Prizewinners of the Bertold Hummel Competition 2013 in the piano category

Würzburg 22 to 24 November

1. Price (2.500 €)

Catherine Isabelle Klein

Katharina Isabelle Klein *1991, musical education: 1996 start of piano lessons in Idar-Oberstein (Elisabeth Jost). 1998 Beginning violin lessons in Idar-Oberstein (Irina Busneag), from 2003 piano lessons at the Peter Cornelius Conservatory Mainz (André Terebesi), 2006-2010 violin lessons at the Peter Cornelius Conservatory Mainz (Sonja Starke, Priscila Simeoni), since 2007 preparatory studies (SVA) at the PCK Mainz, academic year 2011/12 studies (Bachelor of Music) at the University of Music Freiburg with Prof. Pi-hsien Chen, from October 2012 studies (Bachelor of Music) at the University of Music Freiburg with Prof. Pi-hsien Chen. Pi-hsien Chen, from October 2012 studies (Bachelor of Music) at the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg with Prof. Markus Bellheim, 2004-2009 member of the Rhineland-Palatinate State Youth Orchestra (violin), 2008-2011 member of the German National Youth Orchestra (piano/celesta), member of the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie since 2013.

2. Price (1.500 €)

Patrik Hévr

Patrik Hévr Born in Prague in 1989, Patrik Hévr began playing the piano at the age of five. From 2001 to 2009, he attended the Jan Neruda Music High School in Prague in Jan Tůma's piano class. From 2009 to 2012 he studied at the Prague Conservatory with Martin Kasík, and since the winter semester 2010/11 with Prof. Wolfgang Manz at the Nuremberg University of Music. He received important impulses from Prof Ivan Moravec, Prof Ivan Klánský and Leif Ove Andsnes, among others. Patrik Hévr has taken part in masterclasses in Germany, the Czech Republic and Norway. He has won first prize at many national and international competitions, such as the Karlovarská růžička and Prague Junior Note competitions, the Virtuosi per musica di pianoforte international piano competition in Ústí nad Labem, the Smetana Piano Competition in Pilsen and the Prague Conservatory Piano Competition. In 2005 he won the 3rd prize at the international piano competition "Carl Czerny" in Prague, and in 2013 the 2nd prize at the piano competition of the Chopin Society Hanover. Since 2011 he has been a scholarship holder of the Kellner Family Foundation, the DAAD, the PE-Förderungen für Studierende der Musik e.V., the Erna Köhler Foundation and the Anny Kast Foundation. He performs as a soloist with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Capital City of Prague and the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra, among others, and gives numerous solo and chamber music concerts.

3. Price (1.000 €)

Yukyeong Ji

Yukyeong Ji, born in 1988 in Korea, has been playing the piano since she was 5 years old. She graduated first from Sunwha Arts High School and summa cum laude from Seoul National University. As a bachelor student, she was a scholarship holder of "Minchon Scholarship". As a chamber musician, she had many chamber music concerts in Korea. As an accompanist, she was the official accompanist of 2011 Isangyun International Competition (violin). With her special interest in new music, she was a guest performer of Ensemble TIMF. Since October 2012 she has been studying with Prof. Roland Krüger at the Hanover University of Music and Theatre. She is a scholarship holder of LMN Hannover.

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