International Johannes Brahms Competition

The International Johannes Brahms Competition ("Brahms Competition") is an international competition for the performers of piano, violin, cello, viola and chamber music, and singers.

The competition has taken place annually since 1993. The event is held in Pörtschach am Wörthersee, Austria, where Johannes Brahms occasionally stayed during the summer.

In each category, competitors are obliged to perform works composed by Brahms, either in the preliminary or final round.

The Cello and Viola categories are particularly well-known and prestigious in the competition, regarded as one of the noteworthy titles. The winners in the cello category include István Várdai (1st prize in 2006, Hungary), Yuki Ito (1st prize in 2010, Japan), Benjamin Truchi (1st prize in 2012, France), Michiaki Ueno (1st prize in 2014, Japan), Christoph Croisé (1st prize in 2015, France), Gabriel Schwabe (2nd prize in 2005, Germany), Michael Petrov (2nd prize in 2012, Bulgaria), and Benedict Klöckner (3rd prize in 2006, Germany).


2010 Prize winners

2010 Prize winners are as follows:[1]

Piano

  1.  Japan Nao Yuki
  2.  Turkey Osman Ozgur Unaldi
  3.  Poland Natalis Rehling

Chamber music

  1. Pescatori Trio
  2. GuRu Duo
  3. Piano Quartett "Anno Domini"

Violin

  1.  Germany Thomas Reif
  2.  Germany Lukas Stepp
  3.  Germany Martin Funda

Viola

  1.  South Korea Hwa Yoon Lee
  2.  Germany Lydia Rinecker
  3.  China Wenting Kang

Cello

  1.  Japan Yuki Ito
  2.  Russia Elizaveta Sushchenko
  3.  Russia Alexey Zhilin


2015 Prize winners

2015 Prize winners are as follows:[2]

Piano

  1.  Japan Maya Ando
  2.  South Korea Uikyung Jung
  3.  Germany Katharina Treutler

Chamber music

  1. Project N.&A.
     Russia Alisa Kupriyova (piano)
     Belarus Nikita Budnetsky (violin)
  2. Duo Baltinati
     USA Lura Johnson (piano)
     USA Ilya Finkelshteyn (cello)
  3. Duo Sonoro
     Ukraine Valeriia Shulga (piano)
     Ukraine Andrii Pavlov (violin)

Violin

  1.  Netherlands France Cosima Soulez Lariviere
  2.  Czech Republic Matouš Pěruška
  3.  Japan Daichi Nakamura

Viola

  1. Not awarded
  2.  China Mingyue Yu
  3.  Germany Matthias Schnorbusch

Cello

  1.  France  Germany   Switzerland Christoph Croisé
  2.  South Korea Yoosin Park
  3.  Poland Kacper Nowak

See also

References

  1. ↑ "17th International Johannes Brahms Competition Pörtschach Results and Prize Winners - 2010 Competition". Johannes-Brahms-Gesellschaft Pörtschach.
  2. ↑ "22nd International Johannes Brahms Competition Pörtschach Results and Prize Winners - 2015 Competition". Johannes-Brahms-Gesellschaft Pörtschach.
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