Prizes & Grants

1st Prize

The Arthur Rubinstein Award

– 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