Winners of the 2013 Bertold Hummel Competition in the piano category

Würzburg, 22nd to 24th November

1st prize (€2,500)

Catherine Isabelle Klein

Katharina Isabelle Klein *1991 , Musical education: 1996 Started piano lessons in Idar-Oberstein (Elisabeth Jost). 1998: began violin lessons in Idar-Oberstein (Irina Busneag), from 2003: piano lessons at the Peter Cornelius Conservatory in Mainz (André Terebesi), 2006-2010: violin lessons at the Peter Cornelius Conservatory in Mainz (Sonja Starke, Priscila Simeoni), Since 2007 preparatory training (SVA) at the PCK Mainz, 2011/12 academic year Bachelor of Music at the Freiburg University of Music with Prof. Pi-hsien Chen, from October 2012 Bachelor of Music at the Würzburg University of Music 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), since 2013 Member of the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie.

2nd prize (€1,500)

Patrick 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, studying piano with Jan Tůma. From 2009 to 2012, he studied at the Prague Conservatory with Martin Kasík, and since the winter semester of 2010/11, he has been studying with Prof. Wolfgang Manz at the Nuremberg University of Music. He received important inspiration from Prof. Ivan Moravec, Prof. Ivan Klánský, Leif Ove Andsnes, among others. Patrik Hévr participated in master classes in Germany, Czechia and Norway. He is the first prize winner of many national and international competitions, such as the Karlovarská růžička, Prague Junior Note, the international piano competition Virtuosi per musica di pianoforte in Ústí nad Labem, the Smetana Piano Competition in Plzeň and the Prague Conservatory Piano Competition. In 2005, he won third prize at the Carl Czerny International Piano Competition in Prague, and in 2013, he won second prize at the Chopin Society Hannover Piano Competition. 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 Prague Capital City Orchestra and the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra, among others, and gives numerous solo and chamber music concerts.

3rd prize (€1,000)

Yukyeong Ji

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

Search

Search tip

If you enter more than one search word, all words are linked with "OR".

The results that contain all the words searched for are given the highest score and are displayed at the top of the results list.

If you place a "+" in front of a word, the result must contain this word (conjunction).

If you place a "-" in front of a word, the result must not contain this word (disjunction).

Enter individual, exact words or phrases in inverted commas (e.g. "Missa brevis") to avoid irrelevant results.