4TH THEODOR LESCHETIZKY INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION
HAMBURG, 22ND - 27TH AUGUST 2020

Competition 2020

Calendar

22nd August 2020 – Opening concert, opening ceremony

23rd, 24th August 2020 – First round

25th, 26th August 2020 – Final round

27th August 2020 – Prize winner concert


Participants

Candidates qualified for the 4th Theodor Leschetizky International Piano Competition in Hamburg (Alphabetical order):


2. Tymoteusz Bies, Poland
3. Stefan Bonev, Bulgaria
5. Alexander Breitenbach, Germany
6. Matteo Cardelli, Italy
8. Zofia Dynak, Poland
9. Augustinas Eidukonis, Lithuania
10. Ivan Galić, Croatia
11. Rick-Henry Ginkel, Germany
12. Zhuotao Huang, Germany
13. Vinsenso Julius Pratama Husin, Indonesia
14. Medeea Iftimie, Romania
15. Thomas Kelly, United Kingdom
17. Vincent Ling, United Kingdom
18. Oleksandr Loiko, Ukraine
19. Spartak Margaryan, Armenia
20. Gevorg Matinyan, Armenia
21. Antonia Miller, Germany
22. Marcel Mok, Germany
25. Zuzanna Pietrzak, Poland
26. Sarah Quitt, Germany
27. Johannes Daniel Schneider, Germany
28. Viacheslav Shelepov, Russia
29. Clara Isabella Siegle, Germany
30. Joanna Sielicka, Poland
31. Daniel Streicher, Germany
32. Mayu Takeuchi, Japan
33. Quyen Tran Le Bao, Vietnam
34. Jan Wachowski, Poland
35. Marcin Wieczorek, Poland
38. João Xavier, Portugal
39. Gabriel Yeo, Germany
40. Qian Yong, China
41. Jiarui Zhao, China


finalists


2. Tymoteusz Bies, Poland
3. Stefan Bonev, Bulgaria
10. Ivan Galić, Croatia
15. Thomas Kelly, United Kingdom
18. Oleksandr Loiko, Ukraine
20. Gevorg Matinyan, Armenia
25. Zuzanna Pietrzak, Poland
30. Joanna Sielicka, Poland
31. Daniel Streicher, Germany
33. Quyen Tran Le Bao, Vietnam
34. Jan Wachowski, Poland
35. Marcin Wieczorek, Poland
39. Gabriel Yeo, Germany
40. Qian Yong, China

results

1st prize - ex aequo - 2.500 €

Thomas Kelly, United Kingdom
Marcin Wieczorek, Poland

2nd prize - ex aequo - 1.500 €

Zuzanna Pietrzak, Poland
Jan Wachowski, Poland

3rd prize - ex aequo - 750 €

Tymoteusz Bies, Poland
Gabriel Yeo, Germany

Carl Bechstein prize - 1.000 €

Oleksandr Loiko, Ukraine

Chopin prize - ex aequo - 1.000 €

Zuzanna Pietrzak, Poland
Jan Wachowski, Poland

Concert prize: recital at the Silesian Beethoven Festival in Głogówek, Poland

Gabriel Yeo, Germany

Concert prize: recital at the Paderewski Festival in Raleigh, USA

Thomas Kelly, United Kingdom

Four cultural prizes: cultural travel in Poland

Stefan Bonev, Bulgaria
Ivan Galić, Croatia
Daniel Streicher, Germany
Quyen Tran Le Bao, Vietnam

Schedule

22nd August 2020, Saturday

20:00 - Opening Concert with Elizaveta Don (prizewinner of the 3rd Theodor Leschetizky International Piano Competition 2017 in Hamburg)

23rd August 2020, Sunday – First round - day 1

First round day 1 sessions:

BREAK (lunch)

BREAK (fresh up)

24th August 2020, Monday – First round - day 2

First round day 2 sessions:

BREAK (lunch)

BREAK (fresh up)

BREAK (fresh up)

  • 18:10 - 19:10 – Jury closing session of the first round
  • 19:10 - 20:10 – Announcement of the results

25th August 2020, Tuesday – Final round - day 1

Final round day 1 sessions:

BREAK (lunch)

BREAK (fresh up)

26th August 2020, Wednesday – Final round - day 2

Final round day 2 sessions:

BREAK (lunch)

BREAK (fresh up)


  • 17:25 - 18:25 – Jury closing session of the final round
  • 18:45 – Announcement of the results

27th August 2020, Thursday – Laureate concert

19:30 – Laureate concert


Prizes

• 1st Prize 5.000 €

• 2nd Prize 3.000 €

• 3rd Prize 1.500 €


Special Awards


• Chopin Prize: 2.000 € for the best interpretation of Fryderyk Chopin’s works – awarded by Chopin Gesellschaft Hamburg & Sachsenwald and Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Hamburg

• Carl Bechstein Prize: 1.000 € for the best interpretation of works by following composers: Hans von Bülow, Franz Liszt, Claude Debussy or Alexander Skrjabin

• Concert Prize: Recital at the Paderewski Festival in Raleigh, USA

• Concert Prize : Recital at the Silesian Beethoven Festival in Głogówek, Poland

• Four Cultural Prizes: cultural travel in Poland.
Warsaw, Żelazowa Wola (Birthplace of Chopin), Cracow, Zakopane (K. Szymanowski Museum)


Programme

First round (20 Min.)

Final round (45 Min.)


The works are freely selectable for all rounds, however at least 20 minutes of Polish music should be included; for example by such composers as Fryderyk Chopin, Karol Szymanowski, Juliusz Zarębski, Grażyna Bacewicz, Witold Lutosławski, Theodor Leschetizky und Ignacy Jan Paderewski.

In the first round the pianist may include a movement of a sonata or multi-movement work. They may play other movements of the same work in the final round, but may not repeat any movement they have previously performed in the first round.

All pieces have to be played from memory. All works must be complete.

Competition participants will play on two concert grand pianos: Steinway D grand piano in the first round and C. Bechstein D grand piano in the final round.

The changing of program is not allowed after the 1st of July 2020.


Competition Committee

Prof. Elmar Lampson, President of the University of Music and Theatre in Hamburg

Oskar Skiba, Managing Director, ORLEN Deutschland GmbH

Dr. Daniela Nerlich, Board Member of the Chopin Gesellschaft Hamburg & Sachsenwald

Gregor Willmes, Project Manager of the Carl Bechstein Foundation in Berlin

Adam Wibrowski, artistic director of the Paderewski Festival Raleigh (USA)

Burkhard Muth, President of the German Leschetizky Society in Fernwald



Artistic Director

Prof. Hubert Rutkowski, University of Music and Theatre in Hamburg


Jury

Hubert Rutkowski-Jury Chairman, Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg

Caroline Weichert, Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg

Konstanze Eickhorst, Musikhochschule Lübeck

Evgeni Bozhanov, Folkwang Hochschule Essen

Sofya Gulyak, Royal College of Music London

Konrad Skolarski, Chopin University of Music Warsaw


Conditions of Participation

• Admitted to participate are students of music uni versities, academies and conservatories fromm all countries.

• Applications in German or English.

• Minimum of 30 candidates and maximum of 40 candidates will be accepted and invited to the competition. The candidates will be informed of the respective decision no later than 25th of June 2020.

• The order of performance will be drawn at random.

• All participants are in the agreement that the performances are recorded by radio and TV as well as broadcasted online.

• The Jury’s decision is final, any recourse to legal action is excluded.


Application Regulation

Application deadline: 15th of June 2020

(The application deadline has passed!)

Registration Fee

The registration fee of 100 € has to be paid only after receiving the invitation for the competition to the following account:

Th. Leschetizky Music Society in Warsaw
IBAN: PL 92 1140 2017 0000 4812 0134 5511
BIC (SWIFT): BREXPLPWMBK
Payment title:
Leschetizky 2020 (your name)


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