Elisabeth Waglechner wins International Mozart Competition 2020
11.02.2020
Awards & Successes
© Christian Schneider
The 1st prize in the piano category (Bösendorfer Prize), endowed with 10,000 euros, the "Audiodata Audience Award" and the special prize for the best interpretation of a work by Wolfgang A. Mozart went to the Austrian Elisabeth Waglechner. She studies with Stefan Vladar at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, where she was accepted into the highly gifted course with Alma Sauer at the age of 12 and studied with Christopher Hinterhuber.
Su Yeon Kim (25 years / South Korea)
The 2nd prize in the piano category (7,000 euros - donated by the European Foundation for Support of Culture) was awarded to the South Korean
Su Yeon Kim was awarded. The Mozarteum student was a semi-finalist in the
at the Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw and the Queen Elisabeth
Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels. 1. She won prizes at the
Compositores de Espana Piano Competition in Madrid and at the
Johann Nepomuk Hummel International Piano Competition.
Yu Nitahara (29 years / Japan)
The 3rd prize (5,000 euros - donated by the International Salzburg Association) went to the Japanese pianist Yu Nitahara - likewise an
Exceptional talent with a number of 1st prizes at international competitions
Competitions, including the Morocco Philharmonic Orchestra
International Music Competition, the Johann Nepomuk Hummel
International Piano Competition, the PTNA Piano Competition
and the Kazuko Yasukawa Memorial Competition in Japan.
Seika Ishida (22 years / Japan)
The special prize for the best interpretation of the commissioned work
of the commissioned work by composer Krzysztof Meyer was awarded by the jury to Seika Ishida
who won numerous competitions as a teenager between the ages of 10 and 18
Competitions as a teenager. One of her greatest successes was the 1st.
Prize at the Zhuhai International Mozart Competition 2019 for young
Musicians in China. AUDIODATA PUBLICUM AWARD: Elisabeth Waglechner
1000 Euro - donated by Audiodata Salzburg GmbH SPECIAL PRIZE for the best interpretation of the commissioned work "Bagatelle for Piano"
(by Krzysztof Meyer): Seika Ishida / Japan
500 Euro - donated by L. Bösendorfer Klavierfabrik GmbH SPECIAL PRIZE for the best interpretation of a work by W. A. Mozart:
Elisabeth Waglechner
New Mozart Edition (Bärenreiter-Verlag) - donated by the Mozarteum Foundation Salzburg BÄRENREITER URTEXT PRIZE for the finalists:
Elisabeth Waglechner, Su Yeon Kim, Yu Nitahara
Music vouchers worth 300 Euro each - donated by the Bärenreiter publishing house
The 2nd prize in the piano category (7,000 euros - donated by the European Foundation for Support of Culture) was awarded to the South Korean
Su Yeon Kim was awarded. The Mozarteum student was a semi-finalist in the
at the Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw and the Queen Elisabeth
Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels. 1. She won prizes at the
Compositores de Espana Piano Competition in Madrid and at the
Johann Nepomuk Hummel International Piano Competition.
Yu Nitahara (29 years / Japan)
The 3rd prize (5,000 euros - donated by the International Salzburg Association) went to the Japanese pianist Yu Nitahara - likewise an
Exceptional talent with a number of 1st prizes at international competitions
Competitions, including the Morocco Philharmonic Orchestra
International Music Competition, the Johann Nepomuk Hummel
International Piano Competition, the PTNA Piano Competition
and the Kazuko Yasukawa Memorial Competition in Japan.
Seika Ishida (22 years / Japan)
The special prize for the best interpretation of the commissioned work
of the commissioned work by composer Krzysztof Meyer was awarded by the jury to Seika Ishida
who won numerous competitions as a teenager between the ages of 10 and 18
Competitions as a teenager. One of her greatest successes was the 1st.
Prize at the Zhuhai International Mozart Competition 2019 for young
Musicians in China. AUDIODATA PUBLICUM AWARD: Elisabeth Waglechner
1000 Euro - donated by Audiodata Salzburg GmbH SPECIAL PRIZE for the best interpretation of the commissioned work "Bagatelle for Piano"
(by Krzysztof Meyer): Seika Ishida / Japan
500 Euro - donated by L. Bösendorfer Klavierfabrik GmbH SPECIAL PRIZE for the best interpretation of a work by W. A. Mozart:
Elisabeth Waglechner
New Mozart Edition (Bärenreiter-Verlag) - donated by the Mozarteum Foundation Salzburg BÄRENREITER URTEXT PRIZE for the finalists:
Elisabeth Waglechner, Su Yeon Kim, Yu Nitahara
Music vouchers worth 300 Euro each - donated by the Bärenreiter publishing house
