The first two rounds of the competition will be held at Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler, Charlottenstraße 55, Room 151 (Studiosaal). The participants can use the conservatory’s practice rooms during the competition. A detailed rehearsal schedule will be posted and distributed.
The third and final round of the competition will take place at the Chamber Music Hall at Berlin’s Philharmonie, Herbert-von-Karajan-Str. 1, 10785 Berlin.
The prizewinners’ concert will also be held here.
Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler is located in the historical center of Berlin on one of its most beautiful squares, Gendarmenmarkt. Founded in 1950, it is one of Germany’s best conservatories, and features several orchestras, choruses, and numerous chamber groups. Each year, the conservatory presents around 400 public events, concerts, operas, and recitals. There are extensive collaborations with the neighboring Konzerthaus Berlin, Stiftung Berliner Philharmoniker, and Staatsoper Unter den Linden. The conservatory’s chamber orchestra plays regularly in the Chamber Music Hall at Berlin’s Philharmonie, and stages productions with Berlin’s Staatsoper. Many teachers at the conservatory—David Geringas, Gidon Kremer, Marie Luise Neunecker, Thomas Quasthoff, Julia Varady, Antje Weithaas, and Tabea Zimmermann-Sloane—are world-class soloists, and provide an outstanding level of training.
Initially highly controversial, Hans Scharoun’s Philharmonie is today universally accepted as one of Berlin’s icons. In 1956, the architect’s design won the competition for a new building for the Berlin Philharmonic. His modern, visionary concept was an outrage to many, and it was a struggle to erect the new structure against great opposition (1960–1963). Since then, the concert hall with its unique architecture and acoustics has become a model for many other concert halls around the world.