The ARD International Music Competition (german: link=no, Internationaler Musikwettbewerb der ARD) is the largest international classical music competition in Germany. It is organised by the Bayerischer Rundfunk and held once a year in Munich. Since its inception in 1952, it has become one of the most prestigious classical music competitions. It takes place usually in September. It became one of the founding members of the World Federation of International Music Competitions in 1957. A prize at this international competition acted as a springboard for a later career. Notable past winners include: Jessye Norman,

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, Francisco Araiza, Natalia Gutman, Christoph Eschenbach, Anna Malikova, Nobuko Imai, Mitsuko Uchida, Thomas Quasthoff, Yuri Bashmet, Christian Tetzlaff,

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, Heinz Holliger,

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, , and Maurice André.

History

Between 1947 and 1950, the

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held a "Young Soloists Competition". The earliest competition discovered two female vocalists who would soon take their place among the international talented:

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and

Erika Köth Erika Köth (15 September 1925 in Darmstadt – 20 February 1989 in Speyer) was a German operatic high coloratura soprano, particularly associated with the roles of Ariadne auf Naxos, Zerbinetta and Don Giovanni, Zerlina. Köth began a musical ...

. Instrumentalists included flautist Karlheinz Zöller and pianist Robert-Alexander Bohnke. The newly founded ARD continued the concept of bringing together talented young musicians from the entire globe. The competition categories change from year to year and include solo instrumentsm voice and chamber ensembles. An emphasis has been placed on modern music, and contemporary composers have regularly been commissioned to write new pieces for this Competition since 2001. 350 to 450 young musicians usually apply each year, out of whom 200 candidates, from 35 to 40 countries, make it past the preliminary round. A large percentage of competitors come from countries other than Germany (up to 86%). The 2020 edition was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.

Management

Sourc
Organization
''Artistic Directors'': Oswald Beaujean and Meret Forster ''Managing Director'': Elisabeth Kozik ''Project Management'': Anja Krainz ''Public Relations'': Ruth Wischmann

Prize money

Prize money per category * 1. Prize €10,000 * 2. Prize €7,500 * 3. Prize €5,000

Winners

* Prize-winners of the ARD International Music Competition Full lists of winners can be retrieved from the competition's website.

2000s

;2000 ''Voice (female)'' *1st Prize: Zoryana Kushpler, Ukraine *3rd Prizes (shared): Stefanie Krahnenfeld, Germany;

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, Germany ''Voice (male)'' *1st Prize: Konrad Jarnot, Great Britain *2nd Prize:

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, USA *3rd Prize: Friedemann Röhlig, Germany ''Viola'' *2nd Prize: Danusha Waskiewicz, Germany ''Flute'' *2nd Prizes (shared): Rozàlia Szabó, Hungary; Henrik Wiese, Germany *3rd Prize: Kersten McCall, Germany ''Piano Duo'' *1st Prize: Mati Mikalai / Kai Ratassepp, Estonia *2nd Prize: Duo d'Accord, Taiwan/Germany ''String Quartet'' *2nd Prize: Avalon String Quartett, France/Canada/USA *3rd Prize: Quartetto Prometeo, Italy ;2001 ''Violin'' *2nd Prize:

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, Germany *3rd Prizes (shared):

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, Korea; Yamei Yu, Germany ''Cello'' *1st Prize:

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, Germany *2nd Prizes (shared):

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, USA; Monika Leskovar, Croatia *3rd Prize: Thomas Carroll, Great Britain ''Saxophone'' *2nd Prize: Alexandre Doisy, France *3rd Prizes (shared): Lutz Koppetsch, Germany; Julien Petit, France ''Percussion'' *1st Prize: Marta Klimasara, Poland *2nd Prize: Eirik Raude, Norway *3rd Prize:

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, France ''Wind Quintet'' *1st Prize: Miró Ensemble, Spain *2nd Prize: Orsolino Quintett, Germany/Austria *3rd Prize: St. Petersburg Woodwind Quintet, Russia ;2002 ''Bassoon'' *2nd Prize:

Matthias Rácz Matthias Rácz (born 1980) is a German bassoonist. Career Rácz was born in Berlin and began his musical education at the age of 6, first on the piano and at 10 also on the bassoon. During his school days at the Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach-Gymnas ...

, Germany *3rd Prizes (shared): Jaakko Luoma, Finland;

Lyndon Watts Lyndon Jeffrey Frank Watts (born 19 January 1976) is an Australian bassoonist. He is principal bassoonist of the Münchner Philharmoniker and an academic teacher. Professional career Watts studied the bassoon from 1988 and completed his senior ...

, Australia ''Oboe'' *3rd Prizes (shared):

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, France; Alexandre Gattet, France ''Piano'' *1st Prize: Denys Proshayev, Ukraine *2nd Prize: Ferenc Vizi, Romania *3rd Prize: Chiao-Ying Chang, Taiwan ''Piano Trio'' *2nd Prizes (shared): Trio con Brio, Denmark/Korea; Trio Ondine, Sweden/Denmark/Norway ;2003 ''Voice (female)'' *1st Prize:

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, Russia *2nd Prizes (shared):

Andrea Lauren Brown Andrea Lauren Brown (born 1973) is an American soprano and second prize winner of the 2003 ARD International Music Competition. Often appearing as Andrea Brown, she has performed at international venues and festivals, and has made recordings of ...

, USA; Measha Brueggergosman, Canada *3rd Prize:

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, Russia ''Voice (male)'' *1st Prize:

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, Korea *3rd Prizes (shared): Tyler Duncan, Canada;

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, Germany ''Double Bass'' *1st Prize:

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, Germany *2nd Prize: Roman Patkoló, Slovakia *3rd Prize: Ödön Rácz, Hungary ''Clarinet'' *2nd Prize:

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, France *3rd Prize: Florent Pujuila, France ''Trumpet'' *1st Prize: David Guerrier, France *2nd Prize: Giuliano Sommerhalder, Switzerland *3rd Prizes (shared): Gabor Richter, Hungary; Guillaume Couloumy, France ;2004 ''Viola'' *1st Prize:

Antoine Tamestit Antoine Tamestit (born 1979) is a French violist. Tamestit studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, and further with Jesse Levine at Yale University, and with Tabea Zimmermann. He won the 2001 Primrose International Viola Competition, the 2003 Yo ...

, France *2nd Prize: Ryszard Groblewski, Poland *3rd Prize: Tomoko Akasaka, Japan ''Flute'' *1st Prize:

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, France *2nd Prize: Pirmin Grehl, Germany *3rd Prize: Andrea Oliva, Italy ''String Quartet'' *1st Prize:

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, France *2nd Prize: Faust Quartett, Germany *3rd Prize: Quatuor Benaïm, Israel/France ''Harp'' *1st Prize: Anton Sie, Netherlands *2nd Prize:

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, France *3rd Prize: Mirjam Schroder, Germany ;2005 ''Violin'' *1st Prize: Keisuke Okasaki, Japan *2nd Prize:

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, Japan *3rd Prize:

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, Germany ''Cello'' *1st Prize: Jing Zhao, China *2nd Prize: Alexander Bouzlov, Russia *3rd Prize:

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, Armenia/Great Britain ''Horn'' *1st Prize: Szabolcs Zempléní, Hungary *2nd Prizes (shared): Louis-Philippe Marsolais, Canada;

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, Germany *3rd Prize: Christoph Eß, Germany ''Piano Duo'' *2nd Prizes (shared): Victor y Luis del Valle, Spain; Piano Duo Poskute – Daukantas, Lithuania *3rd Prize: Silivanova – Puryzhinskiy, Russia ;2006 ''Voice/Opera'' *1st Prize: Jun Mo Yang, Korea *2nd Prize: Joshua Hopkins, Canada *3rd Prizes (shared): Ilse Eerens, Belgium; Anna Kasyan, Armenia ''Voice/Lied'' *2nd Prizes (shared): Roxana Constantinescu, Rumania; Carolina Ullrich, Chile/Germany *3rd Prizes (shared): Colin Balzer, Canada; Peter Schöne, Germany ''Piano'' *1st Prize:

Benjamin Kim Benjamin "Ben" Kim is an American pianist, who won the 55th ARD International Music Competition in Munich, September 2006 (First prize). Biography Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, Kim started studying the piano at age five with Dorothy Fah ...

, USA *2nd Prizes (shared): Hisako Kawamura, Japan;

Marianna Shirinyan Marianna Shirinyan (; born 25 September 1978) is an Armenian-Danish musician and prizewinner of various musical contests. A Steinway Artist. Biography Marianna Shirinyan was born in Yerevan, Armenia on 25 September 1978. Marianna Shirinyan is ...

, Armenia ''Wind Quintet'' *1st Prize: Quintette Aquilon, France *2nd Prize: Quintett Chantily, Germany/Hungary/Russia/Finland *3rd Prize: Weimarer Bläserquintett, Germany ;2007 ''Oboe'' *1st Prize: Ramón Ortega Quero, Spain *2nd Prize:

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, Russia *3rd Prize:

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, Russia ''Trombone'' *1st Prize: Fabrice Millischer, France *2nd Prize: Frederic Belli, Germany *3rd Prize: Juan Carlos Matamoros, Spain ''Percussion'' *1st Prize: Johannes Fischer, Germany *2nd Prize: Vassilena Serafimova, Bulgaria ''Piano Trio'' *1st Prize: Tecchler Trio, Switzerland/Germany *2nd Prize: Morgenstern Trio, Germany/France *3rd Prize: Trio Cérès, France ;2008 ''Viola'' *2nd Prize:

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, China *3rd Prize:

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, China ''Clarinet'' *1st Prize:

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, Germany *3rd Prizes (shared): Shelly Ezra, Israel; Taira Kaneko, Japan ''Bassoon'' *2nd Prizes (shared): Christian Kunert, Germany; Philipp Tutzer, Italy *3rd Prize:

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, Czech Republic *Bärenreiter Prize for the Best Interpretation of the Commissioned Work:

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, France ''String Quartet'' *1st Prize: Apollon Musagete Quartett, Poland *2nd Prize: Afiara String Quartet, Canada *3rd Prizes (shared): Gémeaux Quartet, Germany/Switzerland; Verus String Quartet, Japan ;2009 ''Violin'' *1st Prize: Hyeyoon Park, Korea *2nd Prize:

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, Japan *3rd Prize:

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, USA ''Double Bass'' *1st Prize:

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, Latvia *2nd Prize: Stanislau Anishchanka, Belarus *3rd Prizes (shared): Olivier Thiery, France; Ivan Zavgorodniy, Ukraine ''Voice'' *1st Prize: Anita Watson, Australia *2nd Prize: Sunyoung Seo, Korea; Wilhelm Schwinghammer, Germany *3rd Prize: Hye Jung Lee, Korea; Falko Hönisch, Germany

2010s

;2010 ''Flute'' *1st Prize:

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, France *2nd Prize: Daniela Koch, Austria *3rd Prize: Sooyun Kim, South Korea/USA *BR Klassik Prize: Ivannay Ternay, Ukraine ''Cello'' *1st Prize:

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, Germany *2nd Prize:

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, Japan *3rd Prize: Tristan Cornut, France ''Horn'' *1st Prize:

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, Czech Republic *2nd Prizes (shared): Dániel Ember, Hungary; Paolo Mendes, Germany ''Piano Duo'' *2nd Prize: Hyun Joo & Hee Jin June – Remnant Piano Duo, South Korea *3rd Prize: Susan & Sarah Wang – DoubleWang Duo, USA *Special Prize: Pianoduo Groebner & Trisko, Austria ;2011 ''Oboe'' *2nd Prizes (shared):

Philippe Tondre Philippe Tondre (born in 1989) is a French-British classical oboist. He has served as Principal Oboist of the Philadelphia Orchestra since 2020, and a professor of Oboe at the Curtis Institute of Music since 2022. Early days Born in Mulhouse, Phi ...

, France, with Public Prize; Ivan Podyomov, Russia *3rd Prize: Cristina Gómez Godoy, Spain; Marc Lachat, France ''Organ'' *1st Prize: Schöch, Austria *2nd Prize: Anna-Victoria Baltrusch, German *3rd Prize: Lukas Stollhof, Dutch ''Trumpet'' *1st Prize: Manuel Blanco Gómez-Limón, Spain *2nd Prize: Alexandre Baty, France *3rd Prize: Ferenc Mausz, Hungary, with Public Prize ''Piano'' *1st Prize:

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, Ukraine, with Public Prize *2nd Prize: Tori Huang (

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), USA *3rd Prize: Dasol Kim, South Korea *Special Prizes: EunAe Lee, South Korea ;2012 ''Voice (male)'' *2nd Prizes (shared): Dashon Burton, USA; Hansung Yoo, South Korea, with Public Prize *3rd Prize: Kyubong Lee, South Korea ''Voice (female)'' *1st Prize: Olena Tokar, Ukraine *2nd Prizes (shared):

Sumi Hwang Sumi Hwang (; born 25 January 1986) is a South Korean soprano. Early life and education Hwang was born in Yecheon, South Korea. She studied at the Seoul National University where she received both her bachelor's and master's degrees in music. I ...

, South Korea; Anna Sohn, South Korea *3rd Prize:

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, Germany, with Public Prize ''Clarinet'' *2nd Prizes (shared): Sergey Eletskiy, Russia; Stojan Krkuleski, Serbia, with Public Prize; Annelien Van Wauwe, Belgium ''String Quartet'' *1st Prize: Armida Quartet, Germany, with Public Prize *2nd Prize: Novus String Quartet, South Korea *3rd Prize:

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, USA/Canada ;2013 ''Violin'' *2nd Prizes (shared):

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, South Korea; Christel Lee, USA, with Public Prize *Special Prize of the Munich Chamber Orchestra: Diana Tishchenko, Ukraine ''Viola'' *1st Prize: Yura Lee, South Korea *2nd Prize: Kyoungmin Park, South Korea, with Public Prize *3rd Prize: Katarzyna Budnik-Gałązka, Poland *Prize for the Best Interpretation of the Commissioned Work: Adrien Boisseau, France *Special Prize of the Henning Tögel Talent Foundation for Outstanding Talents:

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, Germany ''Bassoon'' *2nd Prizes :

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, Japan, with Prize for the Best Interpretation of the Commissioned Work *3rd Prize: María José Rielo Blanco, Spain, with BR-Klassik Online-Preis ''Piano Trio'' *2nd Prizes (shared): Van Baerle Trio, Netherlands, with Public Prize; Trio Karénine, France, with Prize for the Best Interpretation of the Commissioned Work ;2014 ''Percussion'' * 1. Prize: Simone Rubino (Italy), Public Prize, Brüder Busch Prize * 2. Prize: Alexej Gerassimez (Germany), Special Prize for the Best Interpretation of the Commissioned Work * 3. Prize: Christoph Sietzen (Luxembourg ) * Special Prize U21: Vivi Vassileva (Germany), Semifinal * Special Prize of Mozart Gesellschaft München: Vivi Vassileva (Germany), Semifinal ''Violoncello'' * 1. Prize: István Várdai (Hungary) * 2. Prize:

Andrei Ioniță Andrei Ionuț Ioniță (born 1 January 1994 in Bucharest) is a Romanian cellist. He won first prize in the cello division of the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition. Ioniță began studying piano when he was five years old and started cel ...

(Romania), Special Prize for the Best Interpretation of the Commissioned Work, Special Prize Premiertone-Website * 3. Prize: Bruno Philippe (France), Public Prize * Alice-Rosner-Prize for an excellent interpretation of G. Ligeti Sonate for Violoncello solo:

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(Spain), Semifinal * Bärenreiter-Urtext-Prize: Alexey Zhilin, 2. Round ''Wind Quintet'' * 2. Prize: Azahar Ensemble (Spain), Public Prize, ifp-Musikpreis * 3. Prize: Acelga Quintett (Germany/Luxembourg) * 3. Prize: Quintette Klarthe (France), BR-KLASSIK Onlineprize, Special Prize Palazzetto Bru Zane * Special Prize for the Best Interpretation of the Commissioned Work: Canorusquintett (Germany), Semifinal * Prize of Jeunesses Musicales Germany: Canorusquintett (Germany), Semifinal * Bärenreiter-Urtext-Prize: Arcadia Wind Quintet (Venezuela), 1. Round ''Piano'' * 2. Prize: Chi-Ho Han (South Korea), Publik Prize, Special Prize for the Best Interpretation of the Commissioned Work * 3. Prize: Kang-Un Kim (South Korea), Osnabrücker Musikpreis * 3. Prize: Florian Mitrea (Rumania), Special Prize Münchener Kammerorchester * Bärenreiter-Urtext-Prize: Nadjezda Pisareva (Russia), 2. Round ;2015 Voice * 1. Prize: Emalie Savoy (USA), Special Prize „Orpheus“,Special Prize GENUIN classics * 2. Prize: Sooyeon Lee (South Korea), Public Prize * 3. Prize: Marion Lebegue (France), Special Prize for the Best Interpretation of the Commissioned Work * Bärenreiter-Urtext-Prize: Jae Eun Park (South Korea) ''Trombone'' * 1. Prize: Michael Buchanan (Great Britain), Public Prize * 2. Prize: Jonathan Reith, (France) * 3. Prize: Guilhem Kusnierek (France) * Special Prize of Mozart Gesellschaft München: Juan González Moreno (Spain), Semifinal * Special Prize for the Best Interpretation of the Commissioned Work: José Milton Vieira Leite Filho (Brasil) ''Piano Duo'' * 1. Prize: Alina Shalamova & Nikolay Shalamov (Bulgaria/Russia), Public Prize, Special Prize for the Best Interpretation of the Commissioned Work, ifp-Musikpreis * 2. Prize: Duo Ani und Nia Sulkhanishvili (Georgia) * 2. Prize: Duo ShinPark (South Korea) * 3. Prize: Piano Duo Lok Ping & Lok Ting Chau (Hong Kong) * Bärenreiter-Urtext-Prize: Piano Duo Chen – Armand (France/South Korea), Semifinal * Special Prize U21: Piano Duo Chen – Armand (France/South Korea), Semifinal ''Flute'' * 1. Prize: Sébastian Jacot (Switzerland ), Special Prize from Münchener Kammerorchester, Brüder-Busch-Prize, Osnabrücker Musikpreis * 2. Prize: Francisco López Martín (Spain), Public Prize, Special Prize for the Best Interpretation of the Commissioned Work, BR-KLASSIK Online-Prize * 3. Prize: Eduardo Belmar (Spain) * Bärenreiter-Urtext-Prize: Othonas Gkogkas (Greece) * Alice-Rosner-Prize: For an excellent interpretation of Heinz Holliger Sonate (in)solit(air)e: Mayuko Akimoto (Japan) ;2016 ''Harp'' * 1. Prize: Agnès Clément (France), Publik Prize, Special Prize for the Best Interpretation of the Commissioned Work * 2. Prize: Anaïs Gaudemard (France), Special Prize from Münchener Kammerorchester * 3. Prize: Rino Kageyama (Japan) * Special Prize of Mozart-Gesellschaft München: Magdalena Hoffmann (Germany), Semifinal * Special Prize U21: Magdalena Hoffmann (Germany), Semifinal * Bärenreiter-Urtext-Prize: Marika Cecilia Riedl (Germany) ''Horn'' * 2. Prize: Marc Gruber (Germany), Publik Prize, Brüder-Busch-Prize * 2. Prize: Kateřina Javůrková (Czech Republic), BR-KLASSIK Online-Preis * 3. Prize: Félix Dervaux (France), Special Prize for the Best Interpretation of the Commissioned Work * 3. Prize: Nicolas Ramez (France) * Bärenreiter-Urtext-Prize: Nicolás Gómez Naval (Spain) ''Double Bass'' * 1. Prize: Wies de Boevé (Belgium), Publik Prize, ifp-Musikpreis * 2. Prize: Michael Karg (Germany) * 3. Prize: Dominik Wagner (Germany/Austria), Special Prize of Andreas-Wilfer-Meisterwerkstatt building Cellos and doublebasses * Special Prize for the Best Interpretation of the Commissioned Work: Michail-Pavlos Semsis (Greece) * Bärenreiter-Urtext-Prize: Marek Romanowski (Poland) ''String Quartet'' * 1. Prize: Quatuor Arod (France), IDAGIO-Onlinepreis * 2. Prize: Aris Quartett (Germany), Publik Prize, Special Prize GENUIN classics, Special Prize ProQuartet, Osnabrücker Musikpreis * 3. Prize: Quartet Amabile (Japan), Special Prize for the Best Interpretation of the Commissioned Work * Bärenreiter-Urtext-Prize: Quatuor Hanson (France/Great Britain) * Alice-Rosner-Preis: For an excellent interpretation of Streichquartett nr. 1 from György Ligeti: Quatuor Arod (France) * Prize of Jeunesses Musicales Germany: Giocoso Streichquartett Vienna * Prize of Karl-Klingler-Stiftung: Goldmund Quartett (Germany) ;2017 ''Violin'' * 2. Prize: Sarah Christian, Germany, Public Prize, Special Prize from Münchener Kammerorchesters, Henle-Urtextpreis * 2. Prize: Andrea Obiso, Italy, Special Prize for the Best Interpretation of the Commissioned Work, Henle-Urtextpreis * 3. Prize: Kristīne Balanas, Latvia, Henle-Urtextpreis Piano * 1. Prize: JeungBeum Sohn, South Korea, Henle-Urtextpreis * 2. Prize: Fabian Müller, Germany, Public Prize, Brüder-Busch-Prize, Henle-Urtextpreis, Special Prize GENUIN classics * 3. Prize: Wataru Hisasue, Japan, Special Prize for the Best Interpretation of the Commissioned Work, Henle-Urtextpreis ''Guitar'' * 2. Prize: Junhong Kuang, China, Public Prize, ifp-Musikpreis * 2. Prize: Davide Giovanni Tomasi, Italy/Switzerland * 3. Prize: Andrey Lebedev, Australia, Special Prize for the Best Interpretation of the Commissioned Work ''Oboe'' * 2. Prize: Kyeong Ham, South Korea, BR-KLASSIK Online-Preis * 2. Prize: Thomas Hutchinson, New Zealand , Special Prize for the Best Interpretation of the Commissioned Work * 2. Prize: Juliana Koch, Germany, Public Prize, Osnabrücker Musikpreis ;2018 ''Voice'' *1st Prize: Natalya Boeva, Russia *2nd Prize: Milan Siljanov, Switzerland *3rd Prize: Mingjie Lei, China *3rd Prize: Ylva Sofia Stenberg, Sweden ''Trumpet'' *1st Prize Selina Ott, Austria *2nd Prize: Célestin Guérin, France *2nd Prize: Mihály Könyves-Tóth, Hungary *3rd Prize: (not awarded) ''Piano Trio'' *1st Prize: Aoi Trio, Japan *2nd Prize: (not awarded) *3rd Prize: Trio Marvin, Kazakhstan / Russia / Germany *3rd Prize: Lux Trio, Korea ''Viola'' *1st Prize: Diyang Mei, China *2nd Prize: Yucheng Shi, China *3rd Prize: Takehiro Konoe, Japan ;2019 ''Violoncello'' *1st Prize: Haruma Sato, Japan *2nd Prize: Friedrich Thiele, Germany *3rd Prize: Sihao He, China ''Bassoon'' *2nd Prize: Andrea Cellacchi, Italy *2nd Prize: Mathis Stier, Germany *3rd Prize: Theo Plath, Germany ''Clarinet'' *1st Prize: Joë Christophe, France *2nd Prize: Carlos Alexandre Brito Ferreira, Portugal *2nd Prize: Han Kim, South Korea ''Percussion'' *1st Prize: Kai Strobel, Germany *2nd Prize: Aurélien Gignoux, France/Switzerland *3rd Prize: Weiqi Bai, China

Prior 2000

Piano

*1952 Alberto Colombo Italy *1952 Laurence Davis Australia *1952

Peter Wallfisch Hans Peter Wallfisch (20 October 1924 – 10 November 1993) was a concert pianist and teacher, resident in Britain from 1951. Life Wallfisch was born in Breslau, Lower Silesia, in 1924. In 1938 he emigrated to Palestine; he studied at the Jerusa ...

Israel *1954 Ingrid Haebler Austria *1954 Fernande Kaeser Switzerland *1956 Robert-Alexander Bohnke FRG *1957 1. Prize Thérèse Dussaut France *1957 2. Prize Sumiko Inouchi Japan *1958 1. Prize Hans Eckart Besch FRG *1958 2. Prize

Michael Ponti Michael Ponti (29 October 1937 – 17 October 2022) was a German-American classical pianist. He was the first to record the complete piano works by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and Scriabin. He made more than 80 recordings, around 50 of rarely play ...

US *1958 2. Prize Dieter Weber Austria *1959 1. Prize Friedrich Wilhelm Schnurr FRG *1959 2. Prize Gernot Kahl FRG *1959 2. Prize

Norman Shetler Norman Shetler (born 16 June 1931, Dubuque, Iowa) is a pianist, puppeteer and puppet constructor, and piano professor. Originally from America, he now lives in Austria. Life and career Norman Shetler was born in Dubuque, Iowa in 1931. He planned t ...

US *1961 2. Prize Pavica Gvozdić Yugoslavia *1961 3. Prize Alexandra Ablewicz Poland *1962 2. Prize Christoph Eschenbach FRG *1962 3. Prize Milena Mollova Bulgaria *1963 2. Prize Edith Fischer Switzerland *1965 1. Prize Judith Burganger US *1965 3. Prize

Dag Achatz Dag Achatz is a Swedish pianist and composer. Born in Stockholm in 1942 of a Swedish mother and a Viennese father, both musicians, he was raised in Switzerland, where he entered the Geneva Conservatory at age of 8. Graduating with honors, he con ...

Sweden *1966 1. Prize Claude Savard France *1966 3. Prize Mitsuko Uchida Japan *1967 3. Prize Anthony Goldstone UK *1967 3. Prize Valery Kastelsky USSR *1968 1. Prize Anne Queffélec France *1969 2. Prize Erika Lux Hungary *1969 3. Prize Piotr Paleczny Poland *1970 2. Prize André De Groote Belgium *1971 2. Prize Marian Migdal Poland *1971 2. Prize

Martino Tirimo Martino Tirimo (born 19 December 1942) is a Cypriot classical pianist. Born into a musical family in Larnaca, he began piano and violin lessons with his father, a distinguished conductor and violinist. He gave his first concert at the age of six, ...

UK *1972 1. Prize Chen Pi-hsien Taiwan *1972 3. Prize Roland Keller FRG *1973 1. Prize James Tocco US *1973 2. Prize Myung-whun Chung Korea *1975 1. Prize Diane Walsh US *1975 2. Prize Natasha Tadson Israel *1975 3. Prize

Nina Tichman Nina Tichman (born 27 April 1949 in New York) is an American pianist. She studied at the Juilliard School in New York, which awarded her the Eduard-Steuermann-Prize for outstanding achievements, then in Europe with Alfons Kontarsky, Hans Leygraf ...

US *1979 1. Prize Hans-Christian Wille FRG *1979 2. Prize Marioara Trifan US *1981 3. Prize Rolf Plagge FRG *1983 1. Prize

Kei Itoh Kei Itoh is a Japanese pianist. Itoh graduated at the Tōhō Gakuen Daigaku in 1977, finishing her studies at the Salzburg Mozarteum and the Musikhochschule Hannover. She won the 1979 Epinal and 1983 Munich Competitions. She has been awarded th ...

Japan *1983 3. Prize

Andrei Nikolsky Andrei Vladimirovich Nikolsky (Russian: Андрей Владимирович Никольский; 1959 in Moscow - 3 February 1995 near Waterloo Waterloo most commonly refers to: * Battle of Waterloo, a battle on 18 June 1815 in which Napoleon ...

USSR *1983 3. Prize

Hai-Kyung Suh Hai-Kyung Suh (Korean: 서혜경; Hanja: 徐彗景; born March 7, 1960) is a South Korean classical pianist living in New York. She is known for her rich, round tone, and singing voice-like phrasing, characteristics of the Romantic style of piano p ...

Korea *1985 1. Prize

Kalle Randalu Kalle Randalu (born 25 November 1956) is an Estonian pianist. Randalu was born in Tallinn, and trained at the Moscow Conservatory under Lev Vlassenko. In 1981-82 Randalu was awarded two competition prizes: he shared the VII Tchaikovsky Competit ...

USSR *1985 2. Prize

Daniel Gortler Daniel Gortler (Hebrew language, Hebrew: דניאל גורטלר) is an Israeli pianist and Pedagogy, pedagogue. Education and early life Born and raised in Israel, Gortler began studying classical music and piano with Naomi Hachohen. He graduat ...

Israel *1987 2. Prize Ricardo Castro Brazil *1987 2. Prize Bernd Glemser FRG *1987 3. Prize

Thomas Duis Thomas Duis (born 1958, in Frankfurt) is a German pianist. Duis studied with Kurt Gerecke in Wiesbaden, Karl-Heinz Kämmerling in Hannover and Fanny Waterman in Leeds. He was the top-ranking pianist at the 1986 Artur Rubinstein Competition in Te ...

FRG *1989 1. Prize Susanne Grützmann GDR *1989 2. Prize Alexandre Tharaud France *1989 3. Prize Kyōko Tabe Japan *1991 2. Prize Momo Kodama Japan *1993 1. Prize Anna Malikova Russia *1995 3. Prize Claire-Marie Le Guay France *1997 3. Prize

Etsuko Hirose « Hirose, Etsuko, 1979- »
on ''lccn.loc.gov'' (accessdate=13 December 2018) is a Japanese classica ...

Japan *1999 2. Prize

Severin von Eckardstein Severin von Eckardstein (born 1 August 1978) is a German classical pianist. He was born in Düsseldorf, and took his first piano lessons when he was six years old. At the age of 12, he was accepted into a young-talent class at the Robert Schuma ...

Germany

Piano Duo

*1955 Kurt Bauer / Heidi Bung West Germany *1955

Aloys and Alfons Kontarsky Aloys (14 May 1931 – 22 August 2017) and Alfons (9 October 1932 – 5 May 2010) Kontarsky were German duo-pianist brothers who were associated with a number of important world premieres of contemporary works. They had an international reputatio ...

West Germany *1964 2. Prize Marie-José Billard / Julien Azaïs France *1964 2. Prize Joanne and Joyce Weintraub US *1974 1. Prize Anthony & Joseph Paratore US *1974 2. Prize Elif and Bedii Aran Turkey *1974 3. Prize Marina Horak / Håkon Austbø Yugoslavia/Norway *1980 2. Prize Alexander and Natalia Bagdasarov USSR *1980 2. Prize Cameron Grant / James Winn US *1980 3. Prize Carlos Duarte / Varda Shamban Venezuela/Israel *1986 3. Prize Zsuzsanna Kollar / Gabriella Lang Hungary *1986 3. Prize Stenzl Pianoduo West Germany *1992 2. Prize Thomas Hecht / Sandra Shapiro US *1992 3. Prize Silke-Thora Matthies / Christian Köhn Germany *1996 2. Prize Irene Alexeytchuk / Yuri Kot Ukraine *1996 2. Prize

Genova & Dimitrov Genova & Dimitrov (Bulgarian: Генова и Димитров) is a Bulgarian piano duo, considered by the world music press and the audience one of the finest and most successful young ensembles. The duo consists of Aglika Genova (Bulgarian: Аг ...

Bulgaria

Organ

*1957 1. Prize Franz Lehrndorfer West Germany *1957 2. Prize Viktor Lukas West Germany *1959 1. Prize

Hedwig Bilgram Hedwig Bilgram (born 31 March 1933) is a German musician and educator. She was born in Memmingen. She studied piano from an early age and went on to study organ with Karl Richter and piano with Friedrich Wührer. In 1959, she won first prize at t ...

West Germany *1959 2. Prize Lionel Rogg Switzerland *1962 1. Prize Wolfgang Sebastian Meyer West Germany *1962 2. Prize François Desbaillet Switzerland *1962 3. Prize Mireille Lagacé Canada *1966 2. Prize Cherry Rhodes US *1966 3. Prize Daniel Roth France *1966 3. Prize

Günther Kaunzinger Günther Kaunzinger (born 10 April 1938) is a German organist and pianist. Life Born in Sulzbach, Kaunzinger studied organ, piano, conducting and composition in Nuremberg and Frankfurt (Main), where he also worked as a coach at the Opera. He has w ...

West Germany *1971 1. Prize Edgar Krapp West Germany *1971 3. Prize Charles Benbow US *1971 3. Prize Gerhard Weinberger West Germany *1975 2. Prize Klemens Schnorr West Germany *1975 3. Prize

Martin Lücker Martin Lücker (born 11 October 1953) is a Germans, German classical organist, and professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main. Career Born in Preußisch Oldendorf, Lücker studied organ in Hannover and in Vi ...

West Germany *1979 2. Prize

Ludger Lohmann Ludger Lohmann (born 1954 in Herne) is a highly acknowledged organist. Lohmann studied school and church music, musicology, philosophy and geography in Cologne. He studied organ with Wolfgang Stockmeier and harpsichord with Hugo Ruf. He took ...

West Germany *1979 3. Prize Karol Gołębiowski Poland *1987 2. Prize Heidi Emmert West Germany *1987 2. Prize Martin Sander West Germany *1987 3. Prize Stefan Palm West Germany *1994 2. Prize Ariane Metz Germany *1994 3. Prize Leonhard Amselgruber Germany *1999 2. Prize Martin Kaleschke Germany

Harpsichord

*1956 2. Prize Zuzana Ruzickova Czechoslovakia *1958 1. Prize Vera Schwarz Austria *1964 2. Prize William Read US *1964 3. Prize Gottfried Bach West Germany *1964 3. Prize

Jörg Ewald Dähler Jörg Ewald Dähler (16 March 1933 – 3 November 2018), is a Swiss conductor, harpsichordist, forte piano player and composer. Life Born in Bern, Dähler, son of the reformed pastor Karl Walter Dähler (1903-1986), grew up in Langnau im Emme ...

Switzerland *1970 2. Prize Martha Brickman Canada *1984 1. Prize Władysław Marek Kłosiewicz Poland

Voice

*1954 FRG *1955 Johannes Wilbrink Netherlands *1957 1. Prize Jadwiga Románska Poland *1958 2. Prize Demeter Marczis Hungary *1958 2. Prize Jacques Villisech France *1960 1. Prize Ivan Rebroff FRG *1960 2. Prize Annabelle Bernard US *1960 2. Prize Raymond Michalski US *1960 3. Prize Teresa Żylis-Gara Poland *1960 4. Prize

Thomas Carey Thomas or Tom Carey may refer to: *Thomas Carey (Australian politician) (1830s–1884), Australian politician and surveyor *Thomas Carey (baritone) (1931–2002), American opera singer * Thomas Carey (cricketer) (1903–1966), American-born Irish c ...

US *1961 1. Prize US *1961 3. Prize Benjamin Luxon UK *1962 1. Prize Poland *1962 1. Prize Kenneth John Bowen UK *1962 2. Prize Franco Bordoni Italy *1963 1. Prize Jules Bastin Belgium *1963 1. Prize Veronica Tyler US *1964 3. Prize Yugoslavia *1964 Concert Prize

Max van Egmond Max van Egmond (born 1 February 1936 in Semarang) is a Dutch bass and baritone singer. He has focused on oratorio and Lied and is known for singing works of Johann Sebastian Bach. He was one of the pioneers of historically informed performance of B ...

Netherlands *1964 Lied Prize Bruce Abel US *1965 1. Prize Australia *1965 2. Prize Teresa Wojtaszek-Kubiak Poland *1966 1. Prize Ileana Cotrubaș Romania *1966 1. Prize USSR *1966 2. Prize Siegmund Nimsgern FRG *1967 1. Prize Knut Skram Norway *1967 3. Prize Joan Carden Australia *1968 1. Prize Jessye Norman US *1968 1. Prize

Michael Schopper Michael Schopper (born 28 May 1942) is a German bass-baritone in opera and concert, and an academic teacher. Michael Schopper was educated with the Regensburger Domspatzen and studied on a scholarship of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volke ...

FRG *1970 3. Prize Victor von Halem FRG *1971 2. Prize Anita Terzian US *1972 1. Prize Robert Holl Netherlands *1972 3. Prize Otoniel Gonzaga Philippines *1972 3. Prize Edith Guillaume Denmark *1974 1. Prize Margaret Anne Marshall UK *1974 2. Prize Hanns-Friedrich Kunz FRG *1974 3. Prize Francisco Araiza Mexico *1976 2. Prize Mitsuko Shirai Japan *1978 2. Prize Zehava Gal Israel *1980 1. Prize Japan *1980 2. Prize Edith Wiens Canada *1980 3. Prize

Pamela Coburn Pamela Coburn (born 29 March 1959) is an American operatic soprano. She has performed leading roles internationally, including regular performances at the Vienna State Opera, the Zurich Opera, the Metropolitan Opera, and the Salzburg Festival. Sh ...

US *1982 1. Prize Kaaren Erickson US *1982 2. Prize Anne Sofie von Otter Sweden *1984 3. Prize Ian Christopher Smith, Trinidad and Tobago *1986 1. Prize Barbara Kilduff US *1986 1. Prize Derek Lee Ragin US *1986 2. Prize Japan *1988 1. Prize Thomas Quasthoff FRG *1988 2. Prize

Lívia Ághová Lívia Ághová (born 7 October 1963) is a Slovak opera singer. She has been a principal soprano at the National Theatre in Prague since 1988. Her career has also taken her to many of the best opera houses and concert halls in North America and ...

ČSSR *1990 1. Prize

Andrzej Dobber Andrzej Dobber (born 28 May 1961 in Więcbork) is a Polish baritone, honored with the title of Kammersänger by the Senate of the City of Hamburg and awarded the silver medal for Merit to Culture - Gloria Artis by the Polish Minister of Culture. ...

Poland *1990 1. Prize

Elena Moșuc Elena Moșuc (born 18 January 1964) is a Romanian operatic soprano. Associated to the Zürich Opera House, she has an active career primarily in Europe, including guest appearances at the Romanian National Operas since 1990. Life and career Ea ...

Romania *1990 2. Prize

Oliver Widmer Oliver Widmer (born 24 March 1965) is a Swiss operatic bass-baritone whose international career has encompassed lieder, opera, and oratorio. In 1998 he created the role of Jäger in Heinz Holliger's opera ''Schneewittchen (opera), Schneewittchen''. ...

Switzerland *1990 3. Prize

Bodil Arnesen Bodil Victoria Arnesen (19 April 1967 in Harstad) is a Norwegian operatic soprano who studied music in Stavanger and Munich. Arnesen has had opera and concert engagements in Europe, USA and Asia and has recorded several albums. She has been awarde ...

Norway *1992 2. Prize Melinda Paulsen US *1994 1. Prize Poland *1994 2. Prize

Christian Elsner Christian Elsner (born 11 August 1965) is a German tenor in opera and concert, and an academic voice teacher at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe. He focused first on lied and oratorio, then entered the opera stage in roles such as Handel's Taba ...

Germany *1996 2. Prize

Anna Korondi Anna Korondi (born 1969) is a Hungarian soprano in opera and concert. She has been an Academic voice teacher at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin from 2013. Career Born in Budapest to , Korondi first studied voice in Budapest. Sh ...

Hungary *1996 2. Prize

Hanno Müller-Brachmann Hanno Müller-Brachmann (born 1970) is a German bass-baritone who made an international career in both opera and concert. A member of the Berlin State Opera from 1998 to 2011, he first sang Mozart roles such as The Magic Flute, Papageno and The M ...

Germany

Violin

*1953 Igor Ozim Yugoslavia *1956

Edith Peinemann Edith Peinemann (3 March 1937 – 25 February 2023) was an internationally recognized German violinist and professor of violin. At age nineteen she won the ARD International Music Competition in Munich, and made her U.S. debut as soloist in 1962 ...

West Germany *1958 2. Prize Oscar Yatco Philippines *1961 2. Prize

Yossi Zivoni Yossi Zivoni (born Joseph Krasilshikoff) is a violinist, born in Tel Aviv of parents, both of whom were doctors. His middle-class upbringing instilled in him a passion for music and he began to play the flute. At the age of six, while playing his fl ...

Israel *1961 3. Prize Gerhard Hetzel West Germany *1966 1. Prize Konstanty Kulka Poland *1966 2. Prize Isabella Petrosian USSR *1966 3. Prize Yuri Mazurkevich USSR *1969 2. Prize Cristiano Rossi Italy *1969 2. Prize Masako Yanagita Japan *1969 3. Prize Emmy Verhey Netherlands *1972 2. Prize Nilla Pierrou Sweden *1972 3. Prize Ernst Kovačič Austria *1975 2. Prize Dora Schwarzberg Israel *1975 3. Prize Kaja Danczowska Poland *1975 3. Prize

Eugen Sârbu Eugen is a masculine given name which may refer to: * Archduke Eugen of Austria (1863–1954), last Habsburg Grandmaster of the Teutonic Order from 1894 to 1923 * Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke (1865–1947), Swedish painter, art collector, and pat ...

Romania *1978 3. Prize

Olivier Charlier Olivier Charlier (born 17 February 1961) is a French classical violinist. He plays on a violin by Carlo Bergonzi dated 1747. Biography Charlier was born in Albert, Somme and admitted at the age of 10 to the Conservatoire de Paris where he at ...

France *1978 3. Prize Irina Tseitlin stateless *1981 2. Prize Gwen Hoebig Canada *1981 3. Prize Florian Sonnleitner West Germany *1984 1. Prize Takumi Kubota Japan *1984 2. Prize Christian Tetzlaff West Germany *1984 3. Prize Peter Matzka US *1988 2. Prize Mi-kyung Lee Korea *1988 3. Prize Sonig Tchakerian Italy *1992 2. Prize Erez Ofer Israel *1992 3. Prize

Pavel Šporcl Pavel Šporcl (born 25 April 1973) is a Czech violinist. He was a notable pupil of Václav Snítil. Studied also with Itzhak Perlman, Dorothy Delay or Eduard Schmieder. He combines a talent for classical music with a rather unorthodox presence, ...

ČSSR *1992 3. Prize

Scott St. John Scott St. John (born in , Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian violinist and violist. A recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant, he was a member of the St. Lawrence String Quartet and on the faculty of Stanford University, where he taught violin and ...

Canada *1995 1. Prize Piotr Pławner Poland *1995 2. Prize Bettina Gradinger Austria *1999 2. Prize Bin Huang China *1999 3. Prize Andrei Bielov Ukraine *1999 3. Prize Francesco Manara Italy

Violin Duo

*1953 Ronald Woodcock / Lamar Crowson Australia/US *1955 Renato Giangrandi / Arlette Eggmann Italy *1956 Alan Grishman / Joel Ryce US *1957 1. Prize

György Pauk György Pauk (born 26 October 1936) is a Hungarian violinist, chamber musician and music pedagogue. Biography Pauk was born in Budapest, (Hungary), and entered the Franz Liszt Academy of Music at age nine. He began his studies as Imre Waldbauer' ...

Peter Frankl Peter Frankl (born 2 October 1935) is a Hungary, Hungarian-born United Kingdom, British pianist. He mainly performs music from the Classical period (music), Classical period (particularly Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mozart), the Romantic music, Rom ...

Hungary *1957 2. Prize Thomas Brandis / Robert Henry West Germany/US *1960 2. Prize Albert Kocsis / Zsuzsanna Szabó Hungary *1960 3. Prize Joseph and Arlene Pach Canada *1963 1. Prize Clara Bonaldi / Sylvaine Billier France *1963 2. Prize Gerhard Hetzel / Ramón Walter West Germany/Switzerland *1963 3. Prize Andrew Dawes / Marylou Kolbinson Canada *1968 2. Prize Rolf Schulte/ Taoko Ouchi West Germany/Japan *1968 2. Prize Donald Weilerstein / Susan Halligan US *1968 3. Prize Takahiro Muroya / Naoyuki Inoue Japan *1971 1. Prize

Levon Chilingirian Levon Chilingirian OBE (Լևոն Չիլինկիրեան born 28 May 1948) is a UK-based violinist of Armenian origin. The founder of the Chilingirian Quartet, he is also a professor and Chamber Music Artist in Residence at the Royal Academy of ...

/ Clifford Benson UK *1971 2. Prize Isidora Schwarzberg / Boris Petrushansky USSR *1971 3. Prize Ildikó Bán / Katalin Váradi Hungary *1974 3. Prize

Mirosław Ławrynowicz Mirosław Ławrynowicz (born June 16, 1947, in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland and died April 6, 2005, in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish violinist and teacher. Biography Youth Ławrynowicz was born on 16 June 1947 in Warsaw. He finished the National H ...

/ Krystyna Makowska Poland *1974 3. Prize John and Dorothee Snow UK *1979 2. Prize Pavel Vernikov / Konstantin Bogino USSR *1979 3. Prize Peter and Gabriel Rosenberg West Germany *1983 2. Prize Peter Matzka /Teresa Turner-Jones US *1983 3. Prize Kazuki and Emiko Sawa Japan *1990 1. Prize Hagai Shaham /

Arnon Erez ''Arnon Erez is an acclaimed Israeli pianist and chamber musician,Mayumi Seiler Mayumi Seiler (born November 14, 1963) is a Canadian-Austrian violinist of Japanese/German parentage, born in Osaka, Japan. Education and career Starting the violin from the age of three, Seiler received her musical education at the Mozarteum ...

/ Tünde Kurucz Austria/Hungary *1998 2. Prize Ariadne Daskalakis /

Miri Yampolsky Miri Yampolsky is a Russian pianist and a naturalised Israeli citizen. In 1994, Yampolsky won the IX José Iturbi Competition. A lecturer at the Cornell University's Department of Music, she has organised a Shostakovich Festival at Ithaca. ...

US/Israel *1998 3. Prize Akiko Tanaka / Evgeny Sinaiski Japan/Russia *1998 3. Prize Marco Rogliano / Maurizio Paciariello Italy

Viola

*1962 3. Prize Hermann Voss West Germany *1967 2. Prize Nobuko Imai Japan *1971 1. Prize Vladimir Stopitschev USSR *1971 2. Prize Rainer Moog West Germany *1971 3. Prize Uri Mayer Israel *1976 1. Prize Yuri Bashmet USSR *1976 2. Prize Wolfram Christ West Germany *1980 2. Prize Johannes Flieder Austria *1980 3. Prize Kim Kashkashian US *1983 2. Prize Barbara Westphal West Germany *1989 2. Prize Hideko Kobayashi Japan *1989 3. Prize Roberto Díaz Chile *1993 2. Prize Hsin-Yun Huang Taiwan *1993 3. Prize

Gilad Karni Gilad Karni ( he, גלעד קרני) is an Israeli violist who has played in the New York Philharmonic and is currently principal viola in the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich as well as a soloist and player in chamber ensembles. A founder member of the ...

Israel *1997 1. Prize Naoko Shimizu Japan *1997 2. Prize Cathy Basrak US

Cello

*1957 1. Prize Georg Donderer West Germany *1957 2. Prize Leslie Parnas US *1963 2. Prize

Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (born July 28, 1942 in Tokyo) is a Japanese cellist. He started to study music under the tutorship of Hideo Saito, founder of the Tokyo Conservatory."Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi", Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians Tsutsumi made his debut as celli ...

Japan *1963 3. Prize Raphael Sommer Israel *1968 2. Prize

Valentin Erben Valentin Erben (born 1945 in Vienna) is an Austrian cellist. Life He studied with Walter Reichardt in Munich, Tobias Kühne in Vienna and André Navarra in Paris. In 1970, he became a charter member of the Alban Berg Quartett, with which h ...

Austria *1968 3. Prize Geneviève Teulières France *1973 2. Prize Denis Brott Canada *1973 2. Prize

Jean Deplace Jean Lucien Deplace (12 July 1944 – 30 November 2015) was a French cello, cellist. Many well-known cellists studied with Deplace. Deplace studied with Maurice Maréchal and won first prize for cello in 1963 at the Paris Conservatory. Deplace ...

France *1973 3. Prize Frans Helmerson Sweden *1977 1. Prize Antônio Meneses Brasil *1977 3. Prize Georg Faust West Germany *1982 2. Prize Alexander Baillie UK *1982 2. Prize

Young-Chang Cho Young-Chang Cho (born 1958 in Seoul) is a Korean classical cellist teaching at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Germany's Ruhr Area. Career Young-Chang Cho was born in Seoul in 1958. He began cello lessons at the age of eight. From 1971 ...

Korea *1986 2. Prize Michal Kaňka ČSSR *1986 2. Prize Gustav Rivinius West Germany *1986 3. Prize

Jean-Guihen Queyras Jean-Guihen Queyras is a French cellist. He was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on 11 March 1967, and moved with his parents to Algeria when he was 5 years old; the family moved to France 3 years later. He is a professor at the Musikhochschule F ...

France *1990 2. Prize Alban Gerhardt West Germany *1990 2. Prize Michael Sanderling GDR *1990 3. Prize Ludwig Quandt West Germany *1994 1. Prize Jens Peter Maintz Germany *1994 2. Prize

Tatjana Vassiljeva Tatjana Vassiljeva (born 1977) is a Russian cello, cellist with many prizes. Biography Vassiljeva was born in Novosibirsk, Russia and played cello since she was six years old. From 1989 to 1995 she attended Central Music School under a direction ...

Russia *1994 3. Prize

Tanja Tetzlaff Tanja Tetzlaff (born 1973) is a German cellist. She played first as an orchestra member, but then as a soloist, a founding member of the Tetzlaff Quartet, a string quartet led by her brother Christian Tetzlaff, and as a chamber musician. She h ...

Germany *1998 2. Prize Niklas Eppinger Germany *1998 3. Prize

Sol Gabetta Sol Gabetta (born 18 April 1981) is an Argentine cellist. The daughter of Andrés Gabetta and Irène Timacheff-Gabetta, she has French and Russian ancestry. Her brother Andrés is a baroque violinist. Career Gabetta began to learn violin at ...

Argentina

Bass

*1979 2. Prize Michinori Bunya Japan *1979 3. Prize Jiři Hudec ČSSR *1979 3. Prize Josef Niederhammer Austra *1985 2. Prize

Esko Laine Esko Laine (born 1961 in Helsinki) is a professor of music at Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" in Berlin and Orchestra#Organization, principal double bassist for the Berlin Philharmonic. Laine began his musical career as a cello, cellist but sw ...

Finland *1985 2. Prize Dorin Marc Romenia *1985 3. Prize Håkan Ehren Norway *1991 2. Prize Giuseppe Ettore Italy *1991 3. Prize Janne Saksala Finland

Flute

*1953

Peter-Lukas Graf Peter-Lukas Graf (5 January 1929) is a Swiss flautist born in Zürich, Switzerland. He was a pupil of André Jaunet, and later attended the Paris Conservatoire, where he won first prize with Marcel Moyse and Roger Cortot. Besides playing the f ...

Switzerland *1953 Konrad Hampe West Germany *1960 1. Prize Paul Meisen West Germany *1960 2. Prize

Michel Debost Michel Debost (; born 20 January 1934), is a French flutist. Born in Paris, he is one of the well known flutists of the French school. He has studied under Gaston Crunelle and Marcel Moyse. Debost has won major international competitions. He w ...

France *1960 2. Prize Hirohiko Kato Japan *1964 2. Prize Michel Debost France *1964 2. Prize

Paula Robison Paula Robison (born June 8, 1941) is a flute soloist and teacher. Early life and education Paula Robison was born in Nashville, Tennessee, the daughter of David V. and Naomi Robison, an actor. David Robison was a playwright and writer for film ...

(nee Sylvester) US *1964 3. Prize Sylvia Navarro Uruguay *1970 2. Prize Valentin Zverev USSR *1970 3. Prize Gunther Pohl West Germany *1974 2. Prize Abbie de Quant Netherlands *1974 2. Prize Roswitha Staege West Germany *1974 3. Prize Irena Grafenauer Yugoslavia *1979 2. Prize Irena Grafenauer Yugoslavia *1979 3. Prize Shigenori Kudō Japan *1985 3. Prize Gaby Pas-Van Riet Netherlands *1990 1. Prize Petri Alanko Finland *1990 2. Prize

Michael Martin Kofler Michael Martin Kofler (born 9 April 1966) is an Austrian flutist. Since 1987 he has been solo flutist with the Munich Philharmonic. Training Born in Villach, Kofler received his first flute lessons at the age of ten. Later he was a young studen ...

Austria *1995 2. Prize Davide Formisano Italy *1995 2. Prize Sabine Kittel Germany

Oboe

*1954 Gaston Maugras France *1961 1. Prize Heinz Holliger Switzerland *1961 2. Prize André Lardrot France *1961 3. Prize Maurice Bourgue France *1967 1. Prize

Maurice Bourgue Maurice Bourgue (born 6 November 1939) is a French oboist, composer, and conductor. Biography Maurice Bourgue studied at the Conservatoire de Paris in the oboe class of Étienne Baudo and chamber music of Fernand Oubradous. He won a First Pr ...

France *1967 3. Prize Anatoly Lyubimov USSR *1972 2. Prize Hansjörg Schellenberger West Germany *1976 3. Prize Thomas Indermühle Switzerland *1981 2. Prize Klaus Becker West Germany *1981 3. Prize David Walter France *1986 2. Prize Volkmar Schöller West Germany *1986 3. Prize Nicholas Daniel UK *1986 3. Prize Fabian Menzel West Germany *1991 2. Prize

François Leleux François Leleux (born July 1971 in Croix, Nord) is a French oboist, conductor, and professor. His professional career began at 18 when he became principal oboe at the Paris Opera. He went on to win a solo position at the Bavarian Radio Symphony Or ...

France *1991 3. Prize Washington Barella Brasil *1996 2. Prize Stefan Schilli Germany *1996 3. Prize

Clara Dent Clara Dent-Bogányi is an Austria, Austrian oboist and teacher. She has been a soloist with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra and a teacher at the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg, in addition to winning international competitions. Biography C ...

Austria *1996 3. Prize Dominik Wollenweber Germany

Bassoon

*1954 André Rabot France *1958 2. Prize Gábor Janota Hungary *1965 3. Prize

Klaus Thunemann Klaus Thunemann (born 19 April 1937) is a German bassoonist, considered "one of the finest bassoonists of his generation". Biography Klaus Thunemann was born in Magdeburg on 19 April 1937. He originally studied piano but from the age of 18 foc ...

West Germany *1975 2. Prize Jiři Seidl ČSSR *1984 2. Prize Dag Jensen Norway *1984 3. Prize Holger Straube GDR *1990 2. Prize Sergio Azzolini Italy *1990 2. Prize Dag Jensen Norway

Clarinet

*1954 Norbert Bourdon France *1957 1. Prize Edmond Boulanger France *1957 2. Prize Karl Leister West Germany *1962 2. Prize Karl Leister West Germany *1968 1. Prize Franklin Cohen US *1968 3. Prize Kurt Weber Switzerland *1973 3. Prize Rainer Schumacher West Germany *1977 3. Prize Claude Faucomprez France *1977 3. Prize David Shifrin US *1982 2. Prize Philippe Cuper France *1982 2. Prize Charles Neidich US *1982 3. Prize John Bruce Yeh US *1987 2. Prize Anna-Maija Korsimaa Finland *1987 3. Prize Fabrizio Meloni Italy *1987 3. Prize Richard Rimbert France *1992 2. Prize

Israel *1992 3. Prize

Alessandro Carbonare Alessandro Carbonare is an Italian clarinetist. Carbonare started on E clarinet at age 5. At age 21 he became co-principal of the Lyon Opera Orchestra, and later joined the Orchestre National de France. has been the principal clarinetist with the ...

Italy *1998 3. Prize Nicolas Baldeyrou France

Trumpet

*1958 2. Prize Werner Roelstraete Belgium *1963 1. Prize Maurice Jean André France *1963 3. Prize Francis Marcel Hardy France *1971 2. Prize Janis Marshelle Coffman US *1971 2. Prize Guy Michel Touvron France *1980 2. Prize Richard Steuart Canada *1980 3. Prize Ketil Christensen Denmark *1986 2. Prize

West Germany *1986 3. Prize Urban Agnas Sweden *1986 3. Prize

George Vosburgh George Vosburgh (born Sept. 24, 1957) was the principal trumpet player of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra from 1992 until his retirement in 2017. He is a teacher at Carnegie Mellon University; he taught at Duquesne University until the 2015 scho ...

US *1993 2. Prize Wolfgang Bauer Germany *1993 3. Prize Jens Lindemann Canada *1997 3. Prize Gábor Boldoczki Hungary *1997 3. Prize Olivier Theurillat France

Horn

*1956 Gerd Seifert West Germany *1960 2. Prize Josef Brazda ČSSR *1960 2. Prize Peter Damm GDR *1960 3. Prize Jaroslav Kotulan ČSSR *1960 3. Prize Hans Helfried Richter West Germany *1964 1. Prize

Hermann Baumann Hermann Baumann may refer to: * Hermann Baumann (social anthropologist) (1902–1972), German Africa expert * Hermann Baumann (musician) Hermann Baumann (born 1 August 1934) is a German horn player. Biography After starting his musical career ...

West Germany *1964 2. Prize Ferenc Tarjáni Hungary *1964 3. Prize Jaroslav Kotulan ČSSR *1969 1. Prize Norbert Hauptmann West Germany *1969 2. Prize

Zdeněk Tylšar Zdeněk Tylšar (29 April 1945 – 18 August 2006) was a Czech horn player and music pedagogue, brother of hornist Bedřich Tylšar. He was the principal hornist and leader of the horn section with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra for almost 40 yea ...

ČSSR *1969 3. Prize Pavel Jevstignejev USSR *1973 2. Prize Johannes Ritzkowsky West Germany *1973 3. Prize Vladimíra Bouchalová ČSSR *1973 3. Prize Vladislav Grigorov Bulgaria *1978 2. Prize John MacDonald Canada *1978 3. Prize Zdeněk Divoký ČSSR *1978 3. Prize James Ross US *1983 1. Prize

Radovan Vlatković Radovan Vlatković (born 1962) is a Croatian-born horn player. He was the former principal horn of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (now Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin). He left that post in 1990 to devote himself to a solo career and ha ...

Yugoslavia *1983 3. Prize

Marie-Luise Neunecker Marie Luise Neunecker (born 17 July 1955) is a German horn player and professor at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler". Professional career Neunecker was born in Erbes-Büdesheim. She studied musicology and German studies. She completed h ...

West Germany *1983 3. Prize Corbin Wagner US *1988 2. Prize Jindřich Petráš ČSSR *1988 2. Prize

James Sommerville James Sommerville is a Canadian orchestral hornist and conductor. He was the current principal hornist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and former Conductor and Music Director of the Hamilton Philharmonic, in Hamilton, Ontario.

Canada *1988 3. Prize Geoffrey Bain Winter US *1994 1. Prize Radek Baborák ČSSR *1994 2. Prize Markus L. Frank Germany *1994 3. Prize Markus Maskuniitty Finland *1999 2. Prize Alessio Allegrini Italy *1999 2. Prize László Seemann Hungary *1999 3. Prize Sibylle Mahni Switzerland

Trombone

*1965 2. Prize Jean-Pierre Mathieu France *1965 2. Prize Zdeněk Pulec ČSSR *1974 2. Prize Ronald Barron US *1974 2. Prize Branimir Slokar Yugoslavia *1974 3. Prize

Michel Becquet Michel Becquet (born 4 February 1954 Limoges) is a French trombonist and professor at the Conservatoire de Lyon. Life From a young age he played piano and horn, taught by his father, a professional horn player, until he turned to the trombone, ag ...

France *1981 2. Prize Michel Becquet France *1981 2. Prize Michael Mulcahy Australia *1981 3. Prize Gilles Millière France *1989 2. Prize Jonas Krister Bylund Sweden *1989 3. Prize Heather Buchman US *1989 3. Prize Thomas Horch West Germany *1995 3. Prize András Fejér Hungary *1995 3. Prize Jean Raffard France

String quartet

*1959 2. Prize Weller Quartett Austria *1965 1. Prize Dimov Quartet Bulgaria *1965 2. Prize

Bernède Quartet The Bernède quartet was a French string quartet established in 1963 in Paris and disestablished in 1991. Members First violin * Jean-Claude Bernède (1935–1991) Second violin * Jacques Prat (1963–1967) * Gérard Montmayeur (1967–19 ...

France *1970 1. Prize Tokyo String Quartet Japan *1973 3. Prize Wilanów Quartet Poland *1977 2. Prize Éder Quartett Hungary *1982 2. Prize Havlák Quartett ČSSR *1982 3. Prize

Auryn Quartet The Auryn Quartet was a German string quartet. Founded in 1981, the members were Andreas Arndt (cello), Stewart Eaton (viola), Matthias Lingenfelder (*1959) and Jens Oppermann (*1960), both violin. After winning several early awards - including the ...

West Germany *1987 2. Prize

Parisii Quartet The Parisii Quartet is a French string quartet ensemble founded in 1981. Members * Arnaud Vallin, first violin (2002-....) - Thierry Brodard (1981-2002) * Doriane Gable (2013-....) second violin - Jean-Michel Berrette, (1981-2013) * Dominique ...

France *1987 2. Prize Petersen Quartet GDR *1991 2. Prize Mandelring Quartett Germany *1991 2. Prize Neues Leipziger Streichquartett Germany *1996 1. Prize Artemis Quartet Germany/Russia *1996 3. Prize Quatuor Castagneri France/Romania

Piano trio

*1961 1. Prize Junges Wiener Trio Austra *1969 1. Prize Derevjanko Trio USSR *1969 2. Prize Bondurjanskij Trio USSR *1969 3. Prize Stuttgarter Klaviertrio West Germany *1976 3. Prize Oslo Trio Norway *1981 2. Prize Zingara Trio U.K. *1981 3. Prize Apollo Trio Korea/US *1981 3. Prize Grüneburg Trio West Germany *1988 2. Prize Trio Wanderer France *1995 1. Prize Trio Bartholdy France *1995 2. Prize Trio di Parma Italy *1998 2. Prize Clemente Trio Germany *1998 2. Prize Trio di Parma Italy

Wind quintet

*1966 1. Prize Bläserquintett des Akademischen Kirov Theaters USSR *1966 2. Prize Akademisches Bläserquintett Prag ČSSR *1966 3. Prize Bläserquintett der Deutschen Oper Berlin West Germany *1975 2. Prize Syrinx Quintett West Germany *1975 3. Prize Bläserquintett der Jeunesses Musicales Budapest Hungary *1980 2. Prize Chalumeau Quintett West Germany *1980 2. Prize Nielsen Quintett France *1985 2. Prize Berliner Bläserquintett GDR *1985 3. Prize Albert Schweitzer Quintett West Germany *1985 3. Prize British Woodwind Quintet U.K. *1989 1. Prize Ma’alot Quintett West Germany *1989 2. Prize Arcis Quintett West Germany *1989 3. Prize Kammervereinigung Berlin GDR *1993 2. Prize Quintetto Bibiena Italy *1993 2. Prize Quintette Debussy France *1993 3. Prize Kammervereinigung Berlin Germany *1997 1. Prize Afflatus Quintett ČSSR *1997 2. Prize Quintette Nocturne France *1997 3. Prize Orsolino Quintett Germany/Austra

Percussion

*1977 2. Prize Sumire Yoshihara Japan *1977 3. Prize Midori Takada Japan *1985 1. Prize Peter Sadlo West Germany *1997 2. Prize

Markus Leoson Markus Leoson, born 1970 in Linköping, Sweden, is a percussionist, cimbalom player and pedagogue. Markus Leoson began 1986 at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm The Royal College of Music, Stockholm ( sv, Kungliga Musikhögskolan i Stockh ...

Sweden

Harp

*1983 2. Prize

France

Guitar

*1976 2. Prize

US *1976 3. Prize Ricardo Fernández-Iznaola Venezuela *1982 2. Prize

Stefano Grondona Stefano Grondona (born in 1958) is an Italian classical guitarist. In 2002, he formed the guitar ensemble Nova Lira Orfeo XXI, which was based on Lira Orfeo, a Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is t ...

Italy *1982 2. Prize Timo Korhonen Finland *1982 3. Prize

Thomas Müller-Pering Thomas Müller-Pering (born 1958 in Cologne) is a classical guitarist from Germany. He studied under Prof. Tadashi Sasaki at the Hochschule für Musik Köln and performed in the master classes of John Williams, José Tomás, Oscar Ghiglia and S ...

West Germany *1989 1. Prize

Luis Orlandini Luis Orlandini (born 1964) is a Chilean guitarist and professor at the University of Chile and the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Life Orlandini studied guitar with Ernesto Quezada at the University of Chile and then with Eliot F ...

Chile *1989 3. Prize Miguel Charosky Argentina *1989 3. Prize Alexander Swete Austria *1993 2. Prize Joaquín de Jesús Clerch Diaz Cuba *1993 2. Prize Pablo Márquez Argentina

Recorder

*1978 3. Prize Shigeharu Hirao-Yamaoka Japan *1978 3. Prize Michael Schneider West Germany *1988 2. Prize Robert Ehrlich U.K. *1988 2. Prize Carin van Heerden South Africa *1988 3. Prize Dan Laurin Sweden

Piano playing from the sheet

*1963 1. reward Karl Bergemann West Germany *1963 2. reward Solange Robin-Chiapparin France *1963 3. reward Sylvaine Billier France *1965 2. reward Frank Maus West Germany *1965 2. reward Lucia Negro Italy *1965 3. reward Waldemar Strecke West Germany

References

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