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Around one hundred violin, cello and piano students from 20 music academies have qualified to take part in the violin and piano trio categories of Germany's most traditional young classical music competition
from 18 to 20 January 2017. They will be competing for the coveted awards and prize money totalling over 20,000 euros.

As in previous years, the competition participants will have the chance to demonstrate their skills in front of high-calibre juries. "The piano trios should have solved the difficult task of developing their own ensemble identity without losing the individuality of the individual musicians," says cellist Niklas Schmidt, jury chairman for the piano trio category. For the violin category, jury chair Carolin Widmann hopes to meet violinists who visually and "audibly" understand the score of the respective works and their own role in the overall context of a piece.

The artistic director of the competition, which is jointly organised by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, the Rectors' Conference of German Music Universities and the Berlin University of the Arts, has been Sebastian Nordmann, artistic director of the Konzerthaus Berlin, since spring 2016. The designated Gewandhauskapellmeister Andris Nelsons has taken over the patronage.

The public auditions will take place from 18 to 20 January 2017 at the Berlin University of the Arts. Admission is free.

On 20 January 2017, former prizewinners Martin Funda (violin, Armida Quartet) and Konstanze von Gutzeit (cello) as well as Annika Treutler (piano) will perform at the announcement of the competition winners in the Joseph-
Joachim Concert Hall at Berlin University of the Arts.

On 22 January 2017, the students who were awarded first prize will perform together with the Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra Leipzig under the direction of Róbert Farkas in the concert hall of the Berlin University of the Arts in Hardenbergstraße. The two commissioned works - by Ming-Hsiu Yen for violin and Thorsten Encke for piano trio - will also be premiered.

Information on the competition, the concerts, the juries, all participants and the prizes can be found at www.fmbhw.de.

The dates at a glance:

18 to 20 January 2017, from 10 a.m.
Public competition
Violin: Kammersaal der UdK Berlin, Fasanenstraße 1 B, 10623 Berlin
Piano trio: Konzertsaal der UdK Berlin, access via: Fasanenstraße
1 B, 10623 Berlin
Admission free

20 January 2017, 8 pm
Concert to announce the prizewinners
Prizewinners
with former prizewinners Martin Funda (Armida Quartet) and Konstanze von Gutzeit as well as Annika Treutler
Joseph-Joachim-Konzertsaal der UdK Berlin, Bundesallee 1-12,
10719 Berlin
Admission: 6 euros, reduced 4 euros

22 January 2017, 7 p.m.
Prizewinners' Concert Violin and Piano Trio
The students who were awarded first prize will perform in the concert hall of the Berlin University of the Arts in Hardenbergstraße together with the Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra Leipzig under the direction of Róbert Farkas
Concert hall of the UdK Berlin, Hardenbergstraße/corner of Fasanenstraße,
10623 Berlin
Admission: 9 euros, reduced 5 euros

This concert will also be broadcast on www.fmbhw.de/livestream by the UdK Berlin's Tonmeister programme.

Tickets available now at the UdK Berlin concert hall box office
Opening hours: Tuesdays-Fridays from 3-6pm,
Phone (030) 31 85 23 74 (AB), udkkasse@udk-berlin.de,
or at: www.reservix.de.

Press enquiries and accreditations
Claudia Assmann
Tel. 030 3185 2456
presse@fmb-hochschulwettbewerb.de
www.fmb-hochschulwettbewerb.de

Partners and sponsors of the competition:
- Freunde Junger Musiker Berlin
- Freunde Junger Musiker Deutschland
- betont
- Elsa-Wera-Arnold-Stiftung
- Mendelssohn Kammerorchester Leipzig
- Musikverlag Ries&Erler
- Young Euro Classic
- Kasseler Musiktage
- Hotel Savoy Berlin
- Kulturradio vom RBB
- Deutschlandradio Kultur
- Reservix