Rachmaninov Competition is one of the oldest Russian Musical Competitions, the First All-Union Rachmaninov Competition was held in 1982 in the Moscow Conservatoire, since 1993 it is an international.

Among its winners were famous pianists like Nikolai Lugansky, Andrei Pisarev, Olga Pushechnikova, Ilia Itin etc.

Members of its juries were G.Cherni-Stefanska (Poland), S.Aronovsky (UK), J.Mounier (France), D.Pollac (USA), J.Norris (UK), A.Garaufalis (Greece), Roland de Munck (Belgium), A.Jenner (Austria), Lee Kum Sing (Kanada), M.Georgiu (Romania), V.Gornostaeva (Russia), V.Merzhanov (Russia), S.Dorensky (Russia), Yu. Slesarev ( Russia ), V.Tropp ( Russia ) and others.

 

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Organizing Committee would like to thank the people and companies who sponsored the Fourth International Rachmaninov Piano Competition:

• Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematograph of the Russian Federation
• Publishing House Vista Vera, sponsor of the First Prize to the winner of the Competition
• Lawyers company “Savelyev & Partners Ltd, sponsor of the Fifth Prize
• TV Company Cultura

And personally:

• Valeri Poliansky, Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the State Symphonic Capella Vladimir Komissarov;
• Nikolai Shilin;
• Valeri Popov;
• Members of the Rachmaninov Society who collected funds;
• Yulia Pakhchinyan, sponsor of the Second Prize;
• Georgi Tchernus, sponsor of the Sixth Prize.

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