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Carl FriedemannFriedemann was the city of Bern music not unknown, but he was at the Federal Music Festival 1906 in Freiburg on the jury, which the music of the first city in Category in the first Rank 1st Gold laurel awarded.
Nazareno FerruggioIn 2009 he won the first prize at the International piano Competition'' Premio Valentino''.
Moi NavarroOn September 2010 Moi was honored at the Malibu Music Award's songwriting contest with the grand prize for his song'' I'm Sorry.''
Juan Mar?a SolareIn March 2004 jury in the National competition for young pianists'' piccole mani'' (Perugia, Italy) with a piece of him in each category as'' obligatory piece''.
Machel MontanoIn 2011, Machel won the International Soca Monarch competition defeating the likes of Iwer George (2nd) and Bunji Garlin (3rd) after a fierce night of competition.
Siti NurhalizaOn December 1999, Siti received one of her first international winnings from an international singing competition when she took part in' Shanghai Asia Music Festival 1999' that was held in China, where she managed to win the Gold Award for the Asia New Singer Competition.
Kam NingIn 2001 her performance took the second place Prix du Gouvernement Fédérale Belge Eugéne Ysaye in the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Belgium in 2001.
Ilan RubinThe winner of the 18-and-over category came from Argentina, and both drummers were invited to perform at the 2000 Modern Drummer Festival, by which time Ilan had turned 12.
Evgeny UkhanovHe won 3rd prize in the Sydney International Piano Competition in 2000.
Slava GrigoryanFollowing his win at the Tokyo International Classical Guitar Competition, where he was the youngest finalist in the history of that competition, Grigoryan was signed by Sony Music Entertainment in 1995 for whom he released four solo albums.
Jessie M. KingAs a student, she received a number of awards, including her first silver medal from the National Competition, South Kensington (1898).
Charlie AlbrightAlbright competed at the Top of the World International Piano Competition in Norway in June 2009.
Machel MontanoIn 1987 he was the youngest finalist to ever win the Caribbean Song Festival.
Tom MalarIn August 2004 he participated at the International song festival'' Voice of Asia'' in Almaty (Kazakhstan), where he earned some major success by winning the prize for the best sound, the sympathy prize from the viewers of the Asian music television HIT TV and the journalists' prize.
Joaqu?n ClerchClerch's composition Yemaya won first prize in both the 1987 National Cuban Composition Competition and the 1987 Toronto International Guitar Competition.
Stephen Costello (tenor)He won First Prize in the 2006 George London Foundation For Singers Competition, First Prize and Audience Prize in the Giargiari Bel Canto Competition af the Academy of Vocal Arts, and First Prize in the Licia Albanese Puccini Foundation Competition.
Wolfgang SawallischIn 1949, he was awarded the first prize at the Geneva International Music Competition where he accompanied the violinist Gerhard Seitz.
Antonio MembradoIn 1956, he unanimously wins the Madrid Conservatory Extraordinary Prize.
Alexander SirotaIn May, 2008 he became the winner of the ІХ-th International competition of films, TV-programs, Internet-projects on the law-protective and law-enforcement subjects'' Golden George'' and has received the diploma and a prize'' The Big Tape of George''.
Han-na ChangIn 1994, she competed in the Fifth Rostropovich International Cello Competition, and was awarded with both the First Prize as well as the Contemporary Music Prize.
Stefan VeselkaDebuting as a performer in 1985, Veselka has won prizes in many national and international piano competitions, including the Luxemburg European Piano Competition, the Vienna Beethoven International Piano Competition and the Berlin A. Schnabel Competition.
Gregory CharlesIn 1979, he represented Canada at an international piano contest in Paris.
Ljerko SpillerHe achieved great success in 1935 at Warsaw Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, one of the top competitions in the world in general.
Jamala Jamala made her first steps on the big stage at the age of fifteen.
Juan Mar?a SolareJuan María Solare also participated with Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame, a concert performance series with Vox Novus His compositions have been awarded prizes and awards in As a pianist, Solare received awards at the following competitions : In January 2002 he served on the piano jury in the competition Jugend musiziert.
John Patrick AcquavivaHe organized a national freestyle football competition in Venezuela,'' Copa JPA'' in September 2012, the competition was hosted in Maracaibo.
Eric PersonIn 1978, While the jazz band was winning many awards at high school jazz competitions throughout Missouri, Eric won a best soloist award, which included a scholarship to attend a Jamey Abersold jazz camp that Summer.
Rui EnIn March 2008, Rui En dethroned Fann Wong (previously a 5 time consecutive winner) in the annual popularity contest - Students' Idols Voting (Acting Category - Local/International), organised by now defunct newspaper, Friday Weekly, to claim the much coveted first runner-up position.
Charlie WorshamA talented young musician, the Mississippi Senate recognized Worsham in 1999 for his outstanding musical accomplishments, as well as being'' a model student who makes straight A's''.
Dong-Hyek LimLim participated in the 15th International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in October 2005 and shared the third prize his elder brother Dong-Min Lim, with no second prize being awarded.
Molly ContogeorgeSince 2004 Contogeorge has garnered nominations in various National Youth Week competitions, Musicoz Awards, and Australian Songwriters Association National Songwriting competition.
Leonid GorokhovWinner of Concertino Praga (First Prize) and Paris Chamber Music Competition (Premier Grand Prix), Leonid Gorokhov is the only Russian cellist to be awarded the Grand Prix and the First Prize of the Geneva Concours (1986).
Christiaan KuyvenhovenIn April 2005 Kuyvenhoven won Third Prize at the prestigious International Franz Liszt Piano Competition, which took place in Utrecht for the seventh time.
Herbert ScarfIn 1950, he placed in the top 10 of the 1950 William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, the major mathematics competition among universities in the United States and Canada.
Manuel de FallaIn 1899, by unanimous vote, he was awarded the first prize at the piano competition at his school of music.
Jamie BartonOn June 21, 2013, Barton won the Song Prize at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition.
Marina Goglidze-MdivaniIn 1962, she competed in the Second International Tchaikovsky Competition, where she was awarded the 4th prize.
KimbraEarly in 2011, Kimbra's song'' Cameo Lover'' was a finalist for the 2011 Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition and eventually won the competition.
Mandy HarveyHer vocal talent blossomed and she won numerous school awards, notably Top Female Vocalist of 2006 as a high school senior.
Josef VejvodaIn 1967, he was awarded Laureate of the Prague Jazz International Contest of Young Soloists.
David Wynne (composer)In 1944 he was awarded the Clements Memorial Prize for his First String Quartet, and this immediately established him as one of the leading Welsh composers of his generation.
Anwesha Datta GuptaShe has also won the All Bengal (Inter School) Music Competition 2006 organized by Smile World, an NGO.
Ji-Hae ParkRecently, Ji-Hae was recognized as'' The Respected Korean 2010 with Grand Prix'' and considered to be the youngest winner ever.
Lance BurtonIn 1982, he competed at the international Fédération Internationale des Sociétés Magiques (FISM) competition in Lausanne, Switzerland, and won the'' Grande Prix'' prize, (the main event of the FISM competition).
Anastasia Gromoglasova: In 2008 Gromoglasova sisters won the 2nd prize and the special prize at the Schostakovitch Chamber Music and Piano Duo Competition (Moscow) becoming grant-aided students of'' Russian Performing Art'' foundation ; : In 2008 they also received the diplomas of the 4th International Piano Duos Competition in Bialystok (Poland).
Nancy WuIn 2001, she entered TVB's 3rd Annual Cover Girl Competition and won the Most Photogenic Award, the Most Fit Award, the Most Attractive Award, and the Overall Winner Award.
Salvador del RosarioBattle of the Champions : Dagupan City 19 -- 20 December 1977 Among the competitions he joined, records established and awards received are as follows : 1.
Artur LembaIn 1910, Artur Lemba participated in Anton Rubinstein Competition for pianists, where he placed among the eight finalists, including Arthur Rubinstein and Edwin Fischer.
Oxana YablonskayaShe went on to win top prizes in the Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud Competition in 1963, Rio de Janeiro Piano Competition in !
Valentina IgoshinaIn 1997, at age 18, she won first prize and a special award at the famed Rachmaninov International Piano Competition in Moscow.
Duncan GiffordIn 1992 he won the 3rd Prize in the Sydney International Piano Competition.
Cyril TakayamaHe was awarded a top prize by magic's international governing body, the International Federation of Magic Societies, as well in 1994.
Katherine HealyAfter having won the silver medal in the junior division at the 1982 USA International Ballet Competition, the following year she won the same event in Varna, Bulgaria, becoming the youngest ever to be awarded the gold medal.
Boris Iofan Iofan's entry to the Palace of Soviets contest won in 1932 (first prize was actually split among three competing entries, but eventually Joseph Stalin awarded the job to Iofan).
Brent LeeWhile still a student, he was awarded several composition prizes through CAPAC and SOCAN, and was one of six young composers to receive a Residency Prize at the Bourges International Electroacoustic Music Festival in 1988.
Ghena Dimitrova Dimitrova won the Sofia International Singing Competition in 1970, the prize including a course of study at La Scala's Scuola di Perfezionamento.
Anton NelHe also won several first prizes at the Joanna Hodges International Piano Competition in Palm Desert in 1986.
Kate Miller-HeidkeMiller-Heidke and Nuttall were awarded the $ US25,000 grand prize in the 2008 International Songwriting Competition for their composition'' Caught in the Crowd''.
Faye-Ellen SilvermanThese include the selection of her Oboe-sthenics to represent the United States at the International Rostrum of Composers / UNESCO, resulting in international radio broadcasts (1982) ; winning the Indiana State -LSB- Orchestral -RSB- Composition Contest, resulting in a performance by the Indianapolis Symphony (1982) ; a Governor's Citation (1982) ; and having September 30, 1982 named Faye-Ellen Silverman Day in Baltimore by Mayor Donald Schaeffer.
Vasko VassilevIn 1987 he won his first International music competition in Paris, France.
George LiIn 2005, Li won second prizes in both the Virginia Waring International Piano Competition and the Cincinnati World Piano Competition at the age of nine.
Lucy Wainwright RocheIn 2008, Lucy was one of the winners of the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival's'' Emerging Artist'' competition.
Nicholas O'Neill (composer) In the summer of 1992 his Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis on E was unanimously awarded first prize in the Norwich International Festival of Contemporary Church Music Composition Competition.
William DehningAfter winning the choral competition with the USC Chamber Choir in Bulgaria, Dehning was awarded the Judges' Conducting Prize by a panel of ten judges in 1999.
Ran DankIn August 2008 Dank was awarded with the third prize at the Sydney International Piano Competition including special awards by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra for the best performance of the two concertos in the final, and awards for the best performance of a work by Debussy and a work by Rachmaninov.
Ray ChenAs winner of the 2008 International Yehudi Menuhin Violin Competition, Chen came to the attention of Maxim Vengerov, who served on the competition jury.
Joshua RedmanIn 1991, he won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition.
Pierre F. PatricioHis entry to the national Colgate-Palmolive on-the-spot painting competition in 1977 won the grand prize placing his name in the public spotlight for the first time.
Thomas SimakuIn 1995 his work Epitaph for String Orchestra was selected by the International Jury for the ISCM World Music Days in Germany - the first ever Albanian music to be included in this prestigious festival.
Volker SommerIn his youth, he was a winner of the German national competition Jugend forscht (Youth Research, or Young Scientist) with his 1973 thesis on the social behavior of caterpillars.
Robert Hughes (composer)He also won the prize for Instrumental Composition in the National Council of Women Jubilee Competition (1952).
Jessica ZhuNamed the National Winner of the Young Artist Piano Competition of the 2008 Music Teachers National Association piano competitions in Denver, she received a Steinway & Sons grand piano.
Sol GabettaSince winning her first competition at the age of ten, she has gone on to win numerous other awards, including the Natalia Gutman Award for best musical interpretation in the International Tchaikovsky Competition, an award from the ARD competition in Munich, a Fellowship from the Borletti Buitoni Trust (2003) and 5th place in the Mstislav Rostropovich International Cello Competition.
Robert BowlinIn 1978, Bowlin won second place in the National Guitar Flat Pick Championship at the Walnut Valley Festival, in Winfield, Kansas.
Inga KashakashviliHer international career was launched in 1991 when she won a prize at the New Port International Competition for Young Pianists in Wales, UK.
Scharada DubeyDuring this time she was also the winner of the Annual Essay Competition held by the Royal Commonwealth Society in 1973.
Soweto KinchKinch has won numerous accolades, including, in 2002, the Rising Star Award at the BBC Jazz Awards and the White Foundation world sax competition.
Ethella ChuprykIn September 1991 she was awarded third place at the Franz Liszt International Piano Competition in Budapest.
Paula SelingIn 1995, Paula travelled a lot, in the train trips she use to fall asleep in crowded unfamiliar places ; in spite of all obstacles, during this time she won important awards such as : Best players award at the `` Steaua de cristal'' (Crystal Star) Contest in Botoșani, Romania ; `` Ursulețul de aur'' (The Golden Teddy Bear) award in Baia Mare, Romania ; and the first place at the'' Armonia'' (Harmony) Festival in Bucharest, Romania.
Carolina EyckShe was winner of the International Competition for Composers arranged by Radio/TV Berlin-Brandenburg in 2006.
Ben SalfieldHe has also appeared on juries for international guitar competitions since 1993, when he was a member of the jury that gave Italian guitarist Nicola Jappelli first prize in the Niccolo Paganini Festival, Parma, Italy.
Matthew DavidsonIn 2013, he placed in the Top 10 in an international guitar contest sponsored by Capitol Records and The Beach Boys.
Mykola StorozhenkoIn 1979, he was awarded the 2nd silver medal at the 12th-International Contest in Sofia (Bulgaria) for his Bulgarian Folk Tales series.
Nina SorokinaFive years later she received her first gold medal at the International Ballet Competition in Varna and was named a People's Artist of the U. S. S. R. by 1987.
Beulah GundlingShe won several important competitions in North America, inter alia she took first place at the 1949 Canadian Synchronized Swimming Championships with a routine entitled The Swan after music by Camille Saint-Saëns.
Youngmi Kim In 1977, Kim won the first prize at the Verona International Competition in Italy.
Henriett Seth F.Henriett won the 6th-place prize in the International Literature Competition in 2000, at the age of 19.
Aishwarya Majmudar Majmudar won the'' Chhote Ustaad'', awarded by Amitabh Bachchan on 5 April 2008 in the Amul Star Voice of India contest.
Rodolfo SaglimbeniIn 1985 he won 2nd prize at France's International Besançon Competition for Young Conductors ; where was also the youngest conductor that year.
Jonathan KenworthyWhile at the Academy Schools he was awarded the Landseer Travelling Scholarship prize (twice), the President's Prize for Craftsmanship, Four silver medals for sculpture and the Gold Medal and Travelling Scholarship for Sculpture in 1965, he remains the youngest ever winner of the prestigious Gold Medal.
Dong-Min LimIn 2005, Lim participated in the 15th International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw announcing that this competition would be the last competition.
Connie FisherShe then took the # 1,000 cash prize and the Gower Trophy in the Welsh Musical Theatre Young Singer of the Year Competition in 2006.
R?gine CrespinFour years later, in 1950, she was awarded first prize in the school's onstage competitions for opera and opéra comique and second prize in the school's singing competition.
Andrew ShulmanHis electric cello rock instrumental H. A. N. D was a winner in the International Songwriting Competition of 2007.
Oleg KukhtaIn 1999, he performed in the International Festival'' Slavyanskiy Bazar'' in Vitebsk, and was awarded with a diploma.
Kathleen FerrierKathleen's talent developed quickly ; in 1924 she came fourth out of 43 entrants at the Lytham St Annes Festival piano competition, and in the following year at Lytham she achieved second place.
P. LeelaLeela sang at many music competitions in the city winning prizes In 1946, Durgabai Deshmukh gave her the first concert in Andra mahila sabha.
Einojuhani RautavaaraHe first came to international attention when he won the Thor Johnson Contest for his composition A Requiem in Our Time in 1954.
Don Burrows 1973 was a watershed year for Burrows in which he received the first gold record won by an Australian jazz musician for his record Just the Beginning ; instigated the first jazz studies program in the southern hemisphere at the -LSB- Sydney Conservatorium of Music | New South Wales Conservatorium of Music -RSB- (under the direction of Rex Hobcroft) ; and was awarded the -LSB- Member of the Order of the British Empire -RSB- (MBE).
Mstislav RostropovichIn 1945 he came to prominence as a cellist when he won the gold medal in the first ever Soviet Union competition for young musicians.