The III International Piano Competition “Ciudad de Vigo”,  was held this year from April 16 to 20, 2019. It took place in Vigo at the Martín Códax Auditorium of the Superior Conservatory. It obtained a record number of participants, participating finally pianists from more than 38 countries.

The jury was composed of great figures worldwide (Martha Argerich, president of jury, Nelson Freire, Tamás Vásáry, Pablo Galdo and Sergio Tiempo). All of them pointed that the level was very high. They decided to award the following awards:

FRIST PRIZE: Gigashvili, Giorgi

SECOND PRIZE “GALICIA”: Beisembayev, Alim

THIRD PRIZE "JUAN MONTES”: Kotys, Vasyl

SPECIAL PRIZE OF PUBLIC “MARTÍN CÓDAX”: Beisembayev, Alim

“BACH” AWARD: Navarro, Priscila

“MARCIAL DEL ADALID” AWARD: Román Vázquez, Carla

SPECIAL PRIZE “NELSON FREIRE”: Gigashvili, Giorgi

SPECIAL MENTIONS: Kliuchereva, Elizaveta; Dmytrenko, Anna; Sutkutė, Gabrielė

The International Piano Competition "Ciudad de Vigo" is an initiative by the Classical Music Association of Galicia.

The second edition (2018), took place in Vigo at the Martin Códax Auditorium and Auditório del Concello de Vigo, from March 24th to March 28th, 2018. It was very successful, and were selected participants from more than 30 countries.

From the participants who went to the semifinal, 6 of them reached the final (representing China, Russia, Japan and Romania). A spectacular representation of talent and virtuosity closed this magnificent edition with the presence of numerous public and authorities.

The jury was made up of great figures worldwide (Tamás Vásáry, Cyprien Katsaris, András Kemenes, Jorge Luis Prats and Pablo Galdo). All of them highlighted that they had not seen such a high level in any competition where they had previously been. They awarded the following prizes:

• FIRST PRIZE “ZOLTÁN KOCSIS” Petrov, Vladimir

• SECOND PRIZE “GALICIA” - Iashkin, Anton / Chen, Junyan

• THIRD PRIZE "JUAN MONTES” - Amirov, Feodor / Kojima, Kenichiro

• KNS CLASSICAL PRIZE:  Iashkin, Anton/ Chen, Junyan

• “ROSA SABATER” AWARD: Encarnación Garrido, Pascual / Abelllán Sánchez, Arturo

• “PEPITO ARRIOLA” AWARD: Cortiñas Lorenzo, Betty

• “CRISÓSTOMO ARRIAGA” AWARD: Iashkin, Anton/ Chen, Junyan

• SPECIAL PRIZE OF PUBLIC “MARTíN CÓDAX”: Chen, Junyan

• “BACH” AWARD: Iashkin, Anton

• “MARCIAL DEL ADALID” AWARD: Chen, Junyan

• SPECIAL PRIZE “TAMÁS VÁSÁRY”: Damjanov, Ivana

• “ANDRÉS GAOS” AWARD: Tonkonogov, Nikita 

• “ROSALÍA DE CASTRO” AWARD: Yamamoto, Eri

The International piano competition “City of Vigo” is an initiative by the Classical Music Association of Galicia. The idea comes of competition comes from its artistic director Pablo Galdo.

Its first edition (Zoltán Kocsis) took place in Vigo at the Martin Códax Auditorium, from April 8 to 12, 2017, and had participants from more than 20 countries.

26 participants went into the semifinal and 7 of them reached the final. Those finalists came from Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Japan, Russia and Ukraine. A spectacular representation of talent and virtuosity closed this magnificent edition with the presence of numerous public and authorities.

The jury was composed by the following renowned pianists: Pablo Galdo (President of the jury), Tamás Vásáry, Luis Felipe Sá, Enrique Bagaría and Miguel Baselga, who delivered the following prizes:

• FIRST PRIZE “ZOLTÁN KOCSIS”: Giulio De Padova
• SECOND PRIZE “GALICIA”: Yasuyo Segawa
• THIRD PRIZE "JUAN MONTES": Eva Gevorgyan
• PRIZE “ROSA SABATER": Carlos de la Blanca Elorza
• PRIZE “ESPECIAL TAMÁS VASÁRY”: Primavera Shima
• PRIZE “CRISÓSTOMO ARRIAGA": Eva Gevorgyan
• PRIZE ESPECIAL DEL PÚBLICO “MARTíN CÓDAX”: Giulio De Padova
• PRIZE “BACH": Olena Kozlova
• PRIZE ¨MARCIAL DEL ADALID": Saori Toyama