The first prize was not awarded.
The second prize of 15,000 € was awarded to the baritone Tobias Berndt, born in Germany in 1979. Tobias Berndt studied at Leipzig’s Hochschule für Musik und Theater “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy” with Hermann Christian Polster and at Mannheim’s Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst with Rudolf Piernay. He has participated in numerous master classes given by by artists such as Theo Adam, Wolfram Rieger, Norman Shetler, Julia Varady, and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.
The third prize was awarded to two participants. 5,000 € each go to the tenor Seil Kim, born in South Korea in 1977, and the baritone Daniel Schmutzhard, born in Austria in 1982.
Seil Kim Seoul studied at Seoul Arts High School, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Conservatoire et Haute école de Musique de Genève with Gilles Cacheaille, Zurich’s Hochschule für Musik with Scott Weir, and Opera Studio Nederland with Marcel Reijans. He has participated in master classes given by artists such as Virginia Zeani, Christa Siebert-Freund, Natalie Stuzmann, Peter Schreier, and Thomas Quasthoff.
Daniel Schmutzhard studied at Innsbruck’s Tiroler Landeskonservatorium with Karlheinz Hanser and Vienna’s Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst with Ralf Döring. He has participated in master classes given by artists such as Brigitte Fassbaender, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.
The pianist prize was also divided: 5,000 € each go to Alexander Fleischer, born in Germany in 1981, and Gary Matthewman, born in England in 1979.
Alexander Fleischer studied at Hochschule für Musik „Hanns Eisler“, Berlin with Gabriele Kupfernagel, Brigitta Wollenweber, and Wolfram Rieger. He has participated in master classes given by artists such as Arkadi Zenzipér, Herbert Henck, Rudolf Kehrer, Norman Shetler, Irwin Gage, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Christa Ludwig, and Scott Weir.
Gary Matthewman studied at London’s Royal College of Music, with John Blakely, Roger Vignoles, John Barstow, and Stuart Day. He has participated in master classes given by artists such as Malcolm Martineau, Wolfram Rieger, and Susan Tomes.
The Prize for the Most Promising Future Talent was also split between two participants: 2,500 € each go to the pianist James Baillieu, born in South Africa in 1982, and the bass Jan Martinik, born in what is now the Czech Republic in 1983.
James Baillieu studied at St. John’s College in Johannesburg, London’s Trinity College of Music, University of Cape Town, and London’s Royal Academy of Music with Malcolm Martineau, Michael Dussek, and Kathryn Stott. He has participated in master classes given by artists such as Roger Vignoles, Julius Drake, Thomas Quasthoff, Philip Langridge, Jan Philip Schulze, Maxim Vengerov, Ann Murray, and Rudolf Jansen.
Jan Martinik studied at Janáček-Konservatorium in Ostrava, Czech Republic with Alžbeta Pappová. He has participated in master classes given by artists such as Peter Dvorsky and Verena Keller.