The Prague Spring International Music Festival ( Czech: Mezinárodní hudební festival Pražké jaro ) is an academic music festival held annually in Prague .
Rudolfinum Concert Hall
It was first held in 1946 in connection with the 50th anniversary of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra as a cultural event of national importance, under the patronage of the President of Czechoslovakia Edward Benes . Since 1947 , as part of the festival, a competition of young musicians in a variety of specialties has been held (a competition for each specialty may have its own name in honor of one or another outstanding Czech musician; for example, the very first prize of 1947, which did not reach anyone, was named after Jan Kubelika ). Since 1952 , the festival’s tradition was the opening on May 12 , on the anniversary of the death of Bedřich Smetana , with the performance of his cycle of symphonic poems “ My Homeland ”. The traditional venue for festival concerts is Rudolfinum , a significant part of the concerts are also held in the Smetana Hall of the Prague Public House .
Competition Laureates
| 1947 | violin | first prize not awarded |
| 1948 | the piano | Amy Behar (Bulgaria) Bernard Flavigny (France) |
| 1949 | violin | Igor Bezrodny (USSR) second prize - Victor Pikaisen |
| 1950 | cello | Mstislav Rostropovich (USSR) Daniil Shafran (USSR) |
| string Quartet | Quartet of the Moscow Conservatory (USSR) | |
| 1951 | the piano | Gleb Axelrod (USSR) Marina Slesareva (USSR) second prize - Margarita Fedorova (USSR) |
| 1952 | the competition was not held | |
| 1953 | flute | Alexander Korneev (USSR) Lev Perepelkin (USSR) Frantisek Czech (Czechoslovakia) |
| oboe | Tiwadar Bantai (Hungary) Stanislav Duhon (Czechoslovakia) Vladimir Kurlin (USSR) | |
| clarinet | Bozena Kubitsova (Czechoslovakia) Second Prize - Mikhail Izmailov (USSR) | |
| bassoon | Ashot Abajyan (USSR) Leo Pechersky (USSR) | |
| French horn | First Prize - Vitaliy Buyanovsky (USSR) First Prize - Stepan Vishnevsky (USSR) Second Prize - Rudolf Beranek (Czechoslovakia) Second Prize - Vladimir Cherny (Czechoslovakia) Second Prize - Joan Badanoy (Romania) Second Prize - Erich Penzel (GDR) | |
| 1954 | soprano | Stefania Wojtowicz (Poland) Krista Tsise (GDR) Maria Steinerova (Czechoslovakia) Milada Schubertova (Czechoslovakia) |
| mezzo soprano | first prize not awarded | |
| contralto | Anneli Aarika (Finland) Radka Gayeva (Bulgaria) | |
| tenor | Lubomir Bodurov (Bulgaria) | |
| baritone | Nikolay Gaubich (Bulgaria) György Melis (Hungary) Nicolae Herla (Romania) | |
| bass | Alexander Milkovsky (Bulgaria) Vaclav Halirj (Czechoslovakia) | |
| 1955 | cello | Sasha Vechtomov (Czechoslovakia) Mikhail Khomitser (USSR) Josef Huhro (Czechoslovakia) |
| 1956 | violin | Boris Gutnikov (USSR) Valery Klimov (USSR) |
| 1957 | the piano | First Prize - Anton Ginzburg (USSR) Zdenek Gnat (Czechoslovakia) Alexey Skavronsky (USSR) Third Prize - Valery Shatsky (USSR) |
| 1958 | organ | Vaclav Rabas (Czechoslovakia) |
| 1959 | flute | Zdenek Bruderhans (Czechoslovakia) Michelle Debost (France) Jan Hetzl (Czechoslovakia) |
| oboe | Jacques Vandeville (France) Lothar Koch (Germany) | |
| clarinet | Peter Rikhoff (GDR) Aurelian Octave Popa (Romania) | |
| bassoon | first prize not awarded | |
| French horn | First Prize - Boris Afanasyev (USSR) First Prize - Anatoly Dyomin (USSR) No second prize awarded Third Prize - Otto Kopecki (Czechoslovakia) Third Prize - Hans Hackfried Richter (Germany) | |
| 1960 | male vocals | first prize not awarded (second prize - Yuri Mazurok ) |
| female vocals | Vera Soukupova (Czechoslovakia) | |
| 1961 | cello | First Prize - Natalia Gutman (USSR) Second Prize - Natalya Shakhovskaya (USSR) |
| 1962 | trumpet | First Prize - Valentin Yudin (USSR) Second Prize - Valentin Malkov (USSR) Second Prize - Yordan Kozhukharov (Bulgaria) Second Prize - Anatoly Maksimenko (Bulgaria) Third Prize Not Awarded |
| French horn | First Prize - Joseph Brazda (Czechoslovakia) First Prize - Peter Damm (GDR) First Prize - Yaroslav Kotulan (Czechoslovakia) No second prize awarded Third Prize - Zdenek Tylshar (Czechoslovakia) Third Prize - Arvid Klishan (USSR) | |
| trombone | First Prize - Zdenek Pulec (Czechoslovakia) Second Prize - Per Brevig (Norway) Second Prize - Roman Sivek (Poland) Third Prize - Konstantin Bakardzhiev (Bulgaria) Third Prize - Victor Batashov (USSR) Third Prize - Karel Binovets (Czechoslovakia) | |
| 1963 | the piano | Rumyana Atanasova (Bulgaria) |
| 1964 | violin | Grigory Feigin (USSR) Ivan Strauss (Czechoslovakia) |
| 1965 | composition for orchestra | Boris Tishchenko (USSR) |
| composition for string quartet | first prize not awarded | |
| composition for choir | Fausto Razzi (Italy) Romuald Twardowski (Poland) | |
| 1966 | organ | Otfried Miller (Germany) Petr Sovadina (Czechoslovakia) |
| 1967 | male vocals | Georgy Seleznev (USSR) |
| female vocals | first prize not awarded | |
| 1968 | flute | Valentin Zverev (USSR) (second prize - James Galway ) |
| oboe | Jiri Kanyak (Czechoslovakia) Maurice Burg (France) | |
| clarinet | Valery Bezruchenko (USSR) | |
| bassoon | Vladimir Bogorad (USSR) | |
| French horn | First Prize - Zdenek Tylshar (Czechoslovakia) Second Prize - Igor Lifanovsky (USSR) Second Prize - Victor Galkin (USSR) | |
| 1969 | the competition was not held | |
| 1970 | cello | Boris Pergamenschikov (USSR) |
| 1971 | organ | first prize not awarded |
| 1972 | violin | Bohuslav Matouszek (Czechoslovakia) Rimma Sushanskaya (USSR) |
| 1973 | male vocals | first prize not awarded |
| female vocals | first prize not awarded | |
| the piano | Valery Vishnevsky (USSR) | |
| 1974 | flute | Alexander Mayorov (USSR) (second prize - Alexander Golyshev (USSR) |
| oboe | Radu Cisu (Romania) (second prize - Alexander Afanasyev (USSR) | |
| clarinet | Bohuslav Zagradnik (Czechoslovakia) (diploma - Alexander Stepanov ) (USSR) | |
| bassoon | Lumir Vanek (Czechoslovakia) Jiri Seidl (Czechoslovakia) (second prize - Andris Hernitzans ) | |
| French horn | First Prize - Stanislav Sukhanek (Czechoslovakia) First Prize - John MacDonald (Canada) Second Prize - Vladislav Grigorov (Bulgaria) Second Prize - Vasily Tarasov (USSR) Third Prize - Zdenek Divoki (Czechoslovakia) Third Prize - Kazimierz Mahal (Poland) | |
| trumpet | First Prize - Vladislav Kozderka (Czechoslovakia) Second Prize - Guy Michel Tuvron (France) Second Prize - Stanislav Seypal (Czechoslovakia) Third Prize - Gerard Miller (France) Third Prize - Bernard Sustro (France) | |
| trombone | First Prize - Gabriel Madas (Czechoslovakia) Second Prize - Boris Vinogradov (USSR) Third Prize - Antonín Merhaut (Czechoslovakia) Third Prize - Jaroslav Tahovski (Czechoslovakia) | |
| 1975 | string Quartet | first prize not awarded |
| 1976 | violin | Chenek Pavlik (Czechoslovakia) |
| cello | Daniel Weiss (Czechoslovakia) Tatyana Zavarskaya (USSR) | |
| 1977 | flute | Sergey Bubnov (USSR) |
| oboe | Jan Adamus (Czechoslovakia) | |
| clarinet | Frantisek Blago (Czechoslovakia) (second prize - Andrey Kazakov ) (USSR) | |
| bassoon | Swatopluck Czech (Czechoslovakia) (second prize - Andris Hernitzans ) | |
| 1978 | French horn | First Prize - Zdenek Divoki (Czechoslovakia) Second Prize - Frantisek Shupin (Czechoslovakia) Third Prize - Joseph Onybene (USA) Third Prize - Jiri Gavlik (Czechoslovakia) |
| trumpet | First Prize - Vladimir Reilek (Czechoslovakia) First Prize - Zdenek Shediva (Czechoslovakia) Second Prize - Pal Pets (Hungary) Third Prize Not Awarded | |
| trombone | First Prize Not Awarded Second Prize - Donald Sanders (USA) Second Prize - Michel Bequet (France) Third Prize - Antonin Merhout (Czechoslovakia) Third Prize - Gilles Millier (France) Third Prize - Yaroslav Takhnovsky (Czechoslovakia) | |
| marzhenka's part in opera B. Smetana " The sold bride " | Radmila Smilyanich (Yugoslavia) | |
| Enika party in opera B. Smetana " The sold bride " | first prize not awarded | |
| 1979 | string Quartet | The Prazhakov Quartet (Czechoslovakia) |
| organ | first prize not awarded | |
| 1980 | cello | Michael Ericsson (Sweden) |
| 1981 | flute | first prize not awarded |
| oboe | first prize not awarded | |
| clarinet | Vlastimil Maresh (Czechoslovakia) (third prize - Ivan Olenchik ) (USSR) | |
| bassoon | Lubos Gutsek (Czechoslovakia) | |
| 1982 | French horn | First Prize Not Awarded Second Prize - Barnabas Kubina (Hungary) Third Prize - Alexander Raev (USSR) |
| trumpet | First Prize - Andrey Ikov (USSR) Second Prize - Zoltan Kovacs (Hungary) Third Prize - Przemysl Chernik (Czechoslovakia) Third Prize - Jan Broda (Czechoslovakia) Third Prize - Laszlo Preda (Hungary) | |
| trombone | First Prize - Carl Lente (USA) Second Prize - Yves Favre (France) Second Prize - Stanislav Brada (Czechoslovakia) Third Prize - Jiri Arrived (Czechoslovakia) Third Prize - Jiri Arrived ( Jan Votava ) | |
| 1983 | cello | Michal Kanka (Czechoslovakia) |
| 1984 | string Quartet | first prize not awarded |
| organ | Ales Barta (Czechoslovakia) | |
| 1985 | conducting | Pierre Michel Durand (France) |
| 1986 | male vocals | Stefan Margita (Czechoslovakia) |
| female vocals | first prize not awarded | |
| flute | first prize not awarded | |
| oboe | Libena Sekvardtova (Czechoslovakia) | |
| clarinet | Philippe Kupe (France) | |
| bassoon | Sergio Adzolini (Italy) | |
| 1987 | violin | Ivan Married (Czechoslovakia) |
| French horn | First Prize - Indřich Petraš (Czechoslovakia) Second Prize - Jakob Slakter (Sweden) Third Prize - Peter Gerny (Czechoslovakia) Third Prize - Kerry Drew Turner (USA) | |
| trumpet | First Prize - William Foreman (USA) Second Prize - Eric Obier (France) Second Prize - Youko Haryanne (Finland) Third Prize - Jan Hazenerl (Czechoslovakia) | |
| trombone | First Prize - Jiri Novotny (Czechoslovakia) Second Prize - Stanley Clark (Canada) Third Prize - Michal Jashko (Czechoslovakia) Third Prize - Stefan Leger (France) | |
| 1988 | the piano | Sergey Tarasov (USSR) |
| string Quartet | Wigan Quartet (Czechoslovakia) | |
| 1989 | cello | first prize not awarded |
| organ | Martin Zander (Germany) | |
| 1990 | conducting | first prize not awarded |
| 1991 | flute | Andrea Lieberknecht (Germany) |
| oboe | Diana Dougherty (Belgium) | |
| clarinet | first prize not awarded | |
| bassoon | Yaroslav Kubita (Czechoslovakia) | |
| 1992 | violin | Natsumi Tamai (Japan) |
| French horn | First Prize Not Awarded Second Prize - Henry Lewinter (USA) Third Prize - Radek Baborak (Czechoslovakia) Third Prize - Claudia Strenkert (Germany) | |
| trumpet | First Prize - Jens Lindemann (Canada) Second Prize - Frank Pulsini (France) Third Prize - (Germany) | |
| trombone | First Prize Not Awarded Second Prize - Oliver Siefert (Germany) Third Prize - Andras Fejer (Hungary) Third Prize - Jean Raffard (France) | |
| 1993 | the piano | Giovanni Bellucci (Italy) |
| 1994 | cello | first prize not awarded |
| organ | Pavel Cerny (Czechoslovakia) | |
| harpsichord | Jory Winicourt (France) | |
| 1995 | conducting | first prize not awarded |
| composition | Charlotte Seiter (Germany) | |
| 1996 | flute | Tatyana Ruland (Germany) |
| oboe | Stefan Schilly (Germany) | |
| clarinet | Paolo Beltramini (Italy) | |
| bassoon | first prize not awarded | |
| 1997 | violin | first prize not awarded |
| French horn | First Prize Not Awarded Second Prize - Alessio Allegrini (Italy) Third Prize - Laszlo Zeeman (Hungary) | |
| trumpet | First Prize Not Awarded Second Prize - Gabor Boldotsky (Hungary) Third Prize - Jeroen Beverts (Belgium) | |
| trombone | First Prize Not Awarded Second Prize - Daniel Breschinsky (France) Third Prize Not Awarded | |
| 1998 | the piano | Martin Kasik (Czech Republic) |
| string Quartet | Quartet "Prometheus" (Italy) | |
| 1999 | organ | first prize not awarded |
| harpsichord | first prize not awarded | |
| 2000 | conducting | Charles Olivieri-Monroe (Canada) |
| cello | Panu Luosto (Finland) | |
| 2001 | flute | Dora Sheres (Hungary) |
| oboe | Kalev Kulius (Estonia) | |
| 2002 | clarinet | Katerina Vakhova (Czech Republic) |
| bassoon | Matias Rat (Germany) | |
| 2003 | violin | first prize not awarded |
| trumpet | First Prize - Julian Sommerhalder (Switzerland) Second Prize - Clément Saunier (France) Third Prize - Rafael Deschou (France) | |
| 2004 | trombone | First Prize Not Awarded Second Prize - Dmitry Andreev (Russia) Second Prize - Hannes Hölzl (Austria) Third Prize - Frederick Valentin Belli (Germany) |
| the piano | Ivo Kaganek (Czech Republic) | |
| 2005 | harpsichord | Morvarid Farbud (USA) |
| string Quartet | Haas Quartet (Czech Republic) | |
| 2006 | cello | first prize not awarded |
| organ | first prize not awarded | |
| 2007 | conducting | Krzysztof Urban (Poland) |
| French horn | First Prize - Christoph Ess (Germany) Second Prize - Zoltan Machai (Hungary) Second Prize - Jocelyn Villein (France) Third Prize Not Awarded | |
| 2008 | oboe | Ivan Podyёmov (Russia) |
| clarinet | Florent Charpentier (France) | |
| 2009 | flute | First Prize - Denis Buryakov (Russia) Diploma and special prize - Stanislav Yaroshevsky (Russia) |
| bassoon | Vaclav Wonachek (Czech Republic) | |
| 2010 | violin | Marianna Vasilyeva (Russia) |
| trumpet | Alexander Bati (France) | |
| 2011 | the piano | First Prize Not Awarded |
| trombone | First Prize Not Awarded Second Prize - Lukas Motka (Czech Republic) Second Prize - Nicolas Moutiers (France) Third Prize - Karol Gajda (Poland) Third Prize - Alexey Lobikov (Russia) | |
| 2012 | cello | Victor Julien-Laferrier (France) |
| harpsichord | Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya (Russia) |
In the second edition of the Great Soviet Encyclopedia there was an article “Prague Spring” about this music festival, but in the third edition of the encyclopedia, which was published after the Soviet troops entered Czechoslovakia in 1968, this article did not fall for censorship reasons [1] .
Notes
- ↑ Derkach O., Bykov V. Big Soviet Encyclopedia Archival copy of April 2, 2015 on the Wayback Machine . // Novaya Gazeta, February 29, 2008.
Links
- Official website (Czech) (English) (German)