International Telekom Beethoven Competition Bonn

Das Finale der Internationalen Telekom Beethoven Competition Bonn am Samstag Abend: Herzlichen Glückwunsch an Caleb Borick, der nicht nur die Competition, sondern auch den Publikumspreis gewonnen hat. 🏆👏

Ein großes Bravo auch an Lovre Marusic für den zweiten Platz und Zhouhui Shen für den dritten Platz.
Zusammen mit dem Beethoven Orchester Bonn, dirigiert von Dirk Kaftan, brachten sie gestern Abend die zu einem fulminanten Abschluss.

Das beeindruckende Spiel und die Ausdauer dieser drei Finalist:innen verdienen höchste Anerkennung. 🙌✨ Herzlichen Glückwunsch an alle!
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In the Orchestra Final yesterday night, the three finalists played alongside the incredible , under the masterful direction of 🎹 Thanks again to our three amazing finalists, who made this contest so special and graced us with their genius.
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📸 Norbert Ittermann
ℹ️ presented by Beethovenfest Bonn

In the Orchestra Final last night, the three finalists played alongside the incredible Beethoven Orchester Bonn, under the masterful direction of Dirk Kaftan. 🎹
Thanks again to our three amazing finalists, who made this contest so special and graced us with their genius.
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📸 Norbert Ittermann

FINALLY: The winner of has been revealed! Caleb Borick - our warmest congratulations! 🏆

The second prize was awarded to the talented Lovre Marusic and the third prize goes to wonderful Zhouhui Shen.

In addition to that, Caleb won the audience prize for the best interpretation of a piano concerto in the final round!

Thanks to all of you for making this year's competition exceptionally special and unforgettable.

In the Orchestra Final, the Beethoven piano concertos were brilliantly performed by our prize-winners alongside the incredible Beethoven Orchester Bonn, under the masterful direction of Dirk Kaftan. 🎹🏆

Was für eine außergewöhnliche Nacht: das Kammermusikfinale der diesjährigen Internationalen Telekom Beethoven Competition, begleitet vom Beethoven Trio Bonn!
Die zusätzlichen Preise für Kammermusik sowie der Schumann-Preis wurden an Caleb Borick und Lovre Marusic verliehen. Herzlichen Glückwunsch!

Wir blicken mit voller Vorfreude auf das große Orchesterfinale heute Abend, die Spannung steigt! 🎶🏆
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What an extraordinary night: the Chamber Music Final accompanied by the incredible .
Special prizes for chamber music and the Schumann-Price were bestowed upon Caleb Borick and Lovre Marusic. Heartfelt congratulations!

We are filled with anticipation and excitement for the grand Orchestra Final tonight, where we will finally unveil the winner of ! The anticipation is real! 🎶🏆
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📸 Norbert Ittermann
ℹ️ presented by Beethovenfest Bonn

What an extraordinary night: the Chamber Music Final accompanied by the incredible Beethoven Trio Bonn.
Special prizes for chamber music and the Schumann-Price were bestowed upon Caleb Borick and Lovre Marusic. Heartfelt congratulations!

We are filled with anticipation and excitement for the grand Orchestra Final tonight, where we will finally unveil the winner of ! The anticipation is real! 🎶🏆
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📸 Norbert Ittermann

Wir freuen uns, die drei Finalist:innen der diesjährigen Telekom Beethoven Competition bekannt geben zu können! 🌟

1. Lovre Marusic
2. Caleb Borick
3. Zhouhui Shen

Herzlichen Glückwunsch auch an Kevin Chow zum Gewinn des Beethoven-Haus Preises! 🏆

Die drei Finalist:innen bereiten sich nun auf das Kammermusikfinale am Freitag und das Orchesterfinale am Samstagabend vor. 🎶

🎟️ Tickets:➡️ Link in bio!
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Here are some pictures of our three finalists from the Semi-Final yesterday!
They are now gearing up for the Chamber Music Final on Friday and the Orchestra Final on Saturday night. 🎶
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📸 Norbert Ittermann
ℹ️ presented by Beethovenfest Bonn

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Here are some pictures of our three finalists from the Semi-Final yesterday!

They are now preparing for the Chamber Music Final on Friday and the Orchestra Final on Saturday night. 🎶

🎟️ Tickets: ➡️ bit.ly/ProgramTickets
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📸 Norbert Ittermann

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Ladies and gentleman, we are thrilled to announce our 3 finalists!

Also, a big to Kevin Chow for winning the Beethoven-Haus Prize, selected by the audience.

The 3 finalists are now gearing up for the Chamber Music Final on Friday and the Orchestra Final on Saturday night. Get your tickets here: bit.ly/ProgrammTickets

Stay tuned for the grand final! 🎶

Captured some truly beautiful moments during round 2 of ! 🌟
Grateful to everyone who added to the joyous atmosphere.

🎟️Join us for the Chamber Music Final – get your tickets here: bit.ly/ChamberMusicFinal
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📸 Norbert Ittermann

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The champions of the second round have been selected!
Wishing the best of luck to our 6 semifinalists 🎶
Ready to grace the stage once more in the semi-finals tomorrow, Wednesday. 🎹
A sincere thank you to all participants, with 12 extraordinary performances, it was a tough decision.

Also special congratulations to Lovre Marušić - Pianist for winning the Schumann-Price!

Get your tickets for the Chamber Music Final here: ➡️ bit.ly/ChamberMusicFinal

Drumroll, please!
The victors of the first round have been chosen, and they're set to grace the stage once again for the second round on Monday and Tuesday. 🎹
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who participated, to 24 amazing performances, and a special good luck to our triumphant 12 contestants! 🎶

FIRST ROUND: DAY 1 🎹

Yesterday marked the official commencement of the competition!
We're excited to share some pictures capturing the essence of the first day.
For the first round of , our 24 pianists are required to showcase their skills by presenting three pieces from the repertoire of Bach and Beethoven.🎶

After three days of performances, the winners of this initial round will be selected, earning the privilege to advance to the second round. Only the top 12 contenders will secure a spot in the next phase of the competition. 🏆

Our DAY 1 competitors were:
1. Hanna Schwalbe
2. Théotime Gillot
3. Mia Pecnik
4. Khanh Nhi Luong
5. Hyunji Kim
6. Andrey Denisenko
7. Lovre Marusic
8. Adam Kalunski

DAY 2 competitors:
1. Wanting Cheng
2. Jiahao Han
3. Xuanrong (Lynn) Ye
4. Seth Schultheis
5. Akane Yoshida
6. Wataru Mashimo
7. Caleb Borick
8. Minji Lee
9. Ruka Yokoyama

DAY 3 competitors:
1. Beor Lee
2. Re Zhang
3. Darya Dadykina
4. Zhouhui Shen
5. Kevin Chow
6. Spartak Margayan
7. Kiana Reid
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📸 Michael Staab

The 10th Biannual Telekom Beethoven Competition is officially in full swing! 🎶
At yesterday's Welcome Concert, Hans H. Suh, the extraordinary talented last competition winner, graced us with breathtaking interpretations of Brahms, Liszt, and even his own beautiful compositions.

What an amazing kickoff to this year's competition! 🎹
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📸 Michael Staab

🎥 Watch the full live stream of our Welcome Concert by Hans H. Suh here:
https://www.telekom-beethoven-competition.de/itbcb-de/wettbewerb/livestream or on MAGENTA TV!
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We proudly present to you:
This year's 24 participants of ! 💗

24 participants
9 jury members
4 rounds
over €90,000 prize money

Here's to 10 days dedicated to the enchanting world of music, talent, and sheer joy inspired by Beethoven's masterpieces 🎹
Let's go!🎵
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📸 Norbert Ittermann

The finally starts on Thursday, November 30th - we are so exited! 🎉
Get your tickets here ➡️bit.ly/ProgrammTickets or join us free of charge at the 1st and 2nd round of the competition.
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Die geht am Do, den 30.11 endlich los! Tickets gibt's hier ➡️bit.ly/ProgrammTickets ! Mehr Infos zu den Konzerten auf Deutsch: ➡️ bit.ly/InfoKonzerte

WELCOME CONCERT
📅 Wed, 30.11.2023 | 7 pm
📍 Telekom Headquarters, Bonn
🎟️ bit.ly/ProgrammTickets

1st round:
📅 01.-03.12.2023 | 10am-2 pm, 5pm-9 pm
📍 Telekom Headquarters, Bonn
🎟️ Free entry, no tickets required!
➡️ bit.ly/InfoConcerts

2nd round:
📅 04.12.-05.12.2023 | 10am-2 pm, 5pm-9 pm
📍 Telekom Headquarters, Bonn
🎟️ Free entry, no tickets required!
➡️ bit.ly/InfoConcerts

SEMI-FINAL
📅 06.12.2023 | 10am-2 pm, 5pm-9 pm
📍 Telekom Headquarters, Bonn
🎟️ Free entry, no tickets required!
➡️ bit.ly/InfoConcerts

CHAMBER MUSIC FINAL
📅 08.12.2023 | 7 pm
📍 Telekom Headquarters, Bonn
🎟️ bit.ly/ProgrammTickets

ORCHESTRA FINAL
📅 09.12.2023 | 7 pm
📍 Telekom Forum, Bonn
🎟️ bit.ly/ProgrammTickets

WINNERS' MATINÉE
📅 10.12.2023 | 12 noon
📍 Beethoven House, Bonn
🎟️ bit.ly/ProgrammTickets
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We are pleased to announce that by yesterday's application deadline we had received 143 applications from 30 countries. We are proud to have once again significantly exceeded our record number of applicants (102 applications in 2021). Our namesake Ludwig van Beethoven is a global brand that has fans all over the world. This has been impressively demonstrated once again by the number of applicants.
We wish all the pianists who have applied good luck and success with their applications. We will contact each of you in the coming days to confirm receipt of your application and to let you know if any documents are missing.
We look forward to an exciting competition in December!

Only 10 days left in the application phase for the tenth International Telekom Beethoven Competition! To all pianists worldwide: Do not miss the chance to apply and present an ambitious repertoire containing Beethoven and other works through music history in Beethoven’s birth city Bonn.
Prizes for this year’s finalists have been raised to EUR 50,000, 25,000 and 10,000 EUR for 1st, 2nd and 3rd winner. In addition to that are all finalists invited to apply to Deutsche Telekom AG with artistically outstanding and personal heartfelt projects for a one-off grant of up to EUR 15,000. In this way, we want to encourage our prize winners to be able to implement exciting and unusual artistic projects with our support.

Apply via our Application Form (https://www.telekom-beethoven-competition.de/itbcb-en/competition/application-form -multipage-step-1) until 19th of May!

We are looking for.... Young pianists around the world!
For the tenth edition of the International Telekom Beethoven Competition Bonn, we have increased the prize money: EUR 50,000 will be awarded to the first prizewinner who can convince the jury of his or her interpretation in the final. Concerts and recitals in Germany and throughout Europe await the winners.
The application is still possible until May 19, 2023. All information on our homepage (link in bio).

We are very happy that our prize winner Alexei Tartakovsky will be our guest on Sunday March 5, 2023 for a recital at the Orangerie Kirchheimbolanden.
Alexei Tartakovsky will perform works by Franz Liszt/Ludwig van Beethoven, Robert Schumann and Sergei Rachmaninov.

Take the chance to get tickets via the link in our bio!

March 26 marks two Beethoven anniversaries: On this day 245 years ago, in 1778, Ludwig van Beethoven gave his first public performance; on March 26, 1827, Beethoven died in Vienna.
Together with the Beethoven-Haus Bonn and the Bürger für Beethoven (Citizens for Beethoven), we are honoring this day, which is special from two points of view, with a concert to which Filippo Gorini has been invited!
Gorini, who is also a laureate of the Beethovenring of the Bürger für Beethoven, will give a talk-concert in the chamber music hall of the Beethoven-Haus Bonn, in which he will present works by Beethoven as well as "The Art of Fugue" by Johann Sebastian Bach, a work which Gorini has illuminated anew from many facets with his multimedia project "The Art of Fugue explored" with various artistic personalities.
Get your tickets now on bonnticket.de!

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Hans Suh Fans und Klavierliebhaber aufgepasst! Am 02. Oktober startet gemeinsam mit der Klassischen Philharmonie Bonn seine Konzerttournee durch Deutschland und wird in 11 Städten zu hören sein!
Das Konzertprogramm widmet sich ganz dem größten Sohn Bonns: Neben Beethovens Klavierkonzert Nr. 5 mit Hans Suh am Klavier erklingt außerdem die Ouvertüre "Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus" sowie die Sinfonie Nr. 7!
Tickets sind unter www.klassische-philharmonie-bonn.de sowie an der Abendkasse erhältlich.

Hans Suh fans and piano lovers watch out! On October 2, Hans Suh will start his concert tour through Germany together with the Klassische Philharmonie Bonn and will be heard in 11 cities!
The concert program is dedicated to Bonn's greatest son: In addition to Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 with Hans Suh at the piano, the overture "The Creatures of Prometheus" and Symphony No. 7 will also be performed!
Tickets are available at www.klassische-philharmonie-bonn.de and at the box office.

Photo (c) Norbert Ittermann

Congratulations to the piano duo Yaara Tal and Andreas Groethuysen for the prize of the 2022 (see article in our bio)! We are proud to have had Yaara Tal as a member of the jury last year at the and look forward to her partner Andreas Groethuysen as a jury member for 2023!
By the way: Have you already had a look at the other jury members? Take a look at our homepage now!
(c) Photo: Alexa Kuszlik

.hanssen.piano, 2019 semifinalist, has received the 2021 Beethoven Ring, awarded each year by Bonn's "Bürger für Beethoven" (Citizens for Beethoven). The pianist thus joins the ranks of numerous illustrious musical personalities who have also been prize winners in the past, including Gustavo Dudamel, Igor Levit, Kit Armstrong and others.
Each year, the “Bürger für Beethoven” chooses the “Ring Prize winner” from among the youngest Beethoven interpreters who perform during the Beethovenfest. Knut Hanßen is the second participant of the Beethoven Competition Bonn to receive the Beethoven Ring, after Filippo Gorini, who also won the prize in 2016. Congratulations, Knut Hanßen, on the award!

We are very much looking forward with to his debut at the Gewandhaus zu Leipzig on April 30, 2022!
In cooperation with , Cunmo will play his debut in the Mendelssohn Hall starting at 8 pm: He has brought with him the incredibly virtuosic Études d'exécution transendante by Franz Liszt. More information and tickets at the link in the bio!

CHARITY CONCERT WITH PHILIPP SCHEUCHER AT THE BEETHOVEN-HAUS BONN

Donations will benefit the "Freunde Helfen!" convoy as well as the Beethoven House's aid programme "Musicians in Need: Hope for Peace".
Due to current events, the Young Stars concert originally announced for 29 May with the Austrian pianist Philipp Scheucher, who won the Beethoven-Haus Prize at the International Telekom Beethoven Competition 2021, has been brought forward to 4 April 2022 at 8 pm. On the initiative of the Rotary Club Bonn International, the concert is now being organised by the Beethoven-Haus in cooperation with five Rotarian associations and the International Telekom Beethoven Competition Bonn as a benefit concert in support of humanitarian causes in the context of the war in Ukraine.
Tickets can be purchased for 10 EUR at the Beethoven-Haus shop ([email protected] / 0228 9817537).
At the same time, the organisers call for donations to the Rotarian-supported "Freunde Helfen!" convoy in aid of the suffering population in the conflict area as well as to the Beethoven House's aid programme "Musicians in Need: Hope for Peace" to the following account:
Rotary Club Bonn International
Keyword "Benefit Concert
IBAN: DE61 3705 0198 1935 4313 93
Donations can also be made without attending the concert. Donation receipts can be issued on request.
As the organiser of the International Telekom Beethoven Competition Bonn, Deutsche Telekom AG has agreed to support the concert financially and to generously extend the donations.

The Austrian pianist Philipp Scheucher, who won the Beethoven House Prize at the recent International Telekom Beethoven Competition as the audience favourite, is one of the leading musicians of his generation and has already performed on the major stages of Europe and North America. Born in Graz in 1993, he received his pianistic training at the Graz University of the Arts, the Cologne University of Music and Dance and the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media. Ludwig van Beethoven has a very special significance for Philipp Scheucher. He feels a very special affinity for his work, says Scheucher.