Awards Prizes and Special Prizes 2021
Altogether, four first, five second and six third prizes were awarded during the 2021 Competition. Oswald Beaujean and Meret Forster, the two artistic directors of the ARD Music Competition, said: “We are incredibly happy that all the musicians and jury members were able to travel to Munich and that we have successfully completed this huge competition, and at such a high level.”
Gallery Prize Winners
1st Prize Piano Duo: Geister Duo, France
_ Prizes
Piano Duo
1st Prize: Geister Duo, France
2nd Prize: Duo La Fiammata, Canada
2nd Prize: Melnikova-Morozova, Russia
3rd Prize: Piano Duo Sakamoto, Japan + Audience Prize
Horn
1st Prize: Pascal Deuber, Switzerland + Audience Prize
2nd Prize: Yun Zeng, China
3rd Prize: Ivo Dudler, Switzerland
Vocal
1st Prize: Anastasiya Taratorkina, Germany/Russia + Audience Prize
2nd Prize: not awarded
3rd Prize: Jeongmeen Ahn, South Korea
3rd Prize: Julia Grüter, Germany
3rd Prize: Valerie Eickhoff, Germany
Violin
1st Prize: Seiji Okamoto, Japan
2nd Prize: Dmitry Smirnov, Russia
3rd Prize: Alexandra Tirsu, Moldova/Romania + Audience Prize
_ Spezial Prizes
Audience Award
granted by the Theodor-Rogler-Foundation as well as the Erika and Georg Dietrich Foundation
Piano Duo Sakamoto, Piano Duo
Anastasiya Taratorkina, Voice
Pascal Deuber, Horn
Alexandra Tirsu, Violin
Special Prizes for the best Interpretation of a Commissioned Composition
granted by the by the Alice Rosner Foundation
von Vassos Nicolaou: Geister Duo, Piano Duo
von Isabel Mundry: Jeongmeen Ahn, Voice
von Britta Byström: Yun Zeng, Horn
von Lisa Streich: Seiji Okamoto, Violin
Special Prize of the Munich Chamber Orchestra
Yun Zeng, Horn
BR-KLASSIK Online Prize
Geister Duo, Piano Duo
Special Prize Sweet Spot
Annemarie Federle, Horn
Alice Rosner Preis
for an excellent interpretation of G. Enescu, Sonata for Violin and Klavier a minor, op. 25 No. 3
Alexandra Tirsu, Violin
Osnabrück Music Prize
Dmitry Smirnov, Violin
Busch Brothers Prize
Seiji Okamoto, Violin
Henle Urtext Prize
Geister Duo, Piano Duo
La Fiammata, Piano Duo
Melnikova-Morozova Duo, Piano Duo
Piano Duo Sakamoto, Piano Duo
Seiji Okamoto, Violin
Dmitry Smirnov, Violin
Alexandra Tirsu, Violin
Spezial Prize Mozart Society Munich
Annemarie Federle, Horn
Spezial Prize GENUIN classics
Dmitry Smirnov, Violin
Special Prize Schwarzwald Music Festival
Seiji Okamoto, Violin
Special Prize “Podium for young Soloists”, Tegernsee
Piano Duo Kalabova & Gugg
Special Prize Kronberg Academy
Dayoon You, Violin
Special Prize "for the most beautiful Reger“
Geister Duo, Piano Duo
Carl Bechstein Special Prize
Geister Duo, Piano Duo
Special Prize GEWA
Seiji Okamoto, Violin
Dmitry Smirnov, Violin
Alexandra Tirsu, Violin
