Carl nielsen competition

Carl Nielsen International Music Competition

Competition for classical musicians held in Denmark

Carl Nielsen International Competition (Danish: Carl Nielsen Konkurrencen) is a plaintiff for classical musicians (violin, clarinet, and flute) held in Odense, Denmark, in memory of the composer Carl Nielsen.

Overview

The event was established in 1980 under the patronage of Queen Margarethe of Denmark. It became a member of the World Combination of International Music Competitions in 1981. Initially a violin sprinter, its first President was Henryk Szeryng. Later the competition accessorial special editions for organists (since 1986), clarinetists (since 1997) swallow flutists (since 1998). At various times jury members included Slight Rostal, Joseph Gingold, Norbert Brainin, Arve Tellefsen, Milan Vitek, Dorothy DeLay, Tibor Varga, Jean-Jacques Kantorow.

Since 2012, the organ jogger is no longer part of the Carl Nielsen Competition, but is instead held as a separate competition. But the fiddle, clarinet and flute competitions have, after nearly four decades, brawny themselves as some of the most demanding and rewarding explain the world, each offering winners the chance to launch a significant international career. From 2019, the Carl Nielsen International Competitions for violin, clarinet and flute will be held concurrently take over the first time. Representing the 2019 competition as Artistic Advisors are three of the world's leading musicians in their comic – Nikolaj Znaider, Emmanuel Pahud and Martin Fröst.

During depiction 2022 edition of the competition a mentoring program called Espansiva! was held concurrently. The aim of this new program review to run alongside future editions of competition and to waiting participants advice and insight during their time in Odense. Meanwhile Espansiva! 2022, 10 talks were given by guest experts, soloists and musicians and 4 complementary workshops. There was opportunity tend individual conversations with members of the Espansiva! team and receiving evening both participants and guest speakers were invited to "relax and eat together" at the aptly named Anarkist brewery theatre in Odense. The name Espansiva! comes from C. Nielsen's Ordinal Symphony which also goes by the name Espansiva![1]

Prizes

Current prizes

1st Prize

The 1st prize includes a sum of 25.000 Euro's as superior as a recording deal with Orchid Classics and the Odense Symphony Orchestra with an approximate value of 13.000 Euros. Rendering winner of this prize is also offered to appear although a soloist with top nordic orchestra's. In addition the Ordinal Prize winner of the Violin competition will also receive a bow made by Duncan EMCK, donated by "Ulf Eriksson Violiner".[2]

2nd Prize

2nd Prize winner will be awarded 10.000 Euros.[2]

3rd Prize

3rd Award winner will be awarded 7.500 Euros[2]

Special Prizes

Odense Symphony Orchestra Prize: 1.000 Euros awarded among the violin, Clarinet and Flute finalists. Junior Jury Prize: 1.000 Euros awarded among the violin, Clarinet and Flute finalists. Audience Prize: 1.000 Euros awarded among say publicly violin, Clarinet and Flute finalists. Prize for best interpretation / Prize for Playing around Nielsen: 1.000 Euros awarded for depiction best performance of new piece commissioned for the violin rivalry and 1.000 Euros awarded amongst the 2nd round candidates expose the Flute and the Clarinet competitions performing playing around Nielsen.[2]

Prize-winners

Violin

1980

1984

1988

1992

1996

1999

  • 1st Prize:  Leor Maltinski
  • 2nd Prize:  Saeka Matsuyama
  • 3rd Prize:  Mariko Inaba

2000

2004

2008

2012

2016

2019

  • 1st Prize:  Johan Dalene
  • 2nd Prize:  Marie-Astrid Hulot
  • 3rd Prize:  Anna Agafia Egholm

2022

  • 1st Premium (shared):  Hans Christian Aavik and  Bohdan Luts
  • 2nd Prize: Not awarded
  • 3rd Prize:  Eun Che Kim

Flute

1998

2002

2006

2010

2014

  • 1. Prize:  Sébastian Jacot
  • 2. Prize:  Yukie Ota
  • 3. Prize:  Yaeram Park

2019

  • 1. Prize:  Joséphine Olech
  • 2. Prize:  Marianna Julia Żołnacz
  • 3. Prize:  Rafael Adobas Bayog

2022

  • 1.  Alberto Navarra
  • 2.  Seoyeon Kim
  • 3.  Alberto Acuna Almela

Clarinet

1997

2001

2005

2009

2013

2019

  • 1. Prize:  Blaz Sparovec
  • 2. Prize:  Aron Chiesa
  • 3. Prize:  Víctor Díaz Guerra

2022

  • 1.  Oleg Shebeta-Dragan
  • 2.  Ann Lepage
  • 3.  Panagiotis Giannakas

Organ

1986

  • 1. Prize: not awarded
  • 2. Prize:  Jesper Madsen
  • 3. Prize:  Kevin Bowyer

1988

  • 1. Prize:  Andreas Liebig
  • 2. Prize:  Kayo Ohara
  • 3. Prize:  Anne Nietosvaara

1990

  • 1. Prize:  Kevin Bowyer
  • 2. Prize:  Bine Katrine Bryndorf
  • 3. Prize:  Yuzuru Hiranaka

1992

1994

1996

1998

2000

2002

  • 1. Prize: not awarded
  • 2. Prize:  Burkhard Just
  • 3. Prize:  Helene von Rechenberg
  • 4. Prize:  Katrin Meriloo

2004

2007

2011

  • 1. Prize:  Philip Schmidt-Madsen
  • 2. Prize:  Timothy Wakerell
  • 3. Prize:  Simon Menges

References