International German Piano Award
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| International German Piano Award | |
|---|---|
| Presented by | International Piano Forum Frankfurt |
| First award | 2011 |
| Website | ipf-frankfurt |
The International German Piano Award is a yearly international music competition for classical piano music since 2011. The International Piano Forum is the initiator and organizer of the competition.
The prize money amounts to a total of 20,000 euros and aims to support outstanding pianists. A first international jury elects and nominates pianists under notary procedure. A second jury then votes for the laureate of the International German Piano Award. The following support of the nominated provides concerts at concert halls and contacts to conductors as well as orchestras. The International Piano Forum supports furthermore the production of CDs, websites and an artist portfolio. In the last years, the grand finale took place at the Alte Oper in Frankfurt am Main.
Laureates
- 2011: Amir Tebenikhin
- 2012: Lukas Geniusas
- 2013: Dmitri Levkovich – The Audience-Award went to Thomas Wypior
- 2014: Misha Namirovsky – The Audience-Award went to Albertina Eunju
- 2015: Yekwon Sunwoo – The Audience-Award went to Andrejs Osokins
- 2016: Wataru Isasue
- 2017: Eric Lu – The FAZ-Audience-Award went to Eric Lu
- 2018: Hans H. Suh – The FAZ-Audience-Award went to Tomoki Sakata
- 2019: JeungBeum Sohn – The FAZ-Audience-Award went to Luka Okros
- 2021: Dmitry Ablogin
- 2022: Konstantin Emelyanov
- 2023: Andrey Gugnin
- 2024: Magdalene Ho
Audience Awards
- 2013: Thomas Wypior
- 2014: Albertina Eunju Song
- 2015: Andrejs Osokins
- 2017: Eric Lu[1]
- 2018: Tomoki Sakata
- 2019: Luka Okros
- 2021: Yekwon Sunwoo
- 2022: Konstantin Emelyanov
- 2023: Xuanyi Mao
- 2024: Maxim Lando