International Max Rostal Competition 2015
VIOLA
Diyang Mei, China
1st prize: 6000 Euro
and five sets of Pirastro strings of your choice
Sara Kim, Korea,
former student in the class of Prof. Hartmut Rohde, UdK Berlin
2nd prize: 2500 Euro
and three Pirastro string sets of your choice
Sejune Kim, Korea,
Student in the class of Prof. Hartmut Rohde, UdK Berlin
3rd prize: 1500 Euro
and a set of strings of your choice from Pirastro
Timothy Ridout, United Kingdom
Prize for the fourth-placed semi-finalist in the amount of 500 euros each, donated by Mr. Yoshikiaki Shibata
Seungwon Lee, Korea
Prize for the best interpretation of the commissioned work by David Philip Hefti: con anima. Mosaic for viola solo
Diyang Mei, China
Special prize for a young, highly talented finalist in the amount of 1000 euros, donated by the Freunde junger Musiker e.V. Berlin
Przemyslaw Pujanek, Poland,
Student in the class of Prof. Hartmut Rohde, UdK Berlin
Special prize for an outstanding participant in the form of a solo concert with the Leopoldinum Chamber Orchestra Wrocław/Breslau
Sara Kim, Korea
Audience prize of 1000 euros, donated by Pirastro GmbH and Kogge & Gateau, atelier for violin making and restoration
VIOLIN
Alican Süner, Turkey
Student in the class of Prof. Nora Chastain, UdK Berlin
1st prize: 6000 Euro
and five sets of Pirastro strings of your choice
Yasuka Morizono, Japan
2nd prize: 2500 euros
and three Pirastro string sets of your choice
Miguel Colom Cuesta, Spain
Student in the class of Prof. Nora Chastain, UdK Berlin
3rd prize: 1500 Euro
and a set of Pirastro strings of your choice
Mariya Krasnyuk, Ukraine
Prize for the fourth-placed semi-finalist in the amount of 500 euros, donated by Mr. Yoshiaki Shibata
Victoria Wong, Australia
Prize for the best interpretation of the commissioned work by Søren Nils Eichberg: Recitare for solo violin
Alican Süner, Turkey
Special prize for a highly talented young finalist in the amount of 1000 euros, donated by the Freunde junger Musiker e. V. Berlin
Alican Süner, Turkey
Audience prize of 1000 euros, donated by Pirastro GmbH and Kogge & Gateau, atelier for violin making and restoration
Jury for viola
Thomas Riebl (Austria)
Professor of Viola at the Mozarteum University Salzburg
Hartmut Rohde (Germany)
Professor of viola at the Berlin University of the Arts, violist in the Mozart Piano Quartet and the Kandinsky String Trio
Kazuki Sawa (Japan)
Professor at the Tokyo Geidai and honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music as well as director of the Kioi Sinfonietta in Tokyo
Miguel da Silva (Switzerland)
Tutor at the European Chamber Music Academy (ECMA) and the Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth
Lars Anders Tomter (Norway)
Professor at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo and director of the Risor Chamber Music Festival
Jury for violin
Nora Chastain (USA)
Professor of Violin at the Berlin University of the Arts
Ulf Hoelscher (Germany)
Professor of violin at the Karlsruhe University of Music
Ida Kavafian (USA)
Professor at the Curtis Institute of Music, the Juilliard School and the Bard College Conservatory of Music
Igor Ozim (Slovenia)
Professor of violin at the Cologne University of Music, at the University of Music in Bern and since 2002 at the Mozarteum Salzburg
Marianne Piketty (France)
Professor at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Lyon