Montreal International Music Competition

Montreal International Music Competition was a well-known international competition for classical pianists, violinists and opera singers, founded in 1963 and abandoned in 1997.^[1][2]

Main laureates

The main laureates of each edition are:^[1]

• 1965 Piano 1st Jean-Claude Pennetier, France, and Albert Lotto, USA
• 1966 Violin 1st Vladimir Lancman (Landsman), USSR; 2nd Hidetaro Suzuki, Japan, and Gueorgui Balev, Bulgaria
• 1967 Voice 1st Marina Krilovici, Rumania, and Yury Mazurok, USSR
• 1968 Piano 1st Garrick Ohlsson, USA; 2nd Peter Rösel, East Germany
• 1969 Violin 1st Vladimir Spivakov, USSR; 2nd Oleg Krissa, USSR, and Gidon Kremer, USSR
• 1970 Voice 2nd Maurice Brown, Canada (no 1st awarded)
• 1971 Piano 2nd Peter Basquin, USA (no 1st awarded)
• 1972 Violin 1st Ruben Agaronian, USSR; 2nd Mikhaïl Bezverhny, USSR
• 1973 Voice 1st Gheorgue Emil Crasnaru, Rumania; 2nd Makvala Kasrashvili, USSR
• 1975 Violin 2nd Dong-Suk Kang, Korea, and Yuval Yaron, Israel (no 1st awarded)
• 1976 Piano 1st Eteri Andjaparidze, USSR; 2nd Nicolaï Demidenko, USSR, Naüm Grubert, USSR, and Gerhard Oppitz, West Germany
• 1977 Voice 2nd William Parker, USA, and Louise Wohlafka, USA (no 1st awarded)
• 1979 Violin 1st Peter Zazofsky, USA; 2nd Mihaela Martin, Rumania
• 1980 Piano 1st Ivo Pogorelic, Yugloslavia; 2nd Christopher O'Riley, USA, and Vladimir Ovchinnikov, USSR
• 1981 Voice 2nd Judith Nicosia, USA (no 1st awarded)
• 1983 Violin 2nd Chin Kim, Korea (no 1st awarded)
• 1984 Piano 1st Ekaterina Sarantseva, USSR; 2nd Yuri Rozum, USSR
• 1985 Voice 2nd Sandra Graham, Canada, and Andreas Scheibner, East Germany (no 1st awarded)
• 1987 Violin 1st Dmitri Berlinski, USSR; 2nd Catherine Cho, USA, and Alexander Simionescu, USA
• 1988 Piano 1st Angela Cheng; 2nd Bernd Glemser, West Germany
• 1989 Voice 2nd Steffanie Pearce, USA, and John Koch, USA (no 1st awarded)
• 1991 Violin 2nd Hiroko Suzuki, Japan (no first awarded)

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