Kissinger Piano Olympics
The Kissinger Piano Olympics has been an international piano competition for young pianists in Bad Kissingen that has been held annually since 2003 .
history
In 2003, the piano competition initiated by the citizens of the spa town of Bad Kissingen under the name Kissinger Piano Olympiad was held for the first time . After the German Olympic Sports Confederation had asserted its trademark rights for the term “Olympiad” in 2008 , the competition was renamed “Piano Olympics” in 2009 . This small festival is financed exclusively through private sponsorship - mainly by members of the "Friends of Kissinger Summer " - and supported by sponsors from the business world. Since the festival started, there has been a collaboration with Bayerischer Rundfunk , which records the final concert.
Every autumn week (September or October) from Thursday to Sunday, six pianists take part in this competition for three top prizes and one audience award. The only requirement is that all pianists invited to the Piano Olympics must already have won prizes at other international competitions. Each artist first gives his own concert on one of these four days. On Sunday all six artists will compete against each other in a joint four-hour final concert.
The official prizes are awarded by an occasional four to five-member jury of experts. The audience award is only given to those subscribers who have attended all six individual concerts and the final concert. All prize winners of a year are invited to participate in the next year's international music festival “ Kissinger Sommer ”, where the winner of the first prize can perform as a soloist with a large orchestra. In addition, the Piano Olympics gives the participants additional opportunities to perform. In 2016 Tilman Schlömp , the new director of the Kissinger Sommer, took over the direction of the Piano Olympics. He has replaced the founding director Kari Kahl-Wolfsjäger .
Award winners
Web links
Individual evidence
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- ↑ Thomas Ahnert: 14th Piano Olympics - Close together. In: Saale-Zeitung (inFranken.de). October 10, 2016, accessed October 8, 2018 .
- ^ Anke Gundelach: Piano Olympics in Bad Kissingen. In: BR-Klassik.de. October 10, 2016, accessed October 8, 2018 .
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- ↑ Frank Kupke: Russe climbs the Piano Olympics , Main Post , October 10, 2011, accessed October 26, 2018
- ↑ Two winners at the Kissingen Piano Olympus , Main-Echo , October 10, 2012, accessed on October 13, 2018.
- ↑ South Koreans wins at the Piano Olympics in Bad Kissingen , Fuldaer Zeitung , October 15, 2013, accessed on October 13, 2018.
- ↑ Christian Kröber: Olympians selected , Neue Musikzeitung , October 11, 2014, accessed on October 13, 2018.
- ↑ Thomas Ahnert: Double Winner , Saale-Zeitung , October 12, 2015, accessed on October 13, 2018.
- ↑ Wieland Aschinger: Elisabeth Brauß wins Kissinger piano Olympus , music today , October 10, 2016 accessed October 13, 2018th
- ↑ Thomas Ahnert: Fotofinish , Saale-Zeitung , October 10, 2017, accessed on October 12, 2018.
- ↑ Thomas Ahnert: Dense crowding around the podium in Bad Kissingen Piano Olympus , Saale-Zeitung , October 9, 2018 accessed October 12, 2018th
- ↑ Mathias Wiedemann: Juan Pérez Floristán wins Kissinger Piano Olympics , Main-Post , October 9, 2018, accessed on October 12, 2018.
- ↑ Japanese wins Kissinger Piano Olympics , Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR 24), October 7, 2019