Alois Kottmann Award

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The Alois Kottmann Award is an international prize for "classical, cantando violin playing". [1] It honours outstanding international violinists. The competition takes place annually in May and/or June during International Days of Music Hesse Main-Taunus Hofheim in Hofheim am Taunus, Hesse, Germany. [2] [3] After the competition, the award is presented on a separate date through the Lord Mayor of the city of Frankfurt am Main in the Limpurg Hall  [ de ] of the historic city hall Römer.

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History

The Romer (city hall) in Frankfurt am Main, where the award ceremony takes place City hall Romer Frankfurt Hesse Germany.JPG
The Römer (city hall) in Frankfurt am Main, where the award ceremony takes place

The Alois Kottmann Award was founded and donated in 2001. It is named after its founder and benefactor, the German violinist and university professor Alois Kottmann. [4]

During the first years of the competition, only one participant received an award and special prizes were offered to honour further special talents or performances. This changed in 2005 when two participants received awards. In the years 2006 and 2007, special appreciation awards were introduced along the main award and the special prizes. In addition, the unparalleled "Bach Award of the city of Hofheim am Taunus" was presented in 2007 to Sabrina-Vivian Höpcker (Germany). In 2010, first and second places of the Alois Kottmann Award were created, along with the special prizes. In addition, the title "Laudatory Appreciation" was introduced.

Aim

The award is meant to aid and encourage the Frankfurt-based tradition of Carl Flesch which has its most prominent exponents in Alma Moodie and Max Rostal. The jury will place special emphasis on classical discipline, on an artistic and stylistic understanding of the performed works as well as a singing ( cantando ) style which signifies and characterises the personality of the artist. [1] [5]

"Outstanding violinists can be recognized by their tone, but with the young ones this is often not possible anymore. What is heard from them is performed speciously but without personality. The violin was created because man is able to sing also with it."
Professor h. c. Alois Kottmann (translated from German) [6]

Conditions

The award consists of 3,000 euro, a silver medal and a certificate. In addition, one or more special prizes will be awarded if applicable.

The competition is open for violinists internationally. There is no age restriction. During the competition musical pieces are required to be performed which are published one year in advance and will change annually. Memorised play is not required nor specially rated. Closing date for applications is in April. [7]

The members of the judging panel are Margit Neubauer (singer), university professor Alois Kottmann (violin, benefactor and patron of the award), and Boris Kottmann (violin).

Recipients

YearAward recipientSpecial prizeAppreciation
2001 Bojidara Kouzmanova, BulgariaPatricia Gross, Germany
Vivien Wald, Germany
2002Ara Lee, South-KoreaGiuseppe Carotenuto, Italy
Almut Frenzel, Germany
Andrea E.-I. Kim, Germany
Vivien Wald, Germany
2003 Maria Azova, UzbekistanMyung-Eun Lee, South Korea
Johanna Schlüter, Germany
David Schultheiss, Germany
2004Julia-Evelyn Zis, PolandAlmut Frenzel, GermanyEun-Ae Kim, South Korea
2005Aya Muraki, USA
Yoriko Muto, Japan		Marie-Luise Dingler, Germany
Dina Zemtsova, Russia		Anna Knopp, Austria
Viviane Waschbüsch, Germany
2006Yeo Young Yoon, South Korea
Myung Eun Lee, South Korea [8] 		Zsuzsanna Czentnár, HungaryBahadir Arkiliç, Turkey
2007Chloé Kiffer, France
Istvan Horvath, Germany [9] 		Rebecca Martin, GermanyCélia Schann, France
2008Yan Yan Chang, ChinaByol Kang, Germany
Martina Trumpp, Germany
2009Célia Schann, France
Marcus Tanneberger, Germany
Harim Chun, South Korea [10] [11] 		Ludwig Dürichen, Germany
20101. Jayoung Jeon, South Korea
2. Oleksii Semenenko, Ukraine		 Liv Migdal, Germany/Sweden
Katja Schott, Ukraine		C. Christopher, Taiwan [12] [13] [14]
2011Senta Johanna Kraemer, GermanySaschka Haberl, Germany
Bo Xiang, China [15]
2012not awardednot awardedJon Hess-Andersen, Denmark
Stephanie Appelhans, Germany
Anna Neubert, Germany [16] [17]
2013Olga Arnakuliyeva, Ukraine
Lisa Maria Schumann, Japan/Germany
Laura Zarina, Latvia		Brenda Frasier, US
Mika Seifert, Finland/Germany
Julia Weissmann, Russia		SuJin Ann, South Korea
Verena Kurz, Germany
Katja Pletzsch, Uzbekistan [18]
2014Verena Kurz, Germany
Antonia-Sophie Pechstaedt, Germany		Yonjoo Kang, South Korea
Sofia Roldan-Cativa, Argentina
Jeanine Thorpe, United Kingdom
Lea Hausmann, Germany [19]
2015Yu Matsuda, Japan
Theresa Sophie Reustle, Germany		Johanna Radoy, GermanyChristine Elisabeth Müller, Germany [20]
2018Rachel Buquet, Germany
Lee Young Kim, South Korea		Tae-Keun Lee, Germany
Miryam Nothelfer, Germany
Michiko Yamada, Japan		Hannah Solveij Gramß, Germany
Roberta Verna, Germany

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References

  1. 1 2 Alois Kottmann Award
  2. ↑ Alois Kottmann Award [ permanent dead link ] (German) Source: Culture Portal State of Hesse, Germany
  3. ↑ "Internationale Musiktage Hessen Main-Taunus Hofheim" Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (German)
  4. ↑ "Alois Kottmann Award" Archived 17 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine (German) kultur-frankfurt.de
  5. ↑ Alois Kottmann Award (German) Source: internationale-musiktage.de
  6. ↑ "Der Streiter für den guten Ton" by Kristiane Schengbier, Frankfurter Rundschau (2 November 2009) (in German)
  7. ↑ Alois Kottmann Award for classical canto-style play of the violin Source: miz.org (German Music Information Centre)
  8. ↑ Alois-Kottmann-Preis [ permanent dead link ] (German) Source: dasorchester.de
  9. ↑ Alois-Kottmann-Preis für klassisches sangliches Violinspiel [ permanent dead link ] (German) Source: dasorchester.de
  10. ↑ Célia Schann, Harim Chun und Marcus Tanneberger gewinnen Alois-Kottmann-Preis 2009 (German) Source: klassik.com
  11. ↑ Alois-Kottmann-Preis an Célia Schann, Harim Chun und Marcus Tanneberger [ permanent dead link ] (German) Source: dasorchester.de
  12. ↑ Picture: Awardees 2010 Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (German) Source: hofheimer-zeitung.de
  13. ↑ Spirit, Soul, and Effort Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Source: Hofheimer Zeitung, 18 May 2010 (German newspaper article)
  14. ↑ Jayoung Jeon gewinnt Alois-Kottmann-Preis 2010 [ permanent dead link ] (German) Source: dasorchester.de
  15. ↑ "Der schöne Ton – Alois-Kottmann-Preis verliehen Source: Hofheimer Zeitung, 10 June 2011". Archived from the original on 9 July 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  16. ↑ Magische Momente in: Hofheimer Zeitung, 22. Mai 2012
  17. ↑ Fröhlicher Abschluss in: Hofheimer Zeitung, 23. Oktober 2012
  18. ↑ Preise an drei hochbegabte Geiger in: Hofheimer Zeitung, 14. Mai 2013
  19. ↑ Kunst ist was anderes als Schminke Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine in: Hofheimer Zeitung, 3. Juni 2014
  20. ↑ Der Ton macht die Musik Archived 3 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine in: Hofheimer Zeitung, 19. Mai 2015
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