Prizewinners' concert

Welcome address
Dr Alexander Becker (Director of the Max Reger Institute/Elsa Reger Foundation)

Award ceremony
Prof. Dr Saule Tatubaeva (Artistic Director of the competition)

Trio Yin (Cologne University of Music and Dance)
Lucie Krotilová, violin • Yipei Sun, cello • Ariel Chen, piano
3rd prize
Max Reger (1873–1916)
Piano Trio in E minor, Op. 102:
IV. Allegro con moto

Duo Linea (Robert Schumann University of Music Düsseldorf/Folkwang University of the Arts Essen)
Hyunah Pyo, cello • Anastasia Galenina, piano
Wolfgang Rihm Prize of the Association for the Promotion of Art, Media and Science
Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979)
Trois Pièces pour violoncelle et piano
1. Modéré – 2. Sans vitesse et a l‘aise – 3. Vite et nerveusement rythmé

Komitas Duo (Mainz University of Music)
Egon Buchner, cello • Hasmik Sarukian, piano
2nd prize
Max Reger (1873–1916)
Kleine Romanze, Op. 79e No. 2
Alexander Arutyunyan (1920–2012)
Impromptu in G major

Endymion Duo (Karlsruhe University of Music)
Ekaterina Merzliakova, violin • Florian Kleinertz, piano
2nd prize
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Sonata for Piano and Violin in C minor, Op. 30 No. 2:
I. Allegro con brio

Duo Shin Rosenberg
(University of Music and Theatre ‘Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’ Leipzig)
Johannes Rosenberg, violin • Seunghun Shin, piano
1st prize
Max Reger (1873–1916)
Six Pieces for Performance (Suite in A minor), Op. 103a:
1. Prelude – 3. Aria. Adagissimo – 6. Gigue
 

European Chamber Music Competition Karlsruhe ‘Wolfgang Meyer’
This competition for young musicians has been held every two years since 2005. The competition is organised by the Max Reger Institute Karlsruhe and the City of Karlsruhe, supported by the Karlsruhe University of Music. The composer Wolfgang Rihm was patron of the competition until his death in 2024.
 

The competition is open to registered students at European higher education institutions as well as to musicians who have completed their higher education studies below the age limit of 30 years, exceptions being calculated on the basis of the average age of the ensemble. Any number of ensembles from each invited university may register for the competition. Admitted are: Duos, trios and quartets in original instrumentation and arrangement (instrumental/vocal).  

The competition programme of approx. 60 minutes (45 minutes for voice) must cover various epochs, including one or more works from the oeuvre of Max Reger (at least 20 minutes).