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The Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition 2026ended with a resounding final concert at the Konzerthaus Berlin on Sunday evening . This year, the competition was held in the fields of piano and chamber music with wind instruments. The chamber music with wind instruments category, which has been reintroduced for a long time, focussed on an important branch of higher education, which was reflected in the large number of participants. In the final round of the solo category and in the final prizewinners' concert, the Konzerthausorchester Berlin performed under the direction of Gregor A. Mayrhofer. This year's prizewinners are:

PIANO

First prize (Mendelssohn Prize, EUR 6,000)
Shion Ota (Berlin University of the Arts)

Second prize (Prize of the Federal President, EUR 4,000)
Sohta Miura (Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media)

Third Prize (Prize of the Elsa-Wera-Arnold Foundation,
2,000 EUR)
TabeaStreicher (Berlin University of the Arts)

Special Prize Interpretation Commissioned Work

(Prize of the Elsa-Wera-Arnold-Foundation, 500 EUR)
Duoduo Xia (Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media)

The commissioned work "frames (to shift / break out)" was composed by Elnaz Seyedi; sponsored by the "Fanny Hensel Prize" of the Mendelssohn-Gesellschaft e. V., Berlin

CHAMBER MUSIC WITH WIND INSTRUMENTS

First prize (Mendelssohn Prize, EUR 6,000)
5um3 (Berlin University of the Arts)

Second prize (Prize of the Federal President, EUR 4,000)
Berliner Luftblech (Berlin University of the Arts)

Third prize (Prize of the Elsa-Wera-Arnold Foundation,
2,000 EUR)
Quantum Quintett (Lübeck University of Music)

Special prize for the best interpretation of a work of the 21st century (Prize of the Elsa-Wera-Arnold Foundation, EUR 1,000)
Ensemble Ardea (Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media)
For the interpretation of Jörg Widmann's "Quintett"

Prize of the Friends of Young Musicians Germany
(EUR 6,000)
5um3 (Berlin University of the Arts)

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 Ulf Werner, former orchestra director of the Konzerthaus Berlin. The patron of the competition is Andris Nelsons, Gewandhauskapellmeister of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. This year's jury chairmen were Prof. Rudolf Meister (piano) and Prof. Eckart Hübner (chamber music with wind instruments).

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Partners and sponsors of the competition

• Konzerthaus Berlin
• Society for the Exploitation of Neighbouring Rights
• Friends of Young Musicians Berlin
• Friends of Young Musicians Germany
• Elsa-Wera-Arnold-Foundation
• PrimaLaMusica Foundation
• Mendelssohn Society e. V., Berlin
• International Mendelssohn Festival
• bpk picture agency
• emphasises
• Daily Mirror
• radio3 from rbb
• Deutschlandfunk Kultur
• reservix