PRIZEWINNERS OF THE 22ND INTERNATIONAL JOHANNES BRAHMS COMPETITION 2015

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 13, 2015 to: Matouš Pěruška (b. 1992, Czech Republic, violin).

PIANO

1st round: 27 artists

2nd round: 13 artists

3rd round: 6 artists

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

Maya Ando (b. 1987, Japan)

Uikyung Jung (b. 1988, South Korea)

Jihye Lee (b. 1981, South Korea)

Eri Mantani (b. 1982, Japan)

Saya Ota (b. 1994, Japan)

Katharina Treutler (Germany)

Prize winners:

1st: Maya Ando (b. 1987, Japan)
Prize given by: BKS Bank AG

2nd: Uikyung Jung (b. 1988, South Korea)
Prize given by: State of Carinthia

3rd: Katharina Treutler (Germany)

CHAMBER MUSIC

1st round: 32 ensembles with 77 artists

2nd round: 16 ensembles

3rd round: 6 ensembles

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

Duo Baltinati
Lura Johnson (piano), Ilya Finkelshteyn (cello), both from the USA

Duo Sonoro
Valeriia Shulga (piano), Andrii Pavlov (violin), both from Ukraine

Imperto Piano Trio
Karolina Trojakowska (piano), Marzena Mazurek (violin), Piotr Mazurek (cello), all from Poland

Project N.&A.
Alisa Kupriyova (piano/Russia), Nikita Budnetsky (violin/Belarus)

Selhofer-Haller
Raphaela Selhofer (piano/Austria), Josef Haller (piano/Italy)

Trinity trio
Inah Kim (piano), Yoon Kyung Kim (violin), Jung Eun Kim (cello), all from New Zealand

Prize winners:

1st: Project N.&A.
Alisa Kupriyova (piano/Russia), Nikita Budnetsky (violin/Belarus)
Prize given by: State of Carinthia

2nd: Duo Baltinati
Lura Johnson (piano), Ilya Finkelshteyn (cello), both from the USA
Prize given by: State of Carinthia

3rd: Duo Sonoro
Valeriia Shulga (piano), Andrii Pavlov (violin), both from Ukraine

VIOLIN

1st round: 87 artists

2nd round: 17 artists

3rd round: 3 artists

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

Daichi Nakamura (b. 1990, Japan)

Matouš Pěruška (b. 1992, Czech Republic)

Cosima Soulez Lariviere (b. 1996, The Netherlands/France)

Prize winners:

1st: Cosima Soulez Lariviere (b. 1996, The Netherlands/France)
Prize given by: Casino Velden

2nd: Matouš Pěruška (b. 1992, Czech Republic)
Prize given by: Rotary Klagenfurt-Wörthersee

3rd: Daichi Nakamura (b. 1990, Japan)

VIOLA

1st round: 35 artists

2nd round: 16 artists

3rd round: 8 artists

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

Yibo Cao (b. 1996, China)

Leos Cerny (b. 1987, Czech Republic)

Elena Dypkeeva (b. 1988, Russia)

Alexander McFarlane (b. 1995, New Zealand)

Valentyna Pryshlyak (b. 1988, Ukraine)

Matthias Schnorbusch (b. 1988, Germany)

Mingyue Yu (b. 2000, China)

Wadim Zarych (b. 1985, Poland)

Prize winners:

1st: The jury decided not to award a first prize.
The opinion of the viola jury was that this year’s level was not as high as it was in past years when the results of the top candidates were unanimously and undisputedly seen as extraordinary and worthy first prizes.

2nd: Mingyue Yu (b. 2000, China)
Prize given by: State of Carinthia

3rd: Matthias Schnorbusch (b. 1988, Germany)
Prize given by: Johannes Brahms Gesellschaft Pörtschach, Barbara Notsch

CELLO

1st round: 50 artists

2nd round: 15 artists

3rd round: 3 artists

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

Christoph Croisé (b. 1993, France)

Kacper Nowak (b. 1987, Poland)

Yoosin Park (b. 1990, South Korea)

Prize winners:

1st: Christoph Croisé (b. 1993, France)
Prize given by: Casino Velden

2nd: Yoosin Park (b. 1990, South Korea)
Prize given by: Franz Arnold, former mayor of Pörtschach

3rd: Kacper Nowak (b. 1987, Poland)

SPECIAL PRIZES

Special prizes of ESTA Austria (European String Teachers Association):
Cristina Basili (b. 1993, Austria, cello),
Lara Kusztrich (b. 1994, Austria, violin),
Lisa-Maria Sekine (b. 1996, Austria, violin),
Mingyue Yu (b. 2000, China, viola)

Special prize for an outstanding interpretation of the sonata by Paul Hindemith:
Andjela Sibinovic (b. 1996, Serbia, viola)
Given by Prof. Nathan Braude

Special prize for the best interpretation of the viola sonata by Johannes Brahms:
Valentyna Pryshlyak (b. 1988, Ukraine, viola),
Given by Prof. Nathan Braude

Interclassica special prize for the intimate arrangement of the violin concerto by Johannes Brahms:
Daichi Nakamura (b. 1990, Japan, violin)
Given by Interclassica Music Management

Special prize of the jury for the outstanding technical and artistic quality of their performance:
Trio Kanon: Diego Maria Maccagnola (piano/Italy), Rena Yokoyama (violin/Japan), Alessandro Copia (cello/Italy)

Special prize of the jury for the outstanding technical and artistic quality of their performance:
Gaku and Kanade: Gaku Sugibayashi (piano), Kanade Maruyama (viola), both from Japan

Special prize of the jury for the outstanding technical and artistic quality of their performance:
Zeitlose Musik: Nikolai Gangnus (piano), Yulia Gorbachev née Drukh (clarinet), both from Russia

CONCERT ENGAGEMENTS

Concert engagement at Neues Künstlerforum at Vienna:
Selhofer-Haller
Raphaela Selhofer (piano/Austria), Josef Haller (piano/Italy)
Prize given by Prof Ernst Lintner

Concert engagement at the „Musica in collina“ festival at Lapedona, Italy:
Cosima Soulez Lariviere (b. 1996, The Netherlands/France, violin)
Prize given by Prof Walter Daga

Concert engagement at Tokyo in 2017:
Cosima Soulez Lariviere (b. 1996, The Netherlands/France, violin)
Prize given by Maestro Yuki Miyagi

Phyo Kim Award: Concert engagement at Tokyo and Utsunomiya in 2016:
Yoosin Park (b. 1990, South Korea, cello)
Prize given by Phyo Kim, MD, PhD, DMSc

FURTHER PRIZES

The winners of the violin, viola, cello and chamber music competitions were presented with sets of strings by Thomastik-Infeld Vienna.

All finalists received a three-year membership at HELLO STAGE, the online community for classical music.