Hall of Fame

Prize Winners of the Budapest International Competitions from 1933 until now:
 
1933
Ferenc Liszt Piano Competition
I.
Annie Fischer
Hungary
 
 
II.
Mikischa Tarasz
Sovjet Union
 
 
III.
Lajos Kentner
Hungary
 
1948
Béla Bartók Competition
 
 
 
 
piano
I.
Peter Walfisch
Israel
 
violin
I.
Sirio Piovesan
Italy
 
string quartet
I.
Tátrai String Quartet
Hungary
 
composition
II.
Pál Járdányi
Hungary
 
 
 
Béla Tardos
Hungary
 
1956
Ferenc Liszt Piano Competition
I.
Lev Vlasenko
Sovjet Union
 
 
II.
Mihály Bächer
Hungary
 
 
III.
Lazar Berman
Sovjet Union
 
 
 
Liu Si-Kun
China
 
1959
Haydn String Quartet Competition
I.
The Moscow
Sovjet Union
 
 
 
Conservatory
 
 
 
 
String Quartet
 
     
1960
Erkel Singing Competition
I.
Bartha Alfonz
Hungary
 
 
 
Kira Isotova 
Sovjet Union
     
1961
Liszt-Bartók Piano Competition
I.
Gábor Gabos  
Hungary
 
 
 
David Wilde 
Great-Britain
 
 
II. 
Dino Ciano 
Italy 
     
1963 
Pablo Casals Violoncello
I.  
Mihail Homicer 
Sovjet Union
 
Competition
 
László Mező  
Hungary
 
 
 
Tsutsumi Tsuyoshi 
Japan 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sonata Competition
II. 
Petr Messiereur 
Czechoslovakia 
 
 
 
Ladka Kozderkova 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weiner String Quartet 
II. 
Bartók String
Hungary
 
Competition
 
Quartet
 
 
 
 
Bulgarian String
Bulgaria
 
 
 
Quartet
 
     
1965 
Erkel Singing
opera/men
I.
Martinoiu Vasile
Romania
 
Competition
        
 
 
opera/women
II.
Teresa May
Poland
           
 
 
lied
I.
Júlia Hamar
Hungary
         
 
Clarinet Competition 
I. 
Michel Portal
France 
         
 
Basoon Competition 
I. 
Valeri Popov
Sovjet Union
         
 
Flute Competition 
I. 
Lóránt Kovács
Hungary
         
 
Wind Quintet 
I. 
Hungarian Wind
Hungary
 
 
 
Quintet
 
     
1966 
Liszt-Bartók Piano Competition
II. 
Imre Antal  
Hungary
     
1968
Pablo Casals Violoncello 
I. 
Igor Gavris
Sovjet Union
 
 Competition
 
Marina  
Sovjet Union
 
 
 
Csajkovszkaja
 
 
 
II. 
Jean Déplaca
France
 
 
III. 
Ko Iwasaki 
Japan
 
 
 
Rocco Filippini 
Switzerland
     
1968 
Viola Competition
I.  
László Bársony
Hungary
 
 
II. 
Jurij Jurov
Sovjet Union
 
 
III. 
Csaba Erdélyi
Hungary
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weiner String Quartet  
I.  
Sebestyén
Hungary
 
Competition
 
String Quartet
 
 
 
II.  
Schunk String  
East Germany 
 
 
 
Quartet
 
     
1970 
Erkel Singing
opera/men
I. 
Kolos Kováts
Hungary
 
Competition
II. 
Ludovic Kónya
Romania
 
 
III. 
Sándor Nagy
Hungary
 
 
 
Lajos Miller  
Hungary
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
opera/women
II.
Gerda Radler 
Romania
 
 
III. 
Helga Terner
East Germany
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
lied
I. 
Siegfried Lorenz
East Germany
 
 
II. 
Jürgen Freier
East Germany
 
 
 
Csaba Eötvös  
Hungary
 
 
 
 
 
 
Clarinet Competition 
I.  
Antony Morf
Switzerland
 
 
 
László Horváth  
Hungary
 
 
II.  
Tibor Dittrich
Hungary
 
 
 
Alexandr Ivanov 
Sovjet Union
 
 
III. 
Michael Simm
East Germany
 
 
 
 
 
 
Oboe Competition 
I.  
Maurice Bourge
France
 
 
 
A.S. Loubimov 
Sovjet Union
 
 
II. 
Burkhardt Glaetzner
East Germany
 
 
 
Tamás Erdélyi  
Hungary
 
 
III. 
Jiri Vaca
Czechoslovakia
     
1971 
Liszt-Bartók Piano Competition
I.
Reiko Matsuzaki
Japan
 
 
 
Nikolaj Suk 
Sovjet Union
 
 
II. 
Elena Skuratovskaja
Sovjet Union
 
 
III. 
László Baranyay
Hungary
 
 
 
Etsuko Tazaki 
Japan
     
1973 
József Szigeti Violin Competition
I.
Nilla Pierrou
Sweden
 
 
II. 
Mihály Barta
Hungary
 
 
 
Mária Bálint
Hungary
 
 
III.
Takada Mihoko
Japan
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pablo Casals Violoncello
I.
Csaba Onczay
Hungary
 
Competition
II.
Tamás Koó
Hungary
 
 
III.
Cecylia Barczyk
Poland
 
 
 
Alexandru Gutu
Romania
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weiner String Quartet
I.
The Moscow String
Sovjet Union
 
Competition 
 
Quartet
 
 
 
II.
Georgian String
Romania
 
 
 
Quartet
 
 
 
III.
Éder String Quartet
Hungary
 
 
 
New Budapest
Hungary
 
 
 
String Quartet
 
 
 
 
The Warsaw
Poland
 
 
 
Academy String
 
 
 
 
Quartet
 
 
1975
Erkel Singing
opera/men
III.
Péter Kelen
Hungary
 
Competition
        
 
 
opera/women
I.
Lívia Budai
Hungary
 
 
II.
Klára Takács
Hungary
 
 
III.
Terese Slupskaja
Sovjet Union
 
 
 
Cornelia Angelescu
Romania
 
 
 
Popp
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
lied
I.
László Polgár
Hungary
 
 
 
Ilona Tokody
Hungary
 
 
II.
Alexej Martinov
Sovjet Union
 
 
III.
Gábor Németh
Hungary
 
 
 
 
 
 
Violin Competition
I. 
Mihail Kugel
Sovjet Union
 
 
 
Zoltán Tóth  
Hungary
 
 
II. 
Jurij Bashmet
Sovjet Union
 
1976 
Liszt-Bartók Piano Competition
I.
Robert Benz
West Germany
 
 
II.  
Gary Steigerwalt
USA
 
       
III. 
Imre Rohmann  
Hungary
 
       
 
Vadim Monartirsky 
Sovjet Union
           
1978 
Weiner String Quartet Competition
II. 
Gnessin String
Sovjet Union
 
 
 
Quartet
 
 
       
 
Takács-Nagy String
Hungary
 
 
 
Quartet
 
 
       
III. 
Valtchev String 
Bulgaria
 
 
 
Quartet
 
 
       
 
Kiev Philharmony  
Sovjet Union
 
 
 
String Quartet
 
 
       
 
 
 
 
Liszt Organ Competition    
I. 
Francesco Finotti
Italy
 
       
II. 
Zsuzsa Elekes
Hungary
 
       
III.
Florian Pagitsch
Australia
 
       
 
Gabriele Wadewitz 
East Germany
           
1979 
Violin Competition      
I.  
Sándor Nagy
Hungary
 
       
 
Inoue Yuuko
Japan
 
       
II.
Gábor Ormai
Hungary
 
       
III. 
Vera Borissova
Sovjet Union
 
       
 
 
 
 
József Szigeti Violin Competition
I.
Nándor Szederkényi
Hungary
 
       
 
Edward Zienkowski 
Poland
 
 
II.
Gyula Stuller
Hungary
 
 
 
Attila Falvai
Hungary
 
1980
Flute Competition
I.
Akiko Mikami
Japan
 
 
II.
Robert Langevin
Canada
 
 
III.
Erika Sebők
Hungary
 
 
 
Maria Goldschmidt
East Germany
 
 
 
 
 
 
French Horn Competition
II.
Imre Magyari
Hungary
 
 
 
János Mészáros
Hungary
 
 
III.
Barnabás Kubina
Hungary
 
 
 
Erich Markwart 
East Germany 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pablo Casals Violoncello 
I. 
Yvan Chiffoleau
France
 
Competition        
II. 
Alexander Baillie
Great-Britain
 
          
III. 
Ulrike Schäfer
West Germany
              
1981 
Liszt-Bartók Piano Competition
II. 
Muza Rubaczkitye
Sovjet Union
 
          
III.
Hortense
France
 
 
 
Cartier-Bresson
 
              
1982 
Erkel-Kodály          
opera/men
II. 
Florian Dan
Romania
 
Singing Competition
 
Georgescu
 
 
        
 
Vitalij Tarascsenko 
Sovjet Union
           
 
 
opera/women
I. 
Hu Xiao Ping
China
 
          
II.
Mária Ardó
Hungary
 
          
 
Irena Milkjavicsute 
Sovjet Union
           
 
 
lied
II. 
Mária Ardó 
Hungary
 
          
 
Brigitta Kovács  
Hungary
 
          
III. 
Larissa Kurgyumova
Sovjet Union
 
          
 
János Tóth  
Hungary
 
1983
Ferenc Liszt Organ Competition
I.
Andreas Rothkopf
West Germany
 
 
 
Naomi Matsui
Japan
 
 
II.
Ales Barta
Czehoslovakia
 
 
III.
László Révész
Hungary
 
1984
Trumpet Competition
I.
Geoffrey Payne
Australia
 
 
 
Zoltán Kovács
Hungary
 
 
II.
Jan Gustavsson
Sweden
 
 
 
Martin Schuster
Denmark
 
 
 
 
 
 
Viola Competition
I.
Tabea Zimmermann
West Germany
 
 
II.
Matthias Buchholz
West Germany
 
 
 
Zoltán Gál  
Hungary
 
 
 
Veronika Hagen 
Austria
 
 
III. 
Michael Scheitzbach
East Germany 
 
1985 
Pablo Casals Violoncello
I.
Torleif Thedéen
Sweden
 
Competition
II. 
Young Chang Cho
USA
 
 
 
Ottó Kertész  
Hungary
 
             
 
Levon Muradjan 
Sovjet Union
 
             
III. 
Raffael Figueroa
USA
 
             
 
Ramon Jaffé
West Germany
                 
1986 
Ferenc Liszt Piano Competition   
II. 
Károly Mocsári
Hungary
 
             
III.
Dmitrij Racer
Sovjet Union
                 
1988 
Ferenc Liszt Organ Competition
I. 
Bernhard Haas
West Germany
 
             
II. 
László Almásy
Hungary
 
             
III. 
Stefan Palm
West Germany
                 
1990 
Erkel-Kodály
opera
I.
Farkas Rose-Marie 
Romania
 
Singing Competition
II. 
Stanislav Michkievich
Sovjet Union
 
             
 
Tatjana Zaharcsuk
Sovjet Union
 
             
III. 
Daniel Scheljaskova
Bulgaria
 
 
 
Nedjalkova
 
           
 
 
lied
II. 
Rózsa Kozma
Hungary
 
             
 
Katalin Halmai  
Hungary
 
             
III.
Anna Korondi
Hungary
                 
1991 
Ferenc Liszt Piano Competition
I. 
Alexander Strukov
Sovjet Union
 
             
II.
Leonid Kuzmin
USA
 
             
 
Midori Nohara 
France
 
             
III. 
Etell Csuprik
Sovjet Union
 
             
 
Valerie Shkaroupa 
Sovjet Union
                 
1992 
József Szigeti Violi Competition
I. 
Erika Raum
Canada
 
             
II. 
Rachel Barton
USA
 
             
III. 
Kimura Etsuko
Japan
                 
1993 
Ferenc Liszt Organ Competition
I. 
Helmut Deutsch
Germany
 
             
II. 
László Deák
Hungary
 
             
III.
Petra Varga
Hungary
                 
1994
Flute Competition            
I. 
Davide Formisano
Italy
 
             
II.
Sabine Kittel
Germany
 
             
III.
Mathieu Dufour
France
 
 
 
Anna Garzuly  
Hungary
     
1996 
Ferenc Liszt Piano Competition
I. 
Gergely Bogányi
Hungary
 
                  
II.
Igor Kamenz
Germany
 
                  
III. 
Nadejda Vlaeva
Bulgaria
                      
1997 
József Szigeti Violin Competition
I.
Sarah Bitlloch
France
 
                  
 
Elisabeth Weber
Germany
 
                  
II.
Barnabás Kelemen
Hungary
 
                  
 
Linus Roth
Germany
 
                  
III.
Kuzumi Karina
Japan
 
                  
 
Tamás András
Hungary
                      
1999 
Ferenc Liszt Organ Competition
I.
Charles Matthews
Great-Britain
 
                  
III.
Szilárd Kovács
Hungary
                      
2000
Violoncello Competition              
I.
Zsolt Balog 
Hungary
 
                  
 
Dalma Cseh
Hungary
 
                  
II.
András Szepes
Hungary
 
                  
 
Tien Yang
China
 
                  
 
Alessandro Pianu
Italy
                      
2001
Ferenc Liszt Piano Competition
II.
Péter Tóth
Hungary
 
                  
III.
Gábor Farkas
Hungary
 
                  
 
Vadim Kholodenko
Ukraine
 
                  
 
Massimiliano Motterle
Italy
                      
2002
József Szigeti Violin Competition
I. 
Katalin Kokas
Hungary
 
                  
II. 
Akiko Ono
Japan
 
                  
III.
Julien Dieudegard
France
                      
2003 
Flute Competition
I.
Dóra Seres
Hungary
 
                  
II. 
Megan Sterling
Australia
 
                  
III.
Andrea Manco
Italy
                      
2004
Dávid Popper Violoncello 
I.
Elizaveta
Russia
 
Competition
 
Souchtchenko
 
 
               
 
István Várdai
Hungary
 
                  
II.
Sergei Antonov
Russia
 
                  
 
Soléne Kermarrec
France
 
                  
III. 
Tamás Mérei
Hungary
                      
2005
International Trombone
I.
Alexander Gorbunov
Russia
 
Competition                
II.
Hannes Hölzl
Austria
 
                  
III.
Antoine Ganaye
France
 
 
 
 
 
2006
Liszt-Bartók Piano Competition
I.
Elmar Gasanov
Russia
 
 
II.
Olivier Besnard
France
 
 
 
László Borbély
Hungary
 
 
III.
István Lajkó
Hungary
 
 
 
 
 
2007
International Szigeti-Hubay
I.
Ádám Banda
Hungary
 
Violin Competition
I.
Lev Solodovnikov
Russia
 
 
II.
the jury did not give
out that prize
 
 
III.
Ekaterina Rakhimova
Russia
 
 
III.
Yu Sulki
South-Korea
 
 
 
 
 
2008
Károly Flesch International
I.
Ernő Kállai
Hungary
 
Violin Competition
II.
Sini-Maaria Simonen
Finland
 
 
III.
Júlia Pusker
Hungary
 
 
III.
Ilya Movchan
Russia
         
2009 International Trumpet Competition
 I. Alexandre Baty France
  in memoriam Joseph Haydn II. Olivier Bombrun France
    III. Margarete Csökmei Hungary