Premio Paganini

The violinist Fumika Mohri at the preliminary round of the 54th Premio Paganini 2015

The Premio Paganini (or Paganini Concore ) is an international violin competition that takes place in the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa and is named after the violin virtuoso Niccolò Paganini . It was held annually from 1954 to 2002, then every two years until 2010, always in the months of September / October. After an interruption, the last two events took place in February / March 2015 and April 2018.

From 1954 until today, all winners of the competition have the honor of playing Paganini's famous violin Il Cannone (built in 1743 by Giuseppe Guarneri ) at a concert in Genoa. Until 2010, this happened on October 12 as part of the festival in honor of Christopher Columbus .

history

1954 to 1975

The international violin competition Premio Paganini was first held in 1954 under the artistic direction of the musician and composer Luigi Cortese . The aim of the organizers was to create a prestigious international event in Paganini's birthplace and to discover and promote young violin talents. In 1957 the Premio Paganini became a founding member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions in Geneva .

The competition initially took place at the Conservatorio Niccolò Paganini di Genova , but moved to the Teatro Margherita in 1963 due to the increased public interest, which served as the municipal opera house until the Teatro Carlo Felice was rebuilt. Luigi Cortese was the artistic director of the violin competition for 21 years until 1975. Supported by Carlo Marcello Rietmann, Mario Ruminelli, Lazzaro Maria De Bernardis and Renato De Barbieri, Cortese made a significant contribution to gaining international attention and recognition for the event in the 1950s and 1960s.

Well-known winners of the competition during this period include: György Pauk and Gérard Poulet (both 1956), Salvatore Accardo (1958), Oleh Krysa (1963), Grigori Jefimowitsch Schislin (1967) and Gidon Kremer (1969).

1976 to 1987

In 1976 the conductor Alberto Erede became the new artistic director of the Premio Paganini and the Swiss composer Andrè Francois Marescotti , who was also the president of the World Federation of International Music Competitions , became chairman and long-time member of the competition jury. From 1985, the competition was conducted by Paolo Peloso , who held this position until 1999. From 1982 the competition was also open to the public and found an ever increasing audience.

Well-known violinists of this period include: Lenuta Ciulei-Atanasiu (winner 1976), Ilja Grubert (winner 1977), Wadim Brodsky (2nd prize 1984) and Lü Siqing (1st prize 1987). It is remarkable that the 1st prize of the Premio Paganini was not awarded five times during this period.

1988 to 2002

From 1988 to 2002 the musician and composer Giorgio Ferrari was artistic director of the competition and Giulio Terracini replaced Lazzaro Maria De Bernardis as president. Later, in 1990, this position was filled with Vittorio Sirotti. From 1992 the competition found its new home in the restored Teatro Carlo Felice. The declining age of the contestants is remarkable during this period. In 1999, sixteen-year-old Japanese Sayaka Shoji received first prize in the competition.

Winners during this period included Leonidas Kavakos (1988), Natalia Prischepenko (1990), Massimo Quarta (1991), Julia Krasko (1992), Isabelle Faust (1993), Bin Huang (1994), Giovanni Angeleri (1997) and Ilya Gringolts (1998).

2004 until today

After 2002, the competition was only held every two years until 2010. In 2004 and 2006 Cesare Mazzonis was the artistic director. In 2008 a foundation of the Teatro Carlo Felice took over the organization and implementation of the competition. Cristina Ferrari, artistic director of the Teatro Carlo Felice, has been appointed artistic director of the Premio Paganini . The Russian violinist Zakhar Bron was chairman of the international jury in 2008 and 2010.

The 54th competition took place in February and March 2015 after a long break. The artistic direction was taken over by Fabio Luisi . As an innovation, an international pre-selection of participants was introduced, which took place in October and November 2014 in Genoa, New York, Vienna and Tokyo. Since then, a three-year cycle has been planned.

The 55th competition took place in April 2018. The international preselection was carried out last year in the cities of New York, Vienna, Gouangzhou , Moscow and Genoa. Two months before the start of the competition in Genoa, Fabio Luisi resigned as artistic director due to disagreements over the composition of the jury and protested against the interference of the city's cultural commissioner, Elisa Serafini. Giuseppe Acquaviva stepped in for Luisi as artistic director of the competition.

In the period from 2004 to 2010 the first prize was awarded only once: in 2006 to the Chinese violinist Feng Ning , who was also awarded two special prizes. The success of the German-Japanese violinist Yuki Manuela Janke in 2004, who not only won 2nd prize as the best participant, but also received three special prizes (only the special prize for the youngest finalist went to a younger applicant) was also outstanding. In 2015, the South Korean In Mo Yang won the competition and three special prizes. In 2018, Kevin Zhu from the USA also won first prize and three special prizes.

procedure

participation

Participation in the Premio Paganini is possible for violinists of all nations between the ages of 14 and 30 (as of 2018) after personal application. Since 2015, applicants have had to go through a pre-selection that is carried out in different locations. In September and October 2017, this screening for the 2018 competition took place in stages in the cities of New York, Vienna, Gouangzhou, Moscow and Genoa. The number of participants in the subsequent competition in Genoa was limited to a maximum of 32 each.

Competition rounds

After the international qualifications, the winners will be determined in Genoa in three competition rounds (preliminary round, semi-finals and final).

In the preliminary round, the repertoire to be played since 2015 has consisted of two pieces from the sonatas and partitas for solo violin by Johann Sebastian Bach and three capricci from Paganini's 24 Capricci op. 1 for solo violin . In the semifinals, the participants have to perform works for violin with piano accompaniment and other Capricci by Paganini (there were two more Capricci in 2015 and three more Capricci in 2018), as well as a contemporary solo piece composed especially for the competition. In the final round, two violin concertos must be interpreted with orchestral accompaniment; one of the two violin concertos always comes from Paganini.

jury

The competition has eight jury members. All jury members are recognized musicians. Usually they are violinists, sometimes composers or conductors.

Prices

Regular prices

The current regulations (2018) provide for three prices: The 1st price is the Premio Paganini . It is currently endowed with 20,000 euros. The 2nd prize is endowed with 10,000 euros, the 3rd prize with 5,000 euros. The 1st prize is not divisible and is only awarded if a minimum number of points is achieved based on the assessment by the jury; the same applies to the 2nd prize. The 3rd prize is awarded in any case, if necessary to several applicants with the same number of points. All other finalists will be rewarded with a payment of 1,500 euros. If the Premio Paganini is awarded to an applicant, that applicant will be the winner of the competition. In addition to the prize, the winner will also have the opportunity to give a concert in Genoa on Paganini's violin Il Cannone and will be invited to numerous music festivals.

In many previous competitions, 6 tiered prizes were awarded (1st to 6th prize). In 1969 and 1974 there was even a 7th prize. In the first competition (1954), however, no prize was awarded. In the next year only the 3rd prize and twice the 4th prize were awarded, in the third competition (1956) twice a 1st prize and twice a 4th prize. At least a second prize was awarded in all subsequent events. Since 2006 only three regular prizes have been advertised, but all finalists receive a prize. For more details, see the list of award winners below.

Special prices

In 1989 a special prize was awarded for the first time, the prize for the youngest finalist. Since then, the number of additional awards has increased. In 2018 six special prizes were announced:

• Prize in memory of Stefano Fiorilla, endowed with 5000 euros, for the best interpretation of Paganini's Capricci in the semifinals
• Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa, endowed with 3000 euros, awarded by the Costa family to the youngest finalist
• Prize of the Association Amici di Paganini , endowed with 2000 euros, for the best Italian participant
• Prize in memory of Mario Ruminelli, endowed with 1,600 euros, awarded by the Ruminelli family for the best performance by a finalist from the audience's point of view
• Prize of the Associazione Culturale Musica con le Ali , endowed with 1500 euros, for the best interpretation of the contemporary violin work
  (the sponsor of this prize was previously the Associazione Amici Nuovo Carlo Felice and in 2015 the Associazione Amici del Carlo Felice e del Conservatorio N. Paganini )
• Prize in memory of Renato and Mariangiola De Barbieri, endowed with 1000 euros, awarded by the Associazione Renato e Mariangiola De Barbieri for the best interpretation of a violin concerto by Paganini in the finale

Previous winners

1954 to 1959

1st competition - 1954

• not forgiven

2nd competition - 1955

• 1st prize: not awarded
• 2nd prize: not awarded
• 3rd prize: Luciano Vicari ( Italy ) 
• 4th prize: Liliane Beretti (Lilia Francini Beretti) ( France ) and Jean Louis Stuurop ( Netherlands )  

3rd competition - 1956

• 1st prize: György Pauk ( Hungary ) and Gerard Poulet ( France )  
• 2nd prize: not awarded
• 3rd prize: not awarded
• 4th prize: Carmencita Lozada ( Philippines ), Luciano Vicari ( Italy ) and Jean-Pierre Wallez ( France )   

4th competition - 1957

• 1st prize: not awarded
• 2nd prize: Salvatore Accardo ( Italy ) and Pierre Doukan ( France )  
• 4th prize: Jean-Pierre Wallez ( France ) 
• 5th prize: not awarded
• 6. Prize: not awarded

Salvatore Accardo (1995)

5th competition - 1958

• 1st prize: Salvatore Accardo ( Italy ) 
• 2nd prize: Jean-Pierre Wallez ( France ) 
• 3rd prize: not awarded
• 4th prize: not awarded
• 5th prize: not awarded
• 6. Prize: not awarded

6th competition - 1959

• 1st Prize: Stuart Canin ( United States ) 
• 2nd prize: Saschko Gawriloff ( Germany ) 
• 3rd prize: Liliane Caillon ( France ) 
• 4th prize: Catherine Courtois ( France ) 
• 5th Prize: Eleonora Dell'Aquila ( Italy ) 
• 6th prize: Johannes Brüning ( Germany ) 

1960 to 1969

7th competition - 1960

• 1st prize: not awarded
• 2nd prize: Jean-Pierre Wallez ( France ) and Yossef Zivoni ( Israel )  
• 4th prize: Gigino Maestri ( Italy ) 
• 5th prize: not awarded
• 6th prize: Josef Sivo ( Austria ) 

8th competition - 1961

• 1st prize: Emil Kamilarov ( Bulgaria ) 
• 2nd prize: Elaine Skorodin ( United States ) and Carmencita Lozada ( Philippines )  
• 4th prize: Bice Antonioni ( Italy ) and Paulette Bedin ( France )  
• 6. Prize: not awarded

9th competition - 1962

• 1st prize: Maryvonne The Dizes ( France ) 
• 2nd prize: Etsuko Hirose ( Japan ) 
• 3rd prize: Liliane Caillon ( France ) 
• 4th Prize: Marilyn Dubow ( United States ) 
• 5th prize: not awarded
• 6. Prize: not awarded

10th competition - 1963

• 1st prize: Oleh Krysa ( Soviet Union ) 
• 2nd prize: Valentin Zuk ( Soviet Union ) 
• 3rd Prize: Shizuko Ishii ( Japan ) 
• 4th Prize: Paul Zukofsky ( United States ) 
• 5th Prize: Diana Cummings ( United Kingdom ) 
• 6th prize: Igor Politkovsky ( Soviet Union ) 

J.-J. Kantorow (2009)

11th competition - 1964

• 1st prize: Jean-Jacques Kantorow ( France ) 
• 2nd prize: Pierre Amoyal ( France ) and Yoko Kubo ( Japan )  
• 4th Prize: Hisako Tokue ( Japan ) and Tomotada Soh ( Japan )  
• 6th prize: Antoine Goulard ( France ) 

12th competition - 1965

• 1st prize: Viktor Alexandrowitsch Pikaisen ( Soviet Union ) 
• 2nd prize: Philippe Hirschhorn ( Soviet Union ) 
• 3rd prize: Andrei Korsakov ( Soviet Union ) 
• 4th Prize: Yoko Kubo ( Japan ) 
• 5th prize: Elisabeth Balmas ( France ), Joshua Epstein ( Israel ) and Jacques Israelievitch ( France )   

13th competition - 1966

• 1st prize: not awarded
• 2nd Prize: Robert Menga ( United States ) 
• 3rd prize: Isako Shinozaki ( Japan ) 
• 4th prize: not awarded
• 5th prize: Nicolai Marangosof ( Bulgaria ) and Kineko Okumura ( Japan )  

14th competition - 1967

• 1st prize: Grigori Jefimowitsch Schislin ( Soviet Union ) 
• 2nd prize: Vladimir Spivakov ( Soviet Union ) 
• 3rd prize: Patrice Fontanarosa ( France ) 
• 4th prize: Petar Delcev ( Bulgaria ) 
• 5th prize: Sergio Diacenko ( Soviet Union ) 
• 6th prize: Mikhail Gantwarg ( Soviet Union ) 

15th competition - 1968

• 1st prize: Miriam Fried ( Israel ) 
• 2nd prize: Hamao Fujiwara ( Japan ) 
• 3rd prize: Gabriella Ijac ( Romania ) 
• 4th prize: Petar Delcev ( Bulgaria ) 
• 5th prize: Masako Yanagita ( Japan ) 
• 6th prize: Emmanuel Krivine ( France ) 

16th competition - 1969

Gidon Kremer (2008)

• 1st prize: Gidon Kremer ( Soviet Union ) 
• 2nd Prize: Kathleen Lenski ( United States ) 
• 3rd prize: Joshua Epstein ( Israel ) 
• 4th prize: Isidora Schwarzberg ( Soviet Union ) 
• 5th prize: Sergey Kravchenko ( Soviet Union ) 
• 6th prize: Josef Rissin ( Soviet Union ) 
• 7th prize: Adam Korniszewski ( Poland ) 

1970 to 1979

17th competition - 1970

• 1st prize: not awarded
• 2nd prize: Mintcho Mintchev ( Bulgaria ) 
• 3rd prize: Thomas Goldschmidt Egel (Germany) and Michał Grabarczyk ( Poland ) 
• 5th prize: Adam Korniszewski ( Poland ) 
• 6th Prize: Keiko Wataya ( Japan ) 

18th competition - 1971

• 1st prize: Mose Sekler ( Soviet Union ) 
• 2nd prize: Bohodar Kotorowytsch ( Soviet Union ) 
• 3rd prize: Roswitha Randacher ( Austria ) 
• 4th prize: Tadeusz Gadzina ( Poland ) 
• 5th prize: Elvira Nakipbecova ( Soviet Union ) 
• 6th prize: Maria Balint ( Hungary ) 

19th competition - 1972

• 1st Prize: Eugene Fodor ( United States ) 
• 2nd prize: Yoko Sato ( Japan ) 
• 3rd prize: Gerardo Ribeiro ( Portugal ) 
• 4th prize: Georgi Tilev ( Bulgaria ) 
• 5th prize: Teresa Glabowna ( Poland ) 
• 6. Prize: not awarded

20th competition - 1973

• 1st prize: Alexander Kramarov ( Soviet Union ) 
• 2nd prize: Yuval Yaron ( Israel ) 
• 3rd prize: Vania Milanova ( Bulgaria ) 
• 4th prize: Sungil Lee ( South Korea ) 
• 5th prize: Giuliano Carmignola ( Italy ) and Stefan Stalanowski ( Poland )  

21st competition - 1974

• 1st prize: not awarded
• 2nd Prize: Lynn Chang ( United States ) and Eugen Sârbu ( Romania )  
• 4th Prize: Rasma Lielmane ( Mexico ) 
• 5th prize: Josif Rissin ( Israel ) 
• 6th prize: Jean-Claude Velin ( France ) 
• 7th prize: Marie-France Pouillot ( France ) 

22nd competition - 1975

• 1st prize: Yuri Korchinski ( Soviet Union ) 
• 2nd prize: Petru Csaba ( Romania ) 
• 3rd prize: not awarded
• 4th prize: not awarded
• 5th prize: not awarded
• 6th Prize: Mark Fornaciari ( Italy ) and Anna Aleksandra Wodka ( Poland )  

23rd competition - 1976

• 1st prize: Lenuţa Ciulei ( Romania ) 
• 2nd Prize: Karen Eley ( United States ) 
• 3rd prize: Vladimir Nemţeanu ( Romania ) 
• 4th Prize: Fudeko Takahashi ( Japan ) 
• 5th prize: Joanna Madroszkiewicz ( Poland ) 
• 6. Prize: not awarded

24th competition - 1977

• 1st prize: Ilja Grubert ( Soviet Union ) 
• 2nd prize: Sachiko Nakajima ( Japan ) 
• 3rd prize: Yumi Mohri ( Japan ) 
• 4th prize: Edward Zienkowski ( Poland ) 
• 5th prize: Alexei Bruni ( Soviet Union ) 
• 6th prize: Ola Rudner ( Sweden ) 

25th competition - 1978

• 1st prize: Eugen Sârbu ( Romania ) 
• 2nd prize: Karen Eley ( United States ) and Piotr Milewski ( Poland )  
• 4th prize: Takashi Shimitzu ( Japan ) 
• 5th prize: Berthilde Dufour ( France ) 
• 6th prize: Daniel Stabrawa ( Poland ) 

26th competition - 1979

• 1st prize: Florin Paul ( Romania ) 
• 2nd prize: Yuriko Naganuma ( Japan ) 
• 3rd prize: Alexis Galperine ( France ) 
• 4th Prize: Mariko Senju ( Japan ) 
• 5th prize: Rodolfo Bonucci ( Italy ) 
• 6. Prize: not awarded

1980 to 1989

27th competition - 1980

• 1st prize: not awarded
• 2nd prize: Niculae Tudor ( Romania ) 
• 3rd prize: Sonig Tchakerian ( Italy ) 
• 4th prize: Eduard Wulfson ( Latvia ) 
• 5th prize: Mitsuko Ishii ( Japan ) 
• 6th prize: Daniel Stabrawa ( Poland ) and Walter Bertrand ( France )  

28th competition - 1981

• 1st prize: Ilja Kaler ( Soviet Union ) 
• 2nd prize: Leonid Sorokov ( Soviet Union ) 
• 3rd Prize: Frank Almond ( United States ) 
• 4th Prize: Kuniko Nagata ( Japan ) 
• 5th prize: Mircea Călin ( Romania ) 
• 6th prize: Francine Trachier ( France ) 

29th competition - 1982

• 1st prize: not awarded
• 2nd prize: Alexander Markov ( United States ) and Boris Garlitsky ( Soviet Union )  
• 3rd Prize: Sonoko Numata ( Japan ) 
• 4th Prize: Philippe Djokic ( France / United States ), Maxim Fedotov ( Soviet Union ) and Hiroko Suzuki ( Japan )    

30th competition - 1983

• 1st prize: not awarded
• 2nd prize: Laurent Korcia ( France ) 
• 3rd prize: Sung-Sic Yang ( South Korea ) 
• 4th Prize: Reiko Watanabe ( Japan ) 
• 5th prize: Boris Schmitz ( Germany ) 
• 6th prize: Soon-Ik Lee ( South Korea ) and Kazimierz Olechowski ( Poland )  

31st competition - 1984

• 1st prize: not awarded
• 2nd prize: Wadim Brodsky ( Soviet Union ) 
• 3rd Prize: Reiko Watanabe ( Japan ) 
• 4th prize: Elisa Kawaguti ( Japan ) 
• 5th prize: Stéphane Tran Ngoc ( France ) 
• 6. Prize: not awarded

32nd competition - 1985

• 1st prize: Dmitri Berlinsky ( Soviet Union ) 
• 2nd prize: Mark Moghilevski ( Soviet Union ) 
• 3rd prize: Gabriel Croitoru ( Romania ) 
• 4th prize: Anguelina Abadjieva ( Bulgaria ) and Anton Kholodenko ( Soviet Union )  
• 6th Prize: Thomas Böttcher ( German Democratic Republic ) 

33rd competition - 1986

• 1st prize: not awarded
• 2nd prize: Reiko Watanabe ( Japan ) 
• 3rd prize: Yuri Braginski ( Belgium ) 
• 4th prize: Andreas Krecher ( Germany ) 
• 5th prize: Akiko Ueda ( Japan ) 
• 6th prize: Jeanne-Marie Conquer ( France ) 

34th competition - 1987

• 1st prize: Lü Siqing ( People's Republic of China ) 
• 2nd prize: Pavel Berman ( Soviet Union ) 
• 3rd prize: Alexei Koshvanets ( Soviet Union ) 
• 4th prize: Adam Taubic ( Poland ) and Vincenzo Bolognese ( Italy )  
• 6th prize: Viktor Kuznetsov ( Soviet Union ) 

L. Kavakos (2008)

35th competition - 1988

• 1st prize: Leonidas Kavakos ( Greece ) 
• 2nd prize: Akiko Suwanai ( Japan ) 
• 3rd prize: Eijin Nimura ( Japan ) 
• 4th prize: Gabriele Pieranunzi ( Italy ) 
• 5th Prize: Pavel Pekarski ( United States ) 
• 6th Prize: Ara Malikian ( Lebanon / Spain )  

36th competition - 1989

• 1st prize: not awarded
• 2nd prize: Vasko Vassilev ( Bulgaria ) 
• 3rd prize: Oleg Pokhanovski ( Soviet Union ) 
• 4th prize: Anastasia Chebotareva ( Soviet Union ) 
• 5th prize: Tomoko Kawada ( Japan ) 
• 6th prize: Ilja Sekler ( Soviet Union ) and Eijin Nimura ( Japan )  
• Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Luca Fanfoni ( Italy ) 

1990 to 1999

37th competition - 1990

• 1st prize: Natalia Prischepenko ( Soviet Union ) 
• 2nd Prize: Chin Kim ( United States ) 
• 3rd prize: Gabriele Pieranunzi ( Italy ) 
• 4th prize: Count Mourja ( Soviet Union ) 
• 5th prize: Roberto Cani ( Italy ) 
• 6th prize: Alexander Trostianski ( Soviet Union ) 
• Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Gabriele Pieranunzi

38th competition - 1991

• 1st prize: Massimo Quarta ( Italy ) 
• 2nd prize: Florin Croitoru ( Romania ) 
• 3rd Prize: Nicolas Gourbeix ( France ) and Misha Keylin ( United States )  
• 5th prize: Yumi Makita ( Japan ) 
• 6th Prize: Ko-Woon Yang ( South Korea ) 
• Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Massimo Quarta

39th competition - 1992

• 1st prize: Julia Krasko ( Russia ) 
• 2nd prize: Michiko Kamiya ( Japan ) 
• 3rd prize: Eijin Nimura ( Japan ) 
• 4th Prize: Giovanni Angeleri ( Italy ) and Karen Lee ( United States )  
• 5th prize: Ara Malikian ( Armenia ) 
• Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Giovanni Angeleri

40th competition - 1993

• 1st prize: Isabelle Faust ( Germany ) 
• 2nd prize: Stefan Milenkovic ( Serbia ) 
• 3rd prize: Yuka Eguchi ( Japan ) 
• 4th Prize: Florin Ionescu-Galaţi ( Romania ) 
• 5th prize: Eijin Nimura ( Japan ) 
• 6th Prize: Giovanni Angeleri ( Italy ) 
• Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Giovanni Angeleri
• Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Rachel Barton ( United States ) 

41st competition - 1994

• 1st prize: Bin Huang ( People's Republic of China ) 
• 2nd prize: Eijin Nimura ( Japan ) 
• 3rd prize: Dmitri Makhtine ( Russia ) 
• 4th prize: Stefan Milenković ( Serbia ) 
• 5th prize: Giovanni Angeleri ( Italy ) 
• 6th Prize: Giacobbe Stevanato ( Italy ) 
• Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Giovanni Angeleri
• Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Bin Huang
• Prize of the Associazione Amici Nuovo Carlo Felice : Aki Sunahara (Japan) and Giordan Nikolitch ( Slovenia ) 

42nd competition - 1995

• 1st prize: not awarded
• 2nd prize: Alexandru Tomescu ( Romania ) 
• 3rd prize: Oleg Pokhanovski ( Russia ) 
• 4th prize: Leor Maltinski ( Israel ) 
• 5th prize: Stefan Schramm ( Germany ) 
• 6th Prize: Antonello Manacorda ( Italy ) 
• Special Preis of the Giuria: Anastasia Khitruk ( United States ) 
• Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Leor Maltinski
• Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: not awarded
• Prize of the Associazione Amici Nuovo Carlo Felice : Stefan Schramm

43rd competition - 1996

• 1st Prize: Soovin Kim ( United States ) 
• 2nd Prize: Andrew Haveron ( United Kingdom ) 
• 3rd prize: Ju-Young Baek ( South Korea ) 
• 4th prize: Sergei Levitin ( Russia ) 
• 5th prize: Florin Croitoru ( Romania ) 
• 6th Prize: Jasmine Lin ( United States ) 
• Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Soovin Kim
• Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Sergei Levitin
• Prize of the Associazione Amici Nuovo Carlo Felice : Andrew Haveron

44th competition - 1997

• 1st prize: Giovanni Angeleri ( Italy ) 
• 2nd prize: Rodion Petrov ( Russia ) 
• 3rd prize: Judith Ingolfsson ( Iceland ) 
• 4th Prize: Kyoko Yonemoto ( Japan ) 
• 5th prize: Hanako Uesato ( Japan ) 
• 6th Prize: Maki Nagata ( Japan ) 
• Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Kyoko Yonemoto
• Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Rodion Petrov
• Prize of the Associazione Amici Nuovo Carlo Felice : Laura Andriani ( Italy ) 

45th competition - 1998

• 1st prize: Ilya Gringolts ( Russia ) 
• 2nd prize: Baiba Skride ( Latvia ) 
• 3rd prize: Takako Yamasaki ( Japan ) 
• 4th prize: Michael Vitenson ( Israel ) 
• 5th Prize: Anton Polezhayev ( United States ) 
• 6th Prize: Maki Itoi ( Japan ) 
• Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Ilya Gringolts
• Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Maciko Shimada ( Japan ) 
• Prize of the Associazione Amici Nuovo Carlo Felice : Ilya Gringolts

46th competition - 1999

• 1st prize: Sayaka Shoji ( Japan ) 
• 2nd prize: Frank Huang ( People's Republic of China ) 
• 3rd prize: Akiko Ono ( Japan ) 
• 4th Prize: Weiyi Wang ( People's Republic of China ) 
• 5th Prize: Emil Chudnovsky ( United States ) 
• 6th Prize: Gabriel Adorjan ( Denmark ) 
• Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Sayaka Shoji
• Award in memory of Mario Ruminelli: Sayaka Shoji
• Prize of the Associazione Amici Nuovo Carlo Felice : Francesco Manara ( Italy ) 

2000 to 2008

47th competition - 2000

• 1st prize: Natalia Lomeiko ( New Zealand / Russia )  
• 2nd prize: Sayako Kusaka ( Japan ) 
• 3rd prize: Karin Ato ( Japan ) and Vadim Tchijik ( Russia )  
• 5th prize: Sophie Moser ( Germany ) 
• 6th prize: Myroslava Ivanchenko ( Ukraine ) 
• Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Sophie Moser
• Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Sayako Kusaka
• Prize in memory of Mario Ruminelli: Natalia Lomeiko
• Prize of the Associazione Amici Nuovo Carlo Felice : Vadim Tchijik

48th competition - 2001

• 1st prize: Mariusz Patyra ( Poland ) 
• 2nd prize: Minjae Kim ( South Korea ) 
• 3rd prize: Tanja Becker-Bender ( Germany ) 
• 4th Prize: Jack Liebeck ( United Kingdom ) 
• 5th prize: A-Rah Shin ( South Korea ) 
• 6th prize: Gyula Vadászi ( Hungary ) 
• Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: A-Rah Shin
• Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Mariusz Patyra
• Prize in memory of Mario Ruminelli: Mariusz Patyra
• Prize of the Associazione Amici Nuovo Carlo Felice : Tanja Becker-Bender

49th competition - 2002

• 1st prize: Mengla Huang ( People's Republic of China ) 
• 2nd prize: Maxim Brylinski ( Ukraine ) 
• 3rd prize: Daniel Roehn ( Germany / Sweden )  
• 4th Prize: Emil Chudnovski ( United States ) and Giulio Plotino ( Italy )  
• 6th Prize: Kyoko Une ( Japan ) 
• Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Maxim Brylinski
• Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Mengla Huang
• Prize in memory of Mario Ruminelli: Mengla Huang
• Prize of the Associazione Amici Nuovo Carlo Felice : Alexis Cardenas (Venezuela)

50th competition - 2004

• 1st prize: not awarded
• 2nd prize: Yuki Manuela Janke ( Germany / Japan )  
• 3rd prize: Hyun Su Shin ( South Korea ) 
• 4th prize: Dalibor Karvay ( Slovakia ) 
• 5th Prize: Bracha Malkin ( United States / Israel )  
• 6th prize: Diego Tosi ( France ) 
• Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Hyun Su Shin
• Prize in memory of Mario Ruminelli: Yuki Manuela Janke
• Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Yuki Manuela Janke
• Prize of the Associazione Amici Nuovo Carlo Felice : Yuki Manuela Janke

51st competition - 2006

• 1st prize: Feng Ning ( People's Republic of China ) 
• 2nd prize: Yura Lee ( South Korea ) 
• 3rd prize: Rika Masato ( Japan ) 
• Other finalists:
  Hyun Joo Choo ( South Korea ) Bo-Kyung Lee ( South Korea ) Sergei Olegowitsch Malow ( Russia ) 
   
   
• Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Hyun Joo Choo
• Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Feng Ning
• Prize in memory of Mario Ruminelli: Sergei Olegowitsch Malow
• Prize of the Associazione Amici Nuovo Carlo Felice : Feng Ning

52nd competition - 2008

• 1st prize: not awarded
• 2nd Prize: Stephanie Jeong ( United States ) 
• 3rd Prize: Sean Lee ( United States ) 
• Other finalists:
  Francesca Dego ( Italy ) Evgeny Sviridov ( Russia ) 
   
• Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Francesca Dego
• Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Evgeny Sviridov
• Friends of Paganini Association Prize: Stephanie Jeong
• Prize in memory of Mario Ruminelli: Stephanie Jeong
• Prize of the Associazione Amici Nuovo Carlo Felice : Evgeny Sviridov

Since 2010

53rd competition - 2010

• 1st prize: not awarded
• 2nd prize: Dami Kim ( South Korea ) 
• 3rd prize: Stefan Tarara ( Germany ) 
• Other finalists:
  Yu-Chien Tseng 曾宇 謙 (Taiwan)
  Fedor Roudine ( France ) 
• Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Yu-Chien Tseng 曾宇 謙
• Friends of Paganini Association Award: Yu-Chien Tseng 曾宇 謙
• Prize in memory of Mario Ruminelli: Dami Kim
• Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Dami Kim
• Prize of the Associazione Amici Nuovo Carlo Felice : Stefan Tarara

54th competition - 2015

• 1st prize: In Mo Yang ( South Korea ) 
• 2nd prize: Fumika Mohri ( Japan ) 
• 3rd prize: Albrecht Menzel ( Germany ) 
• Further finalists:
  4. Diana Pasko ( Russia ) 5. Elly Suh ( United States / South Korea ) 6. Dainis Medjaniks ( Latvia ) 
    
   
• Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: In Mo Yang
• Prize in memory of Renato De Barbieri: Tan Yabing (China)
• Award in memory of Mario Ruminelli: In Mo Yang
• Prize of the Associazione Amici del Carlo Felice e del Conservatorio N. Paganini : In Mo Yang

Source:

55th competition - 2018

• 1st Prize: Kevin Zhu ( United States ) 
• 2nd prize: Fedor Rudin ( France ) 
• 3rd Prize: Stephen Kim ( United States ) 
• Other finalists:
  4. Yiliang Jiang ( People's Republic of China ) 5. Oleksandr Puschkarenko ( Ukraine ) 6. Luke Hsu ( United States ) 
   
   
• Prize in memory of Stefano Fiorilla: Kevin Zhu
• Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa: Kevin Zhu
• Prize in memory of Mario Ruminelli: Fedor Rudin
• Prize of the Associazione Culturale Musica con le Ali : Rennosuke Fukuda
• Prize in memory of Renato and Mariangiola De Barbieri: Kevin Zhu

Source:

statistics

National winners

country	number
Soviet Union	11
United States	4th
People's Republic of China	4th
France	3
Italy	3
Romania	3
Bulgaria	2
Philippines	2
Russia	2
Germany	1
Greece	1
Hungary	1
Japan	1
Israel	1
New Zealand	1
Poland	1
South Korea	1

Finalists by nationality

country	number
Japan	44
Soviet Union	37
France	28
United States	28
Italy	20th
Poland	13
Germany	12
Romania	12
Russia	9
South Korea	9
Bulgaria	8th
Israel	7th
People's Republic of China	7th
Ukraine	4th
United Kingdom	3
Hungary	3
Latvia	3
Austria	2
Belgium	1
Denmark	1
Philippines	1
Greece	1
Iceland	1
Lebanon	1
Mexico	1
New Zealand	1
Netherlands	1
Portugal	1
German Democratic Republic	1
Serbia	1
Slovakia	1
Sweden	1

Finalists according to the number of prizes received (from 3 prizes)

Note: The total prices given do not permit direct comparisons, as they are based on different conditions. For example, Giovanni Angeleri won a total of 7 prizes in 4 competitions. Yuki Manuela Janke, In Mo Yang and Kevin Zhu each won 4 prizes, but each in a single competition. On the other hand, the number of special prizes per competition increased over time, from which Janke, Yang and Zhu could benefit. Also, some of the below have received a special award as the youngest finalist, which has more to do with their age than their performance.

finalist	country	Number of prices
Giovanni Angeleri	Italy	7th
Eijin Nimura	Japan	5
Yuki Manuela Janke	Germany / Japan	4th
Jean-Pierre Wallez	France	4th
In Mo Yang	South Korea	4th
Kevin Zhu	United States	4th
Ilya Gringolts	Russia	3
Mengla Huang	People's Republic of China	3
Stephanie Jeong	United States	3
Dami Kim	South Korea	3
Feng Ning	People's Republic of China	3
Mariusz Patyra	Poland	3
Gabriele Pieranunzi	Italy	3
Sayaka Shoji	Japan	3
Reiko Watanabe	Japan	3

Video recordings

• Paganini - Heart And Virtuosity - 51st International Violin Competition (Documentation), DVD 2006

See also

• List of music competitions (classical)
• World Federation of International Music Competitions

Web links

• Official website
• Memories from award winners premiopaganini.it (English)
• Videos on YouTube

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} History of the Competition from 1954 to 1999 premiopaganini.it (English)
2. ↑ ^{a b} International Violin Competition "Premio Paganini" premiopaganini.it (English)
3. ↑ ^{a b} Roberto Brusotti: Il grande ritorno del Premio Paganini di Genova rivistamusica.com, March 8, 2015.
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Regulations 2018 premiopaganini.it (English)
5. ↑ ^{a b} competition program 2018 premiopaganini.it (English)
6. ↑ Scontro sul Premio Paganini Luisi rompe con il Comune repubblica.it, February 1, 2018th
7. ↑ ^{a b c} winner 2018 premiopaganini.it (Italian)
8. ↑ ^{a b} 54th International Violin Competition Premio Paganini premiopaganini.it (English)
9. ↑ Regulations 2015 premiopaganini.it (English)
10. ↑ Competition program 2015 premiopaganini.it (English)
11. ^ Premio Paganini: Edizione 2006 (Italian)
12. ↑ Prizes 2015 premiopaganini.it (English)