International Awards and Prizes
Students of the International
Piano Foundation "Theo Lieven" and the International Piano
Academy Lake Como have won an impressive array of prizes in
some of the most prestigious international competitions,
amongst which:
F. Chopin - Warsaw - 1st & 2nd, and 5th prize
Van Cliburn - Fort Worth - 1st prize
Queen Elizabeth - Brussels - Two 1st prizes
A. Rubinstein - Tel Aviv - 1st prize
G. Bachauer - Salt Lake City - 1st and 2nd prizes
U. Micheli - Milan - 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes
F. Busoni - Bolzano - 2nd and 3rd prizes
D. Ciani - Milan -1st prize
A. Casagrande - Terni - 2nd and 3rd prizes
E. Honens - Calgary -1st and 3rd prizes
M. Canals - Barcelona - 1st prize
P. O'Shea - Santander - 2nd prize
F. Schubert - Dortmund -Two 1st prizes and 2nd prize
M. Argerich Competition
Buenos Aires -1st prize
Sanremo Classico - Two 1st prizes
Viotti - Vercelli -Three 1st prizes
Cantù - Four 1st prizes and 3rd prize
Sulmona - 1st prize
E. Porrino - Cagliari - 1st prize
A. Rendano - Cosenza -1st prize
Cleveland -Two 1st prizes
Maria Callas - Athens - 1st and 3rd prizes
Geza Anda - Zurich -1st prize
Valsesia Musica - Varallo (VC) -1st prize
Carlos Gomes Prize 2005 - Brazil "Pianist of the Year"
Gyeongnam International 2005 - S.Korea 1st prize
ARD Munich International Piano Competition 2006-1st Prize
Leeds International Piano Competition 2006 - 3rd Prize
Due to their excellence, the students of the two schools
have received some of the most coveted awards in music:
Gilmore Artist Award
Gilmore Young Artist
Victoire de la Musique - Paris
Avery Fisher Award - New York
Most of the students of the two schools have already
embarked on successful international careers and have
already performed in the greatest concert halls of the
world. They have recorded with important classical music
labels:
Accord, Arktos, Arts, Bis, Decca, Deutsche Grammophon,
Doron, EMI, Ermitage,
Harmonia Mundi, Lyrinx, Naxos, Philips, Foné, Sony,
Virgin.
