International Piano Competition

        It is a source of great satisfaction to note that, in spite of the proliferationof piano competitions in our country, the international competition of Sulmona is distinguished from the others by, above all, the quality of the contestants.
        It is also correct to underline the fact that many young Italians have been among the best candidates. It is legitimate, therefore, to trust in a continuous "crescendo" for the years to come; particularly so considering the competence and sensibility of the leaders of this noble initiative.
        In addition it pleases me to recall the enchantment which each of us has felt thanks to the friendly welcome provided by the city and particularly by the Association, within an informal and yet extremelycordial atmosphere, for this true musical celebration.

Rodolfo Caporali

Previous First Prize Winners:

Tomoko Murakoshi (Giappone), Roberto Prosseda (Italia), Cristiano Grifone (Italia), Kim Bum-Suk (Corea), Vita Panomariovaite (Lituania), Christian Seibert (Germania), Daria Monastyrski (Israele), Helen Lelidis (Russia), Ekaterina Ledeneva (Russia), Roberto Corliaṇ (Italia), Ekaterina Ivanova (Russia), Lilian Akopova (Armenia), Margarita Muzychenko (Russia) Edward Kunz (Russia).

Previous Second and Third Prize Winners:

Shizuka Ito, Yuko Ito, Lorenzo Di Bella, Matteo Valerio, Olga Szdorenko, Roberto Giordano, Bruna Pulini,
Rebecca Cap, Natsumi Ohno, Alexander Moutouzkine, Giuseppe Gullotta, Marian Sobula, Sun Jee Song, Vincenzo De Stefano, Giuliano Guidone 
and
Letizia Michielon, Ji-Soo Yoo, Costantino Catena, Fedele Antonicelli, Domenico Codispoti, Irene Russo, Fabio Centanni, Julia Gubaidullina, Gianluca Luisi,
Ruben Dalibaltayan, Magda Amara, Sona Arshakian, Aimo Pagin, Christophe Alvarez.

Past members of the international competition juries have also included:

Rodolfo Caporali, Christopher Axworthy, Margaret Barton, Drahomira Biligova, Pieralberto Biondi, Johannes Brummer, Roberto Caglieri, Roberto Cappello, Luciano Cerroni, Marcella Crudeli, Wolfgang Czeipek, Massimiliano Damerini, Lya De Barberiis, M. Luisa Faini, Carla Giudici, Gabor Halasz, Giuseppe Lalicata, Boris Petrushansky, Gianni Ramus, Riccardo Risaliti, Alfredo Speranza, Paolo Spigliati, Lorenzo Tozzi, Valery Voskobojnikof.