Concours de violoncelle Rostropovitch
# Concours de violoncelle Rostropovitch

The Concours de violoncelle Rostropovitch, (Cello Competition Mstislav Rostropovich), is an international cello competition established in 1977 by the city of Paris.

| Year | President | Jury | Commissioned works | Prize |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1977 | Mstislav Rostropovich | Luciano Berio Henri Dutilleux Raya Garbousova Witold Lutosławski Pierre Penassou Iannis Xenakis | Kottos, Iannis Xenakis | 1st Grand Prize ex-aequo: Lluís Claret and Frédéric Lodéon 3rd Prize: Yvan Chiffoleau 4th Prize: Pierre Strauch |
| 1981 | Mstislav Rostropovich | Henri Dutilleux Pierre Fournier Raya Garbousova Antonio Janigro Witold Lutosławski André Navarra Leonard Rose Étienne Vatelot | Quasi scherzando, Gilbert Amy | 1st Grand Prize: Maria Kliegel 2nd Grand Prize: Yvan Chiffoleau 3rd Prize: Carter Brey 4th Prize: Young Chang Cho |
| 1986 | Mstislav Rostropovich | Reine Flachot Raya Garbousova Cristóbal Halffter Ludwig Hoelscher Alain Meunier André Navarra Aldo Parisot William Pleeth Étienne Vatelot | Per Slava, Krzysztof Penderecki | Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris: Gary Hoffman 2nd Grand Prize: Gustav Rivinius 3rd Prize: Christoph Richter |
| 1990 | Mstislav Rostropovich | Rodion Shchedrin Lluís Claret Natalia Gutman Frans Helmerson Frédéric Lodéon Arto Noras Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi Étienne Vatelot Raphael Wallfisch Uzi Wiesel | Bribes russes, Rodion Shchedrin | Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris: Wendy Warner. 2nd Grand Prize: Colin Carr 3rd Prix ex-aequo: Anne Gastinel and Xavier Phillips |
| 1994 | Mstislav Rostropovich | Young-Chang Cho Henri Dutilleux David Geringas Natalia Gutman Frans Helmerson Alain Meunier Philippe Muller Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi Étienne Vatelot Uzi Wiesel | Improvisation pour violoncelle seul, Alfred Schnittke | Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris: Han-na Chang 2nd Grand Prize: Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt [de] 3rd Prize: Jérôme Pernoo 4th Prize: Claudio Bohorquez 5th Prize: Stanimir Todorov 6th Prize: Matthieu Rogué |
| 1997 | Mstislav Rostropovich | Young-Chang Cho Walter Grimmer Natalia Chakovskaia David Geringas Frans Helmerson Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi Étienne Vatelot Uzi Wiesel | Spins and Spells, Kaija Saariaho | Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris: Enrico Dindo 2nd Grand Prix : Hai-Ye Ni 3rd Prize: Monika Leskovar 4th Prize: Oren Shevlin 5th Prize: Sol Gabetta Timacheff 6th Prize: Boris Andrianov |
| 2001 | Mstislav Rostropovich | Natalia Chakovskaïa Young-Chang Cho David Geringas Frans Helmerson Philippe Muller Arto Noras Marco Stroppa Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi Étienne Vatelot Uzi Wiesel | Ay, there’s the rub, Marco Stroppa | Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris: Tatjana Vassiljeva 2nd Grand Prix: Oren Shevlin 3rd Prize: Sophie Shao 4th Prize: Mark Kosower 5th Prize: Enrico Bronzi 6th Prize: Romain Garioud |
| 2005 | Mstislav Rostropovich | Natalia Chakovskaïa Young-Chang Cho Frans Helmerson Gary Hoffman Alain Meunier Philippe Muller Arto Noras Raimund Trenkler Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi Étienne Vatelot | Oyan!, Franghiz Ali-Zadeh | Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris: Marie-Elisabeth Hecker 2nd Grand Prix : Julian Steckel 3rd Prize: Giorgi Kharadze 4th Prize: Kaori Yamagami 5th Prize: Renaud Déjardin 6th Prize: Elizaveta Sushchenko |
| 2009 | Krzysztof Penderecki Honorary President: Elena Rostropovich | Natalia Chakovskaïa Young-Chang Cho Frans Helmerson Gary Hoffman Philippe Muller Arto Noras Raimund Trenkler Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi | Invocation, Éric Tanguy [fr] | Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris: Dai Miyata. 2nd Prize - Prix de l'Académie des Beaux Arts: Jacob Koranyi 3rd Prize - Prix offert par le Fonds pour la Création Musicale: Norbert Anger 4th Prize : Sietse-Jan Weijenberg |
