2023
VEVEY
MAGDALENE HO
Finalist
Arthur Hinnewinkel (France)
Elizaveta Ukrainskaia (Russia)
Jury
Finghin Collins, President
Marc Coppey
Nino Gvetadze
Piers Lane
Steve Roger
Hiroko Sakagami
Cédric Tiberghien
2021
VEVEY
YUMEKA NAKAGAWA
Japan
Finalist
Juhee Lim (South Korea)
Wataru Mashimo (Japan)
Jury
Christian Zacharias, President
Finghin Collins
Catherine d’Argoubet
Hisako Kawamura
Eric Lavanchy
Aleksandar Madžar
Hiroko Sakagami
2019
VEVEY
No prize awarded
Finalist
Jorge Gonzàlez Buajasan (Cuba)
Hyelim Kim (South Korea)
Zhu Wang (China)
Jury
Christian Zacharias, President
Catherine d’Argoubet
Thierry Escaich
Hisako Kawamura
Aleksandar Madžar
Svend McEwan-Brown
Marc Pantillon
2017
VEVEY
MAO FUJITA
Japan
Finalist
Alberto Ferro (Italy)
Aristo Sham (Hong-Kong)
Jury
Christian Zacharias, President
Catherine d’Argoubet
Konstanze Eickhorst
Elza Kolodin
Antonio Moral
Marc Pantillon
Anne Queffélec
2015
VEVEY
No prize awarded
Finalist
Guillaume Bellom (France)
Benedek Horváth (Hungary)
Yukyeong Ji (South Korea)
Jury
Christian Zacharias, President
Catherine d’Argoubet
Konstanze Eickhorst
Elza Kolodin
Eric Lavanchy
Antonio Moral
Marc Pantillon
2013
VEVEY
CRISTIAN BUDU
Brazil
Finalist
Dmitry Mayboroda (Russia)
François-Poizat (Switzerland)
Jury
Martin T:son Engstroem, President
Joaquín Achúcarro
Christopher Alder
Nicholas Angelich
Bruno Mantovani
Staffan Scheja
Maria Tipo
2011
VEVEY
CHENG ZHANG
China
Finalist
Zhi Chao Julian Jia (China)
Joo Hyeon Park (South Korea)
Jury
Martin T:son Engstroem, President
Joaquín Achúcarro
Christopher Alder
Nicholas Angelich
Peter Frankl
Arie Van Lysebeth
Menahem Pressler
2009
VEVEY
ADAM LALOUM
France
Finalist
François Dumont (France)
Nima Sarkechik (France / Iran)
Jury
Michel Dalberto, President
Martin T:Son Engstroem
Davide Franceschetti
Daejin Kim
Isabelle Mili
Antonio Soria
Natasa Veljkovic
2007
VEVEY
HISAKO KAWAMURA
Finalist
Alina Elena Bercu (Romania)
Yana Vasilyeva (Russia)
Jury
Michel Dalberto, President
David Franceschetti
Ralf Gothoni
Daejin Kim
Cédric Pescia
Antonio Soria
Dame Fanny Waterman
2005
VEVEY
SUNWOOK KIM
South Korea
Finalist
Francesco Piemontesi (Switzerland)
Gottlieb Wallisch (Austria)
Jury
Michel Dalberto, President
Tomasz Herbut
Oleg Maisenberg
Cédric Pescia
Dubravka Tomsic
Dame Fanny Waterman
Xu Zhong
2003
VEVEY
No prize awarded
Finalist
Jacob Katsnelson (Russia)
Herbert Schuch (Germany)
Stefan Stroissnig (Austria)
Jury
Michel Dalberto, President
Aldo Ciccolini
Tomasz Herbut
Ian Munro
Pnina Salzman
Dubravka Tomsic
Zhu Xiao Mei
2001
VEVEY
MARTIN HELMCHEN
Germany
Finalist
Inon Barnatan (Israel)
Deborah Lee (United States)
Jury
Michel Dalberto, President
Peter Froundjian
Oleg Maisenberg
John O’Conor
Pnina Salzman
György Sándor
Michael Studer
1999
VEVEY
FINGHIN COLLINS
Ireland
Finalist
Julia Bartha (Germany)
Julien Le Pape (France)
Denys Proshchayev (Ukraine)
Jury
Michel Dalberto, President
Michel Béroff
Peter Froundjian
Vladimir Krainev
John O’Conor
György Sándor
Michael Studer
1997
VEVEY
DELPHINE BARDIN
France
Finalist
Hie-Yon Choi (South Korea)
Daniil Kopylov (Russia)
Polina Leschenko (Russia / Israel)
Miku‑Nishimoto-Neubert (Japan)
Nicholas Ong (Malaysia)
Jury
Michel Dalberto, President
Dag Achatz
Michel Béroff
Philippe Dinkel
Janina Fialkowska
Dang Thai Son
Joaquin Soriano
1995
VEVEY
MIHAELA URSULEASA
Romania
Finalist
Sheila Arnold (Germany / India)
Klaus Sticken (Germany)
Jury
Michel Dalberto, President
Dag Achatz
Bella Davidovich
Philippe Dinkel
Akiko Ebi
Valentin Gheorghiu
Joaquin Soriano
1993
VEVEY
TILL FELLNER
Austria
Finalist
Adrian Oetiker (Switzerland)
Seiko Ohtomo (Japan)
Jury
Michel Dalberto, President
Bella Davidovich
Akiko Ebi
Nelson Freire
Geneviève Joy
Evgeni Koroliov
Jürg Wyttenbach
1991
VEVEY
STEVEN OSBORNE
Scotland
Finalist
Lorenz Ehrsam (Switzerland)
Yoshiko Iwai (Japan)
Emmanuel Strosser (France)
Alena Tchernouchenko (URSS)
Jury
Michel Dalberto, President
Rudolf Firkusny
Valentin Gheorghiu
Geneviève Joy
Evgeni Koroliov
Agostino Orizio
Yuko Yamaoka
1989
VEVEY
GUSTAVO ROMERO
United States
Finalistes
Doris Adam (Austria)
Ishibashi Eri (Japan)
Marie-Josèphe Jude (France)
Patricia Pagny (France)
Marietta Petkova (Bulgaria)
Jury
Nikita Magaloff, President
Georges Athanasiadès
Michel Dalberto
Rudolf Firkusny
Hans Graf
Agostino Orizio
Yuko Yamaoka
1987
VEVEY
HIROKO SAKAGAMI
Japan
Finalist
Laurent Cabasso (France)
Jean-Marie Cottet (France)
Sylviane Deferne (Switzerland)
David Satyabrata (Indonesia)
Sachiyo Yonekawa (Japan)
Jury
Nikita Magaloff, President
Michel Dalberto
Hans Graf
Chieko Hara
Jean-Bernard Pommier
René Schenker
Abbey Simon
1985
VEVEY
NATASA VELJKOVIC
Yugoslavia
Finalist
Philippe Cassard (France)
Tomoko Ogasawara (Japan)
Alexandra Papastefanou (Greece)
Huseyn Sermet (Greece)
Philippe Zahnd (Switzerland)
Jury
Nikita Magaloff, President
Bruno Canino
Chieko Hara-Cassado
Maria João Pires
Wilhelm Matijka
René Schenker
Abbey Simon
1983
VEVEY
No prize awarded
Finalist
Nathalie Bera-Tagrine (France)
Luc Devos (Belgium)
Yukino Fujiwara (Japan)
Sandro De Palma (Italy)
Jury
Nikita Magaloff, President
Georges Athanasiades
Robert Dunand
Dorel Handmann
Irving Lowens
Wilhelm Matijka
Dinorah Varsi
1981
VEVEY
KONSTANZE EICKHORST
Germany
Finalist
Eric N’kaoua (France)
Friedemann Rieger (Germany)
Nina Tichman (USA)
Marioara Trifan (USA)
Jury
Nikita Magaloff, President
Georges Athanasiades
Robert Dunand
Christian Ivaldi
Irving Lowens
Reinhold Schubert
Dinorah Varsi
1979
VEVEY
CYNTHIA RAIM
United States
Finalist
Edouard Garcin (France)
Kei Itoh (Japan)
Pietro Rigacci (Italy)
Marie-Paule Siruguet (France)
Mamiko Suda (Japan)
Jury
Nikita Magaloff, President
Louis-Albert Burkhalter
Peter Feuchtwanger
Christian Ivaldi
Kurt Rapf
Maria Tipo
Julien-François Zbinden
1977
VEVEY
EVGENI KOROLIOV
Russia
Finalist
Jeffrey Kahane (USA)
Dennis Lee (Malaysia)
Mamiko Suda (Japan)
Jury
Nikita Magaloff, President
Louis-Albert Burkhalter
Peter Feuchtwanger
Daniel Lesur
Vlado Perlemuter
Christian Vollmer
Julien-François Zbinden
1975
VEVEY
MICHEL DALBERTO
France
Finalist
Marie Catherine Girod (France)
Kyung Sook Lee (Korea)
Brigitte Meyer (Switzerland)
Margrit Pirner (Germany)
Jury
Roger Aubert, President
Louis-Albert Burkhalter
Peter Feuchtwanger
Daniel Lesur
Nikita Magaloff
Vlado Perlemuter
Kurt Rapf
1973
VEVEY
RICHARD GOODE
United States
Finalist
Penelope Blackie (Great Britain)
Brigitte Meyer (Switzerland)
Mitsuko Uchida (Japan)
Jury
Roger Aubert, President
Conrad Beck
Peter Feuchtwanger
Arthur Grumiaux
Mieczyslaw Horszowski
Nikita Magaloff
Pierre Petit
1969
LUZERN
No prize awarded
Finalist
Peter Lang (Austria)
Hanae Nakajima (Japan)
Zsuzsanna Sirokay (Hungary)
Jury
Walter Schulthess, President
Géza Anda
Conrad Beck
Charles Dutoit
Arthur Grumiaux
Mieczyslaw Horszowski
Nikita Magaloff
1967
LUZERN
DINORAH VARSI
Uruguay
Finalist
John Owings (United States)
Zsuzsanna Sirokay (Hungary)
Michael Studer (Switzerland
Jury
Walter Schulthess, President
Géza Anda
Conrad Beck
Charles Dutoit
Arthur Grumiaux
Mieczyslaw Horszowski
Nikita Magaloff
1965
LUZERN
CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH
Germany
Finalist
Françoise Parrot (France)
Carmen Vilá (Spain)
Annerose Walther (Germany)
Jury
Walter Schulthess, President
Géza Anda
Conrad Beck
Arthur Grumiaux
Mieczyslaw Horszowski
Nikita Magaloff
Igor Markevitch
1963
LUZERN
No prize awarded
Finalist
John Bingham (England)
Gino Brandi (Italy)
Jacob Maxin (United States / Russia)
Mayne Miller (United States)
Jury
Walter Schulthess, President
Géza Anda
Paul Baumgartner
Arthur Grumiaux
Mieczyslaw Horszowski
Rafael Kubelik
Igor Markevitch
