We are happy to announce that the Lied-competition will again take place in the famous “Schloß Velden”. We also heartly welcome our jury members of the 4 categories of this year’s competition, who you can find here.
Please note that in order to take part in our competition, you will have to be vaccinated or recovered from the coronavirus, the third option is to test yourself directly in Pörtschach or Velden. We will keep you updated about testing possibilities at our competition.
The registration for the 28th Johannes Brahms Competition is open.
As in the previous year, we are affected by planning uncertainties due to the COVID situation. Nevertheless, we intend to hold the competition as planned. However, if a cancellation should become necessary, we will announce this as early as possible. Should we have to cancel the competition, the registration fee will be refunded.
Click here to get to the registration page.
Application deadline: July 15th, 2021.
Parts of the competition will also be held in Velden.
Latest arrival day for the viola and cello sections is Saturday, 04.09.2021, for chamber music and voice, Sunday, 05.09.2021.
The prizewinners’ concert will take place on Sunday, 12 September at 5 p.m. in the Casineum Velden, where there is also an audience prize to be won.
Here you will find a list of reasonably priced apartments and bed and breakfasts.
The regulations for this year’s competition are being worked on and will be published online soon. In general, no major changes are planned, but for the
Viola, however, the Sonata for Viola and Piano by Johannes Kropfitsch will have to be prepared as a compulsory piece in the 1st round. The sheet music for it can be downloaded here.
The work is not to be presented in its entirety. You can choose: movements 1, 2 and 3 or movements 3, 4 and 5.
In preparation, the composer Johannes Kropfitsch has provided a video of the piano part as a playalong.
Write to info@brahmscompetition.org and we will send you a link.
Furthermore, Johannes Kropfitsch has agreed to personally provide the piano accompaniment for the competition! We thank him very much!
Viola, Cello, Song
First prize: EUR 3000.-
Second prize: EUR 1500.-
Third prize: EUR 750.-
Best song accompaniment
EUR 1500
Chamber Music
First prize: EUR 4000
Second Prize: EUR 2000.-
Third prize: EUR 1000
Corona permitting the 28th International Johannes Brahms Competition will be carried out in the categories
from September 5th to September 12th 2021.
Registration will open in March 2021.
Minor changes of repertoire might be possible. Please keep looking at our website.
© Andrej Grilc
Congratulations!
The prizewinner’s concert will take place on Sunday, 9th 5pm at the Casineum Velden.
1st place: Adam Koch Christensen
2nd place: Chiara Sannicandro
3rd place: Jiaqi Lu
1st place: Takehiro Konoe
2nd place: Momoko Aritomi
3rd place: Emiko Yuasa
1st place: Ettore Pagano
2nd place: Jaromir Kostka
3rd place: Jeongheon Nam
1st place: Misaki Morino
2nd place: Sofia Pavone
3rd place: Hongyu Chen
Yuto Kiguchi
Maria Sotriffer and Erik Mayr
Erik Mayr
Jeongheon Nam
We are pleased to announce two concerts of former prize winners.
On 27.12.2019 the STRATOS QUARTETT, winner of the chamber music competition 2013, and on 30.12.2019 the “Atalante Quartet”, 3rd prize chamber music 2018, will play at the Bösendorfersaal in the Mozarthaus Vienna.
Both concerts are organized by the Künstlerforum.
On June 9th, Luca Giovannini, prizewinner of the 25th International Johannes Brahms Competition is invited to play the Dvorak cello concert in Tokyo, Suntory Hall under the baton of Yuki Miyagi and the Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra.
In 2018 several former price winners of the Johannes Brahms Competitiors are invited to play concerts in Japan.
On October 2, 2017, Paul Kropfitsch, winner of the Violin section of the 23rd International Johannes Brahms Competition, was invited by Maestro Yuki Miyagi to give a concert in the Suntory Hall Tokyo.
