Winners of the Helsinki International Ballet Competition
1984-2022
1984 – 1st competition
SENIORS
Women
- Natalia Tshehovskaya (Sovjet Union)
- Kirsi Aromaa (Finland)
- Sylvie Guillaumin (France)
Men
- Oliver Matz (DDR)
- Vadim Pisarev (Sovjet Union)
- Jukka Aromaa (Finland)
JUNIORS
Women
- Caroline Campo (BRD)
- Kirsten Lammersen (BRD)
- Kazumi Ushio (Japan)
Men
- –
- –
- –
CHOREOGRAPHERS
- Eddy Toussaint (Canada)
- –
- Nina Marttinen (Finland), Ysabelle Taylor (United Kingdom)
1991 – 2nd competition
SENIORS
Women
- –
- Barbara Bears (USA)
- Suzanne Rubio (Canada)
Men
- –
- Bakhitzan Smagulov (Sovjet Union)
- Aidar Akhmetov (Sovjet Union)
JUNIORS
Women
- Pollyanna Ribeiro (Brasil)
- Tan Yuanyuan (China)
- Lei Zhao (China)
Men
- –
- Kim Savéus (Sweden)
- –
CHOREOGRAPHERS
Robert North (USA)
Mark Godden (Kanada)
Tero Saarinen (Suomi)
1995 – 3rd competition
GRAND PRIX Barbora Kohoutková (Czech Republic)
SENIORS
Women
- Egle Spokaite (Lithuania)
- Katja Björner (Sweden), Nina Hyvärinen (Finland)
- –
Men
- Andrei Ivanov (Russia)
- Daryl Brandwood (Australia)
- Jonas Lundqvist (Finland)
JUNIORS
Women
- Barbora Kohoutková (Czech Republic)
- Zhang Jian (China)
- Elizabeth Mertz (USA)
Men
- Han Po (China)
- Stanislav Jermakov (Estonia)
- Almicar Moret (Cuba), Michael Eaton (USA)
CHOREOGRAPHERS
Philip Morris Choreography Award
Ntsikelelo G. Cekwana (South-Africa)
Krysztof Pastor (Poland)
Daryl Brandwood (Australia)
Philip Morris Choreography Encouragement Award
Mei Wang (China)
2001 – 4th competition
GRAND PRIX Yao Wei (China)
SENIORS
Women
- –
- Hwang Hye Min (Korea), 5 000 €
- –
Men
- Zdenek Konvalina (Czech Republic), 7 000 €
Anton Korsakov (Russia), 7 000 € - Sergei Upkin (Estonia), 5 000 €
- Wang Yi (China), 3 000 €
JUNIORS
Women
- Fang Zhong-Jing (China), Nokia Award For Young Talent 3 000 €
- Sarah Kora Dayanova (France), 2 000 €
- Yoko Kaneta (Japan), 1 000 €
Men
- Thiago Bordin (Germany), Nokia Award For Young Talent 3 000 €
- Yudai Fukuoka (Japan), 2 000 €
- Huang Zhen (China), 1 000 €
Encouragement Awards
Joseph Phillips (USA) to young talent, 500 €
Sara Vuorinen (Finland) encouragement award from Union for Finnish Dance Artists, 2 000
CHOREOGRAPHERS
Philip Morris Choreography Grand Prix
Cláudia Martins & Rafael Carriço (Portugali)
Philip Morris -awards
Lára Stefánsdóttir (Iceland), 6 000 €
Arja Tiili (Finland), 4 000 €
Nokia Award, 4 000 €
Pontus Lindberg (Sweden)
2005 – 5th competition
GLORIA GRAND PRIX Daniil Simkin (Germany)
SENIORS
Women
- Iana Salenko (Ukraine), 7 000 €
- Jurgita Dronina (Lithuainia), 5 000 €
- Melissa Hough (USA), 3 000 €
Men
- –
- Yu Zheng (China), 5 000 €, Dastan Chinybayev (Kazakstan), 5 000 €
- Shidong Sheng (China), 3 000 €, Marian Walter (Germany), 3 000 €
JUNIORS
Women
- Tao Shuci (China), 3 000 €
- Eszter Ledán (Hungary), 2 000 €
- Megan Grey (USA), 1 000 €
Men
- István Simon (Hungary), 3 000 €
- Joseph Gorak (USA), 2 000 €
- Mathias Dingman (USA), 1 000 €
CHOREOGRAPHERS
Choreography Award
Fei Bo (China), Remembrance, 3 000 €
Jorma Elo (Finland), On Fast Strings, Two Fast, 3 000 €
Viktor Plotnikov (Ukraine), Crazy Nun, 3 000 €
Other Awards
Fintra Inspiring Achievement Prize
Richárd Szabó (Hungary), 1 000 €
Quenby Hersh (USA), 1 000 €
Kirsti Paakkanen’s Encouragement Prize
Brooklyn Mack (USA), 1 000 €
Maria Seletskaja (Estonia), 1 000 €
Cao Chi Thanh (Vietnam), 1 000 €
Union of Finnish Dance Artists’ Encouragement Prize
Aino Ettala (Finland), 500 €
2009 – 6th competition
GLORIA GRAND PRIX Xiaoyu He (China)
SENIORS
Women
- Haijing Yao (China), 8 000 €
- Yu Guo(China), 6 000 €
- Magda Matejkova (Czech Republic) 3 500 €
Men
- Jun Shuang Huang, (China) 8 000 €
- Brooklyn Mack (USA), 6 000 €, Avetik Karapetyan (Armenia), 6 000 €
- Maxime Quiroga (France), 3 500 €
JUNIORS
Women
- Maria Baranova (Finland), 3 500 €
- Camille Bracher (South-Africa), 2 500 €
- Meaghan Hinkis (USA), 1 500 €
Men
- Jeffrey A. Cirio (USA), 3 500 €
- Lonnie Weeks (USA), 2 500 €
- Junxiong Zhao (China), 1 500 €
- Gergely Leblanc (Hungary), 1 500 €
CHOREOGRAPHERS
Choreography Award
Marco Goecke, (Germany) Affi, 2 250 €
David Jonathan (Belgium), 303, 2 250 €
OTHER AWARDS
Pessi & Illusia Prize for a best couple (Doris Laine & Heikki Värtsi)
Hong Yu Guo and Wenjun Zhang, 3 000 €
Union of Finnish Dance Artists’ Encouragement Prize
Maria Baranova (Finland), 500 €
2012 – 7th competition
GLORIA GRAND PRIX Yun Wang (China), 15 000 €
SENIORS
Women
- Candice Adea (Filippines) 8 000 €
- Maria Baranova (Finland), 6 000 €
- Ekaterina Oleynik (Belarus), 3 500 €
Men
- –
- Rodrigo Almarales (Cuba), 6 000€, Ruichen Sun (China), 6 000 €
- Andrei Cozlac (Romania), 3 500 €
JUNIORS
Women
- Alys Shee (Canada), 3 500 €
- Dingwen Ao (China), 2 500 €
- Katherine Higgins (USA), 1 500 €
Men
- Taiyu He (China), 3 500 €
- Francesco Gabriele Frola (Italia), 2 500 €
- Jinchang Gu (China), 1 500 €
CHOREOGRAPHERS
Choreography Award
Francesco Frola (Italy), Magnificat, 2 000 €
Tisa Zhang (China), My First Modern Dance, 2 000 €
SPECIAL AWARDS
Best non-competing partner
Ye Wang (China), 2 000 €
Best Pas de Deux -technique
Jean-Marc Cordero (Filippines), 2 000 €
MARIMEKKO DANCE DESIGN PRIZE
Choreographer Fei Bo (China), Sacrifice, 2 000 €
MARIINSKII THEATRES FRIENDS IN FINLAND RY award of the best interpretation of TSHAIKOVSKY music
Yun Wang ja Yang Jiao (China), 2 500 €
Union of Finnish Dance Artists’ Prize to talented young dancer
Suvi Honkanen (Finland) 1 000 €
2016 – 8th competition
JANE ERKKO GRAND PRIX Kim Heesun (South-Korea), 15 000 €
SENIORS
Women
- Xinlu Zhan (China), Yimeng Sun (China), 7 000 €
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- Yoshiko Kamikusa (Canada), 3 500 €
Men
- –
- Byul Yun (South-Korea), 6 000 €
- Takatoshi Machiyama (Japan), Kengo Nishioka (Japan), 3 000 €
JUNIORIT
Naiset
- So Jung Shin (Etelä-Korea), 3 500 €
- Fangqi Li (Kiina), 2 500 €
- Yeojin Shim (Etelä-Korea), 1 500 €
Miehet
- Zhuming Chen (Kiina), 3 500 €
- Yuedong Sun (Kiina), 2 500 €
- Frederico Loureiro (Portugali), 1 500 €
CHOREOGRAPHERS
Koreografiapalkinto Jae Deok Kim (Etelä-Korea), Aria, 2 000 €
SPECIAL AWARDS FROM THE JURY
1st prize Pas de deux -series
Hojin Jeon (South-Korea), 1 000€
Encouragement awards
Matthew Cunningham (USA), 1 000 €
Magili Chadbourne (USA), 1 000 €
Chongzheng Guan (China), 1 000 €
Attitydi-encouragement award
Suvi Honkanen (Finland), 1 000 €
2022 – 9th competition
Jane Erkko Grand Prix Yuka Masumoto (Japani) 20 000 €
Doris Laine -award Giulio Diligente (Italy),12 000 €
SENIORS
Women
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- Hui Wen Peng (Taiwan) 7 000 €
- Viola Länsivuori (Finland) 5 000 €
Men:
- Keita Fujishima (Japan) 10 000 €
- Luciano Ghidoli, (Italy) 7 000 €
- Joshua Kiesel, (USA) 5 000 €
JUNIORS
Women
- Maya Schonbrun (USA) 5 000 €
- Matoi Kawamoto (Japan) 3 500 €
- Alexis Workowski (USA) 2 000 €
Men
- Clark Eselgroth (USA) 5 000 €
- Alexei Orohovsky (USA) 3 500 €
- Vasco Yu Belo Prazeres Pereira (Portugal) 2 000 €
Choreography award –
Other awards
Balettiyhdistys Attitydi ry:n award Pinja Rissanen (Finland) 1 000 €
encouragement award from the Jury Alexei Orohovsky (USA) 1 000 €
Pas de deux -award Yuka Masumoto (Japani) & Clark Eselgroth, (USA) 5 000 €