The CIPC extends its deepest thanks to the generous donors who presented this year’s prizes to our talented prize winners.
First Prize
Mixon First Prize of $50,000 to Stanislav Khristenko
Presented by Mr. and Mrs. A. Malachi Mixon III
Second Prize
Knowlton Second Prize of $25,000 to Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev
Presented by Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Manuel, with additional support from Mrs. Marvin A. Evenchik and The Park Foundation.
Third Prize
Cash award of $15,000 to François Dumont
Presented by Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Manuel
Fourth Prize
Cash award of $10,000 to Jiayan Sun
Presented by Dr. and Mrs. Richard S. Kaufman
Baroque Prize
$2,500 to Andrejs Osokins for the best performance of a Baroque composition, presented by Art of Beauty.
Beethoven Prize
$2,000 to Stanislav Khristenko for the best performance of a work by Beethoven, presented by the Evenchik family in memory of Barbara and Marvin Evenchik.
Cairns Family American Prize
$1,500 to Oskar Jezior for the best performance of an American work composed after 1944, presented by The Cairns Family Foundation.
Chopin Prize
$2,000 each to François Dumont and Ruoyu Huang for the best performances of a Chopin composition. One prize was presented by the William O. and Gertrude Lewis Frohring Foundation in memory of Gertrude Lewis Frohring. The additional prize was presented as a result of a jury tie by the Szilagyi family in honor of Elaine Frohring Szilagyi.
Contemporary Prize
$2,500 to Ben Schoeman for the best performance of a contemporary work, presented by Art of Beauty.
French Prize
$2,500 to François Dumont for the best performance of a composition by a French composer, presented by Maison Française de Cleveland.
Mozart Prize
$1,500 to Miao Huang for the best performance of a Mozart composition, presented by Dr. and Mrs. Richard S. Kaufman.
Russian Prize
$2,500 to Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev for the best performance of a composition by a Russian composer, presented by Dr. Boris Vinogradsky and Irina Vinogradsky, Esq.
Audience Prize
$1,500 to Jiayan Sun, voted Audience Favorite during the final round on August 9 and 10, presented by Shirley Dawson.