International Baroque Violin Competition
The Premio Bonporti is one of the most well known early music competitions in the world. Founded in 1995 by the Accademia di Musica Antica in Rovereto (Italy), the competition gives prizes in money, concerts, CDs and other opportunities for young concert players. Gustav Leonhardt (8 editions 1997-2008), Chiara Banchini (3 editions), Sigiswald Kuijken, Catherine Mackintosh, Linde Brunmayr, Alan Curtis, Jesper Christensen, Enrico Gatti, Lucy van Dael, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Gloria Banditelli, Alfredo Bernardini, Kees Boeke, Ottavio Dantone, Odile Edouard, Werner Ehrhardt, Gaetano Nasillo, Susanne Scholz, Simon Standage, Elizabeth Wallfish, are just a few of the musicians who have formed the Jury of the competition in the past 25 years. The Premio Bonporti takes place every two years in October in Rovereto (Italy), a small town 70km north from Verona. Since 2012 the Premio Bonporti has sometimes alternated with the Premio Ferrari, dedicated to a musician from Rovereto: Giacomo Gotifedo Ferrari (1763-1842).
The Competition 1996-2023
The Winners
1996
Premio Bonporti
Chamber music Le Nuove Musiche
1997
Premio Bonporti
Chamber music not assigned
1998
Premio Bonporti
Chamber music L’Assemblée des Honnêtes Curieux
1999
Premio Bonporti
Chamber music not assigned
2000
Premio Bonporti
Chamber music Á la Russe Ensemble
2001
Premio Bonporti
Chamber music not assigned
2002
Premio Bonporti
Chamber music Opera Quarta
2003
Premio Bonporti
Baroque Violin not assigned
(2nd Prize: Leyla Schayegh)
2004
Premio Bonporti
Chamber music Ricreation d’Arcadia
2005
Premio Bonporti
Baroque Violin Timothy Haig
2006
Premio Bonporti
Chamber music Ensemble Sirocco
2007
Premio Bonporti
Baroque Violin not assigned
(2nd Prize: Dmitry Sinkowsky)
2008
Premio Bonporti
Chamber music not assigned
2009
Premio Bonporti
Master in Baroque Violin
2010
Baroque Violin not assigned
(2nd Prize: Rie Kimura)
2011
Premio Bonporti
Chamber music Daimonion Ensemble
2012
Premio Ferrari
Fortepiano Olga Pashenko
2013
Premio Bonporti
Baroque Violin not assigned
(2nd Prize: Anne Kaun)
2014
Premio Ferrari
Master in Belcanto
2015
Premio Bonporti
Baroque Violin not assigned
(2nd Prize: Noyuri Hazama)
2016
Premio Ferrari
Fortepiano Viacheslav Shelepov
2017
Premio Bonporti
Baroque Violin Sara Deborah Timossi
2019
Premio Bonporti
Baroque Violin Minori Deguchi
2021
Premio Bonporti
Baroque Violin not assigned
(3rd Prize: Marta Korbel)
2022
Premio Bonporti
Chamber music not assigned
(3rd Prize: Ensemble Fuclrum)
2023
Premio Bonporti
Baroque Violin not assigned
(2nd Prize: Marguerite Wassermann)
The Juries
1996
Alan Curtis (U.S.A.) – President
Kees Boeke (Holland)
Alfonso Fedi (Italy)
Paolo Zeccara (Italy)
1997
Gustav Leonhardt (Holland) President
Kees Boeke (Holland)
Sandro Boccardi (Italy)
Kees Boeke (Holland)
Enrico Gatti (Italy)
Pál Németh (Hungary)
Paolo Zeccara (Italy)
1998
Gustav Leonhardt (Holland) President
Sandro Boccardi (Italy)
Kees Boeke (Holland)
Jill Feldman(U.S.A.)
Enrico Gatti (Italy)
Pál Németh (Hungary)
Paolo Zeccara (Italy)
1999
Gustav Leonhardt (Holland) President
Rinaldo Alessandrini (Italy)
Sandro Boccardi (Italy)
Kees Boeke (Holland)
Filippo Juvarra (Italy)
Jean-Pierre Mathieu (France)
Pál Németh (Hungary)
2000
Gustav Leonhardt (Holland) President
Gloria Banditelli (Italy)
Sandro Boccardi (Italy)
Enrico Gatti (Italy)
Pál Németh (Hungary)
Bernard Trebuch (Austria)
Temenuschka Vesselinova (Bulgaria)
2001
Gustav Leonhardt (Holland) President
Chiara Banchini (Switzerland)
Gloria Banditelli (Italy)
Sandro Boccardi (Italy)
Andrea Coen (Italy)
Barthold Kuijken (Belgium)
Bernard Trebuch (Austria)
2002
Gustav Leonhardt (Holland) President
Chiara Banchini (Switzerland)
Gloria Banditelli (Italy)
Ottavio Dantone (Italy)
Barthold Kuijken (Belgium)
Marco Tiella (Italy)
Bernard Trebuch (Austria)
2003
Chiara Banchini (Switzerland ) President
Sandro Boccardi (Italy)
Werner Ehrhardt (Germany)
Giorgio Fava (Italy)
Filippo Juvarra (Italy)
Marie Leonhardt (Holland)
Bernard Trebuch (Austria)
2004
Gustav Leonhardt (Holland) President
Kees Boeke (Holland)
Paolo Grazzi (Italy)
Barthold Kuijken (Belgium)
Gaetano Nasillo (Italy)
Claudio Rufa (Italy)
Bernhard Trebuch (Austria)
2005
Chiara Banchini (Switzerland) President
Sandro Boccardi (Italy)
Giorgio Fava (Italy)
Emilio Moreno (Spain)
Gaetano Nasillo (Italy)
Agata Sapiecha(Poland)
Bernard Trebuch (Austria)
2006
Jesper Christensen (Denmark) President
Alfredo Bernardini (Italy)
Sandro Boccardi (Italy)
Kees Boeke (Holland)
Michele Dall’Ongaro (Italy)
Emilio Moreno (Spain)
Elizabeth Wallfisch (Australia)
2007
Lucy van Dael (Holland) – President
Luigi Mangiocavallo (Italy)
Agata Sapiecha (Poland)
Anton Steck (Germany)
Jan van den Bossche (Holland)
Elizabeth Wallfisch (Australia)
2008
Gustav Leonhardt (Holland) President
Gloria Banditelli (Italy)
Jesper Christensen (Denmark)
Andrea Damiani (Italy)
Simon Standage (UK)
Jan van den Bossche (Holland)
Carlo Vitali (Italy)
2009
Enrico Gatti – Italy
1st Bonporti Masterclass
2010
Enrico Gatti (Italy) – President
Máté Balázs (Hungary)
Enrico Bellei (Italy)
Odile Edouard (France)
Susanne Scholz (Austria)
Ryo Terakado (Japan)
Carlo Vitali (Italy)
2011
Linde Brunnmayr (Austria)
President
Luisa Antoni (Slovenia)
Claudio Astronio (Italy)
Kees Boeke (Holland)
Benedikt Poensgen (Germany)
Romano Vettori (Italy)
Carlo Vitali (Italy)
Takashi Watanabe (Japan)
2013
Chiara Banchini (Switzerland) President
Claudio Astronio (Italy)
Leila Schayegh(Switzerland)
Anton Steck (Germany)
Romano Vettori (Italy)
2015
Sigiswald Kuijken (Belgium) President
Angelo Bartoletti (Italy)
Manfredo Kremer (Argentina)
Romano Vettori (Italy)
Carlo Vitali (Italy)
2017
Enrico Gatti (Italy) – President
Luca Giardini (Italy)
Richard Gwilt (UK)
Susanne Scholz (Austria)
Romano Vettori (Italy)
2019
Catherine Mackintosh (UK) President
Kati Debretzeni (Romania)
Richard Gwilt (UK)
Romano Vettori (Italy)
2021
Richard Gwilt (UK) – President
Alessandro Ciccolini (Italy)
Carlo Fiore (Italy)
Veronika Skuplik (Germany)
Susanne Scholz (Austria)
Romano Vettori (Italy)
2022
Pedro Memelsdorff (Argentina) – President
Elam Rotem (Israel)
Giorgio Pacchioni (Italy)
Romano Vettori (Italy)
2023
Ryo Terakado (Japan) – President
Emilio Moreno (Spain)
Dmitri Sinkovsky (Russia)
Romano Vettori (Italy)
