Winner of the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2013
Press release from 01/21/2013
The winners of the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2013 have been announced. The jury awarded three first, five second and three third prizes as well as other special prizes. The total of the main and special prizes awarded this year amounts to 51,000 euros. In addition to the cash prizes, the winners will also receive extensive support in the form of CD productions, follow-up concerts and commissions for compositions.
Violoncello (Mendelssohn subject)
Mendelssohn Prize (1st prize)
Konstanze von Gutzeit
(Franz Liszt School of Music Weimar)
Prize of the Federal President (2nd prize)
Jonas Palm
(Stuttgart State University of Music and Performing Arts)
3rd prize
Leonard Disselhorst
(Karlsruhe University of Music)
Special prize for the best interpretation of the commissioned work "Mendelssohns Möwen, ein Lied ohne Wort für Violoncello solo" by
Manfred Trojahn
Katarina Schmidt
(Munich University of Music and Theatre)
Percussion
1st prize
Se-Mi Hwang
(Stuttgart State University of Music and Performing Arts)
2nd prize
Simone Rubino
(Munich University of Music and Performing Arts)
3rd prize
Shinichi Minami
(Karlsruhe University of Music)
Prize of the Friends of Young Musicians Germany
Simone Rubino
(Munich University of Music and Performing Arts)
Wind chamber music
1st prize
Canorusquintett
(Munich University of Music and Theatre)
2nd prize
10forBrass
(Hamburg University of Music and Theatre)
3rd prize
Orkan Quartet
(Cologne University of Music and Dance)
Special prize for the best interpretation of a contemporary work
Klavierquintett Berlin
(Berlin University of the Arts)
Composition
1st prize
not awarded
2nd prize
Matthias Krüger
(Cologne University of Music and Dance)
2nd prize
Katharina Roth
(Lübeck University of Music)
3rd prize
not awarded
On 19 January 2013, the ensemble of the International Ensemble Modern Academy (IEMA) premiered the prize-winning compositions of this year's competition by Katharina Roth and Matthias Krüger, among others.
The prizewinners' concert for the instrumental subjects of cello, percussion and wind chamber music took place on 20 January 2013. The 2013 Mendelssohn Prize winner Constanze von Gutzeit performed Robert Schumann's Cello Concerto as a soloist, accompanied by the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie under the direction of Peter Tilling. Also performing were percussionist Se-Mi Hwang (1st prize) and the ensembles Canorusquintett (1st prize) and 10forBrass (2nd prize) from the wind chamber music category. Katarina Schmidt played the world premiere of this year's commissioned work "Mendelssohn's Seagulls, a song without words for violoncello solo" by Manfred Trojahn, for which the young cellist won the special prize for the best interpretation.
The traditional Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition, which is organised by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and the Rectors' Conference of German Music Universities, has been under the patronage of world-famous conductor Kurt Masur since 2013. It was held from 16 to 20 January 2013 in the concert halls of the Berlin University of the Arts. The competition was held this year with a new concept and for the first time under the artistic direction of Dr Dieter Rexroth. It is held in three annually changing instrumental subjects and the subject of composition. In 2014, the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition will take place from 15 to 19 January at the Berlin University of the Arts.
Follow-up funding
CD productions
The Association of Friends of Young Musicians Berlin provides the first prize winners with follow-up funding in the form of a CD production.
In the subject of cello, the CD production is supervised by the Kulturradio des Rundfunks Berlin-Brandenburg. For percussion and wind chamber music, the production is organised by the sound engineering department of the Berlin University of the Arts.
Young Euro Classic follow-up concerts
The winners of the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2013 will have the opportunity to perform at the Young Euro Classic festival in Berlin on 28 July 2013.
Follow-up concerts by the Friends of Young Musicians Germany
The Friends of Young Musicians Germany will enable the prizewinners to give follow-up concerts in eight German cities.
Further information:
Claudia Assmann, Tel. 030 3185 2456
E-mail
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