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Prizewinners of the
11th International Piano Competition in Memoriam Walter Blankenheim 2021/ 2022
(online Competition)
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1st Prize: HONGYi SOPHIA CAI Australia
2nd Prize: JULIEN COHEN France
3rd Prize: MAI HIGUCHI Japan
Diplom A: Chung Hon Michael Cheng USA
Diplom A: Shion Ota Japan
Honorable mention: Seunghye Lee South Korea
10th International Piano Competition J. S. Bach, Würzburg 2019
1st Prize not awarded
2nd Prize NOT awarded
3rd Prize Mattia Fusi, Italy
4th Prize Alexander Koryakin, Russia
Diploma: Iuchi Saori, Japan
Diploma: Joanna Krauze, Poland
Audience Award: Mattia Fusi, Italy
Special Prize of the Jury for the outstanding interpretation of the 4 Duets:
Alexander Koryakin, Russia
Special Prize awarded by the State Institute of Music A.G. Schnittke, Moscow (a concerto appearance with the Chamber Orchestra of the Schnittke Institute in St. Petersburg) AND Special Prize „Löffler-Preis“ (Piano Recital in Gotha im „Löffler-Haus“ during the Bach Days 2021:
Joanna Krauze, Poland
Special Prize – the Walter Blankenheim Award: Georgi Boykin, Bulgaria
Special Prize – Yamaha Award:
Philipp Adrian Voepel, Germany
Special Prize „Friends of Bach in Memory of Walter Blankenheim“ : Victoria Frances Young, USA
Special Prize awarded by the State Institute of Music A.G. Schnittke, Moscow (a concerto appearance with the Chamber Orchestra of the Schnittke Institute in Moscow) :
Sergey Korolev, Russia/Germany
9th International Piano Competition J. S. Bach, Würzburg 2016
1st Prize not awarded
2nd Prize Maciej Słapiński, Poland
3rd Prize not awarded
4th Prize Laurens de Man, Netherlands
Diploma: Max Nyberg, Sweden
Diploma: Georgi Boykin, Bulgaria
Special Price: Max Nyberg, Sweden for the interpretation of Ricercar six-voice of „Musikalisches Opfer“
Special Price „Gisela Skrzypietz“: Maciej Słapiński, Poland for the interpretation of preludes and fugues from the Well-Tempered Clavier
Praise and acknowledgement: Daae Jeon, South Korea
8th International Piano Competition J. S. Bach, Würzburg 2013
1st Prize not awarded
2nd Prize Daniël van der Hoeven, Netherlands
3rd Prize Rosamaria Bene, Italy
4th Prize Ai Kayukawa, Japan
4th Prize Naoya Fujiwara, Japan
Special Prize of the Jury
Victoria Young, USA for outstanding interpretation of Contrapunctus No . 4 and Contrapunctus No. 8 of “Art of Fugue”
7th International Piano Competition J. S. Bach, Würzburg 2010
1st Prize not awarded
2nd Prize not awarded
3rd Prize Hilda Huang, USA
4th Prize Ágnes Juhász, Ungarn
4th Prize Rosamaria Bene, Italy
Diplomas
Kirill Monorosi, Australia
Elizaveta Ivanova, Russia
6th International Piano Competition J. S. Bach, Würzburg 2007
1st Prize Esther Birringer, Germany
2nd Prize Yukiko Nakai, Japan
3rd Prize Kirill Zwegintsow, Ukraine
4th Prize Rie Kawata, Japan
Diplomas
Sholpan Barlykova, Russia
Rosamaria Bene, Italy
Andreas Hecker, Germany
Special Prize of the Jury for a French Suite
Olga Witthauer, Germany
5th International Piano Competition J. S. Bach, Saarbrücken 2004
1st Prize Chih-Yu Chen, Taiwan
3rd Prize Maria Perrotta, Italy
Diplomas
Esther Birringer, Germany
Myoung-Joon Cho, Korea
Eun-Jung Kim, Korea
Se hwa Yoon, Korea
Special Prize
Oleksandra Pershyna, Ukraine
Praise and acknowledgement
Anne Salie, Germany
Jorge Garcia Herranz, Spain
Adam Szvoren, Hungary
4th International Piano Competition J. S. Bach, Saarbrücken 2001
1st Prize Gianluca Luisi, Italy
2nd Prize Keiko Ishitobi, Japan
2nd Prize Maria K.-Westerman, Russia
3rd Prize Marina Ivanova, Russia
3rd Prize Gerold Huber, Germany
4th Prize Eri Nakamura, Japan
Diplomas
Chih-Yu Chen, Taiwan
Ave Kruup, Estonia
Special Prizes
Young-Sook Cho, South-Korea
Natalia Kaiser, Germany
Naoya Seino, Japan
Praise and acknowledgement
Jorge García Herranz, Spain
3rd International Piano Competition J. S. Bach, Saarbrücken 1998
1st Prize not awarded
2nd Prize Yorck Kronenberg, Germany
3rd Prize Inga Kazanteva, Russia
4th Prize Marrett Popp, Germany
4th Prize Christopher Hinterhuber, Austria
Diploma
Marina Ivanova, Russland
Praise and acknowledgement
Ludmilla Hallaeva, Russia
Thomas Walczak, Germany
2nd International Piano Competition J. S. Bach, Saarbrücken 1995
1st Prize Andrea Padova, Italy
2nd Prize Nataliya Kislenko, Russia
3rd Prize Andreas Woyke, Germany
3rd Prize Anton Boldyrev, Russia
Diploma
Julia Schirinova, Usbekistan
Alexeij Krasnoskulov, Russia
Praise and acknowledgement
Marina Ivanova, Russia
Mariya Massycheva, Russia
1st International Piano Competition J. S. Bach, Saarbrücken 1992
1st Prize Ekaterina Dershavina, Russia
2nd Prize Nana Mamaeva, Ukraine
3rd Prize Nataliya Kislenko, Russia
3rd Prize Elena Metelskaya, Belarus
4th Prize Andrea Padova, Italy
4th Prize Kalvis Jordans, Latvia