Results 2017

24th International Johannes Brahms Competition Pörtschach
Results and Prize Winners – 2017 Competition

RESULTS and PRIZE WINNERS

PRIZE OF THE AUDIENCE

The prize of the audience is sponsored by Casino Velden and is awarded by the audience of the final concert at Casineum Velden on September 10, 2017 to:

Adela Liculescu (piano, b. 1993, Romania)

PIANO

1st round: 32 artists

2nd round: 12 artists

3rd rounds: 3 artists

Prize winners:

  1. Adela Liculescu (b. 1993, Romania)
  2. Mayu Kotari (b. 1991, Japan)
  3. Yow-Ting Hsieh (b. 1993, Taiwan)

VIOLIN

1st round: 86 artists

2nd round: 19 artists

3rd round: 3 artists

Prize winners:

  1. Daichi Nakamura (b. 1990, Japan)
  2. Belle Ting (b. 2000, Canada)
  3. Eunche Kim (b. 1997, South Korea)

CELLO

1st round: 73 artists

2nd round: 17 artists

3rd round: 3 artists

Prize winners:

  1. Ariel Barnes (b. 1976, Canada)
  2. Erica Piccotti (b. 1999, Italy)
  3. Jordan Costard (b. 1992, France)

VIOLA

1st round: 52 artists

2nd round: 16 artists

3rd round: 3 artists

Prize winners:

  1. Eunbin Lee (b. 2003, South Korea)
  2. Ziyu Shen (b. 1997, China)
  3. Sào Soulez Larivière (b. 1998, France)

VOICE

1st round: 44 artists

2nd round: 18 artists

3rd round: 8 artists

The following have reached the final (in alphabetical order):

Ani Akhmeteli (b. 1988, Georgia)

Matthias Azesberger (b. 1991, Austria)

Alexander Grassauer (b. 1996, Austria)

Maria Theresia Gruber (b. 1989, Austria)

Jussi Juola (b. 1987, Finland)

Diogo Mendes (b. 1991, Portugal)

Daniel Ochoa (b. 1979, Germany)

Tae Hwan Yun (b. 1990, South Korea)

Prize winners:

  1. Alexander Grassauer (b. 1996, Austria)
  2. Diogo Mendes (b. 1991, Portugal)
  3. Daniel Ochoa (b. 1979, Germany)

BEST PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT FOR VOICE

Edith Tagle (b. 1977, Chile)

SPECIAL PRIZES

Vadim Repin prize for violinists:

Jaewon Kim (b. 1994, South Korea)

Rino Yoshimoto (b. 2003, Japan)

Prize of the Johannes Brahms Society for extraordinary presentation of a piece by Brahms:

Yow-Ting Hsieh (piano, b. 1993, Taiwan)

Mayu Kotari (piano, b. 1991, Japan)

Belle Ting (violin, b. 2000, Canada)

Interclassica prize for the best interpretation of the contemporary song:

Maria Theresia Gruber (b. 1989, Austria)

Special prizes given for extraordinary performances in the semifinals in the piano section:

Aurelius Braun (b. 1995, Germany)

Yoshio Hamano (b. 1989, Japan)

Misako Mihara (b. 1989, Japan)

CONCERT ENGAGEMENTS

Kim’s Award of Utsunmiya MusicArt Foundation:
Concert invitation to Japan for Belle Ting (violin, b. 2000, Canada), given by Phyo Kim MD PhD