International Clara Haskil piano competition
The International Clara Haskil Piano Competition (French: Concours international de piano Clara Haskil ) was founded in 1963 in honor of the Romanian - Swiss pianist Clara Haskil in order to keep her memories alive.
The competition has been a member of the World Association of International Music Competitions since 1976 . It has taken place every two years in Switzerland since 1963, until 1969 in Lucerne , since then in Vevey , where Clara Haskil lived in Brussels from 1942 until her death in 1960 . A street in Vevey bears her name.
The competition is open to young pianists from all over the world.
The competition benefits from the collaboration with Radio Suisse Romande Espace 2 and is sponsored by the Fondation Nestlé pour l'Art, the Fondation Leenaards, the Loterie Romande , the Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation, the Bank Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie , the cities and municipalities Vevey, Montreux , La Tour-de-Peilz , Blonay , Chardonne , Corseaux , Corsier-sur-Vevey , Jongny and several trading companies sponsored . In addition, the members of a group of private donors founded in 1999 support the activities of the International Clara Haskil Piano Competition.
The final, broadcast by Radio Suisse Romande Espace 2 and Télévision Suisse Romande , is part of the International Festival for Opera and Music in Montreux-Vevey.
Prize winner 1963–2019
literature
- Antonin Scherrer: Au nom de Clara. Un demi-siècle de concours Clara Haskil à Vevey. In: Les Annales veveysanes. Vol. 17, 2018, ISSN 2235-4905 , pp. 75-93.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Prize of the finalists and jury. International Clara Haskil piano competition.
- ↑ Mao Fujita wins Clara Haskil competition. In: Messenger of Urschweiz . 27th August 2017.
- ^ Clara-Haskil piano competition without a winner. In: klassik.com . August 31, 2019.