Prize winners since 1950
Piano
1st Prize: Olga Davnis, Russia
2nd Prize: Mattia Fusi, Italy
3rd Prize: Eden Agranat Meged, Israel
Harpsichord
1st Prize: Alexander von Heißen, Germany
2nd Prize: Irene González Roldán, Spain
3rd Prize: Dmytro Kokoshynskyy, Ukraine
Violin/Baroque violin
1st Prize: Charlotte Spruit, Netherlands
2nd Prize: Qingzhu Weng, China
3rd Prize: Sophia Prodanova, Bulgaria
Piano
1. Prize: Rachel Naomi Kudo, USA (website)
2. Prize: Arash Rokni, Iran (website)
3. Prize: Jonathan Ferrucci, Australia/Italy (website)
Harpsichord
1. Prize: Avinoam Shalev, Israel (website)
2. Prize: Andrew Rosenblum, USA (website)
3. Prize: Anastasia Antonova, Russia (website)
Violin/Baroque violin
1st Prize: Maria Włoszczowska, violin, Poland (website)
2nd Prize: Maia Cabeza, violin, USA/Canada (website)
3rd Prize: Hed Yaron Meyerson, Baroque violin, Germany/Israel
Organ
1st prize: Kazuki Tomita, Japan
2nd prize: Pavel Svoboda, Czech Republic
3rd prize: Alina Nikitina, Russia
Voice
1st prize: Patrick Grahl, tenor, Germany (website)
2nd prize: Raphael Höhn, tenor, Switzerland (website)
3rd prize: Geneviève Tschumi, alto, Switzerland (website)
Violoncello/Baroque violoncello
1st prize: Paolo Bonomini, violoncello, Italy (website)
2nd prize: Ursina Braun, violoncello, Switzerland (website)
3rd prize: Vladimir Waltham, Baroque violoncello, France/Great Britain (website)
Harpsichord
1st prize: Jean-Christophe Dijoux, France (website)
2nd prize: Olga Pashchenko, Russia (website)
3rd prize: Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya, Russia
Violin/Baroque violin
1st prize: Seiji Okamoto, violin, Japan
2nd prize: Marie Radauer-Plank, violin, Austria (website)
3rd prize: Niek Baar, violin, Netherlands (website)
Piano
1st prize: Hilda Huang, USA (website)
2nd prize: Schaghajegh Nosrati, Germany (website)
3rd prize: Georg Kjurdian, Latvia
Organ
1st prize: Johannes Lang, Germany (website)
2nd prize: Sebastian Küchler-Blessing, Germany (website)
3rd prize: Matthias Neumann, Germany
Voice
1st prize: Dávid Szigetvári, tenor, Hungary
2nd prize: Benno Schachtner, altus, Germany (website)
3rd prize: Matthias Winckhler, bass, Germany (website)
Violoncello/Baroque violoncello
1st prize: Beiliang Zhu, Baroque violoncello, China (website)
2nd prize: Ditta Rohmann, violoncello, Hungary (website)
3rd prize: Clara Pouvreau, violoncello, France (website)
Piano
1st prize: Ilya Poletaev, Canada (website)
2nd prize: Stepan Simonian, Russia (website)
3rd prize: Ekaterina Richter, Russia
Harpsichord
1st prize: Maria Uspenskaya, Russia
2nd prize: Magdalena Malec, Poland (website)
3rd prize: Nadja Lesaulnier, France (website)
Violin/Baroque violin
1st prize: Evgeny Sviridov, violin, Russia (website)
2nd prize: Shunsuke Sato, Baroque violin, Japan (website)
3rd prize: Friederike Starkloff, violin, Germany
Organ
1st prize: Bálint Karosi, Hungary/USA (website)
2nd prize: Ilpo Laspas, Finland (website)
3rd prize: Lukas Stollhof, Germany (website)
Voice
1st prize: Marie Friederike Schöder, soprano, Germany (website)
2nd prize: Margot Oitzinger, mezzo soprano, Austria (website)
3rd prize: Jens Hamann, bass, Germany (website)
Violoncello/Baroque violoncello
1st prize: Philip Higham, violoncello, Great Britain (website)
2nd prize: Toru Yamamoto, Baroque violoncello, Japan
2nd prize: Davit Melkonyan, Baroque violoncello, Armenia (website)
Harpsichord
1st prize: Francesco Corti, Italy
2nd prize: Ilpo Laspas, Finland
3rd prize: François Guerrier, France
Piano
1st prize: Irina Zahharenkova, Estonia
2nd prize: Varvara Nepomnyashchaya, Russia
3rd prize: Elena Vorotko, Russia
Violin/Baroque violin
1st prize: Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir, violin, Iceland
2nd prize: Mayumi Hirasaki, violin, Japan
3rd prize: Dmitry Sinkovsky, Baroque violin, Russia
Violoncello/Baroque violoncello
1st prize: Olivier Marron, Violoncello, France
2nd prize: Adam Mital, Violoncello, Switzerland
3rd prize: Richard Harwood, Violoncello, Great Britain
Voice
1st prize: Julius Pfeifer, Germany
2nd prize: Trine Wilsberg Lund, Norway
3rd prize: Markus Flaig, Germany
Organ
1st prize: Jörg Halubek, Germany
2nd prize: Elke Eckerstorfer, Austria
3rd prize: Frédéric Champion, France
Piano
1st prize: Martin Stadtfeld, Germany
2nd prize: Andrew Brownell, USA
2nd prize: Eric Fung, Hong Kong SAR
Violin/Baroque violin
2nd prize: Laura Vikman, violin, Finland
3rd prize: Sonja Starke, violin, Germany
Voice women
1st prize: Franziska Gottwald, Germany
2nd prize: Sigrid Horvath, Austria
3rd prize: Barbara Tišler, Slowenia
Voice men
1st prize: Dominik Wörner, Germany
2nd prize: Daniel Johannsen, Austria
3rd prize: Seung-Hee Park, South Korea
Harpsichord
2nd prize: Wiebke Weidanz, Germany
2nd prize: Pieter Jan Belder, Netherlands
3rd prize: Philippe Leroy, France
Organ
1st prize: Johannes Unger, Germany
2nd prize: Gunther Rost, Germany
3rd prize: Yuichiro Shiina, Japan
Piano
2nd prize: Ragna Schirmer, Germany
3rd prize: Miku Nishimoto-Neubert, Japan
3rd prize: Mari Kokuho, Japan
Violoncello
1st prize: Emil Rovner, Russia
2nd prize: Renaud Déjardin, France
3rd prize: Ophélie Gaillard, France
Voice women
1st prize: Asako Motojima, Japan
2nd prize: Letizia Scherrer, Switzerland
3rd prize: Konstanze Maxsein, Germany
Voice men
1st prize: Jan Kobow, Germany
2nd prize: Andreas Post, Germany
2nd prize: Matthias Vieweg, Germany
3rd prize: Marcus Niedermeyr, Germany
Piano
2nd prize: Cornelia Herrmann, Austria
3rd prize: Christopher Hinterhuber, Austria
Organ
no prize awarded
Harpsichord
3rd prize: Giampietro Rosato, Italy
Violin
2nd prize: Natsumi Tamai, Japan
3rd prize: Amanda Favier, France
3rd prize: Aki Sunahara, Japan
Voice women
2nd prize: Klaudia Zeiner, Germany
3rd prize: Simone Kermes, Germany
3rd prize: Anne Buter, Germany
Voice men
1st prize: Christoph Genz, Germany
2nd prize: Ekkehard Abele, Germany
3rd prize: Ralf Ernst, Germany
3rd prize: Marcus Volpert, Germany
Piano
2nd prize: Ragna Schirmer, Germany
3rd prize: Juri Bogdanov, Russia
Organ
2nd prize: Luca Antoniotti, Italy
2nd prize: Michael Bloss, Canada
3rd prize: Walter Savant-Levet, Italy
Harpsichord
2nd prize: Daniela Numico, Italy
3rd prize: Anikó Soltész, Hungary
3rd prize: Mechthild Stark, Germany
Violin
1st prize: Rachel Barton, USA
2nd prize: Thomas Timm, Germany
2nd prize: Axel Strauß, Germany
Voice women
1st prize: Bogna Bartosz, Poland
2nd prize: Yvonne Albes, Germany
3rd prize: Alla Simonichvili, Georgien
Voice men
2nd prize: Jochen Kupfer, Germany
Piano
1st prize: Gerald Fauth, GDR
2nd prize: Nikolai Luganski, Soviet Union
3rd prize: Alexej Botowinow, Soviet Union
Organ
1st prize: Martin Sander, FRG
2nd prize: Stefan Kircheis, GDR
3rd prize: Wolfgang Kläsener, FRG
Voice women
2nd prize: Kerstin Klesse, GDR
3rd prize: Katherina Müller, GDR
Voice men
2nd prize: Matthias Bleidorn, GDR
3rd prize: Frank Schiller, GDR
Violin
1st prize: Antje Weithaas, GDR
2nd prize: Katrin Scholz, GDR
3rd prize: Kazimierz Olechowski, Poland
Violoncello
1st prize: Marc Coppey, France
2nd prize: Michael Sanderling, GDR
3rd prize: Raphael Pidoux, France
Piano
1st prize: Alexander Paley, Soviet Union
2nd prize: Susanne Grützmann, GDR
3rd prize: Noriko Kodama, Japan
Organ
1st prize: John Gavin Scott, England
2nd prize: Christoph Mehner, GDR
3rd prize: Michael Schönheit, GDR
Voice women
1st prize: Angela Liebold, GDR
2nd prize: Bettina Denner-Deckelmann, GDR
3rd prize: Constanta Adriana Mestes, Romania
Voice men
1st prize: Egbert Junghanns, GDR
2nd prize: Kenzo Ishii, Japan
3rd prize: Ralph Eschrig, GDR
Violin
1st prize: Aleksej Koschwanetz, Soviet Union
2nd prize: Birgit Jahn, GDR
3rd prize: Anna Rabinowa, Soviet Union
Flute
1st prize: Wolfgang Ritter, FRG
2nd prize: Monika Hegedüs, Hungary
3rd prize: Matthias Rust, GDR
Piano
1st prize: Anaid Nersesjan, Soviet Union
2nd prize: Kei Itoh, Japan
3rd prize: Irina Berkowitsch, Soviet Union
Organ
1st prize: Zsuzsana Elekes, Hungary
2nd prize: Jaroslav Tuma, CSSR
3rd prize: Kristiane Köbler, GDR
Voice women
1st prize: Jadwiga Rappé, Poland
2nd prize: Liliana Bizineche, Romania
3rd prize: Monika Straube, GDR
Voice men
1st prize: Yukio Imanaka, Japan
2nd prize: Andreas Sommerfeld, GDR
3rd prize: Christoph Rösel, GDR
Violin
1st prize: Michael Erxleben, GDR
2nd prize: Thorsten Janicke, GDR
3rd prize: Waltraut Wächter, GDR
Violoncello
1st prize: Kerstin Feltz, GDR
2nd prize: Marin Cazacu, Romania
3rd prize: Michael Nellessen, GDR
Piano
1st prize: Michail Woltschok, Soviet Union
2nd prize: Larissa Dedowa, Soviet Union
3rd prize: Dietmar Nawroth, GDR
Organ
1st prize: Elisabeth Ullmann, Austria
2nd prize: Joachim Dalitz, GDR
3rd prize: Hartmut Rohmeyer, GDR
Voice women
1st prize: Carola Nossek. GDR
2nd prize: Katalin Pitti, Hungary
3rd prize: Nannita Peschke, GDR
Voice men
1st prize: Waldemar Wild, GDR
2nd prize: Gabor Nemeth, Hungary
3rd prize: Frieder Lang, FRG
Violin
1st prize: Nilla Pierrou, Sweden
2nd prize: Thorsten Rosenbusch, GDR
3rd prize: Daniel Phillips, USA
Violoncello
1st prize: Alexander Rudin, Soviet Union
2nd prize: Yvan Chiffoleau, France
3rd prize: Josef Feigelson, Soviet Union
Piano
1st prize: Winfried Apel, GDR
2nd prize: Jean-Louis Steuermann, Brasilia
3rd prize: Michail Petuchow, Soviet Union
Organ
1st prize: Heribert Metzger, Austria
2nd prize: Istvan Ella, Hungary
3rd prize: Hans Fagius, Sweden
Harpsichord
1st prize: Lionel Party, Chile
2nd prize: Armin Thalheim, GDR
3rd prize: Gyöngyver Szilvassy, VR Hungary
Voice women
1st prize: Rosemarie Lang, GDR
2nd prize: Regina Werner, GDR
3rd prize: Julianne Paszthy, Hungary
Voice men
1st prize: Dieter Weimann, GDR
2nd prize: Gheorghe-Emil Crasnaru, Romania
3rd prize: Peter Tschaplik, GDR
Violin
1st prize: Wladimir Iwanow, Soviet Union
2nd prize: Konrad Other, GDR
3rd prize: Lidija Schutko, Soviet Union
Piano
1st prize: Valeri Afanasjew, Soviet Union
2nd prize: Ivan Klansky, CSSR
3rd prize: Jewgeni Koroljow, Soviet Union
Organ
1st prize: Henning Wagner, GDR
2nd prize: Daniel Chorzempa, USA
3rd prize: Christian Collum, GDR
Voice
1st prize: Heidi Berthold-Riess, GDR
2nd prize: Eberhard Büchner, GDR
3rd prize: Siegfried Lorenz, GDR
Violin
1st prize: Oleg Kagan, Soviet Union
2nd prize: Christian Funke, GDR
3rd prize: Andras Kiss, Hungary
Piano
1st prize: Ilse Graubin, Soviet Union
2nd prize: Wolfgang Wappler, GDR
2nd prize: Melita Dukowa-Kolin, Bulgaria
3rd prize: Igor Lasko, Soviet Union
3rd prize: Gerhard Erber, GDR
3rd prize: Brunhild Partsch, GDR
Organ
1st prize: Petr Sovadina, CSSR
2nd prize: Karl-Rainer Böhme, GDR
2nd prize: Andreas Buschnakowski, GDR
3rd prize: Jan Hora, CSSR
Voice
1st prize: Bruce Abel, USA
2nd prize: Wolfgang Hellmich, GDR
2nd prize: Rolf Wollrad, GDR
3rd prize: Wladimir Swistow, Soviet Union
Piano
1st prize: Tatjana Nikolajewa, Soviet Union
2nd prize: Galina Feodorowa, Soviet Union
2nd prize: Margarita Feodorowa, Soviet Union
3rd prize: Jörg Demus, Austria
3rd prize: Waldemar Maciszewski, Poland
Organ
1st prize: Amadeus Webersinke, GDR
1st prize: Karl Richter, GDR
2nd prize: Ludwig Doerr, FRG
2nd prize: Gerhard Tipp, FRG
3rd prize: Walter Schönheit, GDR
3rd prize: Diethard Hellmann, GDR
Harpsichord
2nd prize: Ingrid Heiler, FRG
Voice
2nd prize: Eva Fleischer, GDR
3rd prize: Alina Bolechowska, Poland
3rd prize: Christa Maria Ziese, GDR
Violin
1st prize: Igor Besrodny, Soviet Union
2nd prize: Michail Waimann, Soviet Union
2nd prize: Alexej Gorochow, Soviet Union
3rd prize: Werner Häutling, FRG
3rd prize: Agnes Vadas, Hungary