Johannes Brahms Society Pörtschach

International Johannes Brahms Competition – 27. September to 4. October 2026


27th International Johannes Brahms Competition Pörtschach
Results and Prize Winners – 2020 Competition

Violin

1st place: Adam Koch Christensen  

2nd place: Chiara Sannicandro

3rd place: Jiaqi Lu

Viola

1st place: Takehiro Konoe

2nd place: Momoko Aritomi

3rd place: Emiko Yuasa

Cello

1st place: Ettore Pagano

2nd place: Jaromir Kostka

3rd place: Jeongheon Nam

Voice

1st place: Misaki Morino  

2nd place: Sofia Pavone

3rd place: Hongyu Chen

Best voice accompanist

Yuto Kiguchi

Special awards

ESTA award

Maria Sotriffer and Erik Mayr

Special prize of the Johannes Brahms Society

Erik Mayr

Special prize by Johannes Kropfitsch for the best presentation of the modern compulsory piece “Toccata” from the Cello Sonata by Johannes Kropfitsch

Jeongheon Nam

Prize of the public

Chiara Sannicandro

26th International Johannes Brahms Competition Pörtschach
Results and Prize Winners – 2019 Competition

Violin

1st place: Simon Wiener

2nd place: Tikhon Lukyanenko

3rd place: Hwapyung Yoo

Chamber music

1st place: Trio Legend, Agnieszka Zahaczewska-Książek, Krzysztof Katana und Monika Krasicka

2nd place: Piano duo Tarvide/ Bumbiss, Roksana Tarvide und Kaspars Bumbišs

3rd place: Trio Aralia, Théodore Lambert, Ida Derbesse und Magali Mouterde

Piano

1st place: Misako Mihara

2nd place: Shiho Ojima

3rd place: Fuko Ishii

Voice

1st place: Fabian Langguth

2nd place Aiko Sakurai

3rd place: Sinhu Kim

Best voice accompanist

Haruka Izawa

25th International Johannes Brahms Competition Pörtschach
Results and Prize Winners – 2018

Violin

1st Place: Eva Zavaro

2nd Place: Maine Nishiyama

3rd Place: Julia Turnovsky

Chamber Music

1st Place: Duo Maestro, Andrey Baranenko, Alexey Zhilin

2nd Place: Arcon Trio, Julius Asal, David Marquard, Janis Marquard

3rd Place: Atalante Quartett, Elisabeth Eber, Thomas Koslowsky, Julia Maria Kürner, Lisa Kürner

Piano

1st Place: Mamikon Nakhapetov

2nd Place: Hiroyuki Kawashiri

3rd Place: Maximilian Kromer

Cello

1st Place: Luca Giovannini and Alexey Zhilin (equally placed)

3rd Place: Sul Yoon[:]

24th International Johannes Brahms Competition Pörtschach
Results and Prize Winners – 2017 Competition

RESULTS and PRIZE WINNERS

PRIZE OF THE AUDIENCE

The prize of the audience is sponsored by Casino Velden and is awarded by the audience of the final concert at Casineum Velden on September 10, 2017 to:

Adela Liculescu (piano, b. 1993, Romania)

PIANO

1st round: 32 artists

2nd round: 12 artists

3rd rounds: 3 artists

Prize winners:

  1. Adela Liculescu (b. 1993, Romania)
  2. Mayu Kotari (b. 1991, Japan)
  3. Yow-Ting Hsieh (b. 1993, Taiwan)

VIOLIN

1st round: 86 artists

2nd round: 19 artists

3rd round: 3 artists

Prize winners:

  1. Daichi Nakamura (b. 1990, Japan)
  2. Belle Ting (b. 2000, Canada)
  3. Eunche Kim (b. 1997, South Korea)

CELLO

1st round: 73 artists

2nd round: 17 artists

3rd round: 3 artists

Prize winners:

  1. Ariel Barnes (b. 1976, Canada)
  2. Erica Piccotti (b. 1999, Italy)
  3. Jordan Costard (b. 1992, France)

VIOLA

1st round: 52 artists

2nd round: 16 artists

3rd round: 3 artists

Prize winners:

  1. Eunbin Lee (b. 2003, South Korea)
  2. Ziyu Shen (b. 1997, China)
  3. Sào Soulez Larivière (b. 1998, France)

VOICE

1st round: 44 artists

2nd round: 18 artists

3rd round: 8 artists

The following have reached the final (in alphabetical order):

Ani Akhmeteli (b. 1988, Georgia)

Matthias Azesberger (b. 1991, Austria)

Alexander Grassauer (b. 1996, Austria)

Maria Theresia Gruber (b. 1989, Austria)

Jussi Juola (b. 1987, Finland)

Diogo Mendes (b. 1991, Portugal)

Daniel Ochoa (b. 1979, Germany)

Tae Hwan Yun (b. 1990, South Korea)

Prize winners:

  1. Alexander Grassauer (b. 1996, Austria)
  2. Diogo Mendes (b. 1991, Portugal)
  3. Daniel Ochoa (b. 1979, Germany)

BEST PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT FOR VOICE

Edith Tagle (b. 1977, Chile)

SPECIAL PRIZES

Vadim Repin prize for violinists:

Jaewon Kim (b. 1994, South Korea)

Rino Yoshimoto (b. 2003, Japan)

Prize of the Johannes Brahms Society for extraordinary presentation of a piece by Brahms:

Yow-Ting Hsieh (piano, b. 1993, Taiwan)

Mayu Kotari (piano, b. 1991, Japan)

Belle Ting (violin, b. 2000, Canada)

Interclassica prize for the best interpretation of the contemporary song:

Maria Theresia Gruber (b. 1989, Austria)

Special prizes given for extraordinary performances in the semifinals in the piano section:

Aurelius Braun (b. 1995, Germany)

Yoshio Hamano (b. 1989, Japan)

Misako Mihara (b. 1989, Japan)

CONCERT ENGAGEMENTS

Kim’s Award of Utsunmiya MusicArt Foundation:
Concert invitation to Japan for Belle Ting (violin, b. 2000, Canada), given by Phyo Kim MD PhD