PRIZEWINNERS OF THE 18TH INTERNATIONAL JOHANNES BRAHMS COMPETITION 2011

PRIZE OF THE AUDIENCE

TONTRIO (Karlotta Eß, violin, Daniel Haverkamp, cello and Julia Kraus, piano)
Prize given by Casino Velden

PIANO

1. Kangun KIM, b. 1988, South Korea
Prize given by BKS Bank AG

2. Kanji KOZUTA, b. 1986, Japan
Prize given by Ms Barbara Notsch

3. Yuumi YAMAGUCHI, b. 1984, Japan
Prize given by Rotary Wien Graben

CHAMBER MUSIC

Prize Winners:

1. DUO PASSIONATO (Tobias Bäz, cello and Andreas Hecker, piano)
Prize given by Land Kärnten

2. TONTRIO (Karlotta Eß, violin, Daniel Haverkamp, cello and Julia Kraus, piano)
Prize given by Land Kärnten

3. 2IN1 (Michal ZIELIŃSKI, cello and Yuka HATTORI, piano)
Prize given by Land Kärnten

Also in the Finals:

DUO AGINEKO (Sander GEERTS, viola and Yasuko TAKAHASHI,piano)
SOHANA (Johanna OLLE, cello and Sophie PATEY, piano)

VIOLIN

1. Tanja SONC, b. 1992, Slovenia
Prize given by Casino Velden

2. Emmanuel TJEKNAVORIAN, b. 1995, Austria
Prize given by Rotary Klagenfurt

3. Marta KOWALCZYK, b. 1991, Poland
Prize given by Land Kärnten

VIOLA

1. Wakana ONO, b. 1993, Japan
Prize given by Johannes Brahms Society of Pörtschach

2. Yucheng SHI, b. 1992, China
Prize given by the mayor of Pörtschach

3. Artur WIECZERZYŃSKI, b. 1991, Poland
Prize given by Land Kärnten

CELLO

Prize Winners:

1. Ha Young CHOI, b. 1998, South Korea
Prize given by Casino Velden

2. Dongkyun AN, b. 1986, Canada
Prize given by Land Kärnten

3. Stanislas KIM, b. 1993, France
Prize given by Rotary Wien Graben

Also in the Finals:

Leander KIPPENBERG, b. 1991, Germany
Nemanja STANKOVIC, b. 1989, Serbia

VOICE

Prize Winners:

1. David PICHLMAIER, b. 1979, Germany
Prize given by Hans List

2. Judith THIELSEN, b. 1988, Germany
Prize given by Land Kärnten

3. Artur ROŻEK, b. 1984, Poland
Prize given by Land Kärnten

Also in the Finals:

Wolfgang SCHWAIGER, b. 1991, Austria
Judith MAYER, b. 1984, Germany
Yuri MIZOBUCHI, b. 1982, Japan
Tamae MIYATA, b. 1985, Japan

BEST PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT FOR VOICE (LIED)

Lauriane FOLLONIER, b. 1985, Switzerland
Prize given by Rotary Klagenfurt-Wörthersee

SPECIAL PRIZES

Best interpretation of the compulsory piece “Die Zeit wird anders” by T.D. Schlee in the lied section:
Judith THIELSEN, b. 1988, Germany
Prize given by Dr Johannes Kropfitsch

Prize of Verein der Freunde der Universität Mozarteum Salzburg:
Johanna PICHLMAIR (violin), b. 1990, Austria
Michael Johannes SCHMID (violin), b. 1989, Germany
Prize given by Verein der Freunde der Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, prof Harald Herzl

Interclassica Prize for the most promising piano quartet:
ET ARSIS QUARTETT (Hristina Taneva, Velislava Taneva, Ainis Casperavicius, Diego Hernandez Suarez)
Prize given by Interclassica Music Management – Eleanor and Benno Schollum

Prize of the University of South Carolina:
TRIO MONTE (Anca Lupu, Francesco Sica, Claude Frochaux)
Prize given Prof Douglas Ashley

Prize for the best performance of a contemporary piece:
LA MONA TRIO (Janos ECSEGHY, violin, Anna Helena SURGIK, cello and Moema RODRIGUES, piano)
Prize given by Interclassica Music Management – Eleanor and Benno Schollum

Special prizes of the jury:
Catherine KWAK (cello), b. 1997, New Zealand
Prize given by Arnold Bros.
Eivind Holtsmark RINGSTAD (viola), b. 1994, Norway
Prize given by Dr Johannes Kropfitsch

Special prize of ZONTA Club Wörthersee:
TRIO FRÜHSTÜCK (Maria SAWERTHAL, violin, Sophie ABRAHAM, cello and Clara FRÜHSTÜCK, piano)
Prize given by ZONTA Club Wörthersee

Sets of strings with a total value of about EUR 1700 for the winners of the violin, viola, cello, and chamber music sections.
Prize given by Thomastik-Infeld strings, Vienna

CONCERT ENGAGEMENTS

Concert engagement at a concert of Neues Künstlerforum at Hofburg Palace, Vienna:
TONTRIO (Karlotta Eß, violin, Daniel Haverkamp, cello and Julia Kraus, piano)
DUO PASSIONATO (Tobias Bäz, cello and Andreas Hecker, piano)
Given by Ernst Lintner

Invitation to a concert at the University of South Carolina:
Daniel FRITZEN (piano), b. 1978, Germany
Given by Prof Douglas Ashley

Invitation to a concert at the “Festival Musica in Collina di Lapedona” (Marche, Italy):
Marta KOWALCZYK (violin), b. 1991, Poland
Given by Prof Walter Daga

SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

Yusuke MAEDA (piano), b. 1981, Japan
Yu-Ra JEON (piano), b. 1993, South Korea

LA MONA TRIO (Janos ECSEGHY, violin, Anna Helena SURGIK, cello and Moema RODRIGUES, piano)

Judith FLIEDL (violin), b. 1991, Austria
Geeta NAZARETH (violin), b. 1994, Germany

Jonathan KLIEGEL (viola), b. 1989, Germany
Cédric ROBIN (viola), b. 1990, France

Eduard ŠÍSTEK (cello), b. 1992, Czech Republic
Susanne SZAMBELAN (cello), b. 1993, Poland