Anton Rubinstein Competition
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The original Anton Rubinstein Competition was staged by Rubinstein himself every five years from 1890 to 1910 [1]. The winners of the piano competition usually received a white Schroeder piano as the prize. Winners include:
- 1890: Ferruccio Busoni, composition (Piano Concerto, Op. 31a)
- 1895: Josef Lhévinne, piano
- 1900: Alexander Fyodorovich Gedike, composition
- 1905: Wilhelm Backhaus, piano. Béla Bartók took second prize.
- 1910: Sergei Prokofiev, composition (Piano Concerto No. 1)
- Vladimir Sofronitsky and Maria Yudina [2]
Since 2003, the "Anton G. Rubinstein" International Piano Competition has been revived in Dresden, Germany. Winners include:
- 2003: Alicia Martinez
