CLARINET
PIANO
TRUMPET
1.–19. SEP 2025

A KIND OF OLYMPIC GAMES,
JUST FOR MUSICIANS.

Sir Simon Rattle
 Chefdirigent BRSO

Speaking of the ARD Music Competition, Sir Simon Rattle refers to “Music’s Olympic Games”, referencing the event that for over 70 years has been bringing together the greatest talents on the world’s classical music scene in order to systematically promote them. ARD’s Music Competition is the only contest at which, alongside vocal music, almost all orchestral instruments – on an annually rotating basis – are represented.

The ARD International Music Competition, which takes place every year in September, was founded in 1952 by the broadcasting stations of the Federal Republic of Germany and is managed by Bavarian Radio in Munich. Winning a prize at the ARD International Music Competition was for many a now world famous musician the first step on their career: Jessye Norman, Francisco Araiza, Natalia Gutman, Christoph Eschenbach, Mitsuko Uchida, Thomas Quasthoff, Yuri
Bashmet, Christian Tetzlaff, Sharon Kam, Heinz Holliger, Peter Sadlo, Maurice André and the Ebène Quartet, to name but a few. Since 2001, thanks to the commissioning of works from well known living composers, contemporary music has also been afforded a higher profile.

PRIZEWINNERS’ CONCERTS

WEDNESDAY, SEP 17
8 PM

Concert with the Munich Radio Orchestra
Conductor: Chloé Dufresne
Prinzregententheater*
Livestream: ard-musikwettbewerb.de

THURSDAY, SEP 18
8 PM

Concert with the Munich Chamber Orchestra
Concertmaster: Yuki Kasai
Prinzregententheater*
Livestream: ard-musikwettbewerb.de

FRIDAY, SEP 19
8 PM

Concert with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattl
Herkulessaal der Residenz
Livestream: ard-musikwettbewerb.de

*With the support of the Cultural Department
of the City of Munich

CLARINET

PARTICIPANTS

Agata Piątek

  • Clarinet

Alberto Culmone

  • Clarinet

Anaïde Apelian

  • Clarinet

Andrea Caputo

  • Clarinet

Andrei Caval

  • Clarinet

Andrei Riazantsev

  • Clarinet

António Lopes

  • Clarinet

Aron Chiesa

  • Clarinet

Bence Bubreg

  • Clarinet

Chiara Holtmann

  • Clarinet

Claudia Aliaj

  • Clarinet

Conrad Hähnlein

  • Clarinet

Duarte Maia

  • Clarinet

Elad Navon

  • Clarinet

Haoji Wang

  • Clarinet

Huai Xuan Wu

  • Clarinet

Hunor Egyed

  • Clarinet

Ivo Ruf

  • Clarinet

Jay Shankar

  • Clarinet

Ji woong Choi

  • Clarinet

Jiang Hongyi

  • Clarinet

Jonathan Leibovitz

  • Clarinet

Joshua Choi

  • Clarinet

Juliyan Martinez

  • Clarinet

Kamil Janas

  • Clarinet

Kwonhee Lee

  • Clarinet

Lea Hänsel

  • Clarinet

Lev Zhuravskii

  • Clarinet

Lewin Kneisel

  • Clarinet

Lyuta Kobayashi

  • Clarinet

Marianne Reh

  • Clarinet

Linsa Kim

  • Clarinet

Martim Barbosa

  • Clarinet

Min-Gyu Kim

  • Clarinet

Minkyung Chu

  • Clarinet

Namju Back

  • Clarinet

Nina Reynaud

  • Clarinet

Noah Jung

  • Clarinet

Panagiotis Marios Giannakas

  • Clarinet

Paul Moosbrugger

  • Clarinet

Paweł Libront

  • Clarinet

Qi Junwei

  • Clarinet

Sehyeon Kim

  • Clarinet

Sang-Jin Park

  • Clarinet

Roi Karni

  • Clarinet

Seoyoung Lee

  • Clarinet

Sofia Mekhonoshina

  • Clarinet

Songze Li

  • Clarinet

Steven Taeyun Han

  • Clarinet

Sungmin Kong

  • Clarinet

Szymon Emil Parulski

  • Clarinet

Takashi Haruta

  • Clarinet

Vazgen Shahnazaryan

  • Clarinet

Victor Diaz Guerra

  • Clarinet

Woo Jin Kim

  • Clarinet

Yebin Seo

  • Clarinet

Yan Maratka

  • Clarinet

Yejin Ahn

  • Clarinet

Yeonwoo Choi

  • Clarinet

Yung-Yuan Chiang

  • Clarinet

Zeyu Dai

  • Clarinet
CLARINET PARTICIPANTS

Yejin Ahn
Claudia Aliaj
Anaïde Apelian
Namju Back
Martim Barbosa
Bence Bubreg
Andrea Caputo
Andrei Caval
Yung-Yuan Chiang
Aron Chiesa
Ji woong Choi
Joshua Choi
Yeonwoo Choi
Minkyung Chu
Alberto Culmone
Zeyu Dai
Victor Diaz Guerra
Hunor Egyed
Panagiotis Marios Giannakas
Steven Taeyun Han
Takashi Haruta
Chiara Holtmann
Jiang Hongyi
Conrad Hähnlein
Lea Hänsel
Kamil Janas
Noah Jung
Qi Junwei
Roi Karni
Linsa Kim
Min-Gyu Kim
Sehyeon Kim
Woo Jin Kim
Lewin Kneisel
Lyuta Kobayashi
Sungmin Kong
Kwonhee Lee
Seoyoung Lee
Jonathan Leibovitz
Songze Li
Paweł Libront
António Lopes
Duarte Maia
Yan Maratka
Juliyan Martinez
Sofia Mekhonoshina
Paul Moosbrugger
Elad Navon
Sang-Jin Park
Szymon Emil Parulski
Agata Piątek
Marianne Reh
Nina Reynaud
Andrei Riazantsev
Ivo Ruf
Yebin Seo
Vazgen Shahnazaryan
Jay Shankar
Haoji Wang
Huai Xuan Wu
Lev Zhuravskii

CLARINET DATES & VENUES

1ST ROUND
September 1 to 3, from 10 a.m.
Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Großer Konzertsaal
Arcisstraße 12

2ND ROUND
September 4 and 5, from 10 a.m.
Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Großer Konzertsaal
Arcisstraße 12
Livestream: ard-musikwettbewerb.de

SEMIFINALS
Sunday, September 7, 4 p.m.
Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Großer Konzertsaal
Arcisstraße 12
with the Munich Chamber Orchestra
Concertmaster: Yuki Kasai
Livestream: ard-musikwettbewerb.de

FINALS
Wednesday, September 10, 4 pm
Herkulessaal der Residenz
Residenzstraße 1
with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Conductor: Sasha Scolnik-Brower
Livestream: ard-musikwettbewerb.de

CLARINET Jury

JURY 2025

Ernesto Molinari, Switzerland (Chair)
François Benda, Brazil/Switzerland
Richard Hosford , United Kingdom
William R. Hudgins, USA
Sharon Kam, Israel
Sabine Meyer, Germany
Annelien Van Wauwe, Belgium
Assistance: Katharina Kegler

PIANO

PARTICIPANTS

Akito Tani

  • Piano

Anchi Mai

  • Piano

Balogh Adam

  • Piano

Carter Muller

  • Piano

Chang Gyu Lee

  • Piano

Charm Hee Han

  • Piano

Elias Ackerley

  • Piano

Chi-Jo Lee

  • Piano

Hyelim Kim

  • Piano

Emir Ilgen

  • Piano

Itamar Feinberg

  • Piano

Jaesung Bae

  • Piano

Jiafan Chen

  • Piano

Jeongjin Kim

  • Piano

Jinzhao Xu

  • Piano

Elžbieta Liepa Dvarionaitė

  • Piano

Hanna Schwalbe

  • Piano

Janick Čech

  • Piano

Jiwon Yang

  • Piano

Jiyoung Kim

  • Piano

Joanna Goranko

  • Piano

Johannes Huber

  • Piano

Jonas Stark

  • Piano

Jonathan Mak

  • Piano

Jongwon Jeon

  • Piano

Jun Hwi Cho

  • Piano

Liya Wang

  • Piano

Khadizha Israpil

  • Piano

Saebeom Lee

  • Piano

Misora Ozaki

  • Piano

Nicolas Margarit

  • Piano

Robert Bily

  • Piano

Sheng’En Jin

  • Piano

Seo Jun Lim

  • Piano

Seunghui Kim

  • Piano

David Choi

  • Piano

Jun-Ho Gabriel Yeo

  • Piano

Kyoshiro Hirama

  • Piano

Ryan Jung

  • Piano

Sherri Hoi-Ching Lun

  • Piano

Shu Wen Tay

  • Piano

Sohyun Shim

  • Piano

Sung Ho Yoo

  • Piano

Taegyu Kim

  • Piano

Taek Gi Lee

  • Piano

Théotime Gillot

  • Piano

Yichen Yu

  • Piano

Viktoria Baskakova

  • Piano

Yoichiro Chiba

  • Piano

Yungyung Guo

  • Piano

Yurong Cao

  • Piano

Zifan Ye

  • Piano

Zvjezdan Vojvodic

  • Piano
PIANO PARTICIPANTS

Elias Ackerley
Balogh Adam
Jaesung Bae
Viktoria Baskakova
Robert Bily
Yurong Cao
Janick Čech
Jiafan Chen
Yoichiro Chiba
Jun Hwi Cho
David Choi
Elžbieta Liepa Dvarionaitė
Itamar Feinberg
Théotime Gillot
Joanna Goranko
Yungyung Guo
Charm Hee Han
Kyoshiro Hirama
Johannes Huber
Emir Ilgen
Khadizha Israpil
Jongwon Jeon
Sheng’En Jin
Ryan Jung
Hyelim Kim
Jeongjin Kim
Jiyoung Kim
Seunghui Kim
Taegyu Kim
Chang Gyu Lee
Saebeom Lee
Taek Gi Lee
Chi-Jo Lee
Seo Jun Lim
Sherri Hoi-Ching Lun
Anchi Mai
Jonathan Mak
Nicolas Margarit
Carter Muller
Misora Ozaki
Hanna Schwalbe
Sohyun Shim
Jonas Stark
Akito Tani
Shu Wen Tay
Zvjezdan Vojvodic
Liya Wang
Jinzhao Xu
Jiwon Yang
Zifan Ye
Jun-Ho Gabriel Yeo
Sung Ho Yoo
Yichen Yu

PIANO DATES & VENUES

1ST ROUND
September 5 to 7, from 10 a.m.
Bayerischer Rundfunk, Studio 1
Rundfunkplatz 1

2ND ROUND
September 8 and 9, from 10 a.m.
Bayerischer Rundfunk, Studio 1
Rundfunkplatz 1
Livestream: ard-musikwettbewerb.de

SEMIFINALS
Thursday, September 11, 4 p.m.
Prinzregententheater*
Prinzregentenplatz 12
with the Munich Chamber Orchestra
Concertmaster: Yuki Kasai
Livestream: ard-musikwettbewerb.de

FINALS
Sunday, September 14, 4 pm
Herkulessaal der Residenz
Residenzstraße 1
with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Conductor: Sasha Scolnik-Brower
Livestream: ard-musikwettbewerb.de

The commissioned compositions for piano and trumpet can be heard in the respective semi-finals, the commissioned work for clarinet in the 2nd round.

Subject to change!
The competitions are open to the public. The second rounds will take place in the mornings and afternoons, depending on the number of candidates and the duration of the performance. Please check the website www.ard-musikwettbewerb.de or the announcements in the daily press and on the radio on BR-KLASSIK for the exact times and schedules.

*With the support of the Cultural Department of the City of Munich

PIANO Jury

JURY 2025

Homero Francesch, Uruguay/Switzerland (Chair)
Simone Dinnerstein, USA
Ewa Kupiec, Poland/Switzerland
Maki Namekawa, Japan
Pascal Rogé, France
Antti Siirala, Finland
Anna Vinnitskaya, Germany/Russia
Assistance: Christoph Hiller

TRUMPET

PARTICIPANTS

Adrià Ortega Ribera

  • Trumpet

Akari Hirayama

  • Trumpet

Alba García García

  • Trumpet

Amelia Kowalewska

  • Trumpet

Annabell Weidenauer

  • Trumpet

Antoine Podlunsek

  • Trumpet

Cezary Sagan

  • Trumpet

Christian Deleurang

  • Trumpet

Doyoung Baek

  • Trumpet

Erick Venditte

  • Trumpet

Fabian Weinbauer

  • Trumpet

Filippo Lombardi

  • Trumpet

Gergo Turai

  • Trumpet

Goeun Park

  • Trumpet

Hyeonjun Lee

  • Trumpet

Jangwon Son

  • Trumpet

Jasmin Iris Ghera

  • Trumpet

Jiawei Chen

  • Trumpet

João Silva

  • Trumpet

Johanna Spegg

  • Trumpet

Jón Vielhaber

  • Trumpet

Josep Gómez Alemany

  • Trumpet

Julius Scholz

  • Trumpet

Keisuke Takamatsu

  • Trumpet

Kenichiro Takahashi

  • Trumpet

Kim JunYoung

  • Trumpet

Konosuke Nakashima

  • Trumpet

Kotaro Fujii

  • Trumpet

Lennard Czakaj

  • Trumpet

Lina-Marie Batteux

  • Trumpet

Min Choi

  • Trumpet

Niccoló Gaudenzi

  • Trumpet

Nikolaos Nikas

  • Trumpet

Paul Pfeiffer

  • Trumpet

Philippe Préponiot-Guillard

  • Trumpet

Pouria Djoharian

  • Trumpet

Raphael Horrach

  • Trumpet

Riho Suzuki

  • Trumpet

Robin Paillet

  • Trumpet

Samuel Bertrand

  • Trumpet

Sándor Nagy

  • Trumpet

Sandro Hirsch

  • Trumpet

Sarah Heimberg

  • Trumpet

Scott Declan

  • Trumpet

Siméon Vinour

  • Trumpet

Simon Binon

  • Trumpet

Sora Nakata

  • Trumpet

William Leathers

  • Trumpet

Xunji Yang

  • Trumpet

Yi Chen Ma

  • Trumpet

Yicheng Wang

  • Trumpet

Yu Abe

  • Trumpet

Zhengxu Ji

  • Trumpet
TRUMPET PARTICIPANTS

Yu Abe
Doyoung Baek
Lina-Marie Batteux
Samuel Bertrand
Simon Binon
Jiawei Chen
Min Choi
Lennard Czakaj
Scott Declan
Christian Deleurang
Pouria Djoharian
Kotaro Fujii
Alba García García
Niccoló Gaudenzi
Jasmin Iris Ghera
Josep Gómez Alemany
Sarah Heimberg
Akari Hirayama
Sandro Hirsch
Raphael Horrach
Zhengxu Ji
Kim JunYoung
Amelia Kowalewska
Tobias Krieger
William Leathers
Hyeonjun Lee
Filippo Lombardi
Yi Chen Ma
Sándor Nagy
Konosuke Nakashima
Sora Nakata
Nikolaos Nikas
Adrià Ortega Ribera
Robin Paillet
Goeun Park
Paul Pfeiffer
Antoine Podlunsek
Philippe Préponiot-Guillard
Cezary Sagan
Julius Scholz
João Silva
Jangwon Son
Johanna Spegg
Riho Suzuki
Kenichiro Takahashi
Keisuke Takamatsu
Gergo Turai
Erick Venditte
Jón Vielhaber
Siméon Vinour
Yicheng Wang
Annabell Weidenauer
Fabian Weinbauer
Xunji Yang

TRUMPET DATES & VENUES

1ST ROUND
September 3 to 5, from 11 a.m.
Bayerischer Rundfunk, Studio 2
Rundfunkplatz 1

2ND ROUND
September 6 and 7, from 11 a.m.
Bayerischer Rundfunk, Studio 2
Rundfunkplatz 1
Livestream: ard-musikwettbewerb.de

SEMIFINALS
Tuesday, September 9, 4 p.m.
Prinzregententheater*
Prinzregentenplatz 12
with the Munich Chamber Orchestra
Concertmaster: Yuki Kasai
Livestream: ard-musikwettbewerb.de

FINALS
Friday, September 12, 4 pm
Herkulessaal der Residenz
Residenzstraße 1
with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Conductor: Sasha Scolnik-Brower
Livestream: ard-musikwettbewerb.de

The commissioned compositions for piano and trumpet can be heard in the respective semi-finals, the commissioned work for clarinet in the 2nd round.

Subject to change!
The competitions are open to the public. The second rounds will take place in the mornings and afternoons, depending on the number of candidates and the duration of the performance. Please check the website www.ard-musikwettbewerb.de or the announcements in the daily press and on the radio on BR-KLASSIK for the exact times and schedules.

*With the support of the Cultural Department of the City of Munich

TRUMPET Jury

JURY 2025

Reinhold Friedrich, Germany (Chair)
Andreï Kavalinski, France/Russia
Hannes Läubin, Germany
Christopher Martin, USA
Anne McAneney, United Kingdom
Sergei Nakariakov, Israel/Russia
Gabór Richter, Hungary
Assistance: Christopher Mann

Program→ All dates
  • 01.09.

    • 1ST ROUND CLARINET

      Hochschule für Musik und Theater München

      Großer Konzertsaal

      Arcisstraße 12
      80333 München
  • 02.09.

    • 1ST ROUND CLARINET

      Hochschule für Musik und Theater München

      Großer Konzertsaal

      Arcisstraße 12
      80333 München
  • 03.09.

    • 1ST ROUND CLARINET

      Hochschule für Musik und Theater München

      Großer Konzertsaal

      Arcisstraße 12
      80333 München
    • 1ST ROUND TROMPET

      Bayerischer Rundfunk

      Studio 2

      Rundfunkplatz 1
      80335 München
  • 04.09.

    • 2ND ROUND CLARINET

      Hochschule für Musik und Theater München

      Großer Konzertsaal

      Arcisstraße 12
      80333 München
    • 1ST ROUND TROMPET

      Bayerischer Rundfunk

      Studio 2

      Rundfunkplatz 1
      80335 München

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