COMPETITION 2017
Prizes & Grants
1st Prize
– Competition Gold Medal and $40,000 Donated by the Pratt Foundation (Australia)
2nd Prize
The Sara & Moshe Mayer Award
– Competition Silver Medal and $20,000 Donated by Kena & Zalman Shoval
3rd Prize
The Arnold & Marjorie Ziff Award
– Competition Bronze Medal and $15,000 Donated by the Marjorie & Arnold Ziff Charitable Foundation (Leeds)
All medals were designed by Pablo Picasso
3 Finalist Prizes
$6,000 for each of the additional finalist, Donated by:
Gad Naschitz, in memory of his beloved wife, Nehama Naschitz and son, Ethan Naschitz
Sara & Michael Sela
Liora & Menachem Sternberg (New York)
Best Performer of Chamber Music Prize
$5,000
Donated by Lady Annabelle Weidenfeld (London)
Best Israeli Performer Prize
$3,000
Donated by “Zefunot Culture”
Audience Favorite Prize
$3,000
Donated by the Rosenblum Family, in memory of Dr. Herzl Rosenblum, former editor of “Yedioth Ahronoth” newspaper
Prize for the Best Performer of a Chopin Piece
$3,000
Donated by Orr & Liron Karassin, in memory of their beloved grandparents, Herta Auerbach and Zusia Barkai
Junior Jury Prize
$2,000
Donated by Nissan Spector, in memory of his son, Guy Spector
Special Grant
to All
$15,000
Up to $500 to each competitor, to partly cover cost of flight ticket
Donated by the Bistritzky Foundation
Grant to
10 Competitors
$5,000
$500 to each competitor, who competed in Stage II but did not reach the Finals
Donated by Prof. Arie Vardi, in memory of Bela & Dov Vardi
Advance Studies Prize
$3,000
$1000 a year, for 3 consecutive years, for the outstanding pianist, up to 22 years of age
Donated by the Heda Preissman Foundation
Audience Favorite in
the Periphery
$1,500
$500 – Dimona
$500 – Or Yehuda
$500 – Jezrael Valley
Junior Jury Encouragement Grant
$500
To a Competitor Who did not reach the Finals
Donated by Idith Zvi, in memory of her mother, Bella Zvi
Junior Jury Encouragement Grant
$500
To a Competitor Who did not reach Stage II
Donated by Rabinowitz & Cohen-Mintz families, in memory of Sarah Rabinowitz
