It is open to all nationalities at the age between 18 and 32 and was created at the initiative of Jan Jacob Bistritzky, a close friend of Arthur Rubinstein.

Since 2003, the Artistic Director of the Competition is Israeli Pianist Idith Zvi. 

The Competion has produced pianists who went on to international acclaim: Gerhard Oppitz, Angela Cheng, Alexander Korsantia, Kirill Gerstein, Alexander Gavrylyuk; Igor Levit, Khatia Buniatishvili, Boris Giltburg, Daniil Trifonov and others.

The next Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition will be in 2020.

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