The Robert Schumann International Competition for Pianists and Singers was constituted in 1956 in East Berlin

East Berlin

East Berlin was the name given to the eastern part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. It consisted of the Soviet sector of Berlin that was established in 1945. The American, British and French sectors became West Berlin, a part strongly associated with West Germany but a free city...

 within the framework of the commemorations on the 100th anniversary of Robert Schumann

Robert Schumann

Robert Schumann, sometimes known as Robert Alexander Schumann, was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most representative composers of the Romantic era....

's death. A second edition was organized on the occasion of the composer's 150th anniversary, and three years later a third edition was arranged in Zwickau

Zwickau

Zwickau in Germany, former seat of the government of the south-western region of the Free State of Saxony, belongs to an industrial and economical core region. Nowadays it is the capital city of the district of Zwickau...

. The competition, a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions

World Federation of International Music Competitions

The World Federation of International Music Competitions is an organization based in Geneva, Switzerland that maintains a network of the internationally recognized organisations that aim to discover the most promising young talents in classical music through public competition...

, has taken place in Schumann's birthplace every 3/4 years since.

Prize Winners

Piano

Year
1956	1st prize	2nd prize	3rd prize (ex-a. Ex aequo et bono Ex aequo et bono is a phrase derived from Latin that is used as a legal term of art... )
	Annerose Schmidt	Irina Sijalova	Lidia Grychtołówna
			Mikhail Voskresensky Mikhail Voskresensky Mikhail Voskresensky is a Russian pianist, b. 1935.He was a disciple of Lev Oborin. Voskresensky was awarded 3rd prizes at the inaugural editions of the Robert Schumann Competition and the Van Cliburn Competition...
1960	No piano category	No piano category	No piano category
1963	1st prize	2nd prize (ex-a. Ex aequo et bono Ex aequo et bono is a phrase derived from Latin that is used as a legal term of art... )	3rd prize
	Nelly Akopyan Nelly Akopian-Tamarina Nelly Akopian-Tamarina is a Russian pianist. Born in Moscow, she studied with Anaida Sumbatyan at the Moscow Central Music School. Later at the Moscow Conservatoire she was the last student of the legendary Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser - associate and friend of Alexander Scriabin, Sergei...	Rutka Carakcieva	Aniko Szegedi
		Peter Rösel
1966	1st prize	2nd prize	3rd prize (ex-a. Ex aequo et bono Ex aequo et bono is a phrase derived from Latin that is used as a legal term of art... )
	Eliso Virsaladze Eliso Virsaladze Eliso Virsaladze is a Georgian pianist.She was born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR. Her father Constantine Virsaladze was a prominent physician, so was her grandfather Spiridon Virsaladze. She received her first piano lessons at the age of 8 from her grandmother, Anastasia Virsaladze, a well-known music...	Svetlana Navasardyan Svetlana Navasardyan Svetlana Navasardyan is an Armenian pianist.A disciple of Yakov Zak, she first stood out at the East German musical scene, being awarded prizes at Zwickau's Robert Schumann and Leipzig's Johann Sebastian Bach Competition...	Raina Padareva
			Evgenia Sachareva
1969	1st prize	2nd prize	3rd prize
	Dezső Ránki Dezsõ Ránki Dezső Ránki is a Hungarian pianist.Born September 8, 1951 in Budapest, he began taking piano lessons at the Budapest Academy of Music at the age of eight. When he was thirteen, he enrolled at the Budapest Conservatory and became a pupil of Klára Máthé. Subsequently he studied at the Franz Liszt...	Tatyana Ryumina	Okitaka Uehara
1974	1st prize	2nd prize	3rd prize
	Pavel Egorov Pavel Egorov Pavel Egorov is a Russian pianist and scholar.He won the VI Robert Schumann Competition before graduating in 1975 from the Moscow Conservatory. He has performed widely at an international level since...	Dina Joffe Dina Joffe Dina Yoffe is a Latvian pianist, Israeli citizen.She was awarded the IX Fryderyk Chopin and the VI Robert Schumann competitions' 2nd prizes before graduating from the Moscow Conservatory in 1976...	Petru Grossmann
1977	1st prize	2nd prize	3rd prize
	Emma Tahmizian Emma Tahmizian Emma Tahmizian is a Bulgarian pianist of Armenian descent living in the USA.She debuted at an international level at 11, representing Bulgaria at a concert series in Moscow. She has performed and recorded internationally regullarly since she won the 1977 Robert Schumann Competition...	Dana Borşan	Christoph Taubert
1981	1st prize	2nd prize	3rd prize (ex-a. Ex aequo et bono Ex aequo et bono is a phrase derived from Latin that is used as a legal term of art... )
	Yves Henry Yves Henry Yves Henry is a French pianist, b. 1959.He debuted at 13 performing Ludwig van Beethoven's 1st Piano Concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic. A graduate from the Conservatoire de Paris , he was the first Western European pianist to win the Robert Schumann Competition and was subsequently prized at...	Susanne Grützmann	Kalle Randalu Kalle Randalu Kalle Randalu is an Estonian pianist.Randalu was trained at the Moscow Conservatory under Lev Vlasenko. In 1981-82 Randalu was awarded two competition prizes: he shared the VII Tchaikovsky Competition's 4th prize with Dmitri Gaiduk; and shared the VIII Schumann Competition's 3rd prize with Balázs...
			Balázs Szokolay Balázs Szokolay Balázs Szokolay is a Hungarian pianist.His international concert career started in 1983, replacing Nikita Magaloff at a concert in Belgrade. Four years later he was appointed a professorship at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music...
1985	1st prize	2nd prize	3rd prize
	Tamriko Siprashvili Tamriko Siprashvili Tamriko Siprashvili is a Georgian pianist who has settled in California, USA.In 1985 she graduated from the Moscow Conservatory under Mikhail Voskresensky and won the IX Robert Schumann Competition. An international career ensued. For 15 years she formed a piano duo with her former husband, pianist...	Zuzana Paulechová	Mzija Gogashvili
1989	1st prize	2nd prize	3rd prize
	Eric Le Sage	Sachiko Yonekawa	Alexander Melnikov Alexander Melnikov Alexander Melnikov is a Russian pianist.Born in Moscow, Melnikov began studying music at age six at Moscow’s Central Music School. He continued at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory under Lev Naumov, graduating in 1997. Later he completed his post-graduate studies in Munich with Eliso Virsaladze...
1993	1st prize	2nd prize	3rd prize
	Temirzhan Yerzhanov	Eiji Shigaki	Corrado Rollero
1996	1st prize	2nd prize	3rd prize (ex-a. Ex aequo et bono Ex aequo et bono is a phrase derived from Latin that is used as a legal term of art... )
	Mikhail Mordvinov	Dana Ciocarlie	Lyubov Gegechkori
			Christian Seibert
2000	1st prize	2nd prize	3rd prize
	Kiai Nara	Ulugbek Palvanov	Andrea Rebaudengo
2004	1st prize	2nd prize	3rd prize
	Akiko Yamamoto	Nicolas Bringuier	Soojin Ahn Soojin Ahn Soojin Ahn is a Korean American classical pianist. She started playing the piano at age three in her native South Korea and moved to the U.S. at age 10....
2008	1st prize	2nd prize	3rd prize
	Mizuka Kano	Akiko Nikami	Da Sol Kim