1st prize: € 30,000
The first prizewinner will receive a monthly stipend of € 2,500 for one year.
2nd prize: € 15,000
The second prizewinner will receive a monthly stipend of € 1,500 for a period of 10 months.
3rd prize: € 7,500
The third prizewinner will receive a monthly stipend of € 750 for a period of 10 months.
Prize for pianists: € 10,000
Stipend for 10 months: € 1,000
Prize for most promising future talent: € 5,000 + master class with Thomas Quasthoff
Stipend for 10 months, € 500
To provide young singers or pianists an opportunity to concentrate for a certain period of time entirely on their studies and training, the prizes will be awarded as monthly stipends. The jury will be given the greatest possible freedom in awarding prizes. All prizes will only be awarded if a fitting candidate is found.
Various festivals, concert series, and venues, including Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Cologne’s Philharmonie, the Lucerne Festival, the Chamber Music Hall at Berlin’s Philharmonie, the Schubertiade, the Verbier Festival, Vienna’s Musikverein, and London’s Wigmore Hall, will offer the prizewinners opportunities to perform.