The Concours de violoncelle Rostropovitch, (Cello Competition Mstislav Rostropovich), is an international cello competition established in 1977 by the city of Paris.
| Year | President | Jury | Commissioned works | Prize | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Mstislav Rostropovich | Luciano Berio  Henri Dutilleux Raya Garbousova Witold Lutosławski Pierre Penassou Iannis Xenakis  | 
Kottos, Iannis Xenakis | 1st Grand Prize ex-aequo: Lluís Claret and Frédéric Lodéon 3rd Prize: Yvan Chiffoleau   | 
| 1981 | Mstislav Rostropovich | Henri Dutilleux Pierre Fournier Raya Garbousova Antonio Janigro Witold Lutosławski André Navarra Leonard Rose Étienne Vatelot  | 
Quasi scherzando, Gilbert Amy | 1st Grand Prize: Maria Kliegel 2nd Grand Prize: Yvan Chiffoleau   | 
| 1986 | Mstislav Rostropovich | Reine Flachot Raya Garbousova Cristóbal Halffter Ludwig Hoelscher Alain Meunier André Navarra Aldo Parisot William Pleeth Étienne Vatelot  | 
Per Slava, Krzysztof Penderecki | Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris: Gary Hoffman  2nd Grand Prize: Gustav Rivinius   | 
| 1990 | Mstislav Rostropovich | Rodion Shchedrin Lluís Claret Natalia Gutman Frans Helmerson Frédéric Lodéon Arto Noras Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi Étienne Vatelot Raphael Wallfisch Uzi Wiesel  | 
Bribes russes, Rodion Shchedrin | Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris: Wendy Warner.[1]  2nd Grand Prize: Colin Carr   | 
| 1994 | Mstislav Rostropovich | Young-Chang Cho Henri Dutilleux David Geringas Natalia Gutman Frans Helmerson Alain Meunier Philippe Muller Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi Étienne Vatelot Uzi Wiesel  | 
Improvisation pour violoncelle seul, Alfred Schnittke | Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris: Han-na Chang  2nd Grand Prize: Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt   | 
| 1997 | Mstislav Rostropovich | Young-Chang Cho Walter Grimmer Natalia Chakovskaia David Geringas Frans Helmerson Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi Étienne Vatelot Uzi Wiesel  | 
Spins and Spells, Kaija Saariaho | Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris: Enrico Dindo  2nd Grand Prix : Hai-Ye Ni   | 
| 2001 | Mstislav Rostropovich | Natalia Chakovskaïa Young-Chang Cho David Geringas Frans Helmerson Philippe Muller Arto Noras Marco Stroppa Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi Étienne Vatelot Uzi Wiesel  | 
Ay, there’s the rub, Marco Stroppa | Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris: Tatjana Vassiljeva 2nd Grand Prix: Oren Shevlin  | 
| 2005 | Mstislav Rostropovich | Natalia Chakovskaïa Young-Chang Cho Frans Helmerson Gary Hoffman Alain Meunier Philippe Muller Arto Noras Raimund Trenkler Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi Étienne Vatelot  | 
Oyan!, Franghiz Ali-Zadeh | Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris: Marie-Elisabeth Hecker 2nd Grand Prix : Julian Steckel  | 
| 2009 | Krzysztof Penderecki Honorary President: Elena Rostropovich  | 
Natalia Chakovskaïa Young-Chang Cho Frans Helmerson Gary Hoffman Philippe Muller Arto Noras Raimund Trenkler Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi  | 
Invocation, Éric Tanguy | Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris: Dai Miyata.[2] 2nd Prize - Prix de l'Académie des Beaux Arts: Jacob Koranyi  |