This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.
Competitions
Students of isaMasterclasses have the opportunity to participate in competitions and win monetary awards.
The jury is made up of professors from various isaMasterclasses. In certain cases, the jury may decide to split the awards.
The award winners of the competitions will be honored during the Prizewinners’ Concert.
Registration at the beginning of the course on site.
Awards 2023
Awards for all instrumentalists and singers
AHUV Award I Bohuslav Martinu Award I Gottfried von Einem Award I Ignaz Pleyel Award I Vienna Classicism Award I Viktor Kalabis Award I Zoltan Kodaly Award I Digital Creative Award
Course specific awards
String Soloists Award I Wind Instrument Players Award I Pianists’ Award I Chamber Music Award I George Cziffra Award I Antonin Reicha Award I Artis Quartet Award I Piano Chamber Music Award I Compostion Award I Singing Award
Antonín Reicha Award
donated for an outstanding interpretation of a work by Antonín Reicha or another representative work from the repertoire of Czech Classicism for wind instruments, solo or ensemble.
Sponsored by Nadace Život Umĕlce, Prague.
Prize money: € 2,000,-
AHUV Award
AHUV Award: Chamber music by a Czech composer post-1950
donated for an outstanding interpretation of a post-1950 chamber music work by a Czech composer. Sponsored by Asociace hudebních umělců a vědců (AHUV)/ Czech Society of the Arts and Science, Prague.
Prize money: € 1,000,-
This prize was not awarded in 2023!
Bohuslav Martinů Award
donated for an outstanding interpretation of a work by Bohuslav Martinů. Sponsored by Bohuslav Martinů Foundation, Prague.
Prize money: € 2,000,-
Award winner:
Ensemble Ramé Piano Trio: Bergerettes
Gottfried von Einem Award
donated for an outstanding interpretation of a work by Gottfried von Einem. Sponsored by the Gottfried von Einem-Music Foundation, Vienna.
Prize money: € 1,000,-
This prize was not awarded in 2023!
Ignaz Pleyel Award
donated for an outstanding interpretation of a work by Ignaz Pleyel. Sponsored by the Niederoesterreich Fonds.
Prize money: € 1,000,-
Award winner:
Bence, Levente & Sara Bubreg Trio: Trio for flute, clarinet & bassoon in d-major
Viennese Classicism Award
donated for an outstanding interpretation of a work of Viennese Classicism, excl. Franz Schubert. Sponsored by S IMMO AG, Vienna.
Prize money: € 2,000,-
This award has been divided:
Motus Quartett String Quartet: Ludwig van Beethoven String quartet in F Major
Ensemble Ramé Piano Trio: Joseph Haydn Piano Trio E-Flat major
Jaemin Lee Clarinet: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Concert for clarinet and orchestra in A Major
Viktor Kalabis Award
String quartet and chamber music
donated for an outstanding interpretation of a string quartet or another chamber music work by Viktor Kalabis. Sponsored by Foundation Viktor Kalabis and Zuzana Růžičková, Prague.
Prize money: € 1,000,-
Award winner:
Gala Baladron Kossakowski Flute: “Three pieces for flute”
Zoltán Kodály Award
donated for an outstanding interpretation of a work by Zoltán Kodály.
Thanks to Raiffeisenbank NÖ-Süd & isaFriends.
Prize money: € 1,000
Award winner:
Leonhard Baumgartner Violin: „Adagio & Kállai kettős“
String Soloists' Award
donated for an outstanding performance of a participant in the Masterclass for String Soloists. Sponsored by the Association of Friends of the Vienna Philharmonic.
Prize money: € 1,000,-
Wind Instrument Players' Award
donated for an outstanding performance of a participant or a participating ensemble in the Masterclasses for Wind Instrument Soloists and Ensembles.
Prize money: € 1,000,-
Pianists' Award
donated for an outstanding performance of a participant in the Masterclass for Piano. Sponsored by L. Bösendorfer Klavierfabrik GmbH, Vienna /Wr. Neustadt.
Prize money: € 1,000,-
Chamber Music Award
donated for an outstanding chamber music performance: strings or strings & piano. Sponsored by the Joseph Haydn Department of Chamber Music and Contemporary Music at the mdw, Vienna.
Prize money: € 1,000,-
Georges Cziffra Award
donated for an outstanding performance of a work by Georges Cziffra. Sponsored by Foundation Cziffra Austria, Vienna.
Prize money: € 1,000,-
This prize was not awarded in 2023!
Artis Quartet Award
donated for an outstanding performance / interpretation of a participating string quartet. Sponsored by ARTIS Quartet, Vienna.
Prize money: € 1,000,-
Piano Chamber Music Award
donated for an outstanding chamber music performance: strings and piano.
Sponsored by Yamaha Music Europe, Branch Austria.
Prize money: € 1,000,-
Composition Award
An outstanding composition by a participant in the Masterclass for Composition which is originated or finalized during isa23 will be recognized with an award.
Sponsored by the Association of Friends of the Vienna Philharmonic.
Prize money: € 1,000,-
Singing Award
awarded for an outstanding interpretation of a vocal work.
Prize money: €1,000,-