OCTOBER 29, 2009 We have finally added new videos from the 2009 competitions. The videos include excerpts from live performances by the prize winners and some of the participants. To watch the videos from the 5th International Piano Competition "The Muse" please cllick here. If you like to watch the videos from the International Music Competition "The Muse Junior" go here. Enjoy it! SEPTEMBER 12 and 22, 2009 The Muse 2009 competitions are over! This year competition exceeded our expectations. We have received 88 applications from 23 countries and all the candidates demonstrated an extremely high level of performance. The jury of the competition has made its decision that: The winner of the 5th International Piano Competition “The Muse” is Minjeong Jeong from Korea. The winners of the International Music Competition “The Muse Junior” in the age category 15-17 years old are a violinist Alexandra Tirshu from Moldova and a pianist Ayman Baymuldina representing Kazakhstan and Russia. The winners of the International Music Competition “The Muse Junior” in the age category 12-14 years old are a violinist from Uzbekistan Bobur Muhametjanov and a pianist from Armenia Davit Hovhannisyan. We would also like to congratulate and wish the best of success to all the winners of the youngest group of “The Muse Junior” competition! They are (in alphabetical order): Polina Afanasieva, Russia The detailed list of all the prize winners and all the participants of the "The Muse" can be seen here and of "The Muse Junior" here. Congratulations to all! JULY 23, 2009 Many of the common questions such as How to get to Santorini?, What hotel to book?, can now be found on the Notes page for every competition. We hope it will help you get prepaired for your trip to "The Muse" competition! MAY 19, 2009 We have added a new video - The Muse Intro 2009. It is an introduction to our two competitions for this year: 5th International Piano Competition "The Muse" and the International Competition for Young Pianists, Violinists, and Cellists "The Muse Junior". You may watch it here. MARCH 1, 2009 We have finally put together and added some videos from the competition on our website.. Check them out. FEBRUARY 4, 2009 We are very excited to announce that "The Muse" Competition, which has already established and earned a good name among College and Conservatory pianists, invites musicians of a younger generation this year. In September of 2009, the new contest – International Competition for Young Musicians “The Muse Junior” will be open for younger participants in categories of piano, violin, and cello. Please, check out the new section on our website. DECEMBER 31, 2008 Happy New Year! SEPTEMBER 17, 2008 Though, with a little delay, we would like to bring to your attention that the 4th International Piano Competition "The Muse" is over for this year. We congratulate all the participants of the competition and are happy to inform you on the results of the 2008 competition! Follow this link for all the details. Also, stay tuned for photos and videos! from the competition. JULY 18, 2008 We would like to sincerely congratulate one of the prize winners of the 3rd International Piano Competition "The Muse" Tatiana Kraeva with receiving Third Prize at the Piano Competition in Gaillard, France in June 2008. Well done! MAY 15, 2008 The Organizing Committee is proud to announce the Jury members for the 4th International Piano Competition “The Muse”! We are excited that such excellent musicians will be on the Jury panel this year. You can find out who they are here. MAY 14, 2008 We have recently made a short introductory video about the 4th International Piano Competition “The Muse”, which you can watch here APRIL 11, 2008 This year we are in the happy position to announce that with the added support of our partners, participants advancing to the 2nd round will be offered free hotel accommodation between September 4 and the end of the competition (September 9).
MARCH 12, 2008 Our site has been expanded: you can now look at those, who are "behind the scene", but are an extremely important part of the competition - the Organizing Committee. Check them out here NOVEMBER 10, 2007 We would like to congratulate cellist Christophor Miroshnikov, one of the members of "The Muse" association, with his successfull concerts during this fall with maestro Vladiimir Fedoseyev and the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra in Moscow and cities of the UK; with french pianist Melina Burlaud in Paris; with maestro Christopher Warren-Green and the Camerata Chamber Orchestra in Athens. SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 We updated the Results 2007 page with the names of the prize winners of and photos from the 3rd International Piano Competition "The Muse" in Santorini 2007. Enjoy! SEPTEMBER 8, 2007 The competition is now almost over! There are only Closing Ceremony and the Winners Concert left for tonight… and a party of course. The level of the competition was very high and all the finalists deserved to win. However, competition is a competition and the prizes have to be awarded. The results are as follow: First Prize goes to two participants: Ekaterina YATSIUK (Russia) and Second Prize goes to: Christina THAYER (USA) and Third Prize is divided as well: Tatiana PAVLICHUK (Ukraine) Diplomas go to: Evangelia MITSOPOULOU (Greece) and Congratulations to all! P.S. Watch for the photos coming up next week! SEPTEMBER 4, 2007 Our past prize-winner Japanese pianist Eri Yamamoto won the 14th International Brahms Competition at Portschach am Worthersee, Carinthia, Austria in September 2007. Congratulations to Eri! MAY 12, 2007 The list of the jury members for the 3rd International Piano Competition "The Muse" were just posted in our Jury section! MARCH 25, 2007 One of the members of "The Muse" association, cellist Christophor Miroshnikov, together with the pianist and the Artistic Director of "The Muse" Natalia Miroshnikova gave a recital at the Parnassos Concert Hall in Athens. The two have already worked together many times and this time they joined on stage for the performance of original works and transcriptions for cello and piano by Chopin, Schubert, Brahms and Mussorgsky. FEBRUARY 26, 2007 Russian pianist Anastasia Gorokhovtseva, who received an Honorary Diploma for her Performance on the 2nd International Piano Competition “The Muse” in Santorini last summer, was awarded the 1st prize at a chamber music competition in Saint-Petersburg in February 2007. Congratulations! FEBRUARY 5, 2007 One of the prize winners of the 1st International Piano Competition “The Muse” Anna Fedorova, arrived to Greece to give a piano recital at the Parnassos Concert Hall in Athens this past Monday. The audience welcomed the Russian pianist performing works by Scarlatti, Chopin and Scriabin. JANUARY 17, 2007 IMPORTANT NEWS! We are very happy to announce that the 3rd International Piano Competition "The Muse" will take place in Santorini from the 1st until the 8th of September 2007! (Browse our website for more information) SEPTEMBER 5, 2006 The Final Round of the 2nd International Piano Competition in Santorini 2006 is over! The winner of the Competition is... check out the results here. SEPTEMBER 1, 2006 The 2nd International Piano Competition in Santorini 2006 opened today! JUNE 20, 2006 The Russian Foundation "Русский Предприниматель" (Russian Entrepreneur) has become a new partner of the 2nd International Piano Competition in Santorini! Thanks to the new partnership it has become possible to increase the monetary value of the competition prizes. For full details please see the Awards page. We would like to welcome the new friends of the competition and thank them for their support! APRIL, 2006 The winner of the 1st International Piano Competition in Santorini Tatiana Mitchko (Tessman) won another piano competition this year. She was awarded First Prize in the Senior Division of the Eleventh Missouri Southern International Piano Competition held April 24-29 on the campus of Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, MO. FEBRUARY, 2006 The 2nd International Piano Competition in Santorini has been announced! (Browse our site for more information) JANUARY, 2006 The 3rd prize winner of the 1st International Piano Competition in Santorini Anna Fedorova was awarded with the 4th prize at the Maria Yudina International Piano Competition 2006 in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. JANUARY, 2006 Cellist Christophor Miroshnikov, one of the members of “The Muse”, performed with the Tokyo Philharmonic and Nagoya Philahrmonic orchestras under baton of Maestro Vladimir Fedoseyev in Japan. The Rococo Variations by Tchaikovsky and the Schumann Cello Concerto were performed in Bunkamura Concert Hall in Tokyo and Art Theater Concert Hall in Nagoya. DECEMBER, 2005 The winner of the 1st International Piano Competition in Santorini Tatiana Mitchko was awarded with the 1st prize at the 55th annual Wideman Piano Competition held in Shreveport, Louisiana in the United States. DECEMBER, 2005 Another member of “The Muse”, painter Natalia Kostakis presented her works at the Zverev Centre of Modern Art in Moscow, Russia. The exhibition featured artist’s paintings and graphics from different periods of her career. Visitors of the exhibition could also see the portrait collection of Mrs. Kostakis’s long time friend and a colleague, painter Anatoly Zverev.
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