Olympic Games of Music

Yesterday’s finals presented the best artists in the Cello category on the stage of the Herkulessaal, where Maria Zaitseva (Moscow) won 1st Prize. 2nd Prize went to Krzysztof Michalski (Paris), 3rd Prize to Alexander Warenberg (Amsterdam). The finals of the other categories Wind Quintet, Vocal and Oboe were held over the previous few days. 

First Prize in the Wind Quintet category went to the Alinde Quintet, followed by the Pacific Quintet, which secured also the Audience Prize. Third Prize was shared between the Nevsky and the SenArts Wind Quintets.

In the Vocal category Samueol Park (Baritone, Berlin) won First Prize. Second Prize went to Aurora Marthens (Soprano, Vienna) who also won the Audience Prize, Third Prize to Mira Alkhovik (Soprano, Bern). 

In the Oboe category, Leonid Surkov (Berlin) was awarded First Prize. Second Prize went to Ilyes Boufadden Adloff from Paris. Third Prize was awarded jointly to Omer-Itzhak Posti (Oslo) and João Miguel Moreira da Silva (Munich). Mr. Moreira da Silva also won the Audience Prize. 

“We are very proud and grateful for this immense international interest in our competition on the part of young musicians. The sheer number of applications from all parts of the world underlines the significance of the ARD- Competition”, 

observes Meret Forster, Artistic Director of the ARD Music Competition. 

“We can only express our admiration
– once again – at the unbelievably
high standard of the competitors. The young musicians gave their best despite enormous pressure and utmost tension. Congratulations! We are delighted that the international reputation of the Competition will smooth the path to a concert career for the winners of the four categories and for many more of those who took part.” 

A total of four 1st prizes, four 2nd prizes and six 3rd prizes were awarded at the 73rd ARD International Music Competition. After including numerous special prizes, prize money amounting to 180.000 Euro in all was shared between the winners. Bavarian Broadcasting (BR) followed the competition with 60 hours of live programming on radio, TV and online. 

The 467 female and 443 male applicants came from 58 countries. After the preliminary selection, a total of 312 musicians qualified for the heats of the Competition (86 per cent of them non-German), with the largest number from any one country being from South Korea (51), followed by 44 German competitors. France had third strongest representation (32).

Wind Quintet

Prize:
1st prize: 
Alinde Quintet
Anna Talácková (Flute), Barbora Trnčíková (Oboe), David Šimeček (Clarintet), Kryštof Koska, (French Horn), Petr Sedlák (Faggot)

2nd prize: 
Pacific Quintet
Aliya Vodovozova(Flute), Fernando José Martínez Zavala (Oboe) Liana Leßmann (Clarinet), Pablo Neva Collazo (Horn), Kenichi Furuya (Faggot)

3rd prize : Ex aequo
SenArts Wind Quintet
Nieves Aliaño Ramos(Flute) Pau Roca Carreras (Oboe Lluís Casanova Martínez (Clarinet), Klarinette Carles Chordà Sanz (Horn), Clara Canimas i Furcarà(Faggot)

Nevsky Wind Quintet
Anna Komarova(Flute), Aleksandr Bykov (Oboe), Lev Zhuravskii(Clarinet), Georgii Pribylov (Horn),  Georgii Radzevich(Fagot) 

Jury
Julie Price(Chair), Stéphanie Corre, Olivier Darbellay, Florian Grube, Daniela Koch, Jaakko Luoma, Olivier Tardy

Voice

Prize:
1st prize: Samueol Park (32), Berlin
2nd prize: Aurora Marthens (32), Vienna
3rd prize: Mira Alkhovik (26), Bern

Jury:
Waltraud Meier (Chair), Francisco Araiza, Lucio Gallo, Cornelia Kallisch, Zoryana Kushpler, Christopher Robson, Krassimira Stoyanova

Artists:
Munchner Rundfunkorchester / Matthias Foremny (Conductor)

Oboe

Prize:
1st prize: Leonid Surkov (24), Berlin
2d prize: Ilyes Boufadden Adloff (29), Paris
3rd prize: ex aequo
João Miguel Moreira da Silva (28), Olso
Omer-Itzhak Posti, Munich

Jury:
Ian Hardwick (Chair), Alfredo Bernardini, Jana Brožková, Nora Cismondi, Clara Dent-Bogányi, Lajos Lencsés, Ramón Ortega Quero, 

Artists:
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Hankyeol Yoon (Conductor)

Cello

Prize:
1st prize: Maria Zaitseva (23), Moscow
2nd prize: Krzysztof Michalski (21), Paris
3rd prize: Alexander Warenberg (26), Amsterdam

Jury:
Frans Helmerson, Andrzej Bauer, Emmanuelle Bertrand, Natalie Clein, Maximilian Hornung, Xenia Jankovic, Jing Zhao

Artists:
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Hankyeol Yoon (Conductor)

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