From June 17, 2019 to June 29, 2019
Founded in 1958 in Moscow, the International Tchaikovsky Competition is held every four years. Since its first edition in 1958, the International Tchaikovsky Competition is considered one of the most prestigious in the world. It has launched the career of many young artists, who have become international stars after performing in the Competition. Likewise, medici.tv has become the leading online channel for classical music in the world. It was therefore a natural step for the two brands to collaborate. We are pleased to provide all classical music lovers around the world with a free, nonstop live-stream of the three-week-long competition rounds and Galas.
Since 2011, the Competition is held in two cities: Moscow and St. Petersburg. It aims to highlight the most promising talents in the fields of the piano, violin, cello (since 1962) and voice (since 1966). Past prizewinners include the pianists Van Cliburn, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Grigory Sokolov, Mikhail Pletnev, Boris Berezovsky, Nikolai Lugansky, Denis Matsuev, and Daniil Trifonov; violinists Viktor Tretiakov, Gidon Kremer, Viktoria Mullova, and Akiko Suwanai; cellists Natalia Gutman, Mischa Maisky, David Geringas, Boris Pergamenschikov, Antônio Meneses, Ivan Monighetti, and Alexander Kniazev; and singers Deborah Voigt, Paata Burchuladze, Evgeny Nikitin, Mikhail Kazakov, and Jong Min Park.
The 2015 Competition (the 15th since 1958) took place from June 15 to July 3. It is "a milestone year that could well be a musical Olympics," said Vladimir Medinsky, Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation. The 2015 edition was dedicated to the 175th anniversary of the great Russian composer Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
