Dear participants and friends of the Brahms Competition,

The 2023 competition will be held in the violin, cello and piano, from September 3rd to 10th.

You can find the updated program for this year here.

The registration portal will open in April.

Soprano Misaki Morino was a prize-winner of the International Johannes Brahms Competition 2020. 

The original Japanese version achieved 1 million views.

Congratulations!

The prizewinner’s concert will take place on Sunday, 9th 5pm at the Casineum Velden.

Voice

1st place ex aequo: Yibao Chen (China, piano accompaniment: Mariko Sakonju, Japan) and Ann-Kathrin Niemczyk (Germany)

3rd place: Corina Koller (Austria, piano accompaniment: Lukas Dorfegger, Austria) 

Viola

1st place: Kyungsik Shin (South Korea)

2nd place: Sarah Strohm (Schwitzerland)

3rd place: Yunji Jang (South Korea) 

Cello

1st place: Jan Sekaci (Romania)

2nd place: Carlos Vidal Ballester (Spain)

3rd place: Grace Sohn (Canada)

Chamber music

1st place: Trio Bohémo – Vojtek Jan, Pĕruška Matouš, Vocetková Kristina (all Czech Republic)   

2nd place: Duo Minerva – Obuchi Mayuko, Mitsui Shizuka (both Japan)

3rd place: Alecian Coline, Stasyk Ondine, Pio Jennifer, Simon Cyril (all Fance)

Best voice accompanist

Joseph Alejandro Avile Guerrero (Venezuela)

Special awards

Alexander York (USA) – Voice: Special prize for the extraordinary multilingualism of his program, donated by Dr. Barbara Moser
Tina Drole (Slovenia) – Voice: Special prize for the best interpretation of the contemporary song, donated by Interclassica

Jana Stojanovic (Serbia) – Viola: Special prize for the best interpretation of the contemporary compulsory piece, donated by the composer Dr. Johannes Kropfitsch

Jan Sekaci (Romania) – Cello: Special prize donated by Maestro Yuki Miyagi. Concert invitation to Prague, donated by Soon-Deog Kwon.

Trio Bohémo (Czech Republic) – Chamber music: Prize of the public, Concert offer of the Künstlerforum Wien (Tuesday 27.12.2022), Invitation to a concert in Überlingen

18:00	DuoArte	Kasznia Maria, Stiegler Nadja
18:45	Trio Bohémo	Vojtek Jan, Pĕruška Matouš, Vocetková Kristina
19:30	Berry Trio	Woo Dasom, Kim Ji-Young, Kim Hyuno
20:30	Akhtamar Quartet	Alecian Coline, Stasyk Ondine, Pio Jennifer, Simon Cyril
21:15	Duo Minerva	Obuchi Mayuko, Mitsui Shizuka

 

Livestream of the two final rounds for viola & cello from September, 10th 2021.
 

Program

Instrument	Name	First name
Viola	Jang	Yunji	B. Bartók: Violakonzert, op. posth., 1. Satz
Cello	Sohn	Grace	J. Haydn: Cello Konzert Nr. 2 D-Dur, 1. Satz
Viola	Shin	Kyungsik	B. Bartók: Violakonzert, op. posth., 1. Satz
Viola	Strohm	Sarah	B. Bartók: Violakonzert, op. posth., 1. Satz
Cello	Vidal Ballester	Carlos	A. Dvořák: Cello Konzert op. 104 h-Moll, 1. Satz
Viola	Stojanovic	Jana	B. Bartók: Violakonzert, op. posth., 1. Satz
Cello	Sekaci	Jan	A. Dvořák: Cello Konzert op. 104 h-Moll, 1. Satz