSRMiłosz Magin, Poland
1964Nelson Freire, Brazil
Vladimir Krainev, USSR		Sérgio Varela Cid, PortugalIgor Khudoley, USSR
1966Not awardedAlbert Atenelle, Spain
John Owings, USA		Cecilio Tieles, Cuba
1968Farhad Badalbeyli, USSR
Viktoria Postnikova, USSR		Not awardedGeorges Pludermacher, France
1971Not awardedRoland Keller, GermanyEmanuel Ax, USA
1975Teofils Biķis, USSR
William de Van, USA		Not awardedRusudan Khuntsaria, USSR
1979Arutyun Papazyan, USSRVagui Papian, USSRAndreas Pistorious, East Germany
1983Not awardedFlorent Boffard, France
Pedro Burmester, Portugal		Suzanne Grützmann, East Germany
1987Artur Pizarro, PortugalElisso Bolkvadze, USSRIan Munro, Australia
1991Not awardedIgor Kamenz, Russia/GermanyNot awarded
1997Tao Chang, Hong KongJill Lawson, PortugalMaria Rostotsky, Sweden
Christian Seibert, Germany
1999Amir Tebenikhin, KazakhstanRichard Raymond, CanadaPyotr Dmitriev, Russia
2001Not awardedNami Ejiri, JapanJavier Perianes, Spain
2004Not awardedEleonora Karpukhova, RussiaOlga Monakh, Ukraine
2007Not awardedDmytro Onyschenko, Ukraine
Yung Wook Yoo, South Korea		Not awarded
2010Lilian Akopova, ArmeniaIlya Rashkovsky, Russia