Prizewinners 2001 – 2005

PRIZEWINNERS OF THE 12TH INTERNATIONAL JOHANNES BRAHMS COMPETITION 2005

Piano
27 competitors

1st Prize: COUTEAU Geoffroy (France, Age 26)
Sponsored by Bank für Kärnten und Steiermark AG
2nd Prize: MATSUURA Shiyo (Japan, Age 24)
Sponsored by Rotary Club Wien-Graben

Also in the finals:
3rd: YOO Jae-Kyung (South Korea, Age 22)
4th: ZHENG Dan-Dan (China, Age 23)
5th: SHIMBARI Satoko (Japan, Age 26)

Chamber Music
16 competitors

1st Prize: SCHWEIZER KLAVIERTRIO (Switzerland)
Martin Lucas Staub, Piano; Angela Golubeva, Violin; Sébastien Singer, Cello
Sponsored by the State of Carinthia
2nd Prize: RESA / THAL (Germany)
Nikolaus Resa, Rüdiger Thal
Sponsored by the State of Carinthia

Also in the finals :
3rd: Duo Kotal / Asahina (Japan, Czech Republic)
4th: Yukako / Yuki (Japan)
5th: Duo Kariya / Gospodinov (Japan, Bulgaria)

Invitation to the Festival di Lapedona (Italy):
SCHWEIZER KLAVIERTRIO
sponsored by Prof. Walter Daga

Violin
38 competitors

1st Prize: KIM Jiwon (South Korea, Age 20)
Sponsored by Casino Velden
2nd Prize: BEZRODNY Anna-Liisa (Estonia/Finland, Age 23)
Sponsored by Kärntner Landesversicherung

Also in the finals :
3rd: BAE WonHyee (Korea, Age 18)
4th: THAL Rüdiger (Germany, Age 25)
5th: MALOV Sergey (Russia, Age 22)
6th: LÄMMERMANN Katja (Germany, Age 25)

Special Prize for the best interpretation of the compulsory piece “Something Wild” written by Nenad First:
MALOV Sergey Sponsored by Walter Götzendorfer

Viola
31 competitors

1st Prize: ECKELS Lena (Germany, Age 23)
Sponsored by Zoppoth Haustechnik
2nd Prize: GRZYMNA Ewa (Poland, Age 20)
Sponsored by the mayor of Pörtschach am Wörthersee

Also in the finals:
3rd: IVANOVA Daniela (Bulgaria, Age 27) and
PARK Eun Young (Korea, Age 22)
5th: WATANABE Shinichiro (Japan, Age 27)

Cello
20 competitors

1st Prize: PUSTIČKI Branimir (Croatia, Age 24)
Sponsored by Casino Velden
2nd Prize: SCHWABE Gabriel (Germany, Age 16) and
COTTET Lionel (Switzerland, Age 18) Sponsored by „9 von Pörtschach“

Also in the finals :
4th: LIU Man (China, Age 26)
5th: LIANG Ning (China, Age 21)

Special Prize for the best interpretation of the compulsory piece “Berceuse” written by Dieter Kaufmann:
SIMKÓ-VÁRNAGY Mihály (Hungary, Age 23)
Sponsored by Walter Götzendorfer

Voice
38 competitors

1st Prize: LICHDI Rahel (Germany, Age 23)
Sponsored by Schlumberger Wein- und Sektkellerei AG
2nd Prize: WANDEL Melanie (Germany, Age 28)
Sponsored by Rotary Klagenfurt

Also in the finals :
3rd: WEINHAPPEL Thomas (Austria, Age 25)
4th: ROHLFS Barbara (Germany, Age 35) and
SHIMA Terumi (Japan, Age 31)
6th: LIM Chae Wook (South Korea, Age 28)
7th: LEE Christina M.-J. (Korea, Age 28) and
SZILÁRD Katalin (Hungary, Age 24)

Special Prize for the best interpretation of the compulsory piece “Zwei Erscheinungen” by Hans Florey (words by Ernst Jandl):
LICHDI Rahel
Sponsored by Nomos Institut Graz

Prize for the best piano accompanist (category voice):
FISCHER-LICHDI Anette
Sponsored by Rotary Klagenfurt-Wörthersee

Prize of the Audience
at the Final Concert at Casineum Velden on September 4, 2005:

PUSTIČKI Branimir (Cello; Croatia)
Sponsored by Casino Velden

PRIZEWINNERS OF THE 11TH INTERNATIONAL JOHANNES BRAHMS COMPETITION 2004


Photo: Hermann Sobe

More photos of the prizewinners of 2004

Piano
28 competitors

1st Prize: Giampaolo STUANI (Italy – Age 39)
Sponsored by Bank für Kärnten und Steiermark AG
2nd Prize: Jozsef BALOG (Hungary – Age 25)
Sponsored by Johannes Brahms Gesellschaft Pörtschach

Also in the finals:
3rd: Tatiana BRIJAN
4th: Laetitia GRISI
5th: MinKyong JUNG

Chamber Music
26 ensembles in total

1st Prize: Juliana KARSLIAN/Valeri ZILMAN (Russia)
Sponsored by The State of Carinthia
2nd Prize: “Chagall Trio Wien”: Nikolaus WAGNER/Maria GRÜN/Matthias SCHORN (Austria)
Sponsored by The State of Carinthia

Also in the finals:
3rd: HASHIMOTO/TAKAYAMA

Violin
56 competitors

1st Prize: Katia TRABÉ (Switzerland – Age 23)
Sponsored by Casino Velden
2nd Prize: Bozena ANGELOVA (Slovenia – Age 23)
Sponsored by Kärntner Landesversicherung

Also in the finals:
3rd: Bakyt BIZHANOV

Viola
24 competitors

1st Prize: Michal BRYLA (Poland – Age 19)
Sponsored by Zoppoth Haustechnik
2nd Prize: Nathan BRAUDE (Belgium – Age 20)
Sponsored by the mayor of Pörtschach am Wörthersee

Also in the finals:
3rd: Manuel HOFER

Cello
17 competitors

1st Prize: Denis JDANOV (Russia – Age 24)
Sponsored by Casino Velden
2nd Prize: Yoosha KIM (Korea – Age 22)
Sponsored by “9 von Pörtschach” – Group of Hotels & Resorts

Also in the finals:
3rd: Julia BRUSKIN
4th: Simon VEIS

Voice
29 competitors

1st Prize: Jong-Soo KO (Korea – Age 26)
Sponsored by Schlumberger Wein- und Sektkellerei AG
2nd Prize: Kwang-il KIM (Korea – Age 31)
Sponsored by Rotary Klagenfurt

Also in the finals:
3rd: Alice RATH
4th: Maciej BUJNOWICZ
5th: Anita VOZSECH
6th: Elsa GIANNOULIDOU

Prize for the best piano accompanist (category voice)
Stacey BARTSCH (Australia)
Sponsored by Rotary Klagenfurt-Wörthersee

Special Prize for the best interpretation of the compulsory piece “Something Wild” written by Nenad First (category violin)
Wojciech PLAWNER (Poland)
Sponsored by Walter Götzendorfer

Special Prize for the best interpretation of the compulsory piece “Berceuse” written by Dieter Kaufmann (category cello)
Adam MISIAK (Poland)
Sponsored by Mr & Mrs Arnold

Prize of the Audience at the final concert at Casineum Velden on September 5, 2004
Denis JDANOV (Cello; Russia)
Sponsored by Casino Velden

PRIZEWINNERS OF THE 10TH INTERNATIONAL JOHANNES BRAHMS COMPETITION 2003

PIANO
1st Prize: Marlena MACIEJKOWICZ (sponsored by Bank für Kärnten und Steiermark)
2nd Prize: Oyabu YUKA (sponsored by MID-Bau – Dr. Walter Moser)

CHAMBER MUSIC
1st Prize: Parz/Fukunaga (sponsored by Land Kärnten/State of Carinthia)
2nd Prize: Trio Mu Dji (sponsored by Land Kärnten/State of Carinthia)
Prize of the Audience given at the Final Concert on August 31, 2003: Trio Mu Dji (sponsored by Casino Velden)
Special Prize of the Jury: Nikolayenkova/Shmahaylo

VIOLIN
1st Prize: Aleksey LUKIRSKY (sponsored by Casino Velden)
2st Prize: Dimiter IVANOV (sponsored by Kärntner Landesversicherung)
Special Prize for the best interpretation of the compulsory piece “D’accordo con Giovanni” by Thomas Modrej: Agnieszka GUZ (sponsored by Waltraud Arnold, president of the Johannes Brahms Gesellschaft Pörtschach)

VIOLA
1st Prize: Alexander AKIMOV (sponsored by Zoppoth Haustechnik)
2nd Prize: Pavel NIKL (Prize of the Mayor of Pörtschach/Wörthersee)

CELLO
1st Prize: Milan KARANOVIC (sponsored by Casino Velden)
2nd Prize: Gregorio ROBINO (sponsored by “Die 9 von Pörtschach” group of hotels&resorts)

SONG
1st Prize: Regula BOENINGER (sponsored by Johannes Brahms Gesellschaft Pörtschach)
2nd Prize: Akiko HAYASHIDA (sponsored by Rotary Klagenfurt)
Prize for the best piano accompanist: Simon Bucher (sponsored by Rotary Klagenfurt-Wörthersee)

PRIZEWINNERS OF THE 9TH INTERNATIONAL JOHANNES BRAHMS COMPETITION 2002

VIOLIN
1. Yuki Manuela JANKE (Germany) Age: 16
2. Cordula MERKS (Germany) Age: 25
Special Prize: Michael EWERS (Germany) Age: 33

VIOLA
1. Ryszard GROBLEWSKI (Poland) Age: 19
2. Piotr SZUMIEL (Poland) Age: 25

CELLO
1. Mischa MEYER (Germany) Age: 19
2. Attila PASZTOR (Australia) Age: 31

PIANO
1. Miroslav SEKERA (Czech Republic) Age: 27
2. Hiroyo IMAGAWA (Japan) Age: 27
Aleksandra MOZGIEL (Poland) Age: 23

VOICE
1. Susanna KNAK (Germany) Age: 42
2. Erik Nelson WERNER (United States) Age: 29
Joseph-Joachim-Preis: Astrid Monika HOFER (Austria) Age: 30

CHAMBER MUSIC
1. Klaviertrio Kaskados (Lithuania)
2. Trio Bohemia (Czech Republic)

PRIZEWINNERS OF THE 8TH INTERNATIONAL JOHANNES BRAHMS COMPETITION 2001

VIOLIN
1. Ganna STEPANENKO (Ukraine) Age: 22
2. Ge SONG (China) Age: 22
3. Georgi Jaschwili (Georgia) Age: 25 “Joseph Joachim” Prize donated by Mag.W.Götzendorfer
4. Kinga AUGUSTYN (Poland) Age: 19 – Special Prize (donated by a Velden benefactor)

VIOLA
1. Yoko KANAMARU (Japan) Age: 27 ex aequo
1. Alexander ZEMTSOV (Russia) Age: 23 ex aequo
3. Mihoko KUSAMA (Japan) Age: 28 Prize of the Jury, together with…
4. Gerda FRITZSCHE (Austria) Age: 23 Prize of the Jury

CELLO
1. Gabriel FAUR (Romania) Age: 20
2. Christian HICK (Germany) Age: 23
3. Katarzyna GORSKA (Poland) Age: 20

PIANO
1. Mariko ONISHI (Japan) Age: 25
2. Jeanne YOU (South Korea) Age: 23
3. Olga SEVIDOVA (Russia) Age: 24 “Bösendorferpreis” together with…
4. Alexej KHOLODOV (Russia) Age: 23 “Bösendorferpreis”

VOICE
1. Daniel SANS (Germany) Age: 27
2. René PERLER (Switzerland) Age: 29
3. Nozomi MINESHIMA (Japan) Age: 28

CHAMBER MUSIC
1. SCHWARZROCK/KIPP/TROE (Germany)
2. “DALI PIANO QUARTET” A.Mozgiel, R.Kwiatkowski, L.Lisowski, W.Jasman (Poland)
3. YOSHIZAWA/HEDENBORG (Japan/Austria)

PRIZE OF THE AUDIENCE at the Final Concert (2.9.2001) donated by CASINO VELDEN
“DALI PIANO QUARTET”