WINNERS 2023
4th Vienna International Music Competition
FIRST CATEGORY: Concerts in Vienna
Group 1: VIRTUOSO (concert at Musikverein)
1A. INSTRUMENTALISTS: 18, 19 or 20 years old - FIRST GREAT AWARD:
Sofia Mekhonoshina (clarinet, UK-Russia)
1B. INSTRUMENTALISTS: 21, 22 or 23 years old - FIRST GREAT AWARD:
Zhixin Zhang (violin, China-Switzerland)
1C. INSTRUMENTALISTS: 24, 25 and 26 years old - FIRST GREAT AWARD:
Kostandin Tashko (piano, Italy-Albania)
1D. INSTRUMENTALISTS: 27, 28 and 29 years old - FIRST GREAT AWARD:
Natalia Auli (oboe, Venezuela-Colombia)
1E. INSTRUMENTALISTS: 30 years old and over - FIRST GREAT AWARD:
Yue Tang (cello, China-Ireland)
1F. VOICE: singers of ALL ages - FIRST GREAT AWARDS:
Andrei Danilov (tenor, Russia-Germany)
Eva Zalenga (soprano, Germany)
1G. CHAMBER MUSIC: ensembles of ALL ages - FIRST GREAT AWARD:
Trio Waldstein (United Kingdom):
Christos Fountos (piano) - Greta Papa (violin) - Miguel Angel Villeda (cello)
1H. COMPOSITION: composers of ALL ages - FIRST GREAT AWARD:
Yunho Jeong (composer, South Korea-UK)
FIRST CATEGORY: Concerts in Vienna
Group 2: JUNIOR (concert at Mozarthaus)
2A. INSTRUMENTALISTS: 16 or 17 years old - FIRST GREAT AWARDS:
Artur Iskorostenskii (piano, Russia)
Claudia Aliaj Oliver (clarinet, Spain)
2B. INSTRUMENTALISTS: 14 or 15 years old - FIRST GREAT AWARDS:
Adrián Terán González (piano, Spain)
Lauren Yoon (violin, United States)
2C. INSTRUMENTALISTS: 12 or 13 years old - FIRST GREAT AWARDS:
Justus Friedrich Eichhorn (piano, Germany)
Lyam Chenaux (cello, Switzerland)
Raeun Hong (oboe, South Korea)
2D. INSTRUMENTALISTS: 10 or 11 years old - FIRST GREAT AWARDS:
Adriana Vasilski (piano, Germany)
Cameron Renshaw (cello, United States)
Tae-Kyum Kang (violin, South Korea)
2E. INSTRUMENTALISTS: 8 or 9 years old - FIRST GREAT AWARD:
Alexander Wong (piano, United States)
2F-G. INSTRUMENTALISTS: 3 to 7 years old - FIRST GREAT AWARD:
Wong Yi Wai Molly (flute, Hong Kong)
SECOND CATEGORY: Special Awards
BAROQUE MUSIC PRIZE - FIRST GREAT AWARD:
Maayan Licht (countertenor, Austria-Israel)
CLASSICAL MUSIC PRIZE - FIRST GREAT AWARD:
Animato String Quartet (Netherlands)
Inga Vaga Gaustad (Violin I) - Tim Brackman (Violin II)
Elisa Karen Tavenier (viola) - Pieter de Koe (cello)
ROMANTIC MUSIC PRIZE - FIRST GREAT AWARD:
Andrei Danilov (tenor, Russia-Germany)
IMPRESSIONISM / MODERN MUSIC PRIZE - FIRST GREAT AWARD:
Zhixin Zhang (violin, China-Switzerland)
CONTEMPORARY MUSIC PRIZE - FIRST GREAT AWARD:
Sebastian Wielandt (percussion, Austria-Germany)