11th
International Piano Competition
in Memoriam Walter Blankenheim
2021/ 2022
First PriZe
HONGYi soPHIA cAI Australia
Second PriZe
jULIEN cOHEN France
THIRD PriZe
mai HIGUCHI Japon
DiplomA:
chung hon michael cheng USA
DiplomA:
Shion ota Japon
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