International Johannes Brahms Competition

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

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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. [1] [2] [3]

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

Prize winners

YearCompetition1st prize2nd prize3rd prizeRef
2001ViolinGanna Stepanenko (Ukraine)Ge Song (China)Georgi Jaschwili (Georgia) [4]
ViolaYoko Kanamaru (Japan)
Alexander Zemtsov (Russia)
Mihoko Kusama (Japan)
CelloGabriel Faur (Romania)Christian Hick (Germany)Katarzyna Gorska (Poland)
PianoMariko Onishi (Japan)Jeanne You (South Korea)Olga Sevidova (Russia)
Voice Daniel Sans (Germany)René Perler (Switzerland)Nozomi Mineshima (Japan)
Chamber musicSchwarzrock/Kipp/Troe (Germany)"Dali Piano Quartet" A. Mozgiel, R. Kwiatkowski, L. Lisowski, W. Jasman (Poland)Yoshizawa/Hedenborg (Japan/Austria)
2010PianoNao Yuki (Japan)Osman Ozgur Unaldi (Turkey)Natalia Rehling (Poland) [5]
Chamber musicPescatori TrioGuRu DuoPiano Quartett "Anno Domini"
ViolinThomas Reif (Germany)Lukas Stepp (Germany)Martin Funda (Germany)
ViolaHwa Yoon Lee (South Korea)
Lydia Rinecker (Germany)
Wenting Kang (China)
Cello Yuki Ito (Japan)Elizaveta Sushchenko (Russia)Alexey Zhilin (Russia)
VoiceErwin Belakowitsch (Austria)Astrid Kessler (Austria)Martin Hensel (Germany)
Veronika Groiss (Belarus)
2015PianoMaya Ando (Japan)Uikyung Jung (South Korea) Katharina Treutler (Germany) [6]
Chamber musicProject N.&A.: Alisa Kupriyova (piano); Nikita Budnetsky (violin)Duo Baltinati: Lura Johnson (piano); Ilya Finkelshteyn (cello)Duo Sonoro: Valeriia Shulga (piano); Andrii Pavlov (violin)
ViolinCosima Soulez Lariviere (Netherlands, France)Matouš Pěruška (Czech Republic)Daichi Nakamura (Japan)
ViolaNot awardedMingyue Yu (China)Matthias Schnorbusch (Germany)
Cello Christoph Croisé (France, Germany, Switzerland)Yoosin Park (South Korea)Kacper Nowak (Poland)
2017PianoAdela Liculescu (Romania)Mayu Kotari (Japan)Yow-Ting Hsieh (Taiwan) [7]
ViolinDaichi Nakamura (Japan)Belle Ting (Canada)Eunche Kim (South Korea)
CelloAriel Barnes (Canada) Erica Piccotti  [ de; fr; nl ] (Italy)Jordan Costard (France)
ViolaEunbin Lee (South Korea)Ziyu Shen (China)Sào Soulez Larivière (France)
VoiceAlexander Grassauer (Austria)Diogo Mendes (Portugal) Daniel Ochoa (Germany)
2018PianoMamikon NakhapetovHiroyuki KawashiriMaximilian Kromer [8]
ViolinEva ZavaroMaine NishiyamaJulia Turnovsky
CelloLuca Giovannini
Alexey Zhilin
Sul Yoon
Chamber musicDuo Maestro, Andrey Baranenko, Alexey ZhilinArcon Trio, Julius Asal, David Marquard, Janis MarquardAtalante Quartett, Elisabeth Eber, Thomas Koslowsky, Julia Maria Kürner, Lisa Kürner
2019 [9] ViolinSimon WienerTikhon LukyanenkoHwapyung Yoo
Chamber musicTrio Legend, Agnieszka Zahaczewska-Książek, Krzysztof Katana und Monika KrasickaPiano duo Tarvide/ Bumbiss, Roksana Tarvide und Kaspars BumbišsTrio Aralia, Théodore Lambert, Ida Derbesse und Magali Mouterde
PianoMisako MiharaShiho OjimaFuko Ishii
VoiceFabian LangguthAiko SakuraiSinhu Kim
Best voice accompanistHaruka Izawa
2020 [10] [11] ViolinAdam Koch Christensen (Denmark)Chiara Sannicandro (Germany)Jiaqi Lu (China)
ViolaTakehiro Konoe (Japan)Momoko Aritomi (Japan)Emiko Yuasa (Japan)
CelloEttore Pagano (Italy)Jaromir Kostka (Germany)Jeongheon Nam (South Korea)
VoiceMisaki Morino (Japan)Sofia Pavone (Germany)Hongyu Chen (China)
Best voice accompanistYuto Kiguchi (Japan)
2021Voice ex aequo: Yibao Chen (China, piano accompaniment: Mariko Sakonju, Japan) and
Ann-Kathrin Niemczyk (Germany)
Corina Koller (Austria, piano accompaniment: Lukas Dorfegger, Austria)
ViolaKyungsik Shin (South Korea)Sarah Strohm (Schwitzerland)Yunji Jang (South Korea)
CelloJan Sekaci (Romania)Carlos Vidal Ballester (Spain)Grace Sohn (Canada)
Chamber musicTrio Bohémo – Vojtek Jan, Pĕruška Matouš, Vocetková Kristina (all Czech Republic)Duo Minerva – Obuchi Mayuko, Mitsui Shizuka (both Japan)Akhtamar Quartet - Alecian Coline, Stasyk Ondine, Pio Jennifer, Simon Cyril (France/Belgium)
Best voice accompanistJoseph Alejandro Avile Guerrero (Venezuela)

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