Award Winners

Emanuel Feuermann Grand Prix
Ivan Skanavi, Russia

2nd Prize
Christoph Heesch, Germany

3rd Prize
Benett Tsai, Australia

Special Prize for the Best Interpretation of Jörg Widmann’s Competition Composition
Ivan Skanavi, Russia

Special Prize for the Best Interpretation of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Divertimento
Keisuke Morita, Japan

Special Prize for the Best Interpretation of a Cello Concerto by Joseph Haydn or Michael Haydn
Benett Tsai, Australia

Music Prize for Young Talents
Jiayi Liu, China

Audience Prize
Christoph Heesch, Germany

Honorable Mention for an Outstanding Performance in the Semifinals
Johannes Gray, USA
Irena Josifoska, Serbia

Jury

Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, Japan (Chair)
Anthony Elliott, USA
Karine Georgian, Russia
David Geringas, Germany/Lithuania
Xenia Jankovic, Serbia/Germany
Jens Peter Maintz, Germany
Jérôme Pernoo, France
Raimund Trenkler, Germany
Hillel Zori, Israel

Award Winners

Emanuel Feuermann Grand Prix
Aurélien Pascal, France

2nd Prize
Andrei Ioniţă, Romania

3rd Prize
Chiara Enderle, Switzerland

Special Prize for the Best Interpretation of the Competition Composition by Brett Dean
Valentino Worlitzsch, Germany

Special Prize for the Best Interpretation of a Concerto by Ernst Toch
Aurélien Pascal, France

Music Prize for Young Talents
Minji Kim, South Korea

Audience Prize
Aurélien Pascal, France

Special Prize in Recognition of an Outstanding Performance
Ella van Poucke, Netherlands
Bruno Philippe, France
Simone Drescher, Germany

Jury

Uzi Wiesel, Israel/Australia (Chair)
Wolfgang Boettcher, Germany
Young-Chang Cho, South Korea
David Geringas, Germany/Lithuania
Ivan Monighetti, Switzerland
Philippe Muller, France
Esther Nyffenegger, Switzerland
Torleif Thedéen, Sweden
Raimund Trenkler, Germany

Award Winners

Emanuel Feuermann Grand Prix
Alexander Buzlov, Russia

2nd Prize
Philip Higham, United Kingdom

3rd Prize
Konstanze von Gutzeit, Germany

Special Prize for the Best Interpretation of the Competition Composition by Thomas Demenga (awarded twice)
Benedict Kloeckner, Germany
Philip Higham, United Kingdom

Special Prize for the Best Interpretation of a Concerto by C. Ph. E. Bach
Konstanze von Gutzeit, Germany

Music Prize for Young Talents
Sang Eun Lee, Korea

Youth Jury Prize
Benedict Kloeckner, Germany

Audience Prize
Alexander Buzlov, Russia

Jury

Wolfgang Boettcher, Germany (Chair)
Lluís Claret, Spain
Thomas Demenga, Switzerland
David Geringas, Germany/Lithuania
Frans Helmerson, Sweden
Gary Hoffman, USA/Canada
Jens Peter Maintz, First Round, Germany
Philippe Muller, France
Raimund Trenkler, Germany
Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, Japan

Award Winners

Emanuel Feuermann Grand Prix
Giorgi Kharadze

Special Prize for the Best Interpretation of the Competition Composition by Volker David Kirchner
Mischa Meyer

Special Prize for the Best Interpretation of the Cello Concerto by Ernst Toch
Julian Steckel

Leyda Ungerer Music Prize to fund a study visit with Bernard Greenhouse
Tomasz Daroch

Fraport Music Prize for Young Talents
Gabriel Schwabe

Special Prize for the Best Interpretation of Paul Hindemith’s Chamber Music, Op. 36, No. 2
Gabriel Schwabe

Special Jury Award
Julian Steckel
Gabriel Schwabe

Scholarships (Master Classes / Cello Festival)

Nicolas Altstaedt
Ying Guo
Stefan Heinemeyer
Solene Kermarrec
Min Ji Kim
David Pia
Istvan Vardai

Sponsorship Prize for Young Talents
Tomasz Daroch

Jury

Bernard Greenhouse, USA (Chair)
Wolfgang Boettcher, Germany
David Geringas, Germany
Frans Helmerson, Sweden
Ralph Kirshbaum, USA/UK
Laurence Lesser, USA
Philippe Muller, France
Raimund Trenkler, Germany
Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, Japan

Guest of Honor:
Volker David Kirchner, Germany

Award Winners

Emanuel Feuermann Grand Prix
Danjulo Ishizaka

Special Prize for the Best Interpretation of W.A. Mozart’s Concerto in D Major, K. 314, arranged for cello by George Szell
Gavriel Lipkind

Special Prize for the Best Interpretation of a Suite by Max Reger
Danjulo Ishizaka

Special Prize for the Best Interpretation of the Competition Composition by Aribert Reimann
Gavriel Lipkind

Special Prize for Promising Talents, a cello valued at 10,000 euros, donated by Jon van Kouvenhoven
Jing Zhao

Zara Nelsova Memorial Award
Boris Andrianov

Jury

Bernard Greenhouse, USA (Chair)
Wolfgang Boettcher, Germany
Thomas Demenga, Switzerland
David Geringas, Germany
Natalia Gutman, Germany
Laurence Lesser, USA
Boris Pergamenschikow, Germany
Aribert Reimann, Germany
Raimund Trenkler, Germany