COMPETITION
The International Art Song Competition Stuttgart is one of the oldest and most traditional competitions of its kind in the German-speaking world. Initially held in Vienna, and since 1987 in Stuttgart, it has gained an international reputation over the past almost four decades and has produced numerous young artists as awardees who have shaped our concert life today.
It is most difficult and requires the greatest art and skill "to pour a great content into a small form", as Gustav Mahler once put it. This applies not only to the process of composition, but also to interpretation. Art song, one of the smallest and most personal musical genres, is also one of the most demanding. It requires the highest technical and vocal flexibility and at the same time a deep understanding of the texts set to music, which must be filled with life solely through the musical interpretation in voice and piano.
It is one of the most vivid examples of the topicality and relevance of art song in the 21st century. Every two years, numerous committed and song-loving young artists from all over the world come together in Stuttgart to present their skills in front of an experienced and renowned jury and a large audience. You can't imagine a better ambassador for the art song than these young singers and pianists! Their enthusiasm and passion for song are the guarantee and the future of this art form.
13th International Art Song Competition Stuttgart: 20 - 25 September 2022
Awardees 2022:
1st prize: Theodore Platt & Keval Shah
2nd prize: Alexander Grassauer & Mauro Filippo Zappalà
3rd prize: Zhuohan Sun & Yuriko Watanabe
Special prize for special pianistic achievement: Victoria Guerrero Misas
Special prize for best interpretation of a contemporary song: Katja Maderer & Amadeus Wiesensee
12th International Art Song Competition Stuttgart: 29 September - 04 October 2020
Awardees 2020:
1st prize: Konstantin Ingenpass & Hyun-hwa Park
2nd prize: Małgorzata Rocławska & Olga Wien
3rd prize: Ekaterina Chayka-Rubinstein & Maria Yulin
Recognition prizes:
Ronan Caillet & Malte Schäfer, Yuriy Hadzetskyy & Alina Shevchenko
Link final round of the awardees
11th International Art Song Competition Stuttgart: 18 - 23 September 2018
Awardees 2018:
1st prize: Mikhail Timoshenko & Elitsa Desseva
2nd prize: Alex Rosen & Michał Biel
3rd prize: Irina Jae-Eun Park & Dokyung Han, Klaudia Tandl & Gisela Jöbstl
Link final round of the awardees
10th International Art Song Competition Stuttgart: 20 - 25 September 2016
Awardees 2016:
1st prize: Ilker Arcayürek & Fiona Pollak
2nd prize: Stuart Jackson & Jocelyn Freeman
3rd prize: Samuel Hasselhorn & Renate Rohlfing
Anniversary concert 10th Internationaler Art Song Competition Stuttgart 2016
Paticipating Awardees :
Soprano:
Elena Copons (2nd prize, 2007)
Evgenia Grekova (3rd prize, 2001)
Melanie Hirsch (Audience prize, 2004)
Birgid Steinberger (3rd prize, 1990)
Carine Tinney (3rd prize, 2014)
Mezzosoprano:
Diana Haller (1st prize, 2012)
Katalin Halmai (1st prize, 1990)
Anna Alàs i Jové (2nd prize, 2010)
Annelie Sophie Müller (1st prize, 2010)
Marie Seidler (3rd prize, 2014)
Hagar Sharvit (3rd prize, 2012)
Tenor:
Javier Alonso (3rd prize, 2010)
Julio Fernández (3rd prize, 1994)
Baritone:
Dietrich Henschel (2rd prize, 1990)
Ludwig Mittelhammer (1rd prize, 2014)
André Morsch (1rd prize, 2007)
Håkan Vramsmo (2rd prize, 2001)
Piano:
Matthias Alteheld (2nd prize, 2001)
Ammiel Bushakevitz (3rd prize, 2012)
Alexander Fleischer (2nd prize, 2010)
Chihiro Gordon (2nd prize, 2007)
Alexandra Ismer (Audience prize, 2004)
Katharina Landl (1st prize, 2012)
Kerstin Mörk (Special prize Best Lied Pianist, 2012)
Ainoa Padrón (3rd prize, 2010)
Eric Schneider (Special prize Best Lied Pianist, 1987 & 1990)
Katharina Thöni (3rd prize, 2014)
Jonathan Ware (1st prize, 2014)
Friederike Wiesner (Special prize Best Lied Pianist, 2012)
Link Anniversary concert (Encore)
9th International Art Song Competition Stuttgart: 23 - 28 September 2014
Awardees 2014:
1st Prize: Ludwig Mittelhammer & Jonathan Ware
2nd Prize: Emma Moore & Klara Hornig
3rd Prize: Marie Seidler & Katharina Thöni
Special Prize: Carine Tinney & Thomas Wypior
8th Internationale Art Song Competition Stuttgart: 20 - 25 September 2012
Awardees 2012:
1st Prize: Diana Haller & Katharina Landl
2nd Prize: Andreas Beinhauer & Melania Inés Kluge
3rd Prize: Hagar Sharvit & Ammiel Bushakevitz
Special Prize Piano: Kerstin Mörk, Friederike Wiesner
7th International Art Song Competition Stuttgart: 14 - 19 September 2010
Awardees 2010:
1st Prize: Annelie Sophie Müller & Elif Şahin-Nesweda
2nd Prize: Anna Alàs i Jové & Alexander Fleischer
3rd Prize: Javier Alonso & Ainoa Padrón
Competitions 1987 - 2007
2007: André Morsch & Eildert Beeftink, Elena Copons-Labarias & Chihiro Gordon,
Raphaël Favre & Chiho Togawa, Tobias Berndt & Misa Kanuma
2004: Michael Nagy & Juliane Ruf, Colin Balzer & Erika Switzer, Ágúst Ólafsson &
Izumi Kawakatsu, JaeEun Lee & Fan Yang, You-Seong Kim & Sonia Kim,
Melanie Hirsch & Alexandra Ismer
2001: Hermann Wallén & Kanako Nakagawa, Hakan Vramsmo & Matthias Alteheld,
Jewgenija Grekowa & Irina Purischinskaja, Alexander Puhrer & Senka Brankovic,
Susanna Levonen, Anne Le Bozec
1994: Locky Chung, Susanne Scheinpflug, Stephan Genz, Stefan Geyer,
Morten Ernst Lassen, Julio Fernández, Markus Hadulla
1990: Matthias Goerne, Dietrich Henschel, Birgid Steinberger, Katalin Halmai,
Irène Friedli, Gisèle Fixe, Matthias Rettner, Manuel Bärtsch, Eric Schneider
1987: Oliver Widmer, Christiane Oelze, Leonardo de Lisi, Hans de Vries,
Ellen van Lier, Matthias Weichert, André Howard, Gisèle Fixe, Philippe Biros,
Otto Katzamaier, Eric Schneider