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A Bach Spectacular in Leipzig

Prizes awarded at the 2022 Johann Sebastian Bach Competition

A festive Winner´s Concert on 25 July ended the 2022 Johann Sebastian Bach-Competition in Leipzig. At this year´s competion, 37 artists from 19 countries performed in the disciplines Piano, Harpsichord and Violin/ Baroque Violin. The final still counted 18 musicians from 13 nations.

In the harpsichord category, the winner was Alexander von Heißen (Germany), followed by Irene González Roldán (Spain) and Dmytro Kokoshynskyy (Ukraine). The discipline Piano were won by Olga Davnis (Russia), Mattia Fusi (Italy) and Eden Agranat Meged (Israel). Violin/ Baroque Violin winners were Charlotte Spruit (The Netherlands), Qingzhu Weng (China) and Sophia Prodanova (Bulgaria). Awards in all disciplines are 10.000 Euros for the 1st Prize, and 7500 and 5000 Euro for 2nd and 3rd Prizes, respectively. The 2022 winners will also be invited to various national and international engagements.

 

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Winners 2022: Dmytro Kokoshynskyy, Qingzhu Weng, Charlotte Spruit, Alexander von Heißen, Irene González Roldán, Eden Agranat Meged, Sophia Prodanova, Olga Davnis, Mattia Fusi (© Gert Mothes)

Founded in 1950, the International J.S. Bach Competition has taken place every 4 years, since 1996 every two years, alternating in Violin/Baroque Violin, Piano and Cembalo, and Voice, Cello/Baroque cello, and Organ. One of the few competitions with a focus on baroque music, it is presented as a cooperation between the Bach Archive Leipzig and the Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy University of Music. Since 2002, the president of the competition is the pianist and musicologist Robert Levin.

Piano
1st Prize:    Olga Davnis (18), Russia
2nd Prize:    Mattia Gusi (25), Italy
3rd Prize:    Eden Agranat Meged (20), Israel

Cembalo
1st Prize:    Alexander von Heißen (27), Germany
2nd Prize:    Irene González Roldán (24), Spain
3rd Prize:    Dmytro Kokoshynskyy (25), Ukraine

Violin/ Baroque Violin
1st Prize:    Charlotte Spruit (21), The Netherlands
2nd Prize:    Qingzhu Weng (20), China
3rd Prize:    Sophia Prodanova (24) Bulgaria

Jury
Piano: Simone Dinnerstein, Caspar Frantz, Nelson Goerner, Angela Hewitt (Chair), Evgeni Koroliov, Ilya Poletaev, Ragna Schirmer

Harpsichord: Carole Cerasi, Olga Martynova, Magdalena Myczka, Christine Schornsheim, Skip Sempé, Andreas Staier (Chair), Barbara Maria Willi

Violin/ Baroque Violin: Pavlo Beznosiuk, Michael Erxleben, Erich Höbarth, Daniel Phillips, Rachel Podger, Hélène Schmitt, Ryo Terakado (Chair)