The International Maj Lind Piano Competition is organized by the Sibelius Academy and takes place in Helsinki , Finland . Originally a national competition that was first held in 1945, it was opened to international competitors in 2002 and has since then been held every five years.
2-407: The competition is named after Maria (Maj) Lind, née Kopjeff (1876–1942) . In 2022, prize money of over €100,000 was awarded. The first prize was won by Piotr Pawlak [ pl ] . In 2017 the first prize was won by Mackenzie Melemed [ fi ] . In 2012 the first prize was won by Sergei Redkin . In 2007 the first prize was won by Sofya Gulyak . In 2002 the first prize
4-503: Was won by Alberto Nosè . This article about an organisation in Finland is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Maj Lind Maria (Maj) Lind , née Kopjeff (1876–1942) was a philanthropist, who studied piano in Kuopio and Saint Petersburg . She married a Helsinki businessman, Arvid Lind, and inherited a considerable fortune when he died. She left a bequest "for
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