Category 10

(competitors are ranked in order of best by points scored)

1st Prize and Category Winner and Absolute Winner

Constantin Paul Siepermann / Germany / video
repertoire:
 J. S. Bach - Cello Suite no. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010, Prelude,  G. Ligeti - Sonata for Violoncello Solo
teacher/school: 
Jean-Guihen Queyras, Hochschule für Musik Freiburg

1st Prize

Yuqi Wang / China / video1 / video2
repertoire: Tchaikovsky - Rococo Variations, Davidoff - At the Fountain

teacher/school: Richard Aaron - The Juilliard School

piano accompaniment: Jia Liu

Lukas Plag / Germany / video1 / video2
repertoire: Schumann: Adagio und Allegro, Bach: Suite Nr. 2, Prelude

teacher/school: 
Wen Sinn Yang, HMT München
piano accompaniment: Chifuyu Yada

Elena Ariza / USA / video1 / video2 / video3
repertoire:
 Bach Suite No. 1 in G Major  I. Prelude,  II. Allemande,  V. Menuetts, Faure: Apres un Reve,  Paganini: Caprice #13, arr. Silva
teacher/school: 
Astrid Schween, Juilliard School
piano accompaniment: Luis Ortiz

Štěpánka Plocková / Czechia / video
repertoire:
 Luboš Sluka - Sonáta pro violoncello a klavír - II. věta (Allegro energico)
teacher/school: 
Mgr. Miroslav Zicha, Konzervatoř Brno
piano accompaniment: MgA. Radka Hreňová

2nd Prize

Vladimír Kubálek / Czechia
repertoire:
 J. S. Bach: Suite č.5 c moll - Prelude, G. Cassadó: Suite pro sólové violoncello - Preludio-Fantasia
teacher/school: 
Tomáš Strašil, HAMU
piano accompaniment: 

Hans Schröck / Germany
repertoire:
 F. J. Haydn - Cello Concerto Nr. 2, D major - Hob. VIIb:2 :1. Allegro moderato
teacher/school: 
Prof. Martin Ostertag, University of Music Karlsruhe
piano accompaniment: Miho Uchida

Alessandro Mastracci / Italy
repertoire:
 L.v. Beethoven: Sonata for cello and piano op. 102 n. 2 I. Allegro con brio,  D. Shostakovich: Concerto for cello and orchestra op. 107, I. Allegretto
teacher/school: 
Michal Kaňka, HAMU
piano accompaniment: Stanislav Gallin

Andrej Lekeš / Czechia
repertoire: David Popper Fantasy on Little Russian Themes Op. 43.

teacher/school: 
Tomáš Strašil, Akademie múzických umění Praha
piano accompaniment: Stanislav Gallin

Sofía Torres Durán / Spain
repertoire: J. Haydn - Cello Concerto in C Major, 1º mov and Cadence, J. S. Bach - Prélude, Suite for cello solo Nº 1 in G Major.

teacher/school: 
Prof. Matthias Bartolomey at the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg
piano accompaniment: Susanne Gruber

3rd Prize

Xinzhi Xu / China
repertoire:
 Haydn Cello Concerto in D Major 1st Movement
teacher/school: 
Mario de Secondi,Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Trossingen
piano accompaniment: Zenghao Xu

Ni Zhang / China
repertoire: Prokofiev cello concerto in e minor, Op.125, 1st Mvt

teacher/school: Guangyu Xie, Shanghai Conservatory of Music

piano accompaniment: Cheng Yao

Shanyue Zhu / China
repertoire: Prokofiev Cello Concerto in e minor Op.125 1st mvt; Bach Cello Suite No.4 Prelude

teacher/school: Weiping Chen; Shanghai Conservatory of Music

piano accompaniment: Boyan Lyu

Yao Chen / China
repertoire: Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op.129 - 1. Nicht zu schnell

teacher/school: 
Xinhua Ma, Shanghai Conservatory of Music
piano accompaniment: Yufan Cao

Anna Marie Kadečková / Czechia
repertoire:
 Luboš Sluka - sonáta
teacher/school: 
Mgr. Josef Krečmer, MgA. Jan Zemen, Konzervatoř Pardubice
piano accompaniment: MgA. Kateřina Ochmanová

Honorable Mention

Wang Jingyixiong / China
repertoire: Piatti 12 Caprices for Solo Cello, Op.25 No.12, Allegretto Capriccioso, Bach Cello Suite No.6, BWV 1012, Prelude & Sarabande

teacher/school: Han Xiaoying, Xi'an Conservatory of Music


piano accompaniment:

Kamila Łuczka / Poland
repertoire:
 Max Reger- Suite No. 2 for violoncello solo Op. 131c - Largo and Gigue,  Camille Saint- Saëns- The Swan
teacher/school: Tomasz Szczęsny, Academy of Art in Szczecin

piano accompaniment: 

Zhang Jiaqi / China
repertoire: Schumann Fantasy pieces, Bach Cello Suites fourth prelude

teacher/school: Leon Hillbrands Soochow University

piano accompaniment: Fu Teng