Young Stars
- Avin Trio
- Saskia Niehl, violine
- Michael Schmitz, violoncello
- Josefa Schmidt, piano
The Avin Trio, winner of multiple awards at the German Music Competition 2024, offers interesting insights into the genre of piano trios in the programme 'Alte (Un)bekannte'.
Supported by the German Music Council's concert funding programme German Music Competition and GVL
- Rebecca Clarke, Klaviertrio
- Ludwig van Beethoven, Klaviertrio D-Dur op. 70,1 "Geistertrio"
- Johannes Brahms, Klaviertrio Nr. 2 C-Dur op. 87
- Max Volbers, recorder
- Alexander von Heißen, harpsichord
‘Foreign Masters’: Migrants from all over Europe shaped the incomparably rich music scene of London, the cultural capital of the 18th century. Max Volbers, winner of the 2023 OPUS KLASSIK award for Young Artist of the Year, and Alexander von Heißen, winner of the 2022 Bach Competition, bring a particularly dazzling facet of the music metropolis to life.
Handel from Halle was the most influential English composer, his opera arias were pop on the island. Under Handel's baton, the Italian oboist Sammartini made a name for himself in the orchestra; his compositions were considered original and fiery. Alessandro Scarlatti's ‘Pyrrhus and Demetrius’ was the second most successful opera in the kingdom. Corelli and Alberti, who never set foot on English soil, were made stars by resourceful music publishers in the cosmopolitan city. At the same time, the recorder became fashionable as the ‘gentleman's flute’, the instrument of wealthy amateurs and connoisseurs who performed for guests in private circles. Jacques Paisible/James Pesible, one of the greatest recorder players of the time, also helped his instrument to reach new heights in England.
It was musical migration, then, that gave English music its immensely rich heritage!
Works by George Frideric Handel, Arcangelo Corelli, Giuseppe Sammartini, Giuseppe Alberti, Johann Pepusch and others.
With the kind support of the German Music Council
- Louisa Staples, violine
- Boris Kusnezow, piano
The special prize in the form of a concert engagement, which is awarded by the Beethoven-Haus in memory of the great violinist and honorary president as part of the renowned Joseph Joachim Competition in Hanover, went this time to the young British violinist Louisa Staples.
- Franz Schubert, Rondo Brillant h-Moll D 895
- César Franck, Violonsonate A-Dur
- Sergej Prokofjew, Fünf Melodien op. 35a
- Ildikó Roszonits, piano
The youngest participant in the Telekom Beethoven Competition 2025, 19-year-old Hungarian pianist Idikó Roszonits, won the prize by an overwhelming majority in the audience vote during the semi-final and expressed her gratitude with a solo recital in the Chamber Music Hall.
Idikó Roszonits was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 2006 and began studying piano at the age of five. At the age of ten, she was accepted into the school for exceptionally talented young musicians at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. Her professors are Dr Gábor Farkas and Attila Némethy. Since 2020, she has been regularly attending masterclasses with Professor Philippe Raskin in Vienna. She has won 17 first prizes at international piano competitions in Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Austria, Czechia, Russia, Belgium, France, Spain, Romania and Hungary. She is the 2020 winner of the TV classical talent show Virtuosos V4+, received third prize at the renowned international Concertino Praga competition in Czechia in 2021, and won third prize at the International Franz Liszt Competition in Weimar, Germany, in 2023. She is a prize winner at competitions such as the 15th International EPTA Belgium Competition in Brussels, the 2nd International Carl Maria von Weber Competition in Dresden and the International Geneve Musicale Competition in Switzerland.
The programme will be announced at a later date.
In cooperation with the Telekom Beethoven Competition