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Top of the World International Piano Competition

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The Top of the World IPC was a biennial international piano competition in Tromsø, Norway from 2009–2019.[1] Its first edition took place from June 14–19, 2009 and was won by Mariangela Vacatello.

1st edition - 2009

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Jury

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Palmares

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Winner
1st Grand Prize Italy Mariangela Vacatello
2nd Prize Japan Mayumi Sakamoto
3rd Prize Ukraine Serhiy Salov

Competition results, by rounds

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    • United States Charlie Albright
    • Denmark Julie Coucheron
    • Russia Israel Boris Feiner
    • ** Japan Jun Ishimura
    • Israel Yaron Kohlberg
    • Greece Dimitris Kostopoulos
    • Norway Kristian Lindberg
    • Poland Piotr Machnik
    • Russia Maria Masycheva
    • Russia Mikhail Mordvinov
    • Italy Roberto Plano
    • Russia Vassily Primakov
    • Lithuania Evelina Puzaitė
    • Japan Mayumi Sakamoto
    • Ukraine Serhiy Salov
    • Denmark Rikke Sandberg
    • Russia Nikolai Saratovsky
    • China Song Yang
    • Russia Vladimir Sverdlov
    • Italy Mariangela Vacatello
    • Russia Ilya Yakushev


  • 2nd Round, June 16–17.
    • United States Charlie Albright
    • Denmark Julie Coucheron
    • Russia Israel Boris Feiner
    • ** Israel Yaron Kohlberg
    • Norway Kristian Lindberg
    • Russia Maria Masycheva
    • Lithuania Evelina Puzaitė
    • Japan Mayumi Sakamoto
    • Ukraine Serhiy Salov
    • Italy Mariangela Vacatello
    • Russia Ilya Yakushev


  • Final, June 19.
    • Japan Mayumi Sakamoto
    • Ukraine Serhiy Salov
    • Italy Mariangela Vacatello

References

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  1. ^ "Final announcement". Archived from the original on January 18, 2021. The board of the Top of the World International Piano Competition has decided to suspend future competitions indefinitely. While we are all very unsure how the future health and financial situation will develop, the board continues to strive for the competition's continuation at the appropriate time. 18 brilliant pianists have been awarded prizes through the years of 2009-2019, you may listen to their excellent performances on YouTube.