Mykola Lysenko International Music Competition
The Mykola Lysenko Music Competition was founded in 1962 by the Ukrainian composers Andriy Shtoharenko, Yevhen Stankovych, Myroslav Skoryk, Levko Kolodub, the singer Yelyzaveta Tchavdar, pianists Yevhen Rzhanov and the composer’s granddaughter Ariadna Lysenko.
Most Prestigious
During 50 years in existence it has become one of the most important and prestigious music forums in Ukraine. Until 1992 it was a national competition held in various cities of Ukraine: Kyiv, Kharkiv, Lviv, Odesa, Zaporizha. And since 1997 it has been run as the Lysenko International Competition.
At different times the competition jury panel was adorned by the names of Ukraine’s finest artists and professors, as well as distinguished musicians from Russia, Poland, Canada, Austria, Germany, Latvia, Armenia, Estonia, Belarus, Rumania, Kazakhstan, Italy, the USA etc.
The competition repertoire of each participant must include works of classic repertoire as well as works by Lysenko and other Ukrainian composers. Thus every time these academic tournaments turn into a brilliant music festival with bright national colour.
Starts
Thanks to the Lysenko Competition a powerful start in career was given to a number of Ukrainian artists, known world-wide: pianists – Liudmyla Martsevych, Etella Tchupryk, Milana Tcherniavska; violinists Olha Rivniak, Oles Semchuk and Dima Tkachenko; cellists Hanna Nuzha, Ivan Kucher; singers Lidia Zabiliasta, Andrii Shkurhan, Volodymyr Hryshko, Mykola Shopsha and many others.
The Lysenko Competition is not just another music tournament with joyful victories and upset losses intermingled but it is above all a forum of masters of various generations, exchange of experience and masterclass of skilful performance.
The Mykola Lysenko Music Competition is a visiting-card of the Ukrainian music culture and is among the well-known leading competitions in Eastern Europe such as The Tchaikovsky Competition in Russia, Chopin Competition in Poland and several others.
The 4th Mykola Lysenko International Music Competition (15–24 November 2012)
Jury Members
| Piano nomination | Violin nomination | Cello nomination | Singing nomination |
|---|---|---|---|
Chairman: Valeriy Kozlov ( Ukraine) | Chairman: Anatoliy Bazhenov ( Ukraine) | Chairman: Ivan Kucher ( Ukraine) | Chairman: Maria Stefiuk ( Ukraine) |
| Tetiana Verkina ( Ukraine) | Tadeusz Gadzina ( Poland) | Leonid Gorokhov ( United Kingdom) | Azad Aliyev ( Azerbaijan) |
| Alexei Grynyuk ( Ukraine- United Kingdom) | Liana Isakadze ( Georgia- Germany) | Ion Josan ( Moldova) | Wilma Vernocchi ( Italy) |
| Nazzareno Carusi ( Italy) | Oleh Krysa ( United States) | Simon Camartin ( Switzerland) | Teimuraz Gugushvili ( Georgia) |
| Oleksandr Kozarenko ( Ukraine) | Florian Leonhard ( Germany) | Michael Carrera ( United States) | Sergei Leiferkus ( Russia) |
Emanuel Krasovsky ( Israel) | Igor Pylatiuk ( Ukraine) | Yuriy Laniuk ( Ukraine) | Paolo Olmi ( Italy) |
Sachiko Minami ( Japan) | Dima Tkachenko ( Ukraine- United Kingdom) | Julia Pantelyat ( Austria) | Stephan Piatnychko ( Ukraine) |
Igor Olovnikov ( Belarus) | Qian Zhou ( Singapore) | Dimitris Patras ( Greece) | Anatoliy Solovianenko ( Ukraine) |
Dmytro Sukhovienko (.svg.png){kind=small} Belgium) | Takashi Shimizu ( Japan) | Valentyn Potapov ( Ukraine) | Liudmyla Shemchuk ( Ukraine) |
List of prizewinners
| Piano nomination | Violin nomination | Cello nomination | Singing nomination | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Prize | Not awarded | Not awarded | Shadrin Oleksiy ( Ukraine) | Yevdokymenko Ihor ( Ukraine), Kulchynska Olga ( Ukraine) |
| Second Prize | Muradov Rustam ( Russia) | Filipov Roman ( Russia) | Pavlovskiy Anton ( Russia) | Dytiuk Valentyn ( Ukraine), Kalinkina Tamara ( Ukraine) |
| Third Prize | Kim Sergey ( Kazakhstan) | Jeong Da Sol ( Canada), Kuratomi Ryota ( Japan) | Diedikov Maxym ( Ukraine) | Honiukov Andriy ( Ukraine), Kniazeva Daria ( Ukraine) |
| Fourth Prize | Sayenko Danylo ( Ukraine) | Korniev Oleksandr ( Ukraine) | Poludenny Artem ( Ukraine) | Du Fanyong ( China), Lesyk-Sadivska Ivanna ( Ukraine) |
| Fifth Prize | Kozlowski Mischa ( Poland), Valentiev Valentyn ( Ukraine) | Maximov Chiril ( Moldova) | Trophymchuk Yaroslava ( Ukraine) | Stetsky Andriy ( Ukraine), Ganina Tetiana ( Ukraine) |
Special Prize «For the best performance of a piece by Mykola Lysenko»
| Piano nomination | Violin nomination | Cello nomination | Singing nomination |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sayenko Danylo ( Ukraine) | Zatsiha Vasyl ( Ukraine) | Shadrin Oleksiy ( Ukraine) | Honiukov Andriy ( Ukraine), Kulchynska Olga ( Ukraine) |
Special Prize – «To the best competition accompanist»
| Violin nomination | Cello nomination | Singing nomination |
|---|---|---|
| Chekina Tetiana ( Ukraine), Zuyko Illia ( Ukraine) | Kalinin Stanislav ( Ukraine) | Kicherska Maryna ( Ukraine), Korolko Natalia ( Ukraine) |
Special Awards
A violin bow by the violin maker Ihor Gontar ( Ukraine): Mengchan Zhao ( China)
A cello bow by the violin maker Ihor Gontar ( Ukraine):
Recital engagement offered at the Festival “Harmonie Starego Miasta” (The Wieniawski Music Society in Lublin): Oleksandr Korniev ( Ukraine), Orest Smovzh ( Ukraine), Rustam Muradov ( Russia)
Recital engagement offered at the Lviv Philharmonic Hall: Paulina Kusa ( Poland)
Solo recital engagement offered from Mikrokosmos Society in Ravenna (Italy): Rustam Muradov ( Russia)
Concert engagements from XXVI Kos-Anatolsky Ukrainian music festival: Oleksandr Korniev ( Ukraine), Valentyn Valentiev ( Ukraine), Artem Poludenny ( Ukraine)