AWARDED ARTISTS
The committee of the Universal marimba competition awards each edition ‘the Award of Honor to persons for their tremendous contribution in the Belgian and/or International percussion field as a percussionist or marimba artist, composer, pedagogue, manufacturer, conductor, promoter and organizer. The Award of honor is given to following persons:
- 2001 - BE: Maestro François Glorieux / Composer, conductor, piano virtuoso
- 2001 - JP: Professor Keiko Abe / Marimba virtuoso
- 2001 - BE: Professor Louis Cauberghs / Percussionist, pedagogue
- 2001 - BE : Professor Ludwig Albert / Marimba virtuoso
- 2004 - MX: Maestro Zefferino Nandayapa/ Mexican marimba virtuoso
- 2004 - BE: Mol Percussion Orchestra / Performing ensemble
- 2004 - NL: Professor Jan Pustjens / Percussion virtuoso
- 2007 - SE: Professor Anders Loguin / Percussion virtuoso
- 2007 - US: Professor David Friedman / Key-board & jazz virtuoso
- 2007 - FR: Professor Frédéric Macarez / Percussion virtuoso
- 2011 - HR: Professor Igor Lesnik / Percussion virtuoso
- 2011 - US: Professor Mark Ford / Marimba virtuoso
- 2013 - DE: Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic / Percussion & marimba virtuoso
- 2013 - NL: Adams Music instruments / Manufacturer
- 2013 - RU: Aliona Bolkvadze / Organizer, promoter
- 2015 - BE: Pascale de Groote / Department head Royal Antwerp Conservatoire
- 2015 - US: Innovative Percussion / Manufacturer
- 2015 - BE: Anita Evenepoel / Scenographer
- 2015 - BE : Katrine Druyts / Singer
- 2017- CN : Biao Li / percussion virtuoso, conductor
- 2017- US : Michael Burritt / percussion-keyboard virtuoso
Previous Jury members
Keiko Abe, Ludwig Albert, Bogdan Bacanu, Mark Ford, duo Axoum, Angel Frette, David Friedman, Daniella Ganeva, Francois Glorieux, Momoko Kamiya, Kuniko Kato, Igor Lesnik, Chin-Cheng Lin, Anders Loguin, Frédéric Macarez, Nanae Mimura, William Moerch, Hidemi Murase, Zefferino Nandayapa, Leo Ouderits, Jan Pustjens, Ney Rosauro, Emmanuel Séjourné, Klaus Tresselt, Pei-Ching Wu, Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic, Nancy Zeltsman, extra jury-members: Alain Craens, Jan Van Landeghem, Stefaan Ottenbourgs, Liesbet Vereertbrugghen, Wilfried Westerlinck.
Awarded previous Laureates
The Universal Marimba Competition could establish an embarking career for most of the laureates and Prize winners which also obtained an endorsing artist contract with major companies and University positions such as:- Hidemi Murase: Adams artist, Professor
- Miguel Gonzales Zaragosa: Marimba One artist, Professor
- Eriko Daimo: Marimba One artist
- Noriko Tsukagochi: Yamaha artist
- Chin-Cheng Lin: Adams & Resta mallets artist, Professor, composer
- Mi Youne Kim: Marimba One artist, Professor
- Johan Bridger & Patrick Raab: Malletech duo artists, Professor
- Uchiyama Emiko & Petrov Vladmimir: Adams duo artists
- Elwira Slazak & Gabriel Collet: Yamaha duo artists
- Miko & Rina Kano: Yamaha duo artist
- Sharaevskiy Rostsilav: Yamaha artist
- Taknara percussion group: Adams artists
- Tomasz Golinski: Composer
- Keiko Kotuko: Professor
- Chen Yin Chun: Professor
- Roberto Cruz: Professor
- Claire Litzler: Adams artist
- Foo Pui Yee: Adams artist
- Simone Rubino: Adams artist
Edition 2001
1st laureate solo : Hidemi Murase (JP)
2nd laureate solo : Keiko Kotuko (JP)
3rd laureate solo : Mayumi Sekizawa (JP)
1st laureates duo : Juan Martinez & Miguel Gonzales Zaragosa (MX)
Edition 2004
1st laureate solo : Eriko Daimo (JP)
2nd laureate solo : Noriko Tsukagochi (JP)
3rd laureate solo : Chin-Cheng Lin (TW)
1st laureates duo : Johan Bridger & Patrick Raab (SE)
2nd laureates duo : Elwira Slazak & Gabriel Collet (PL/FR)
Young Talent Prize : Min Jeong Song (KR)
Young Talent Prize : Chin-Cheng Lin (TW)
The originality prize : Taiko Saito (JP)
The originality prize : Zhengdao Lu (CN)
Edition 2007
1st laureate solo : Mi Youne Kim (KR)
( + Public Prize & SABAM prize)
2nd laureate solo : Iwami Reina (JP)
3rd laureate solo : Hiromi Shigeno (JP)
1st laureates duo : Uchiyama Emiko & Petrov Vladimir (JP/BG)
( + Public Prize, SABAM prize & Keiko Abe prize)
2nd laureates duo : Mieko Kano & Rina Kano (JP)
( + Keiko Abe Prize)
L. Albert Talent Prize : Rostislav Sharaevskiy (RU)
Special Talent prizes solo :Taiko Saito & Sabrina Suk Wai (JP/HK)
Special talent prizes duo : Chin-Cheng Lin & Yin-Chun Chen (TW)
Special talent prizes duo : Jacques Hostettler & Nicolas Suter (CH)
Originality Prize solo : Chin-Cheng Lin (TW)
Originality Prize duo : Hirotake Kitaka (JP)
Edition 2011
1st laureate solo : Simone Rubino (IT)
( + Public Prize & L.Albert Prize)
2nd laureate solo : Rostislav Sharaevskiy (RU)
3rd laureate solo : Elisabeth Galvan (US)
1st laureates chamber music : Lucid duo: Irena Manolova & Tomasz Golinski (BG/PL)
2nd laureates chamber music :Taknara Ensemble (ES)
( + Public Prize)
Igor Lesnik Prize : Foo Pui Yee (HK)
Ludwig Albert Prize : Insert Title: Ben Duinker & Greg Samek (US)
Edition 2013
1st laureate solo : Han-Yen Kao (TW)
( + Public prize)
2nd laureate solo : Filip Mercep (HR)
3rd laureate solo : Nina Fujisawa (JP)
1st laureates duo : Keiko Kotoku & Roberto Palomeque (JP/MX)
2nd laureates duo : Claire Litzler & Ryoko Kondo (FR/JP)
( + Public Prize)
L. Albert Talent Prize solo : Xizi Wang (CN)
L. Albert Talent Prize solo : Tomi Emilov (BG)
L. Albert Talent Prize duo : Milosz & Magadalena K.Pekala (PL)
L. Albert Talent Prize duo : Florent Duverger & Lucie Delmas (FR)
Young Talent Prize : Sebastian Efler (AT)
Igor Lesnik Prize : Nina Fujisawa (JP)
Sabam Prize solo : Sebastian Efler (AT)
Sabam Prize duo : Ling Lu & Hao-Yun Hsieh (TW)
Edition 2015
1st Prize : Bak Hyeji (KR)
2nd Prize : Fan Ni (CN)
3rd Prize : Kann Elten Anders (DK)
Ludwig Albert Talent Prize : Bernstein Colleen (US)
Ludwig Albert Talent Prize : Huang Po-Yuan (TW)
Keiko Abe Honorary Prize: : Kann Elten Anders (DK)
Recording Prize : Bak Hyeji (KR)
Public Prize : Bak Hyeji (KR)
Originality Prize : Fan Ni (CN)
Best Performance Prize Belgian works : Zhang Jinshuang (CN)
Best Performance set Concerto : Bak Hyeji (KR)
1st Prize Composition : Freibergs Guntars (LV)
