International Song Art Competition

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The International Competition for art song is one of the International Hugo Wolf Academy for voice · seal chanson eV in Germany in 1987 for the first time aligned Music Competition for singing and piano and from 2001 for song duos , every two in by 2010 every three years Stuttgart takes place and is dedicated to changing composers.

The public competition runs over three rounds and gives the participants the task of performing several works by the respective composer. In 2010 it was open to singers and pianists of all nations who were born after September 1, 1978. The expert jury consists of renowned representatives from international concert life. The best song duos receive different cash prizes.

The last competition took place in September 2018, the next competition is to take place from September 28 to October 4, 2020.

Award winners

2016

  • 1st prize: Ilker Arcayürek (tenor) & Fiona Pollak (piano)
  • 2nd prize: Stuart Jackson (tenor) & Jocelyn Freeman (piano)
  • 3rd prize: Samuel Hasselhorn (baritone) & Renate Rohlfing (piano)
  • Special award for best piano accompanist: Renate Rohlfing

2014

  • 1st prize: Ludwig Mittelhammer (baritone), Jonathan Ware (piano)
  • 2nd prize: Emma Moore (soprano), Klara Hornig (piano)
  • 3rd prize: Carine Tinney (soprano), Thomas Wypior (piano)
  • 3rd prize: Marie Seidler (mezzo-soprano), Katharina Thöni (piano)

2012

Songs by Franz Schubert , Hugo Wolf , Ludwig Thuille , Joseph Marx

  • 1st prize: Diana Haller (mezzo-soprano), Katharina Landl (piano)
  • 3rd prize: Hagar Sharvit (mezzo-soprano), Ammiel Bushakevitz (piano)
  • 3rd prize: Andreas Beinhauer (baritone), Melania Inès Kluge (piano)
  • Special award for piano accompaniment: Kerstin Mörk, Friederike Wiesner

2010

Works by Robert Schumann , Hugo Wolf and Gustav Mahler

  • 1st prize: Annelie Sophie Müller (mezzo-soprano), Elif Şahin-Nesweda (piano)
  • 2nd prize: Anna Alàs i Jové (mezzo-soprano), Alexander Fleischer (piano)
  • 3rd prize: Javier Alonso (tenor), Ainoa Padrón (piano)

2007

Works by Robert Schumann , Hugo Wolf and Hermann Reutter

  • 1st prize: André Morsch (baritone), Eildert Beeftink (piano)
  • 2nd prize: Elena Copons-Labarias (soprano), Chihiro Gordon (piano)
  • 3rd prize: Raphael Favre (tenor), Chiho Togawa (piano)
  • Sponsorship award: Tobias Berndt (baritone), Misa Kanuma (piano)

2004

Works by Johannes Brahms and composers of Viennese Modernism - Alban Berg , Hanns Eisler , Ernst Krenek , Arnold Schönberg , Franz Schreker and Anton Webern

  • 1st prize: Michael Nagy (baritone), Juliane Ruf (piano)
  • 2nd prize: Colin Balzer (tenor), Erika Switzer (piano)
  • 2nd prize: Ágúst Ólafsson (baritone), Izumi Kawakatsu (piano)
  • 3rd prize: JaeEun Lee (soprano), Fan Yang (piano)
  • 3rd prize: You-Seong Kim (soprano), Sonia Kim (piano)
  • Audience Award: Melanie Hirsch (mezzo-soprano), Alexandra Ismer (piano)

2001

Works by Richard Strauss , Yrjö Kilpinen and Hans Pfitzner

  • 1st prize: Hermann Wallén (baritone), Kanako Nakagawa (piano)
  • 2nd prize: Hakan Vramsmo (baritone), Matthias Alteheld (piano)
  • 3rd prize: Jewgenija Grekowa (soprano), Irina Purischinskaja (piano)
  • 3rd prize: Alexander Puhrer (baritone), Senka Brankovic (piano)
  • Special award singing: Susanna Levonen (mezzo-soprano)
  • Special award for best song pianist: Anne Le-Bozec (piano)

1994

  • 1st prize: Locky Chung (baritone)
  • 2nd prize: Susanne Scheinpflug (soprano)
  • 2nd prize: Stephan Genz (baritone)
  • 2nd prize: Stefan Geyer (baritone)
  • 3rd prize: Morten Ernst Lassen (baritone)
  • 3rd prize: Julio Fernández (tenor)
  • Special Prize Best Lied Duo: Locky Chung (baritone), Markus Hadulla (piano)
  • Special award for best song pianist: Markus Hadulla

1990

  • 1st prize: Katalin Halmei (soprano)
  • 1st prize: Matthias Goerne (baritone)
  • 2nd prize: Irène Friedli (mezzo-soprano)
  • 2nd prize: Dietrich Henschel (baritone)
  • 3rd prize: Gisèle Fixe (soprano)
  • 3rd prize: Birgid Steinberger (soprano)
  • 3rd prize: Matthias Rettner (baritone)
  • Sponsorship award: Manuel Bärtsch (piano)
  • Special award for best song pianist: Eric Schneider (piano)

1987

  • 1st prize: Oliver Widmer (baritone)
  • 2nd prize: Christiane Oelze (soprano)
  • 2nd prize: Leonardo de Lisi (tenor)
  • 2nd prize: Hans de Vries (baritone)
  • 3rd prize: Ellen van Lier (soprano)
  • 3rd prize: Matthias Weichert (baritone)
  • 3rd prize: André Howard (baritone)
  • Special Prize of the Hugo Wolf Society Vienna: Gisèle Fixe (soprano), Philippe Biros (piano)
  • Scholarship from the Richard Wagner Association: Otto Katzamaier (baritone)
  • Special award for best song pianist: Eric Schneider (piano)

literature

  • Echo. 1898-1998. 100 years of Hugo Wolf. Association, society, academy. Edited by of the International Hugo Wolf Academy, 1998.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information International Hugo Wolf Academy eV . Archived from the original on July 18, 2017.
  2. ↑ Competition 2018 International Hugo Wolf Academy eV . Archived from the original on September 6, 2017.