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 1996-2022

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)

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)