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The winners of the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2022 in the subjects of piano and composition
Press release from 01/17/2022
The Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2022 ended yesterday evening with a spectacular finale. This year, the competition was held in the subjects of piano and composition. The Konzerthausorchester Berlin performed under the direction of Leslie Suganandarajah. This year's prizewinners are
PIANO
First Prize (Mendelssohn Prize, 4,000 EUR)
Jeonghwan Kim (Hanns Eisler School of Music)
Second Prize (Prize of the Federal President, 2.500 EUR)
Jiyoung Kim (Hochschule für Musik und Theater München)
Third Prize (Prize of the Elsa-Wera-Arnold Foundation,
shared at 750 EUR each)
Jinhyung Park (Hochschule Für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover) and
Youngho Park (Hochschule Für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover)
Special Prize Interpretation Commissioned Work
(Prize of the Elsa-Wera-Arnold Foundation, EUR 500)
Matteo Weber (Karlsruhe University of Music)
The commissioned work "Pas de two" was composed by Tatjana Komarova.
Prize of the Friends of Young Musicians Germany
(EUR 4,000)
Jeonghwan Kim (Hanns Eisler School of Music)
COMPOSITION
First prize (Mendelssohn Prize, EUR 4,000)
Zara Ali (Detmold University of Music) with behave
Second prize (Prize of the Federal President, EUR 2,500)
Kiloh Lee (Lübeck University of Music) with AUS-lachen
Third prize (Prize of the Elsa-Wera-Arnold Foundation,
shared at EUR 750 each)
Marc L. Vogler (Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln) with
ping-pong and
Dachan Kim (Staatlichen Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart) with reb/ondes
Prize of the Friends of Young Musicians Germany
(EUR 1,000 plus the possibility of a composition commission for EUR 1,000)
Zara Ali (Detmold University of Music) with behave
Special prize for interpretation of competition entry
(EUR 1,500)
Ensemble ColLAB Cologne (Cologne University of Music, Dance and Theatre) for the performance of the composition ping-pong by Marc L. Vogler
The competition is organised by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, the Rectors' Conference of German Music Universities and the Berlin University of the Arts. The artistic director is Prof Dr Sebastian Nordmann, director of the Konzerthaus Berlin. Patron of the competition is Andris Nelsons, Gewandhauskapellmeister of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.
Press enquiries
Claudia Assmann
Tel. (030) 3185 2456
presse@fmb-hochschulwettbewerb.de
www.fmb-hochschulwettbewerb.de
Partners and sponsors of the competition
- Konzerthaus Berlin
- Gesellschaft zur Verwertung von Leistungsschutzrechten
- Freunde Junger Musiker e. V. Berlin - Freunde Junger Musiker e. V. Berlin V. Berlin
- Freunde Junger Musiker Deutschland
- Elsa-Wera-Arnold-Stiftung
- Mendelssohn-Gesellschaft e. V., Berlin
- International Mendelssohn Festival
- bpk Bildagentur
- betont
- Musikverlag Ries&Erler
- Tagesspiegel
- Kulturradio vom rbb
- Deutschlandfunk Kultur
- reservix
