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22nd Jose Iturbi International Piano Competition: 4 out of 6 finalists select Shigeru Kawai SK-EX full concert grand piano
At the 22nd Jose Iturbi International Piano Competition held from May 31st to June 10th, 2023, in Valencia, Spain, 4 out of 6 finalists chose the Shigeru Kawai SK-EX full concert grand piano, and American pianist Rachel Breen was awarded third prize.
22nd Jose Iturbi International Piano Competition : Final Result
| 1st Prize / Ajuntament de València Prize / Kawai Prize | Elia CECINO | Italy | |
| 2nd Prize / Diputació de València Prize / Clemente Pianos Audience Prize | Anthony RATINOV | USA | |
| 3rd Prize / Sociedad Filarmónica de Valencia Prize | Rachel BREEN | USA | Shigeru Kawai SK-EX |
| Finalist Prize / Best Finalist Prize | Sergey BELYAVSKY | Russia | Shigeru Kawai SK-EX |
| Finalist Prize / Polimúsica Prize | Anastasia VOROTNAYA | Russia | Shigeru Kawai SK-EX |
| Finalist Prize | Djordje RADEVSKI | Serbia | Shigeru Kawai SK-EX |
1st Prize and Kawai Prize
Elia CECINO, Italy
2nd Prize and Clemente Pianos Audience Prize
Anthony RATINOV, USA
3rd Prize and Sociedad Filarmónica de Valencia Prize
Rachel BREEN, USA
Finalist Prize / Best Finalist Prize
Sergey BELYAVSKY, Russia
Finalist Prize / Polimúsica Prize
Anastasia VOROTNAYA, Russia
Finalist Prize
Djordje RADEVSKI, Serbia
▲ Rachel BREEN
■ About the Jose Iturbi International Piano Competition
The Jose Iturbi International Piano Competition was launched by the Diputació of València in 1981 to pay homage to the Valencian pianist, composer and orchestra director, José Iturbi, who died on June 28th, 1980 in Beverly Hills. As of today, the competition has become a platform to support new talent who try to break through the competitive world of the piano.
■ About the Shigeru Kawai SK-EX full concert grand piano
Unveiled in 2001 as the flagship instrument of the Shigeru Kawai line, the SK-EX concert grand piano is hand-crafted in limited numbers following a unique ‘prototyping’ creation process. In order to achieve the supreme range of expression required in a concert piano, each instrument utilises a variety of carefully selected materials, with premium aged spruce soundboards. Shigeru Kawai instruments adopt the advanced Millennium III keyboard action, featuring extended wooden keys and advanced ABS Carbon action parts, providing superior speed and responsiveness than conventional wooden action parts, allowing pianists to express a greater range of feeling and emotion in their performance.