W.A.Mozart International Piano Competition of Lugano

04/11/2022

Huge congratulations to Kevin Chen, the 1Prize winner yesterday of Genève Piano Competition 2022! He was the 1 Prize winner of W.A.Mozart International Piano Competition of Lugano in 2020 !!👏👏👏

03/08/2021

TREMENDOUSLY SKILLED ITALIAN PIANIST GIACOMO MENEGARDI JOINS KNS CLASSICAL WITH “HUMORESKE”

After winning the W.A.Mozart International Piano Competition of Lugano , as well as the “Premio Alkan per il virtuosismo pianistico”, Italian pianist Giacomo Menegardi joins KNS Classical family with his debut CD “Humoreske”.
Praised as a “true talent”, exceptionally clean and a great personality, Menegardi recorded three piano masterworks, where he shows all his virtuosity, expressiveness and uniqueness in the touch: Mendelssohn’s Fantasia in F sharp Minor, Op. 28, Beethoven’s Op.111 Sonata and the beautiful and rarely played but beautiful Schumann’s Humoreske.
The CD is already available in Itunes, Amazon and Spotify: https://www.knsclassical.com/release/humoreske/

12/07/2021

Grazie al Hammerklavier Internatinal Piano Series, our 1 Prize winner Giacomo Menegardi has had a standing ovation recital yesterday night. Congratulations!!

30/01/2021

Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum - Meeting generale del 30.01.21

02/01/2021

The W.A.Mozart International Piano Competition of Lugano wish all of you a Happy new year 2021.
May the New Year bring to you warmth of love, and a light to guide your path towards a positive destination.

24/09/2020

KNS Classical wants to congratulate the winners of the W.A.Mozart International Piano Competition of Lugano:
In the junior category:
Kevin Chen - Canada
Eunseo Yoo - Korea
And in the masters category:
Giacomo Menegardi - Italy
Sven Bauer - Pianist - Germany
The lattest have both received as well KNS Classical special awards and they will have the opportunity to publish a CD under the label.
Thank you so much to the jury who worked very hard to choose the best contestants!
Anna Kravtchenko Norma Fisher Christopher Hinteruber, Pietro Amadeus Pasquale Gatto Hamsa Al-Wadi Juris Carles Lama Hyo-Sun Lim Alexander Meinel Yuko Ueno Aäron Wajnberg
Congratulations to all participants! We heard you all did a great job!

15/09/2020

NEWS
Tuesday 15th September
Dear contestants,
The WINNERS of the "W. A. Mozart" International Piano Competition are:

JUNIOR CATEGORY
I-st PRIZE:
KEVIN CHEN - Canada
EUN SEO YOO - Korea

II-nd PRIZE:
YINUO LU - China
MOMONE SHIRAISHI - Japan
ZHIQI YUAN - China

III-rd PRIZE:
ÁSTA DÓRA FINNSDÓTTIR - Iceland
KAINING WANG - Australia
SHERWIN NGAN - Norway
EKATERINA TIKHOMIROVA - Russia

MASTER CATEGORY
I-st PRIZE:
GIACOMO MENEGARDI - Italy
SVEN BAUER - Germany

II-nd PRIZE:
KAMIL EL-AHMADIEH - Czech Republic
RAFAEL KYRYCHENKO - Portugal
LORENZO ADAMO - Italy

III-rd PRIZE:
MARIA NARODYTSKA - Ukraine
VIRGINIA ROSSETTI - Italy
NATALIIA BASTATSKAIA - Russia

"LEOPOLD MOZART" PRIZE FOR THE BEST PERFORMANCE OF A PIECE BY W.A. MOZART:
EUN SEO YOO - Korea

CARLES LAMA, DIRECTOR OF KNS CLASSICAL, FOR THE RECORDING OF THE CD HAS CHOSEN:
GIACOMO MENEGARDI - Italy
SVEN BAUER - Germany

AVERAGE OF POINTS GIVEN TO EACH SEMIFINALIST:
JUNIOR CATEGORY
KEVIN CHEN - Canada -95,5
EUN SEO YOO - Korea -93,8
YINUO LU - China -88,1
MOMONE SHIRAISHI - Japan -86,2
ZHIQI YUAN - China -85,1
ÁSTA DÓRA FINNSDÓTTIR - Iceland -84,8
KAINING WANG - Australia -83,6
SHERWIN NGAN - Norway -82,5
ALEXANDER JANSEN - The Netherlands -80,7
DUARTE SOARES - Portugal -80,4
GRACE VERI' - Italy -79,4
ERIN FITZGERALD - USA -79,2
WADIE NAHAL - Syria -79
MARIA ADELE ZAMPA - Switzerland -78,9
RIO KOGURE - Japan -77,2
SLAVCHO TODOROV - Bulgaria -75,4
MASSIMO URBAN - Italy -74,3
ARTEM KOPYLOV - Canada -74,2
MICHAEL JIA - Canada -73,6
MASTER CATEGORY
GIACOMO MENEGARDI - Italy -92,1
SVEN BAUER - Germany -91,4
KAMIL EL-AHMADIEH - Czech Republic -88,3
RAFAEL KYRYCHENKO - Portugal -87,6
LORENZO ADAMO - Italy -85,2
MARIA NARODYTSKA - Ukraine -84,9
VIRGINIA ROSSETTI - Italy -84,4
NATALIIA BASTATSKAIA - Russia -83,5
JEANNE HOUREZ - France -83,3
JEN-HAO YEH - China -83,2
VLADIMIR SKOMOROKHOV - Russia -82
HONG YISHAN - China -81,8
CHAE YEONG BAEK - Korea -80,6
TONG WANG - China -80,6
ALINA TIKHOMIROVA - Russia -80,3
ANNA ALEKSEEVA-MESSNER - Russia -80,3
MARTA MESZAROS - Switzerland -79,1
ALICA MÜLLER - Germany -79
ANNA LEYERER - Germany -78,8
CELESTINE QIAN YI YOONG - Austria -78,5
MERY RUI XU - China -78,3
TATSUHITO ADACHI - Japan -78,2
PEDRO LOPEZ SALAS -78,1
VOLHA MAKARAVA - Belarus -76,4
MARIANNA KAPSETAKI - Greece/UK -75,5

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08/09/2020

Dear competitors,
After the meeting of the jury members that has considered the high quality of partecipant performances, it has been decided to posticipate the results of the winners to15th of September.

23/08/2020

Dear contestants,
after the discussion via Zoom, the jury decided that from the 90 candidates will pass to the final the following 25 candidates from the Master category and 20 from the Junior category:
Categoria MASTER
Tatsuhito Adachi, Japan
Lorenzo Adamo , Italy
Anna Alekseeva-Messner, Russia
Chae Yeong Baek, Republic of Korea
Sven Bauer, Germany
Nataliia Bastatskaia, Russia
Kamil El-Ahmadieh , Czech Republic
Jeanne Hourez, France
Marianna Kapsetaki, Greece / UK
Rafael Kyrychenko, Portugal
Anna Leyerer, Russia
Pedro López Salas, Spain
Volha Makarava, Belarus
Giacomo Menegardi, Italy
Marta Meszaros, Switzerland
Alica Müller, Germany
Maria Narodytska, Ukraine
Celestine Qian Yi Yoong , Austria
Virginia Rossetti, Italy
Vladimir Skomorokhov , Russia
Alina Tikhomirova, Russia
Tong Wang ,China
Mery Rui Xu , China
Jen-Hao, Yeh , China
Hong Yishan , China
Categoria JUNIOR
Kevin Chen, Canada
Ásta Dóra Finnsdóttir, Island
Erin Fitzgerald, USA
Alexander Jansen, The Netherlands
Michael Jia , Canada
Rio Kogure, Japan
Artem Kopylov, Canada
Yinuo Lu, China
Sherwin Ngan , Norway
Momone Shiraishi, Japan
Duarte Soares, Portugal
Ekaterina Tikhomirova, Russia
Slavcho Todorov, Bulgary
Massimo Urban, Italy
Grace Verì, Italy
Eunseo Yoo, Korea
Nahal Wadie , Latakia, Syria
Kaining Wang, Australia
Zhiqi Yuan, China
Maria Adele Zampa, Switzerland

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06/08/2020

IMPORTANT NEWS !!
Dear contestants,
due to the large amount of 90 talented candidates from 28 countries , 39 in Junior category and 51 in Master category, the jury has decided that in order to better evaluate all the competitors it will be necessary to divide the competition into two phases: first round and final.
First round: to establish which candidates will be admitted to the final round, each juror will express a positive or negative opinion of each candidate. The candidate will be admitted based on the number of positive and negative opinions.
A maximum of 20 candidates for the Junior category and 25 candidates for the Master category will be admitted to the final round.
Final round: to establish the winners, each juror will evaluate the finalists by expressing a vote in numbers (in hundredths), then an arithmetic average will be made among all the votes.

The new results publication dates are:
- 23 August, publication of candidates admitted to the final
- 8 September, publication of the winners.
COMPETITORS OF THE W.A.MOZART INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION OF LUGANO:
JUNIOR CATEGORY:

BRENO ALVES DE SOUZA - Brasil
ZHASMIN ARUSHANYAN - Armenia
ALESSIA BIASIOTTO - Italy
WILLIAM BROKER - USA
KEVIN CHEN - Canada
GABRIELE LITTERIO CORSELLO - Italy
ASTA DORA FINNSDOTTIR - Iceland
ERIN FITZGERALD - USA
XIAOLU GUO - China
MADELEINE HEHN - USA
ALEXANDER JANSEN - Netherlands
MICHAEL JIA - Canada
MAI KAWASAKI - Japan
RIO KOGURE - Japan
ARTEM KOPYLOV - Canada
YINUO LU - China
ZOE MAFFIOLINI - Italy
JACOPO MATTAVELLI - Italy
WADIE NAHAL - Syria
SHERWIN NGAN - Norway
MARIA JOSEPHINE NOBILE - Portugal
PIA OETHEIMER - France
NICHOLAS RESSL- Canada
DANIELE PANIZZA - Italy
LIDIJA RAMANAUSKAITE - Lithuania
MOMONE SHIRAISHI - Japan
DUARTE SOARES - Portugal
XIHANG (JERRY) TIAN - Canada
EKATERINA TIKHOMIROVA - Russia
SLAVCHO TODOROV - Bulgaria
ERU UOTA - Japan
MASSIMO URBAN - Italy
GRACE VERI' - Italy
GRIGORII VOLKOV - Russia
KAINING WANG - Australia
ZHIQI YUAN - China
EUNSEO YOO - Korea
MARIA ADELE ZAMPA - Switzerland
MARTA ZINKOVA - Ukraine

MASTER CATEGORY:

TATSUHITO ADACHI - Japan
LORENZO ADAMO - Italy
ANNA ALEKSEEVA-MESSNER - Russia
CHAE YEONG BAEK - Korea
NATALIIA BASTATSKAIA - Russia
SVEN BAUER - Germany
GIUSEPPE CERULLO - Italy
CHING WEN CHANG - USA
KAMIL EL-AHMADIEH - Czechoslovakia
TANCREDI FORTUNATO - Italy
SIQI GAO - China
LANJIABAO GE - USA
JEANNE HOUREZ - France
HIKARI ICHIMURA - Japan
MARIANNA KAPSETAKI - Greece/UK
JOHANNES KARHAPÄÄ - Finland
RAFAEL KYRYCHENKO - Portugal
ELIZAVETA KREPKOVA - Russia
ANNA LEYERER - Russia
JUNWEN LIANG - China
YUE LIU - China
MATTIA LOCKMANN - Italy
VOLHA MAKARAVA - Belarus
GIACOMO MENEGARDI - Italy
MARTA MESZAROS - Switzerland
LYDIA MAYR - Austria
LYDIA MICHEL - Belgium
ALICA MÜLLER - Germany
NELLI NADARYAN - Armenia
MARIA NARODSKAYA - Ukraine
CAMILLE PATAU - France
EMILIO PAVANELLO - Italy
MARIANNA PULSONI - Italy
ANDREA RICCIO - Italy
NICOLA ELIAS RIGATO - Italy
RAFAEL RUIZ - Brasil
CELESTINE QIAN YI YOONG - Austria
VIRGINIA ROSSETTI - Italy
PEDRO LÓPEZ SALAS - Spain
ARTEMII SHTROMBERG - Russia
VLADIMIR SKOMOROKHOV - Russia
MOE TAKAHASHI - Japan
ETERI TSKIPURISHVILI - Georgia
ALINA TIKHOMIROVA - Russia
ELIZAVETA TOMANOVA -
YICHENG WANG - China
TONG WANG - China
STEFAN WEILER - Germany
MERY RUI XU - China
JEN-HAO YEH - China/Taiwan
HONG YISHAN - China
Sincerely,
The jury

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06/08/2020

We are delighted to present our jury members for the W.A.Mozart International Piano Competition of Lugano.Application deadline .28 July 2020 (www.mozartswiss.org/en/rules)
ANNA KRAVTCHENKO,concert pianist,
founder of the "Amadeus" International Competition and Professor at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana of Lugano, Switzerland
Anna Kravtchenko has distinguished herself on the international piano scene after winning unanimously the first prize at the prestigious "Ferruccio Busoni" International Piano Competition in 1992 at only 16 years old.
Anna Kravtchenko after teaching for 15 years at the International Piano Academy “Incontri col Maestro” of Imola, since 2013 she is a Professor at the Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana, University of Lugano, Switzerland.
Harold Schoenberg, one of the most autorithative musical critics and journalists of the New York Times, wrote about her: ”Her radiant sound and poetical interpretations could sometimes reduce audiences to tears“.

Anna Kravtchenko has played in the most important halls and worldwide events such as the Berlin Philharmonie, the Great Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw for the "Meesterpianisten serie", at the Tonhalle in Zurich, at the "La Roque D'Antheron Festival", for the Brescia and Bergamo Festival, in the Sala Verdi of Milan for "Serate musicali", in the Herkulessaal in Munich, for the Ruhr Piano Festival, in the Salle Gaveau in Paris, Wigmore Hall in London, in the Victoria Hall Geneva, for the "Piano Aux Jacobins" Festival in Toulouse, for the Bergen Festival, etc. She has also toured Japan, South Africa, the United States and Canada.

She has performed with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, the Swedish Radio Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Chamber Orchestra, the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, the Residentie Orchestra, the Essen Philharmonic, London Royal Philharmonic, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Israel Chamber Orchestra, RAI National Symphony Orchestra, etc.

In 2006 she recorded a CD for DECCA Records, a recital entirely dedicated to Chopin. In the same year Anna Kravtchenko won the International Web Concert Hall Competition in the USA.
Her latest CD for DECCA dedicated to Liszt has been reviewed with five stars and has received the award of the title "Cd of the month" in the main Italian magazines including Amadeus, Classic Voice, Suonare News and Musica.
In 2010 Deutsche Grammophon selected four pieces recorded by her for insertion in the "Grande Classica" and "Classic Gold" box, published in May 2010.

Born in 1976, Anna Kravtchenko began studying piano at the age of five. She studied with Maestro Leonid Margarius at the International Piano Academy of Imola, where she was admitted "Ad Honorem".

She is the creator and the President of the Associazione Mozart Svizzera.

16/07/2020

Grazie al portale online di Ticinonline dove è stato pubblicato l'articolo riguardante il Concorso Internazionale Pianistico di Lugano " W.A.Mozart " Domani l'articolo sarà presente anche sul giornale svizzero cartaceo Tio 20 minuti
https://www.tio.ch/agenda/concerti/1449703/associazione-mozart-concorso-pianisti-w-a

C'è tempo fino al 28 luglio, ecco come si può fare