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For more on the 2022 ARD Competition in the discipline String Quartet, please see our string quartet special here.

A total of 12 prizes awarded in Munich

After a long hiatus due to Covid, the ARD International Music Competition was finally back, live, in Munich. Only the first round had taken place last year via online-video.

In existence since 1952, the ARD really consists of four international competitions, as it is held in four different disciplines. This year, this meant the instruments Flute, Trombone, String Quartet, and Piano- those disciplines that were cancelled in 2020.

The number of application remains high with a total of 670 instrumentalists and quartets from altogether 55 countries, out of which 330 were for piano. In the end, the competition invited 234 musicians from 40 countries to perform in Munich, with 86% of them from countries other than Germany- an impressive figure showing how attractive the competition is for competitors around the world.

 

WInners and Jury of the Flute Competition

Yubeen Kim, First Prize of the Flute Competition

String Quartet winners and Jury

The Barbican Quartet

The Trombone competition winners

Kris Garfitt, First Prize Winner of the Trombone Competition

The Piano Competition winners

Lukas Sternath, First Prize Winner of the Piano Competition

While in many former editions, first prizes were not awarded, this year no one could complain about wasted opportunities. In total, four first, four second and four third prizes were given at the 2022 competition. Oswald Beaujean and Meret Forster, the two artistic directors of the ARD Music Competition, said: "We are truly delighted that we have been able to hold all rounds of this competition live, welcoming so many young musicians to Munich in person. Once again the level of the candidates was extraordinarily high."

Flute

Prizes:

First Prize: Yubeen Kim (25) ,South Korea

Second Prize: Mario Bruno (25) ,Italy

Third Prize: Leonie Virginia Bumüller (27) ,Germany

Audience Prize: Leonie Virginia Bumüller (27) ,Germany

Prize for Comissioned Piece: Yubeen Kim (25) ,South Korea

Jury:

Patrick Gallois(Chair), Walter Auer, Emily Beynon, Sharon Bezaly, Davide Formisano, Pirmin Grehl, Sarah Louvion

Artists:

Final: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Joshua Weilerstein, Conductor

Semifinals: Munich Chamber Orchestra / Daniel Giglberger, Concertmaster

String Quartet


Prizes:
First Prize: Barbican Quartet (Bulgaria, Germany, Canada, Netherland)/ Violin: Amarins Wierdsma, Kate Maloney. Viola: Christoph Slenczka. Cello: Yoanna Prodanova

Second Prize: Quartet Integra (Japan)/ Violin: Kyoka Misawa, Rintaro Kikuno. Viola: Itsuki Yamamoto. Cello: Anri Tsukiji

Third Prize: Chaos String Quartet (Germany, Italy, Netherland, Hungary)/ Violin: Susanne Schäffer, Eszter Kruchio. Viola: Sara Marzadori. Cello: Bas Jongen

Audience Prize: Quartet Integra (Japan)
Prize for Comissioned Piece: Barbican Quartet (Bulgaria, Germany, Canada, Netherland)

 

Jury:
Clive Greensmith(Chair), Anthea Kreston, Bjørg Lewis, Vera Martínez, John Myerscough, Jiří Pinkas, Oliver Wille

 

Trombone

Prizes:

First Prize: Kris Garfitt (30) ,United Kingdom

Second Prize: Jonathon Ramsay (28), Australia

Third Prize: Roberto de la Guía Martínez (27) ,Spain

Audience Prize: Kris Garfitt (30), United Kingdom

Prize for Comissioned Piece: Kris Garfitt (30) ,United Kingdom

 

Jury:

Eric Crees(Chair), David Bruchez-Lalli, Jonas Bylund, Abbie Conant, Antoine Ganaye, Fabrice Millischer, Toby Oft, Hansjörg Profanter

 

Artists:

Final: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Joshua Weilerstein, Conductor

Semifinals: Munich Chamber Orchestra / Daniel Giglberger, Concertmaster

 

Piano

Prizes:

First Prize: Lukas Sternath (21) ,Austria

Second Prize: Junhyung Kim (25) ,South Korea

Third Prize: Johannes Obermeier (24), Germany

Audience Prize: Lukas Sternath (21) ,Austria

Prize for Comissioned Piece: Lukas Sternath (21) ,Austria

Jury:

Michel Béroff (Chair), Imogen Cooper, Nikolai Demidenko, Janina Fialkowska, Cyprien Katsaris, Abdel Rahman El Bacha, Ragna Schirmer

 

Artists:

Final: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Joshua Weilerstein, Conductor

Semifinals: Munich Chamber Orchestra / Daniel Giglberger, Concertmaster

 

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