The International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians is the junior section of the prestigious International Tchaikovsky Competition

International Tchaikovsky Competition

The International Tchaikovsky Competition is a classical music competition held every four years in Moscow, Russia for pianists, violinists, and cellists between 16 and 30 years of age, and singers between 19 and 32 years of age...

. The competition is open to musicians under the age 17 in the area of piano, violin, and cello. The first, second, and third prize winners receive special recommendation from the Association of Tchaikovsky Competition Stars to advance to the senior section without the preliminary procedure.

The competition takes place in different countries each year, maximizing the opportunity to participate in the competition for talented young musicians of various geographic areas. The first competition was held in Moscow, Russia; the second competition took place in Sendai, Japan; the third in St. Petersburg, Russia; the fourth in Xiamen, China; the fifth in Kurashiki, Japan; the sixth was held in June, 2009, in Suwon

Suwon

Suwon is the provincial capital of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. A major city of over a million inhabitants, Suwon lies approximately south of Seoul. It is traditionally known as "The City of Filial Piety"....

, Korea

Korea

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The competition has proved to be an opportunity for young musicians to be exposed to sophisticated audiences, reputable musicians of the jury panel, and other young fellow musicians from around the world. On top of the monetary awards, the laureates are engaged in concert tours arranged by the organizing committee at the conclusion of the competition.

First prize winners

Piano

•1992: Alexander Mogilevsky (Russia), Emily Shie (USA)

•1995: Lang Lang

Lang Lang

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 (China)

•1997: Sergey Bassukinsky (Russia)

•2002: Haochen Zhang

Haochen Zhang

Haochen Zhang is a Chinese pianist from Shanghai, China.He, along with Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii, was the Gold Medalist / First Prize winner of the Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2009. He has studied under Gary Graffman, also the teacher of Lang Lang and Yuja...

 (China)

•2005: Yulia Chaplin (Russia)

•2009: Nansung Huang (China)

Violin

•1992: Jennifer Koh

Jennifer Koh

Jennifer Koh is an American violinist, born to Korean parents in Glen Ellyn, IL.Jennifer Koh earned a B.A. in English Literature from Oberlin College, as well as a Performance Diploma from the attached Oberlin Conservatory. She is also a graduate of the Curtis Institute and was silver medalist in...

 (USA)

•1995: Piotr Kwasny (Poland)

•1997: Buy Kong Zui (Vietnam)

•2002: Xiao-yu Yang (China)

•2005: Ailen Pritchin (Russia)

•2009: Sirena Huang

Sirena Huang

Sirena Huang is a concert violinist. She is the First Prize Winner and recipient of the Audience Award of the 2011 Thomas & Evon Cooper International Competition....

(USA)

Cello

•1992: Daniel Muller Schott (Germany)

•1995: Monica Leskovar (Croatia)

•1997: Bong Ihn Koh (South Korea)

•2002: Bonian Tian (China)

•2005: Fedor Arnosov (Russia)

•2009: Michiaki Ueno (Japan)