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Chamber Music magic in Graz

Competitions

From February 8 to 15, Graz played host to the international Franz Schubert and Modern Music Competition, much to the delight of its great audience

After days of breathtaking performances, inspiring workshops, and unforgettable moments, the artists, jury members and audience gathered for the finals of  the Franz Schubert and Modern Music Competition 2025. This year, the Competition focused on Piano Trio, Voice Duo and Piano Duo. 

Special Prizes were also awarded: The Piano Trio musicians had the chance to play the winner pieces of last years Composition Competition by Sergi Puig and Xiaowen Lei. As for the Piano Duo category, the ensembles had the opportunity to win a special Prize for best interpretation of a work by a woman composer. 

The finalists of the Lied Duo on the other hand, faced the challenge to prepare, without an external help and in a 36 hours time, a Lied by Annette Schlünz, especially composed for this competition. 

 

 

Piano Duo Winners 

Prizes :

1st Prizes : Piano Duo Kalabova & Gugg (Graz)
2nd prize : Książek Piano Duo 
3rd prize :  Beatrice & Eleonora Dallagnese

SPECIAL PRIZE for the best interpretation of a work by a female composer: Duo Panova Gobbini

Jury:

Sivan SILVER-GARBURG & Gil GARBURG (chair), Shani DILUKA, Carlo FABIANO, Rico GULDA, Götz SCHUMACHER, Adrienne SOÓS, Arie VARDI, Lena-Lisa WÜSTENDÖRFER

 

Voice Duo Winners 

Prizes :

1st prize: Duo Felsberga & Eckhaut (Berlin )
2nd prize : Duo Not & Pfahler (Hannover)
3rd prize:  Duo Arden (Graz)

Jury:

Joseph BREINL (chair), Lina Maria ÅKRLUND, Iain BURNSIDE, Samuel HASSELHORN, Manuela KERER, Toby SPENCE, Paulina TUKIAINEN, Sarah WEGENER

 

Trio Bronte

Piano Trio Winners (trio for piano, violin and violoncello )

Prizes :

1st prize: Trio Brontë (Berlin)
2nd prize : Astatine Trio (London)
3rd prize: Bernstein Trio (Berlin)

SPECIAL PRIZE (CD production & promotion): Trio Brontë

Prize for the best interpretation of the prizewinning work of the International Composition Competition Piano Trio 2024: Astatine Trio

Jury :

Chia CHOU (chair), Vincent COQ, Ellen Margrete FLESJØ, Thomas HOPPE, Anssi KARTTUNEN, Minna PENSOLA, Isabelle VAN KEULEN, Katharina WINCOR