The Vianna da Motta International Music Competition was first constituted in 1957 in Lisbon

Lisbon

Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...

 in honor of José Vianna da Motta

José Vianna da Motta

José Vianna da Motta was a distinguished Portuguese pianist, teacher, and composer. He was one of the last pupils of Franz Liszt...

 by his disciple Sequeira Costa

Sequeira Costa

Sequeira Costa is a Portuguese pianist who is especially admired for his interpretations of the Romantic repertoire....

, who remains its president; this inaugural edition was won by Naum Shtarkman

Naum Shtarkman

Naum Lvovich Shtarkman was a Soviet and Russian classical pianist.He was a disciple of Konstantin Igumnov at the Moscow Conservatory. Shtarkman was awarded a 5th prize at the V Fryderyk Chopin Competition and, most notably, attained the Bronze Medal at the inaugural edition of the Tchaikovsky...

. 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 been held regularly since 1964. No competitor has been able to win the Vianna da Motta since the turn of the century.

Palmares

• While mainly a piano competition, two violin editions have been held. In 1973 Ida Kavafian
  Ida Kavafian
  Ida Kavafian is a classical violinist and violist.Kavafian was born in Turkey to Armenian parents. She moved with her family to America in 1956, and began studying violin in Detroit at age six...
  
   and Gerardo Ribeiro
  Gerardo Ribeiro
  Professor Gerardo Ribeiro , a world renowned concert violinist, had taught at numerous Universities after studies at the Juilliard School of Music with Ivan Galamian in New York City. He won numerous international competitions, and soloed with major world orchestras and venues...
  
   shared the 1st prize. In 1991 it was declared void; Graf Mourja and Rachel Varga were awarded, respectively, the 2nd and 3rd prizes.

Piano

Year
1957	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... )
	Naum Shtarkman Naum Shtarkman Naum Lvovich Shtarkman was a Soviet and Russian classical pianist.He was a disciple of Konstantin Igumnov at the Moscow Conservatory. Shtarkman was awarded a 5th prize at the V Fryderyk Chopin Competition and, most notably, attained the Bronze Medal at the inaugural edition of the Tchaikovsky...	Gleb Axelrod Gleb Axelrod Gleb Borisovich Axelrod was a Russian pianist.He was a disciple of Grigory Ginzburg. Axelrod won, ex-aequo with Marina Slesaryeva, the II piano edition of the Prague Spring Festival Competition . In 1955 he obtained a 4th prize at the Concours Long-Thibaud, and two years later he was awarded the...	Milosz Magin Milosz Magin Miłosz Magin was a Polish composer and pianist.Born in Lodz, Poland, Milosz Magin showed considerable musical abilities from early childhood. He was a student of piano with Margerita Trombini-Kazuro and composition with both Kazimierz Sikorski and Jan Maklakiewicz; the latter he considered his...
1964	1st 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... )	2nd prize	3rd prize
	Nelson Freire Nelson Freire Nelson Freire is a Brazilian classical pianist.Freire began playing the piano when he was three years old. He replayed from memory pieces his older sister had just performed. His teachers in Brazil were Nise Obino and Lucia Branco, former students of a pupil of Liszt. For his first public recital,...	Sérgio Varela Cid	Igor Khudoley
	Vladimir Krainev Vladimir Krainev Vladimir Krainev was a Russian pianist and professor of piano, People's Artist of the USSR.-Biography:...
1966	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
	Not awarded	Albert Atenelle	Cecilio Tieles
		John Owens
1968	1st 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... )	2nd prize	3rd prize
	Farhad Badalbeyli Farhad Badalbeyli Farhad Shamsi oglu Badalbeyli is an Azerbaijani pianist and composer.He is the son of Leyla and Shamsi Badalbeyli.Badalbeyli, a People's Artist of the USSR , won in 1968, ex-aequo with Viktoria Postnikova, the 4th edition of Lisbon' Vianna da Motta International Music Competition...	Not awarded	Georges Pludermacher
	Viktoria Postnikova Viktoria Postnikova Viktoria Valentinovna Postnikova is a Russian pianist.-Biography:Postnikova was born in Moscow into a family of musicians. She entered the Central Music School of the Moscow Conservatory at age six, studying with E.B. Musaelian. She graduated in 1967, having studied there and in postgraduate...
1971	1st prize	2nd prize	3rd prize
	Not awarded	Roland Keller	Emanuel Ax Emanuel Ax Emanuel Ax is a Grammy-winning American classical pianist. He is currently a teacher on the faculty of the Juilliard School. He is considered one of the best known concert pianists of the 21st century.-Early life:...
1975	1st 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... )	2nd prize	3rd prize
	Teofils Biķis	Not awarded	Rusudan Khuntsaria
	William de Van
1979	1st prize	2nd prize	3rd prize
	Arutyun Papazyan Arutyun Papazyan Arutyun Papazyan is an Armenian pianist.Papazyan rose to prominence after winning the 1979 Vianna da Motta competition and being awarded a 3rd prize in the 10th Fryderyk Chopin Competition. He has been internationally active as a concert pianist since.-References:...	Vagui Papian	Andreas Pistorious
1983	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
	Not awarded	Florent Boffard	Suzanne Grützmann
		Pedro Burmester
1987	1st prize	2nd prize	3rd prize
	Artur Pizarro Artur Pizarro Artur Pizarro is a Portuguese pianist of international acclaim. He performs internationally in solo recitals, in duos, with chamber music groups, and as a soloist with the world's leading orchestras. He has an extensive discography available on Linn Records, as well as on Naxos, Hyperion, Collins...	Elisso Bolkvadze Elisso Bolkvadze Elisso Bolkvadze is a Georgian classical pianist. She was born in Tbilisi, Georgia, and performed her first concert with an orchestra at the age of seven.- Career :...	Ian Munro Ian Munro (pianist) Ian Munro is an Australian pianist, composer, writer and music educator. His career has taken him to over 30 countries in Europe, Asia, North America and Australasia.-Biography:...
1991	1st prize	2nd prize	3rd prize
	Not awarded	Igor Kamenz	Not awarded
1997	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... )
	Tao Chang	Jill Lawson	Maria Rostotsky
			Christian Seibert
1999	1st prize	2nd prize	3rd prize
	Amir Tebenikhin Amir Tebenikhin Amir Tebenikhin is a Kazakhstani pianist, b. 1977, who won the 1999 Vianna da Motta Competition - its last winner to date. He subsequently made his discographical debut for Naxos Records and performed at the Carnegie Hall, the Salle Pleyel and the Wigmore Hall....	Richard Raymond Richard Raymond (pianist) Richard Raymond is an award-winning, Canadian pianist. He has performed with the Toronto and Montreal Symphony Orchestras, but is most known for his solo chamber music recitals and recordings.- Education:...	Pyotr Dmitriev
2001	1st prize	2nd prize	3rd prize	4th prize
	Not awarded	Nami Ejiri	Javier Perianes	Ferenc Vizi
				5th prize
				Arta Arnicane
				6th prize
				Aleksey Chernov
				7th prize
				Albert Mamriev
2004	1st prize	2nd prize	3rd prize	4th prize
	Not awarded	Eleonora Karpukhova	Olga Monakh	Ketevan Sepashvili
				5th prize
				Maria Massytcheva
				6th prize
				Bei-Lin Han
				7th prize
				Tristan Pfaff Tristan Pfaff Tristan Pfaff is a French pianist, trained at the Paris Conservatory under Michel Béroff.-References:* 2007 Scottish International Piano Competition...
2007	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	4th prize
	Not awarded	Dmytro Onyschenko	Not awarded	Lilit Grigoryan
		Yung Wook Yoo Yung Wook Yoo Yung Wook Yoo , is a South Korean pianist, winner of the Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition.- Biography :Born in Seoul on December 27, 1977, Yoo started studying piano in South Korea and then moved to the United States to study at Juilliard Pre-College and then at the college section...		5th 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... )
				Szczepan Konczal Szczepan Kończal Szczepan Kończal is a Polish classical pianist who has already won high prizes in many international music competitions held in more than a dozen different countries around the world.- Education :He graduated with the highest distinction from the Karol Szymanowski Academy of...
				Inesa Synkevich
				6th prize
				Andreas König

External links

• http://www.vdamotta.org/PstWinner.htm Official webpage (past winners)