Honens International Piano Competition
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Canada's Honens International Piano Competition is held every three years and awards more than CAD 100,000 in cash prizes and a lucrative three-year Artistic and Career Development Program to launch and sustain the careers of its three laureates. In 1991, philanthropist and music enthusiast Esther Honens made a gift of $5 million towards her dream of building one of the world's great piano competitions in Calgary, Alberta. Formerly known as the Esther Honens International Piano Competition, the Competition took place every four years from 1992 to 2000 and then switched to a three-year cycle thereafter.
The Sixth Honens International Piano Competition takes place from October 22 to November 6, 2009.
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[edit] Competition Laureates
Competition winners are listed in order of first, second and third laureate respectively.
[edit] 2006
Minsoo Sohn, South Korea
Hinrich Alpers, Germany
Hong Xu, China
[edit] 2003
Xiang Zou, China
Winston Choi, Canada
Roberto Plano, Italy
[edit] 2000
Katherine Chi, Canada
Marko Martin, Estonia
Alessandra Maria Ammara, Italy
[edit] 1996
Maxim Philippov, Russia
Albert Tiu, Philippines
Eugene Watanabe, United States
[edit] 1992
Yi Wu, Argentina
Krzysztof Jablonski, Poland
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, France
Sergei Babayan, Armenia
Dmitry Nesterov, Russia
