Past Prize Winners

The 1st Competition [1985]

  • 1st prize Arife Gülçen TATU (Turkey) [Present position: Professor, Trossingen Music University]
  • 2nd prize Yumiko SAKUMA (Japan) [Present position: guest professor, Kunitachi Collage of Music]
  • 3rd prize Vicenç PRATS-PARIS (Spain) [Present position: Principal, Orchestre de Paris]

The 2nd Competition (joint prize for the first place) [1989]

  • 1st prize Petri ALANKO (Finland) [Present position: Principal, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra]
  • 1st prize Emmanuel PAHUD (France) [Present position: Principal, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra]
  • 3rd prize Irén MORÉ (Hungary) [Present position: Member of Hungary National Philharmonic Orchestra]

The 3rd Competition (No first prize awarded) [1993]

  • 2nd prize Andrea LIEBERKNECHT (Germany) [Present position: Professor, Hanover University of Music and Drama]
  • 2nd prize Amy PORTER (U.S.A.) [Present position: Associate Professor, University of Michigan]
  • 3rd prize Emily BEYNON (U.K.) [Present position: Principal, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra]

The 4th Competition [1997]

  • 1st prize Kersten McCALL (Germany) [Present position: Principal, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra]
  • 2nd prize Mathieu DUFOUR (France) [Present position: Principal, Chicago Symphony Orchestra]
  • 3rd prize Henrik WIESE (Germany) [Present position: Principal, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra]

The 5th Competition [2001]

  • 1st prize Sarah LOUVION (France) [Present position: Principal, Oper Frankfurt's Orchestra]
  • 2nd prize Sabine MOREL (France) [Present position: Principal, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich]
  • 2nd prize Dóra SERES (Hungary) [Present position: Principal, Danish Radio Sinfonietta]

The 6th Competition (joint prize for first place) [2005]

  • 1st prize Yuki KOYAMA (Japan)
  • 1st prize Andrea OLIVA (Italy) [Present position: Principal, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Orchestra]
  • 3rd prize Ayako TAKAGI (Japan) [Present position: Instructor, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts, Musashino Academia Musicae]
  • 3rd prize Sarah RUMER (Switzerland) [Present position: Principal, Suisse Romande Orchestra]