Established as the John and Renate Iles Medal, this award was endowed in 1993 by Pastmaster Iles in celebration of him becoming the fourth member of his family to hold that office. It has been organised by the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe since 1994. The competition aims to encourage Beethoven interpretation of the very highest standard, as well as to nurture young pianistic talent in Britain. An engraved Silver Medal is awarded to the winner as decided by a distinguished jury (winners also receive recitals in the BPSE concert series).
Past Winners:
1994 - Polina Chersonskaya
1995 - Béla Hartmann
1996 - Midori Tamura
1997 - Damian Girvin
1998 - Inon Barantan
1999 - Chenyin Li
2000 - Sergei Salov
2001 - Anano Gokieli
2002 - Arta Arnicane
2003 - Tau Wey
2004 - Yoon-Kyung Kim
2005 - Mikhail Shilyaev
2006 - Samantha Ward
2007 - Jayson Gillham
2008 - Andrejs Osokins - click here for more information
2009 - Grace Yeo
2010 - Florian Mitrea
2011 - Erdem Misirlioglu
2012 - MinJung Baek
2013 - Maksim Stsura - click here for more information
2014 - Mihai Ritivoiu - click here for more information
2015 - Ilya Kondratiev
2016 - Andrei Iliushkin - click here for more information
2017 - Tolga Atalay Ün
2018 - Minkyu Kim
2019 - Thomas Kelly
2020 - No award
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