International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition
The International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in Leipzig is one of the most important competitions for young performers. It was 1950 first advertised, conducted from 1964 to 1996 in the four-year rolling with five compartments and has been held since 1996 every two years in three changing subjects instead: piano, harpsichord, violin / baroque violin and organ, vocals, cello / Baroque cello. The competition is open to instrumentalists and singers 16-33 years. He places high demands on the participants and sets podium maturity and experience ahead in the performance practice that required in the competition program styles.
Structure
Organizer of the competition is the Bach-Archiv Leipzig, Saxon patron is the Prime Minister. The competition is held under the supervision of its President and its Executive Director.
The jury is made up of internationally renowned artists and professors. Member of the first jury in 1950 was Dmitri Shostakovich.
Expiration
Of the qualified in the pre-selection for the first round participants twelve participants reach (vocals: 20) to the second round, the semifinals six and three in the final.
Special
The competition seeks to equality of historic and modern performance practice. He was, for example, held in 2006 in parallel for harpsichord and piano, with partially the same must. In the categories violin / baroque violin and cello / Baroque cello allowing participants to decide whether they want to occur with a baroque or modern instrument or even with both variants.
Another special feature is the audience award. Here, the audience in the Semifinal Round determine his favorites by ballot.
Award winners
It will be awarded a first, a second and a third prize in each category. The winners of these awards carry the title "Bach winners ". In addition to these awards different special prizes and audience awards will be presented. Until 2004, there was in the history of the competition again and again, that in one or more categories no first Price: was awarded, or that a price on two carriers went.
Winners of the first prize at the First International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition Leipzig 1950, Tatyana Petrovna Nikolaeva (piano), Amadeus Webersinke and Karl Richter (organ ) and Igor Besrodny (violin).
Winners:
1950
Piano
Organ
Harpsichord
- 2nd Prize: Ingrid healer, FRG
Singing
- 2nd Prize: Eva Fleischer, GDR
- 3rd prize: Alina Bolechowska, Republic of Poland
- 3rd prize: Christa Maria Ziese, GDR
Violin
1964
Piano
Organ
Singing
1968
Piano
Organ
Singing
Violin
1972
Piano
Organ
Harpsichord
Singing Ladies
Singing Men
Violin
1976
Piano
Organ
Singing Ladies
Singing Men
Violin
Violoncello
1980
Piano
Organ
Singing Ladies
Singing Men
Violin
Violoncello
1984
Piano
Organ
Singing Ladies
Singing Men
Violin
1988
Piano
Organ
Singing Ladies
- 2nd Prize: Kerstin Klesse, GDR
- 3rd prize: Katherina Müller, GDR
Singing Men
- 2nd Prize: Matthias Bleidorn, GDR
- 3rd prize: Frank Schiller, GDR
Violin
Violoncello
1992
Piano
- 2nd Prize: Ragna Schirmer, Germany
- 3rd Prize: Yuri Bogdanov, Russia
Organ
- 2nd Prize: Luca Antoniotti, Italy
- 3rd Prize: Walter Savant Levet, Italy
Harpsichord
- 2nd Prize: Daniela Numico, Italy
- 3rd prize: Anikó Soltész, Hungary
- 3rd prize: Mechthild Stark, Germany
Violin
Singing Ladies
Singing Men
- 2nd Prize: Jochen Kupfer, Germany
1996
Piano
- 2nd Prize Cornelia Herrmann, Austria
- 3rd Prize Christopher background Huber, Austria
Organ Harpsichord no price awarded 3rd prize Giampietro Rosato, Italy violin
- 2nd Prize Natsumi Tamai, Japan
- 3rd Prize Amanda Favier, France
- 3rd prize Sunahara Aki, Japan
Singing Ladies
- 2nd Prize Klaudia Zeiner, Germany
- 3rd prize Simone Kermes, Germany
- 3rd prize Anne Buter, Germany
Singing Men
1998
Piano
- 2nd Prize: Ragna Schirmer, Germany
- 3rd prize: Miku Nishimoto - Neubert, Japan
- 3rd prize: Mari Kokuho, Japan
Violoncello
Singing Ladies
Singing Men
2000
Harpsichord
- 2nd Prize: Wiebke Weidanz, Germany
- 2nd Prize: Pieter Jan Belder, The Netherlands
- 3rd prize: Philippe Leroy, France
Organ
2002
Piano
Violin / baroque violin
- 2nd Prize: Laura Vikman, violin, Finland
- 3rd prize: Sonja Strong, Violin, Germany
Singing Ladies
Singing Men
2004
Organ
Singing
Cello / Cello Baroque
2006
Harpsichord
Violin / baroque violin
Piano
2008
Organ
Singing
Cello / Cello Baroque
2010
Piano
Harpsichord
Violin / baroque violin
2012
Organ
Singing
Cello / Cello Baroque