Winners in 2018
Junior Category, ages 13 and under
1st Prize: Andreas Salaru
2nd Prize: not awarded
3rd Prize: Elisabeth Merschdorf & Julia Kaufmann
Junior Category, ages 14-15
1st Prize: not awarded
2nd Prize: Carmen Sottile & Monan Jülch
3rd Prize: not awarded
Junior Category, ages 16-17
1. -3. Prize: not awarded
Amateur Category 2018
1st Prize: not awarded
2nd Prize: Guido Macripo
3rd Prize: Deborah Arn-Preißl & Stephen Stouder
Conducting from the piano 2018
1st Prize: Jaehan Lim
2nd Prize: Lukás Klánský
3rd Prize: Anna Handler
Professional Category 2018
1st Prize: Nanako Kurita
2nd Prize: Mo Zhou
3rd Prize: Haruka Izawa
Audience Favorite Prize ALLEGRETTO CON BRIO: Carmen Sottile
Audience Favorite Prize BRILANNTI DILETTANTI: Guido Macripo
Audience Favorite Prize BRAVO, BRAVISSIMO: Nanako Kurita
Audience Favorite Prize FINALE FURIOSO: Nanako Kurita
Felix Draeseke Society Special Prize: Shenzi Liang
The International Association of Richard Wagner Societies Bursary: : Carmen Sottile
professional CD recording in October 2018: Andreas Salaru & Monan Jülch
Winners in 2015
Junior Categoy, ages 13 and under
1st Prize: Daniel Nemov
2nd Prize: Daniel Vincent Streicher
3rd Prize: Calin Corneliu Calfa & Yumeka Nakagawa
Junior Category, ages 14-15
1st Prize: Cynthia Maya Bal
2nd Prize: not awarded
3rd Prize: Isilsu Coskuner & Yuna Nakagawa
Junior Category, ages 16-17
1st Prize: Marta Czech
2nd Prize: Zhuotao Huang
3rd Prize: Marie Jäschke
Audience Favorite Prize ALLEGRETTI CON BRIO: Yuna Nakagawa
Amateur Category:
1st Prize: Valentin Blomer
2nd Prize: Matthias Fischer
3rd Prize: Atsutaka Manabe & Guido Macripo
Audience Favorite Prize BRILLANTI DILLETANTI: Valentin Blomer
Professional Category
1st Prize: Balazs Demény
2nd Prize: Koga Higashiyama
Conducting from the piano
1th Prize: Aris Alexander Blettenberg
2nd Prize: Jiayan Sun
Audience Favorite Prize BRAVO, BRAVISSIMO: Balazs Demény
Audience Favorite Prize FINALE FURIOSO: Aris Alexander Blettenberg & Balazs Demény
Further Special Prizes:
CD recordings: Daniel Nemov & Cynthia Maya Bal & Marta Czech
The International Association of Richard Wagner Societies Bursary: Marta Czech
2 concert engagements for the International Draseke Society e.V. Coburg: Aris Alexander Blettenberg
1 concert engagement for Joachim Raff Society Lachen: Aris Alexander Blettenberg
1 concert engagement at the Liszt-Festival in Raiding (Austria) Balazs Demény
1 concert engagement for the concert series "Klassik in Spandau": Balazs Demény
1 concert engagement for the Tchaikovsky Society e.V.: Balazs Demény
1 concert engagement for the Friedrich Kiel Society: Koga Higashiyama
1 concert engagement at the Ettersburg Castle near Weimar: Aris Alexander Blettenberg
1 concert engagement for a symphony concert with the Meiningen Court Orchestra: Balazs Demény
2 concert engagements for the Rheinland-Palatinate Chopin Society: Koga Higashiyama
1 concert engagement with the Meiningen Court Orchestra: Aris Alexander Blettenberg
Winners in 2012
Junior Category:
1st Prize: Marie Sophie Decker-Hauzel + CD Recording
2nd Prize: Aaron Pilsan
3rd Prize: Daniel Vincent Streicher & Levi Julius Sochor
Special Prize of the Richard Wagner Association: Juliane-Sophie Ritzmann
Amateur Category: Solo and Chamber Music:
1st Prize: Caroline Kirchhoff
2nd Prize: Reinhard Hönig
Amateur Category: Solo and piano concert:
1st Prize: Terry Eder
2nd Prize: Matthias Fischer
3rd Prize: Wilfried Lingenberg
Professional Category:
1st Prize: Herin Sung + 2 concert engagements + CD recording
1st Prize: Olga Pashchenko + Spezial Prize of the Chopin Society + CD Recording
2nd Prize: Mami Shindo + 2 concert engagements
3rd Prize: Adrian Brendle + 2 concert engagements
Conducting from the piano:
1st Prize: Frank Dupree
2nd Prize: Maxim Emelyanychev + Special Prize „Prof. Dr. Bobéth“
3rd Prize: Maxim Böckelmann
Audience Favorite Prize Junge Virtuosen: Aaron Pilsan
Audience Favorite Prize Konzert im Festsaal: Matthias Fischer
Audience Favorite Prize Großes Galakonzert mit der Meininger Hofkapelle: Frank Düpree