| Franz Schubert and Modern Music Competition | |
|---|---|
| International Chamber Music Competition | |
| Awarded for | Chamber music |
| Date | 1989 |
| Venue | University of Music and Performing Arts Graz |
| Country | Austria |
| Motto | International Chamber Music Competition |
| Reward(s) | totalling €74,000 [1] |
| Website | schubert |
The Franz Schubert and Modern Music Competition (FS&MM) [2] is an international triennial chamber music contest held in Graz, Austria. [3] It was founded in 1989 by the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. [4]
The chamber music competition is one of three major competitions held in Austria, the other two being the International Mozart Competition in Salzburg and the Beethoven International Music Competition in Vienna. [5]
The competition's mission is to present Schubert’s chamber music in the context of contemporary chamber works so as to simultaneously interpret, at the highest level, the music of Franz Schubert alongside modern music. [2] [6]
There is also an international composition competition held under the auspices of the FS&MM that endeavours to encourage the creation of new chamber works. [7] The 7th edition of the International Composition Competition Piano Trio was held in 2024 and sought contemporary compositions for Piano Trio (piano, violin and violoncello). [8] The winning composition became a set work in the piano trio repertoire of the second round of the main competition held in February 2025, [9] and led to the winning work's premiere with repeat performances. Composers from 54 countries submitted 206 trios. [10]
The 12th international chamber music competition was held 8–15 February 2025, at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. [11] The eligibility requirements for the 2025 competition were for international musicians born after 15 February 1989. [12] For this edition of the competition 49 ensembles were selected from 325 overall entrants from 44 countries. [13]
The categories were:
The prizes awarded in the 12th competition totalled more than €74,000 and included mentoring and professional advice on career development for the winners of the first prizes. [1]
The jury for the Lied Duo category comprised Joseph Breinl (Germany), Lina Maria Åkerlund (Switzerland), Iain Burnside (Great Britain), Samuel Hasselhorn (Germany), Manuela Kerer (Italy), Tony Spence (Great Britain), Pauliina Tukiainen (Finland) and Sarah Wegener (Germany/Great Britain). [17]
The jury for the Piano Trio category comprised Chia Chou (Canada), Vincent Coq (France), Ellen Margrete Flesjø (Norway), Thomas Hoppe (Germany), Anssi Karttunen (Finland), Minna Pensola (Finland), Isabelle Van Keulen (The Netherlands) and Katharina Wincor (Australia). [17]
The Piano Duo jury members were: Sivan-Silver-Garburg & Gil Garburg (Israel), [18] Shani Diluka (France), Carlo Fabiano (Italy), Rico Gulda (Austria), Götz Schumacher (Germany), Adrienne Soós (Hungary/Switzerland), Arie Vardi (Israel) and Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer (Switzerland). [17]
For the finals, the jury was augmented with five culturally prominent people from the music world: Annett Baumeister (Germany), Inna Davidova (Latvia), Birgit Hinterholzer (Austria), Ulf Werner (Germany), [19] and Michael Nemeth (Austria). [20]
The semifinals were held over two days, 10–11 February 2025. [21]
Duo for voice and piano (Lied) [22]
Trio for piano, violin and violoncello [22]
Piano Duo [22]
Four duos for voice and piano, four piano trios and three piano duos were admitted to the final round which was held over two days, 12 to 13 February 2025. [21]
Duo for voice and piano (Lied) [23]
Trio for piano, violin and violoncello [24]
Piano Duo [25]
Duo for voice and piano (Lied): [26]
Trio for piano, violin and violoncello: [28] [29]
Piano Duo: [26]
The 2022 competition saw 36 lied duos and 24 piano trios enter the first round after having been selected from a total of 249 instrumentalists from 40 countries. [32] More specifically, 36 out of 75 applicants were admitted to the first round of the duo for voice and piano category and 24 out of 33 applicants made it through to the piano trio first round. These were further pared-down to 12 lied duos and 9 piano trios in the semifinals.
In the 2022 finals, the first prize was not awarded in the lied duo category.
The third-tier category was awarded with a special prize for the best interpretation of a specially commissioned work, On White Meadows, [note 5] by Judith Weir. [37]
The 10th international chamber music competition was held between 19 and 28 February, 2018, [39] [40] in Graz and around €100,000 in aggregate prize value across the various categories was awarded. [41]
During the course of the competition, 341 [note 6] entrants from 56 countries forming 92 duos for voice and piano, 35 trios for piano, violin and cello and 13 string quartets, competed for the chamber music awards. [42]
The first and second categories in the competition were lied duo and piano trio, however, the third category in the 2018 competition was for string quartet. [43] This edition of the competition also had an Audience Engagement Award that was given to the Gildas Quartet. [44]
The second round of the piano trio category saw the world première of Stück 2 (2017) by Jungjik Kim of South Korea, [45] the award-winning piano trio from the 2017 composition competition edition of the Franz Schubert and Modern Music Competition. [46]
String quartet
The Ãtma Quartet, from Poland, won an incentive award and the Bärenreiter Urtext Prize. [47] A special career advancement prize was awarded to the New Music Quartet (Poland). [48]
Lied duo
Piano trio
FS&MM ... Bringing Schubert's chamber music into relation with both new and the latest works...
International Competitions: Franz Schubert and Modern Music, University of Music and Dramatic Arts Graz...
Established by the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz in 1989, the competition is held every three years in string quartet, piano trio and voice and piano duo categories.
Neben dem Mozart-Wettbewerb in Salzburg und dem Beethoven-Wettbewerb in Wien zählt der Grazer Schubert-Wettbewerb zu den drei großen Klassik-Bewerben Österreichs.[In addition to the Mozart Competition in Salzburg and the Beethoven Competition in Vienna, the Graz Schubert Competition is one of the three major classical music competitions in Austria.]
Diese spiegelt die Anforderung, die Musik von Franz Schubert und die Musik der Moderne gleichzeitig auf höchstem Niveau zu interpretieren.
Prizewinning work of the Competition for Composition (max. 15 minutes) … This Piano Trio is the prizewinning piece of the International Composition Competition 2024 for Piano Trio.
Age limit: born after February 15, 1989.
The competition will involve: duo for voice and piano (Lied)...
All works have to be originally written for piano, four hands or two pianos. Arrangements are accepted only if written by the composers. Works for piano, four hands are not allowed to be performed on two pianos.
The artistic board consists of Joseph Breinl, Chia Chou and Sivan-Silver-Garburg & Gil Garburg under the chair of Rector Georg Schulz.
Extended Jury: Michael Nemeth
The €9,750 second prize went to the Astatine Trio, who also won the €1,500 special prize for the best interpretation of the prizewinning work from the International Piano Trio Composition Competition.
X. Lei - Fields, Cities, Skies and Ruins (2024).
Duo Panova Gobbini received a special prize of € 1,000 given for the best interpretation of a work by a female composer.
Insgesamt hatten sich 249 Musiker aus 40 Nationen zur Teilnahme beworben, für die erste Runde wurden letztlich 36 Liedduos und 24 Klaviertrios zugelassen.
Duo for Voice and Piano (Lied): The 1st prize was not awarded.
Mezzo-soprano Bella Adamova in duo with pianist Malte Schäfer won second prize in their category ... the second place is shared by with the Portuguese duo André Baleiro (baritone) & Pedro Costa (piano).
Duo Kayaki/Ebina 3rd Prize & Special Prize ... Soprano Sawako Kayaki and pianist Haruka Ebina formed a duo in the spring of 2021 for the Franz Schubert and Modern Music competition.
IOA-alumna Sawako Kayaki (soprano) & her pianist Haruka Ebina gained the 3rd place in the Chamber Music Competition 'Franz Schubert und die Musik der Moderne' in the category "Song Duo" and they got a special prize for best interpretation of a piece commissioned by Judith Weir.
The Trio Orelon has won the piano trio category at the competition's 11th edition.
Franz Schubert und die Musik der Moderne: 19. Februar - 28. Februar 2018.
189 junge Musiker und Sänger aus aller Welt haben seit 19. Februar in Graz am internationalen Schubert-Wettbewerb der Kunstuniversität Graz (KUG) teilgenommen ... Insgesamt wurden Preise in der Höhe von 100.000 Euro vergeben.
341 junge Musikerinnen und Musiker aus 56 Nationen haben sich für die Teilnahme 2018 akkreditiert.[341 young musicians from 56 nations have accredited themselves for their participation in 2018.]
Repertoire Streichquartett.
The Gildas Quartet was established in 2011 ... and won first prize in the 2018 Audience Engagement Award at the International Franz Schubert and Modern Music Competition in Graz, Austria.
Stück 2 (the winning composition at the International Chamber Music Competition "Franz Schubert and Modern Music", 2017, Graz).
Jungjik KIM (Republic of Korea): "Stück 2". International Composition Competition 2017 in the category "Piano Trio" by the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz...
New Music Quartet won the Advancement Prize at the 2018 FS&MM.
In February 2018 they won the First Prize in the International "Schubert and Modern Music" Chamber Music Competition.
Mikhail is laureate of many competitions, ... together with his Lied-Duo-Partner Elitsa Desseva he won First Prizes in "Franz Schubert und die Moderne", Graz...
Other awards include ... 2nd Prize and Special Prize at the 2018 'Schubert und die Musik der Moderne' competition in Graz.
Jussi Juola und Eun Hye Kang haben am 27.2.2018 beim Internationalen Wettbewerb „Schubert und die Moderne" in Graz den 3. Preis in der Kategorie Liedduo gewonnen.[Jussi Jusuola and Eun Hye Kang took the 3rd place in the International Competition “Schubert und die Moderne” in Graz on 27 February, 2018.]
Das Trio Marvin war als zweitplatzierstes Ensemble das beste in der Sparte Klaviertrio; ein erster Preis wurde hier nicht vergeben.
...while in 2018, the Trio Marvin was awarded second prize when first prize was not awarded.
With the Trio Gallien, made up of Tristan Liehr (violin) and Emmanuel Christien (piano), she won in February 2018 the 3rd prize in the prestigious chamber music competition "Franz Schubert und die Musik der Moderne" in Graz,...