The Prizewinners 2024

Bach Prizes

1st Prize      10.000    €
2nd Prize       7.500    €
3rd Prize        5.000    €

The prizewinners have the right to use the title »Bach Prizewinners«.
The 1st prizes in the disciplines Voiceand Violoncello/Baroque violoncello will be endowed by Sparkasse Leipzig.

Organ

1st Prize Julian Emanuel Becker / 19 years / Germany
2nd Prize Jakub Moneta / 19 years / Poland
3rd Prize Grant Smith / 24 years / USA
4th Place Johannes Krahl / 25 years / Germany
5th Place Gregor Früh / 24 years / Germany
6th Place Frederik Kranemann / 32 years / Germany

Voice

1st Prize Lara Morger / 31 years / Alto / Switzerland
2nd Prize Anton Haupt / 27 years / Basso / Germany
3rd Prize Elena Elsa Tsantidis / 24 years / Soprano / Germany
4th Place Caroline Jacob / 19 years / Soprano / Germany
5th Place Aiko Sakurai / 31 years / Soprano / Japan
6th Place Edward Vogel / 29 years / Basso / USA

 

Violoncello/Barockvioloncello

Victor Garcia Garcia / 30 years / Spain
2nd Prize Johannes Gray / 27 years / Violoncello/Baroque violoncello / USA
3rd Prize Bartolomeo Dandolo Marchesi / 30 years / Italy
4th Place Léo Ispir / 22 years / France
5th Place Guillem Gràcia Soler / 18 years / Spain
6th Place Jakob Solle / 22 years / Germany

 

Special prizes

 

Christa Bach-Marschall Foundation prize: Scholarships for an East European candidate in each discipline for a master class

Jakub Moneta / 19 years / Organ / Poland
Anna Padalko / 31 years / Alto / Russia

 

Genuin Classics prize: CD production with one prizewinner

Johannes Gray / 27 years / Violoncello/Baroque violoncello / USA

 

Sonderpreis, gestiftet von Lisa Larsson, for the best interpretation of the recitatives
Jakob Kleinschrot / 29 years/ Tenore / Germany

 

Bärenreiter Verlag, Kassel: vouchers for Urtext edition worth € 500 for a finalist in each category

Gregor Früh / 24 years / Organl / Germany
Benjamin Sattlecker / 31 years / Basso / Austria
Guillem Gràcia Soler / 18 years / Violoncello / Spain

 

Audience Award: € 500 for a finalist in each category, endowed by the Friends of the Bach Archive assocition

Jakub Moneta / 19 years / Organ / Poland
Lara Morger / 31 years / Alto / Switzerland
Johannes Gray / 27 years / Violoncello/Baroque violoncello / USA

 

Edition Peters: premium editionen of the »Clavier-Büchlein« by Johann Sebastian Bach
Julian Emanuel Becker / 19 years / Organ / Germany

 

› Bachfest Leipzig: Concerts with prizewinners of all disciplines during the Bachfest 2025
› Concert with the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra: Lara Morger
› Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Stiftung: Concert with a prizewinner in the discipline organ during the Bachfest of the Neuen Bachgesellschaft 2025 in Munich: Julian Emanuel Becker
› Thomaskirche Leipzig: Concert with the winner of the 1st prize in the discipline organ as part of the BachOrgelFestival 2025: Julian Emanuel Becker
› Bach-Festival Arnstadt 2025: Concert with prizewinners in the disciplines voice and organ: Lara Morger and Grant Smith
› Lübecker Orgelsommer: Concert with prizewinner Jakub Moneta
› Concerts in the surroundings of Leipzig