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Past Winners

Yunchan Lim and Marin Alsop

Yunchan Lim, winner of the 16th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, takes a bow with conductor and jury chair Marin Alsop

2022 (16th edition)

  • Gold medalist — Yunchan Lim
  • Silver medalist — Anna Geniushene
  • Crystal medalist — Dmytro Choni

2017 (15th edition)

  • Gold medalist — Yekwon Sunwoo
  • Silver medalist — Kenny Broberg
  • Crystal medalist — Daniel Hsu

2013 (14th edition)

  • Gold medalist — Vadym Kholodenko
  • Silver medalist — Beatrice Rana
  • Crystal medalist — Sean Chen

2009 (13th edition)

2005 (12th edition)

  • Gold medalist — Alexander Kobrin
  • Silver medalist — Joyce Yang
  • Crystal medalist — Sa Chen

2001 (11th edition)

  • Gold medalists — Olga Kern and Stanislav Ioudenitch
  • Silver medalists — Maxim Philippov and Antonio Pompa-Baldi

1997 (10th edition)

  • Gold medalist — Jon Nakamatsu
  • Silver medalist — Yakov Kasman
  • Crystal medalist — Aviram Reichert

1993 (9th edition)

  • Gold medalist — Simone Pedroni
  • Silver medalist — Valery Kuleshov
  • Crystal medalist — Christopher Taylor

1989 (8th edition)

  • Gold medalist — Alexei Sultanov
  • Silver medalist — José Carlos Cocarelli
  • Crystal medalist — Benedetto Lupo

1985 (7th edition)

  • Gold medalist — José Feghali
  • Silver medalist — Philippe Bianconi
  • Crystal medalist — Barry Douglas

1981 (6th edition)

  • Gold medalist — Andre-Michel Schub
  • Silver medalists — Panayis Lyras and Santiago Rodriguez

1977 (5th edition)

  • Gold medalist — Steven De Groote
  • Silver medalist — Alexander Toradze
  • Crystal medalist — Jeffrey Swann

1973 (4th edition)

  • Gold medalist — Vladimir Viardo
  • Silver medalist — Christian Zacharias
  • Crystal medalist — Michael Houston

1969 (3rd edition)

  • Gold medalist — Cristina Ortiz
  • Silver medalist — Minoru Nojima
  • Crystal medalist — Mark Westcott

1969 (2nd edition)

  • Gold medalist — Radu Lupu
  • Silver medalist — Barry Lee Snyder
  • Crystal Medalist — Blanca Uribe

1962 (1st edition)

  • Gold medalist — Ralph Votapek
  • Silver medalist — Nikolai Petrov
  • Crystal Medalist — Mikhail Voskresensky

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