The Laureates of the VII International competition For Young Pianists
in Sergei Prokofiev’s Native Land Donetsk are :
Winners of the Senior Group:
1st Prize and the title of Laureate:
Linnik Denis (Belarus)
2nd Prize and the title of Laureate:
Sharina Anastasia (Ukraine)
3d Prize and the title of Laureate:
Kolosova Maria (Russia)
Diploma:
Aredo Diana (Ukraine)
Uvarkina Polina (Russia)
Special Prize "For the best performance of Prokofiev's piece":
Sharina Anastasia (Ukraine)
Winners of the Medium Group:
1st Prize and the title of Laureate:
Kanke Oleksiy (Ukraine)
2nd Prize and the title of Laureate:
not awarded
3d Prize and the title of Laureate:
Ivashkevytch Markiyan (Ukraine)
Diploma:
Dudin Alexandr (Russia)
Magaliyash Gabriela Lina (Ukraine)
Special Prize "For the best performance of Prokofiev's piece":
Ivashkevytch Markiyan (Ukraine)
Winners of the Junior Group:
1st Prize and the title of Laureate:
Pinaeva Ulyana (Ukraine)
2nd Prize and the title of Laureate:
Grinkevitch Stanislav (Belarus)
3d Prize and the title of Laureate:
Kovryga Valeria (Ukraine)
Tahtay Ekaterina (Russia)
Tolstov Mikhail (Ukraine)
Diploma:
Gilia Ye-Zi Wu (Canada-China)
Chertorygina Polina (Ukraine)
Special Prize "Hope":
Chertorygina Polina (Ukraine)
Special Prize "For the best performance of Prokofiev's piece":
Pinaeva Ulyana (Ukraine)
The prestige of the Donetsk All-Ukrainian Competition and the experience accumulated by its organizers made it possible to turn the All-Ukrainian Competition into a full-scale international one, which first took place in April 1999. A famous pianist, the president of the Russian Art Academy, the People’s Artist of the USSR professor Nikolai Petrov was an honored president of the jury of the first International Competition. Famous musicians from Europe and leading musicians of Ukraine were also in the jury. After pre-selection, 114 young musicians from 5 countries, who competed in 4 age-groups, were admitted to participate in the contest. The names of the winners of the first competition became widely known in Ukraine. Among them were Valeriya Mirosh, Vadim Kholodenko, Elmar Gasanov, Karina Magakyan, Yekaterina Kulikova. The champions gave performances on festivals in Norway, Cyprus, and France.
The prize-winners of Donetsk competition are often among the winners of prestigious international competitions. In recent years we were glad to hear about new brilliant victories of our “Prokofiev prize-winners” Alexei Koltakov, Sergei Salov, Veleriya Mirosh, Vadim Kholodenko, Yekaterina Kulikova and Elmar Gasanov. They achieved victory in the biggest international competitions in the USA, Canada, Germany, Greece, Russia, Hungary and Japan. Such laureates of the International Competitions on the Motherland of Sergei Prokofiev as A. Chugai, D. Pisarenko, V. Kucherenko, A. Yasinsky, A. Kovalyova and V. Shushkevich became laureates of international competitions “In memory of Vladimir Horowitz”.
