Competition Winners
1925
Catherine Wade-Smith, violinist
Adeline Masino, violinist
Bernard Ocko, violinist
1926
Phyllis Kraeuter, cellist
Margaret Hamilton, pianist
Sonia Skalka, pianist
1927
Dorothy Kendrick, pianist
William Sauber, pianist
Sadah Schwartz-Shuchari, violinist
Daniel Saidenberg, cellist
Julian Kahn, cellist
1928
Adele Marcus, pianist
Helen Berlin, violinist
Louis Kaufman, violinist
Olga Zundel, cellist
George Rasely, tenor
August Werner, baritone
1929
(No winners)
1930
Helen McGraw, pianist
Ruth Culbertson, pianist
Mila Wellerson, cellist
Louise Bernhardt, contralto
1931
Lillian Rehberg Goodman, cellist
Marguerite Hawkins, soprano
Edwiria Eustis, contralto
Kurtis Brownell, tenor
1932
Milo Miloradovich, soprano
Foster Miller, bass-baritone
Dalies Frantz, pianist
Huddie Johnson, pianist
Inez Lauritano, violinist
1933
Catherine Carver, pianist
Harry Katzman, violinist
1934
Joseph Knitzer, violinist
Ruby Mercer, soprano
1935
Benjamin De Loache, baritone
Judith Sidorsky, pianist
Aniceta Shea, soprano
Harvey Shapiro, cellist
Florence Vickland, soprano
Marshall Moss, violinist
1936
Frederick Buldrini, violinist
1937
Jorge Bolet, pianist
Ida Krehm, pianist
Pauline Pierce, mezzo-soprano
Maurice Bialkin, cellist
1938
Carroll Glenn, violinist
1939
Mara Sebriansky, violinist
William Home, tenor
Zadel Skolovsky, pianist
Gertrude Gibson, soprano
1940
Abbey Simon, pianist
Harry Cykman, violinist
Thomas Richner, pianist
1941
William Kapell, pianist
Robert Mann, violinist
Lura Stover, soprano
1942
Jane Rogers, contralto
Annette Elkanova, pianist
David Sarser, violinist
1943
Dolores Miller, violinist
Constance Keene, pianist
Ruth Geiger, pianist
1944
Jeanne Therrien, pianist
Jean Carlton, soprano
Carol Brice, contralto
1945
Jane Boedeker, mezzo-soprano
Paula Lenchner, soprano
1946
Leonid Hambro, pianist
Jeanne Rosenbium, pianist
Anahid Ajemian, violinist
1947
Ben Senofsky violinist
Abba Bogin, pianist
Jane Carlson, pianist
1948
Sidney Harth, violinist
Paul Olefsky, cellist
Theodore Lettvin, pianist
1949
Lorne Munroe, cellist
1950
Angelene Collins, soprano
Esther Glazer, violinist
Betty Jean Hagen, violinist
Margaret Barthel, pianist
1951
June Kovach, pianist
Laurel Hurley, soprano
Joyce Flissler, violinist
1952
Diana Steiner, violinist
Yoko Matsuo, violinist
Lois Marshall, soprano
1953
Gilda Muhlbauer, violinist
Lee Cass, bass-baritone
Georgia Laster, soprano
1954
William Doppmann, pianist
Jean Wentworth, pianist
Jules Eskin, cellist
Martha Flowers, soprano
1955
Ronald Leonard, cellist
Mary MacKenzie, contralto
Nancy Cirillo, violinist
1956
Donald McCall, cellist
Wayne Connor, tenor
George Katz, pianist
1957
Regina Sarfaty, mezzo-soprano
Angelica Lozada, soprano
Michael Grebanier, cellist
1958
Joseph Schwartz, pianist
Shirley Verrett, mezzo-soprano
Elaine Lee, violinist
1959
Howard Aibel, pianist
Sophia Steffan, soprano
Ralph Votapek, pianist
1960
Joseph Silverstein, violinist
Recording • Bach: Sonata in G minor;
Bartók: Solo Violin Sonata
1961
Werner Torkanowsky, conductor
Recording • Rochberg: Chamber Concerto
1964
Elizabeth Mosher, soprano
1968
Jorge Mester, conductor
1971
Kun-Woo Paik, pianist
Zola Shaulis, pianist
Recording • Barber: Excursions; Gruenberg: Polychromatics, Bloch: Sonata
1972
Robert Davidovici, violinist
1973 Voice
Edmund LeRoy, baritone First Prize
Barbara Hendricks, soprano Second Prize
Susan Davenny Wyner, soprano Third Prize
1974 Piano
André-Michel Schub First Prize
Edith Kraft Second Prize
Dickran Atamian Third Prize
1975-76 (50th Anniversary Competitions)
Piano: Dickran Atamian, pianist
Voice: Clamma Dale and Joy Simpson, sopranos (co-winners)
Violin: Elmar Oliveira, violinist
1977 Cello
Nathaniel Rosen First Prize
Thomas Demenga Second Prize
Georg Faust Third Prize
1978 Flute
Carol Wincenc First Prize
Commission • George Rochberg:
Slow Fires of Autumn
Marya Martin Second Prize
Gary Schocker Third Prize
1979 Piano (William Kapell InternationalCompetition)
Peter Orth First Prize
Miryo Park Second Prize
Panayis Lyras Third Prize
1980 Voice (four winners)
Faith Esham, soprano
Irene Gubrud, soprano
Jan Opalach, bass-baritone
Lucy Shelton, soprano
1981 Violin
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
1981 Cello
Cohn Carr
Commission • Richard Wernick: Portraits ofAntiquity: Sonata for Cello and Piano
1982 Viola
Thomas Riebl (Atlantic Richfield Foundation Winner)
Commission: Ralph Shapey: Evocation III; Gunther Schuller: Concerto for Viola and Orchestra
Paul Neubauer Special Award
1983 Piano
Stephen Hough First Prize
William Wolfram Second Prize
David Allen Wehr Third Prize
1984 Violin (No First Prize awarded)
Carmit Zori Second Prize
Ian Swenson Second Prize (co-winners)
1985 Voice
Dawn Upshaw, soprano First Prize
Christopher Trakas, baritone First Prize
1985 Clarinet (Atlantic Richfield Foundation Competition)
Charles Neidich, clarinetist First Prize
Commission • William Schuman: Awake, Thou Wintry Earth; Joan Tower: Clarinet Concerto
John Grey Second Prize
Daniel McKelway Third Prize
1986 Cello
Andrés Diáz First Prize
Truls Mørk Second Prize
Peter Wiley Third Prize
1987 Piano
Anton Nel First Prize
Andrew Wilde Second Prize
William Wolfram Third Prize
1988 Violin
Leonidas Kavakos First Prize
Peter Winograd Second Prize
Peter Matzka Third Prize
1989 Voice
Stanford Olsen, tenor First Prize
David Malis, baritone Second Prize
Marietta Simpson, mezzo-soprano Third Prize
1990 Cello
Hai-Ye Ni First Prize
Commission • Bruce Adoiphe: A White Light Still and Moving
Gustav Rivinius Second Prize
Marius May Third Prize
1991 Viola
Misha Amory First Prize
Commission . Jeffrey Mumford:
The Radiance of Blue-Green Memory
Paul Coletti Second Prize
Roberto Diáz Third Prize
1992 Piano
Awadagin Pratt First Prize
Mikhail Yanovitsky Second Prize
Alan Gampel Third Prize
1993 Violin
Tomohiro Okumura First Prize
Yehontan Berick Second Prize
Michael Shih Third Prize
1994 Voice
Theresa Santiago, soprano First Prize
Leon Williams, baritone Second Prize
Christópheren Nomura, baritone Third Prize
1996 Classical Guitar
Jorge Caballero First Prize
Jason Vieaux Second Prize
Kevin Gallagher Third Prize
1997 Piano
Steven Osborne First Prize
Anthony Molinaro First Prize (co-winners)
1998 Violin
Axel Strauss First Prize
Jasmine Lin Second Prize
Jennifer Frautschi Third Prize
1999 Voice
Stephen Salters, baritone First Prize
Randall Scarlata, baritone Second Prize
Hyunah Yu, soprano Third Prize
2001 Violoncello
Li Wei Qin First Prize
Clancy Newman First Prize (co-winners)
2002 Piano
Gilles Vonsattel, First Prize
Konstantin Soukovetski, Second Prize
Lev Vincour, Third Prize
Commission • Ned Rorem: Sound Points
2003 Violin
Frank Huang, First Prize
Ayano Ninomiya, Second Prize
Sharon Roffman, Third Prize
Commission • Donald Martino: Sonata for Solo Violin
2005 Voice
Sari Gruber, First Prize
Thomas Meglioranza, Second Prize
Tyler Duncan, Third Prize
Amanda Forsythe, Honorable Mention
Commission • George Tsontakis
2006 Viola
David Carpenter, First Prize
Eric Nowlin, Second Prize
Jonah Sirota, Third Prize
David Kim, Honorable Mention
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Read the NY Times review (link)
2008 Cello
David Requiro and Anita Leuzinger, First Prize Winners
Sebastien Hurtaud, Third Prize Winner
Saeunn Thorsteindottir, Zara Nelsova Prize
Umberto Clerici, Honorable Mention
David Eggert, Honorable mention
| Chamber Music Awards
1965
Beaux Arts String Quartet
Commission • Leon Kirchner: Quartet No. 3 for Strings and Electronic Tape (Pulitzer Prize 1967)
1971
The Contemporary Group (University of Washington)
University of Michigan Contemporary Ensemble
1972
Speculum Musicae
Commissions • Donald Martino: Notturno (Pulitzer Prize 1974); Charles Wuorinen: Speculum Speculi
Concord String Quartet
Commission • George Rochberg: String Quartet No. 3
1973
Cambridge Consort
Commission • John Harbison: Moments of Vision
Da Capo Chamber Players
Commissions • Milton Babbitt: Arie da Capo; Harvey Sollberger: Riding the Wind
1974
American String Quartet
Commission • Claus Adam: Quartet “1975”
Francesco Trio
Commission • Earl Kim: Monologues
1975
Calliope—A Renaissance Band
Commissions • Hugh Aitken: Johannes; Alvin Brehm: A Pointe at His Pleasure
1976
Empire Brass Quintet
Commission Stanley Silverman: Variations on a Theme of Kurt Weill
Sequoia String Quartet
Commission • William Thomas McKinley: Fantasia Concertante
1977
Jubal Trio
Commission • Joseph Schwantner: Wild Angels of The Open Hills
Primavera String Quartet
Commission • Paul Chihara: Primavera
1978
Aulos Wind Quintet
Commission • John Harbison: Woodwind Quintet
Emerson String Quartet
Commission • Mario Davidovsky: String Quartet No. 4
1979
New World String Quartet
Commission • Ben Johnston: String Quartet No. 6
1980
Liederkreis Ensemble
Commission • Andrew Imbrie: Campion Songs
New Arts Trio
Commission • Robert Moevs: Trio
1981
Muir String Quartet
Commission • Richard Wilson: String Quartet No. 3
Emmanuel Wind Quintet
Commission • Fred Lerdahi: Episodes and Refrains
1983
Colorado String Quartet
Commission • Ezra Laderman: String Quartet No. 7
1984
Lydian String Quartet
Commission • Lee Hyla: String Quartet
Aspen Wind Quintet
Commission • Frank Zappa: Time's Beach
1985
Meliora String Quartet
Commission • Michael Rose: String Quartet No. 2
1986
Mannes Trio
Commission • Betsy Jolas: Trio
1989
Cavani String Quartet
Commission • Donald Erb: String Quartet No. 2
Peabody Trio
Commission • Bright Sheng: Four Movements for Piano Trio
1990
Lark String Quartet
Commission • Aaron Jay Kernis: String Quartet (“Musica Celestis’)
Saturday Brass Quintet
Commission • Stephen Paulus: Concerto for Brass Quintet
1991
Eroica Trio
Commission • Augusta Read Thomas: Angel Chant
1993
Ying String Quartet
Commission • Ralph Shapey: Quartet No. 8
1995
Brentano String Quartet
New Millenium Ensemble
1998
Pacifica String Quartet
Whitman String Quartet
2000
Miro String Quartet
Commission • David Schober
Eighth Blackbird
Commission • George Perle: Critical Moments II
2003
Biava String Quartet
Commission • Mason Bates: From Amber Frozen
| Recording Awards
1949
Roger Sessions: Symphony No. 2
New York Philharmonic, Dimitri Mitropoulos, cond.
1950
William Schuman: Symphony No. 3
Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, cond.
1951
Wallingford Riegger: Symphony No. 3
Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra, Howard Hanson, cond.
1952
Peter Mennin: Symphony No. 3
New York Philharmonic, Dimitri Mitropoulos, cond.
1953
Walter Piston: Symphony No. 4
Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, cond.
1954
Leon Kirchner: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
Leon Kirchner, piano; New York Philharmonic,
Dimitri Mitropoulos, cond.
Harold Shapero: String Quartet No. 1
Robert Koff, Paul Bellam, Walter Trampler,
Charles McCracken
1955
Roy Harris: Symphony No. 7
Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, cond.
1956
Jacob Avshalomov: Sinfonietta
Columbia Symphony Orchestra,
Jacob Avshalomov, cond.
Elliott Carter: Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Violoncello, and Harpsicbord
Annabelle Brieff, Josef Marx, Lorin Bernsohn,
Robert Conant
1957
Lukas Foss: Tbe Song of Songs
Jennie Tourel, mezzo-soprano; New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, cond.
1958
Robert Helps: Symphony No. I
Columbia Symphony Orchestra,
Zoltán Rozsnyai, cond.
1959
George Barati: Chamber Concerto
Members of the Philadelphia Orchestra,
Eugene Ormandy, cond.
Cecil Effinger: Little Symphony No. I
Columbia Symphony Orchestra,
Zoltán Rozsnyai, cond.
1960
Andrew Imbrie: Violin Concerto
Carroll Glenn, violin, Columbia Symphony
Orchestra, Zoltán Rozsnyai, cond.
1961
George Rochberg: Symphony No. 2
New York Philharmonic,Werner Torkanowsky, cond.
1962
Richard Donovan: Music for Six; Five Elizabethan Lyrics
Columbia Chamber Ensemble,
Gunther Schuller, cond.;
Adele Addison, soprano;
Galimir String Quartet
1963
Carl Ruggles: Sun Treader
Columbia Symphony Orchestra,
Zoltán Rozsnyai, cond.
1964
Arthur Berger: Cbamber Music for Thirteen Players; Three Pieces for Two Pianos
Columbia Chamber Ensemble,
Gunther Schuller, cond.; Paul Jacobs and Gilbert Kalish, pianos
1966
Ralph Shapey: Rituals for Symphony Orchestra; String Quartet No. 6
London Sinfonietta, Ralph Shapey, cond.;
Lexington Quartet of the Contemporary Chamber Players of the University of Chicago
1967
Henry Weinberg: String Quartet No. 2
Composers Quartet
1970
Seymour Shifrmn: Three Pieces for Orchestra
London Sinfonietta, Jacques Monod, cond.
1972
David Diamond: String Quartet No. 9; Nonet
Composers Quartet; String ensemble,
Charles Wuorinen, cond.
David del Tredici: I Hear an Army; Scherzo
Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano;
Composers Quartet; Robert Helps and David del Tredici, pianos
1973
Mario Davidovsky: Inflexions; Chacona
Ensemble, David Gilbert, cond.;
Jeanne Benjamin, violin, Joel Krosnick, cello,
Robert Miller, piano
Tison Street: String Quartet
Concord String Quartet
Richard Trythall: Coincidences
Richard Trythall, piano
1974
Donald Erb: Three Pieces for Brass Quintet and Piano
New York Brass Quintet; James Smolko, piano;
Matthias Bamert, cond.
Leslie Bassett: Sextet for Piano and Strings
Concord String Quartet; John Graham, viola;
Gilbert Kalish, piano
George Edwards: Kreuz und Quer
Boston Musica Viva, Richard Pittman, cond.
Robert MacDougall: Anacoluthon. A Confluence
Contemporary Chamber Ensemble,
Arthur Weisberg, cond.
1975
Walter Mays: Six Invocations to the Svara Mandala for Percussion Orchestra
Wichita State University Percussion Orchestra,
J.C. Combs, cond.
Richard Wernick: A Prayer for Jerusalem
Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano;
Glenn Steele, percussion
1978
Fred Lerdahl: Eros
Beverly Morgan, mezzo-soprano; Collage,
Fred Lerdahl, cond.
Edwin Dugger: Intermezzi; Abwesenheiten und Wiedersehen
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players,
Jean Louis LeRoux, cond.;
Berkeley Contemporary Chamber Players,
Jonathan Khuner, cond.
1980
John Harbison: Woodwind Quintet
Aulos Wind Quintet
George Rochberg: Slow Fires of Autumn
Carol Wincenc, flute; Nancy Allen, harp
1983
Joseph Schwantner: Wild Angels of The Open Hills
The Jubal Trio
Ben Johnston: String Quartet No. 6
New World String Quartet
Philip Naumburg Solo Recording Prize
(recorded and produced by the Musical Heritage Society)
Carol Wincenc, flutist
Faith Esham, soprano
Irene Gubrud, soprano
Jan Opalach, bass-baritone
Lucy Shelton, soprano
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violinist
Cohn Carr, cellist
Stephen Hough, pianist
Dawn Upshaw, soprano
Christopher Trakas, baritone
Charles Neidich, clarinetist
Andres Diáz, cello
Anton Nel, pianist
Awadagin Pratt, pianist (EMI)
Misha Amory, violinist
Stanford Olson, tenor
Theresa Santiago, soprano
Steven Osborne, pianist
Jorge Caballero, guitar
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