Applications now being accepted for the International Telekom Beethoven Competition Bonn 2017
- From now until 15 May 2017, pianists can apply to take part in the piano competition
- The Beethoven Competition will take place from 1 - 9 December 2017
From 15 November 2016 on young pianists around the world are invited to submit their applications to compete in the International Telekom Beethoven Competition Bonn 2017. The piano competition will take place from 1 - 9 December 2017 in Bonn and be broadcast to a broad worldwide audience via live stream. Pianists between the age of 18 and 32 at the time of the competition are invited to submit their applications by the deadline on 15 May 2017. Applications can be submitted via the Telekom Beethoven Competition website at www.telekom-beethoven-competition.de where applicants will find detailed information on the competition repertoire and application requirements.
An admissions committee will consider the pool of applications and select 28 pianists to take part in the competition. The admission committee consists of Pavel Gililov, a professor at the University Mozarteum Salzburg who also serves as the competition’s artistic director and chairman of the jury, along with Andreas Frölich, professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz in Cologne and Henri Sigfridsson, professor at Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen.
Along with chairman Pavel Gililov (Germany/Austria), the International Telekom Beethoven Competition Bonn 2017 jury consists of Julia Albrecht (Germany), Akiko Ebi (Japan), Peter Hagmann (Switzerland) Ewa Kupiec (Poland/Germany), Siegfried Mauser (Germany), Jerome Rose (USA), Jacques Rouvier (France) and Lilya Zilberstein (Germany/Austria).
The competition’s top finishers will receive prize money totaling € 67,500, with € 30,000 going to the competition winner, € 20,000 to the second-place finisher and € 10,000 to the third-place finisher. In addition, the audience will cast their vote during the competition’s final round for the best musical interpretation. A special chamber music prize will also be awarded, along with the Beethoven-Haus prize for the audience’s favorite competitor. The winner of the International Telekom Beethoven Competition will have the opportunity to perform in Bonn’s Beethovenhalle concert hall as part of the “Beethoven Nacht” event put on by the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn on 16 December 2017. The Beethoven Orchestra will accompany the finalists as they interpret a Beethoven piano concerto in the competition’s final round. Prize-winners will also receive numerous opportunities to perform around the world as orchestra soloists or in solo recitals.
Along with its high artistic standards and desire to provide outstanding young artists with an international platform and career advancement opportunities, the International Telekom Beethoven Competition places great emphasis on creating a personal atmosphere. The competition sees itself as a meeting place for promising young pianists here in the birth city of Ludwig van Beethoven. Participants in the competition live with guest families for the duration of their stay in Bonn.
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