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Henle Piano Competition 2016: The winners
190 young pianists from eleven countries took part in the Henle Piano Competition on YouTube. You can see and hear their enthusiasm and fun. All participants were requested to play one of the “Lyrical Pieces” by Edvard Grieg. Our sincere thanks go to all the girls and boys for their lively participation that really pleased us. A few days ago, the jury sat together for the final discussion and decision making. After thoroughly appraising each contribution determined the following winners were determined:
Age group I (6 to 8 years)
1. Preize (150 Euros):
Jacky Xiaoyu Zhang from Cambridge, Great Britain
2. Prize (100 Euros):
Kai Gergov from Vienna, Austria
3. Prize (50 Euros each):
Salome Kvaratskhelia from Frankfurt/Main, Germany
and Colin Alexander Pütz from Niederkassel, Germany
The 4. to 10. Prizes (a Henle Urtext edition each) was awarded the following participants without placement (in alphabetical order):
Laurin Atzenbeck from Wildenberg, Germany
Soley Blümel from Buchbach, Austria
Valeria Erandi González Gerwig from Königswinter, Germany
Justin Huang from Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Zi Mo Liu from Beijing, China
Yuliana Kiselova from Odessa, Ukraine
An Yu from Bad Homburg, Germany
Age group II (9 to 11 years)
1. Prize (200 Euros):
Simon Haje from Berlin, Germany
2. Prize (130 Euros each):
Milo Fels from Kelkheim, Germany
and Haowen Gao from Vienna, Austria
3. Prize (70 Euros):
Mirko Kegel from Munich, Germany
The 4. to 11. Prize (a Henle Urtext edition each) was awarded the following participants without placement (in alphabetical order):
Thorben Diederichsen from Göttingen, Germany
Odric Aurelian Gaspers from Berlin, Germany
Oliver Groneberg from Hofheim, Germany
Lulu-Eina Heidel from Wesseln, Germany
Cosima Heilmaier from Erding, Germany
Jessica Jiang from Madison, WI, USA
Evangelyn Shen from Allentown, PA, USA
Andy Zhu from Frankfurt/Main, Germany
The members of the jury were
- Prof. Michael Schäfer, Hochschule für Musik und Theater Munich
- Dr. Wolf-Dieter Seiffert, G. Henle Verlag, Munich
- Prof. Claudius Tanski, Universität Mozarteum Salzburg.
A listing of all participants is available, ordered by age groups, on our YouTube channel.
The 1.-3. Prize winners received money prizes. All other prizes were Henle Urtext music books. The prizes will be sent by post shortly. Congratulations to all the winners!
The 6. Henle Piano Competition will start in January 2017!