Results 2022

Grand Prix - Gustav Mahler Prize 2022
Daniel Aulak / Poland


Prize of Gustav Mahler Philharmonic Jihlava - Eva Strejcová / Czechia

Prize of Chief Conductor of the Gustav Mahler Philharmonic Jihlava (Diploma) - Matyáš Charvát / Czechia

Prize of Jury president (Diploma) - Amálie Vlčková / Czechia

Prize of Director of Gustav Mahler Institute Prague (Diploma) - Zhongshu Chen / China/Indonesia

Prize for the best Czech competitor (Diploma) - Matyáš Charvát / Czechia

Prize for the interpretation of a composition by Ludwig van Beethoven - Celina Höferlin / Germany
Prize for the interpretation of a composition by Sergei Rachmaninov - Valentiu Constantin Grigorescu /Romania
Prize for the interpretation of a composition by Antonín Dvořák - Matyáš Charvát / Czechia
Prize for the interpretation of a composition by Fryderik Chopin - Ziyan Chen / China
Lesson by Mr. Libor Nováček - Matyáš Charvát / Czechia


Category 1
(competitors are ranked in order of best by points scored)

1st Prize and Category Winner
Ziyan Chen / China / video

repertoire: Chopin Nocturne Op. 15 No. 1 in F Major
teacher/school: 

1st Prize

Klara Kliszczak / Poland / video
repertoire: J.S. Bach - Two Part Invention no 1 in C Major, F. Chopin - Polonaise in g minor op. posth.
teacher/school: Agnieszka Liman, First Degree Self-government Music School in Tarnowo Podgórne, Poland

Maja Korzec / Poland / video
repertoire: Moritz Moszkowski: Tarantella Op. 77 nr 6
teacher/school: Iwona Ulbrich, Professor Józef Świder State Music School of the First and Second Degree in Jastrzębie-Zdrój

2nd Prize

Daniel Wang / New Zealand / video1 / video2
repertoire: Chopin Waltz Op. 64 No. 1, Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum from Children's Corner by Claude Debussy
teacher/school: Chin Yeh, King's school

Xeni Damopoulou / Greece / video1 / video2 / video3
repertoire: D. Kabalevsky, (30 Pieces for Children for Piano) Op. 27, No. 1 - Waltz, D. Shostakovich, Children's Notebook Op. 69 - March,  L. Lukomsky - Polka
teacher/school:


Category 2

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

1st Prize and Category Winner

Amálie Vlčková / Czechia / video1 / video2 / video3
repertoire: W. A. Mozart: Fantasia d minor, KV 397,  L. van Beethoven: Bagatelle No. 9, A. Dvořák: Menuet
teacher/school: Mgr. Věra Chmelová, Ph.D., Škola: Základní umělecká škola Orchidea clasic s.r.o., Brno

2nd Prize

Zhongshu Chen / China/Indonesia / video1
repertoire: Liszt, La Campanella
teacher/school: Teguh Sukaryo, Teguh Sukaryo International Music School

Hana Graffová / Czechia / video1 / video2 / video3
repertoire: J. S. Bach: Dvouhlasá invence F dur, BWV 779, F. Chopin: Cantabile B dur a Mazurka F dur op.68/3,  I. Berkovič: Preludium e moll
teacher/school: Mgr. Věra Chmelová Ph.D., ZUŠ Orchidea clasic Brno

Ryan Yeh / New Zealand / video1 / video2
repertoire: Chopin - Nocturne in F minor, Op.55 No.1, Shostakovich - No.1 & 2 Fantastic Dances
teacher/school: Dr. Rae de Lisle ( Associated Professor of Piano at The University of Auckland ), Remuera Primary School, Auckland



Category 3
(competitors are ranked in order of best by points scored)

1st Prize and Category Winner

Celina Höferlin / Germany / video1
repertoire: W.A.Mozart - Piano Sonata No 12 in F Major, KV 332, 3rd movement Allegro assai, L.van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No 6 in F Major, Op 10 No 2, 1st movement Allegro
teacher/school: Prof Andreas Weber, Pre-college Mozarteum

2nd Prize

Zofia Michałek / Poland / video1
repertoire: J. S. Bach - Sarabande from French Suite no. 3 in B - minor BWV 814, J. SIbelius - Le Sapin (The Spruce) op. 75 no. 5, K. Slavicky - Etude no. 5 from "12 small studies"
teacher/school: Iwona Popławska - Zimowska, Public music school in Gdów

Ethan Wang / New Zealand / video1 / video2
repertoire: Chopin Etude in F minor, Op.25, No.2, Mozart - Sonata in D major, K.311, 1st movt
teacher/school: Chin Yeh, School: King's school

Anna Perglová / Czechia / video1 / video2 / video3
repertoire: J.S.Bach- Bourrée, C. Debussy- Černoušek, S.M.Majkapar- Toccatina
teacher/school: Miroslava Hořáková, ZUŠ Mladá Boleslav

3rd Prize

Hernán Lucena Villanueva / Spain / video1 / video2 / video3
repertoire: F. Chopin: Impromptu op. 29 n 1, C. Czerny: Invention in B minor BWV 786, Etude op. 636 n 11
teacher/school: Estefanía Villanueva Parra, Conservatorio Profesional " Oreste Camarca". Soria. España



Category 4
(competitors are ranked in order of best by points scored)

1st Prize and Category Winner

Matyáš Charvát / Czechia / video1
repertoire: A. Dvořák: Poetic Tone Pictures, Op. 85, Night Journey (Allegro moderato), B. Bartók: Allegro Barbaro (Sz.49)
teacher/school: 

2nd Prize

Alicja Barć / Poland / video1
repertoire: J.S. Bach - Sinfonia C minor BWV 788, J. Haydn - Sonate F major Hob. XVI/23 part 1 Allegro moderato, Roman Statkowski - Prelude Op. 37 No. 1
teacher/school: Hanna Urbańska, General Education Music School First Graduate in Szczecin

Xinyu Li / China / video1 / video2
repertoire: Glinka-Balakirev-The Lark, Chopin Impromptu No.1 Op.29
teacher/school: Hongtu hao, Southwest University-Sanya Middle School

3rd Prize

Piotr Andrzej Szarski / Poland / video1 / video2
repertoire: F. Chopin Fantasie-Impromptu cis-minor op.66, Prelude and Fugue c-minor BWV847
teacher/school: Cyprian Sekrecki, Poznań General Education Music School of the 1st degree Tadeusz Szeligowski No. 2

Category 5
(competitors are ranked in order of best by points scored)

1st Prize and Category Winner

Russell Lavelle Lee / Indonesia / video1
repertoire: F. Chopin - Etude Op. 10 No. 12 in C minor "Revolutionary", 2. L. van Beethoven - Sonata No. 8 Op. 13 in C minor "Pathetique", 1st movement
teacher/school: Jenni Halim, Pianola

2nd Prize

Ella Apolena-Ada Wright / Czechia / video1 / video2 / video3
repertoire: F. Chopin: Nocturne no. 19 in E minor, op. posth., B. Smetana: Poetic polka op. 8 no. 2 in G minor, A. Dvořák: Silhouette no. 5 in F sharp minor
teacher/school: Mgr. Věra Chmelová, Ph.D., ZUŠ Orchidea clasic, s.r.o.

Karolína Karasová / Czechia / video1 / video2
repertoire: Z. Fibich: Nordic fishermen´s song, E. Grieg: To the Spring
teacher/school: Mgr. Věra Chmelová, Ph.D., ZUŠ Brno, Veveří


Category 6
(competitors are ranked in order of best by points scored)

1st Prize 
not awarded

2nd Prize
not awarded

3rd Prize

Siyu Liang / China / video1 / video2 / video3
repertoire: J. Haydn Piano Sonata in D Hob. XVI:24: I. Allegro, J.S. Bach: SUITE 4 BWV 815 Allemande & Gavotte,  Frédéric Chopin: Minute Waltz Op.64 No.1
teacher/school: Chin Yeh, Chin Yeh Music School


Category 7
(competitors are ranked in order of best by points scored)

1st Prize and Category Winner

Valentiu Constantin Grigorescu /Romania / video1
epertoire: S.Rachmaninov - Sonata No.2, OP.36, 1st mov. (1913 version)
teacher/school: Cristina Maria Ralea, National College of Music George Enescu Bucharest

2nd Prize

Adam Choiński / Poland / video1 / video2 / video3
repertoire: Frideric Chopin - Nocturne F# major Op. 15 No. 2,  Mazurka G minor Op. 24 No. 1, Sergiusz Rachmaninov - Prelude G# minor Op. 32 No. 12
teacher/school: Urszula Buda - ZSM No. 1 in Rzeszow Poland

Sára Marčík / Czechia / video1
repertoire: J.Haydn: Sonáta C-dur, Hob. XVI/50 II. Adagio a III. Allegro molto., C. Debussy. La sérénade interrompue (1. kníha) Preludium č.9
teacher/school: prof. Veronika Böhmová, Pražská konzervatoř

Category 8
(competitors are ranked in order of best by points scored)

1st Prize and Category Winner

Lavinia Lee / Indonesia / video1
repertoire: Sergei Rachmaninoff - Etude Tableau Op. 39 No. 6, "Little Red Riding Hood", Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata in C minor, No. 8 Op. 13, "Pathétique", 1st movement, Alexander Scriabin - Etude in D sharp minor, Op. 8 No. 12
teacher/school: Jenni Halim, Pianola


Category 9
(competitors are ranked in order of best by points scored)

1st Prize and Category Winner

Yuanhan Lu / China / video1 / video2
repertoire: J.S.Bach Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp minor BWV 883, Sergei Prokofiev Sonata No.6 Op.82 , 4th Movement
teacher/school: Florian Uhlig, MusikHochschule Lübeck

2nd Prize

Zhehao Wang / China / video1
repertoire: Scriabin Sonata no.5
teacher/school: Hung-Kuan Chen, The Juilliard School

Piotr Czerwiński / Poland / video1 / video2 / video3
repertoire: F. Chopin - Scherzo in E major Op. 54, K. Szymanowski - Mazurka Op. 50 No. 1, S. Rachmaninov - Etude Tableau in E flat major Op. 33 No. 7
teacher/school: dr hab. Elżbieta Pasierowska, General Primary and Secondary Music School Feliks Nowowiejski in Gdańsk

3rd Prize

Nela Pálková / Czechia / video1
repertoire: O. Messiaen Preludium no.1 - La colombe, F. Chopin Etude op.10, no.9 in F minor, W.A.Mozart Sonata No.1 in C Major, K.279 - I.Allegro, S. Rachmaninov Etudes-Tableaux op.33, no.7 in G minor
teacher/school: prof. Veronika Böhmová, Pražská konzervatoř

Jana Křivánková / Czechia / video1
repertoire: F. Liszt - Léta putování - Švýcarsko, č. 3 Pastorale, č. 4 Au bord d'une source, č. 7 Eglogue, S. Hořínka - Sweet, Bright, Harsh and Mellow Chord č. 1 Sweet
teacher/school: prof. Veronika Böhmová, Pražská konzervatoř

Honorable Mention 1st Degree

Julia Prokhorovskaya / Czechia / video1
repertoire: C. Saint-Saens Étude de Rythme As dur op. 52 no. 4, S. Rachmaninov Elegie op. 3 no 1, F. Liszt Koncertní etuda Des dur "Un sospiro"
teacher/school: prof. Veronika Böhmová, Pražská konzervatoř


Category 10
(competitors are ranked in order of best by points scored)

1st Prize and Category Winner

Daniel Aulak / Poland / video1 / video2
repertoire: F. Chopin - Etude in C major Op. 10 No. 1, S. Prokofiev - Sonata No 8, Op. 84, I. Andante dolce - Allegro moderato
teacher/school: Szczepan Kończal/Łukasz Trepczyński, Akademia Muzyczna im. Karola Szymanowskiego w Katowicach

2nd Prize

Eva Strejcová / Czechia / video1 / video2 / video3
repertoire: J.S.Bach - WTC Preludium a fuga c moll, kniha 1, F.Chopin - Nocturne op. 27, č. 1, F.Mendelssohn Bartholdy - Variations serieuses, op. 54
teacher/school: Lukáš Klánský, Hudební a taneční fakulta Akademie múzických umění v Praze

Bo Zhang / USA / video1
repertoire: Grieg Ballade in g minor Op. 24
teacher/school: Prof. Emanuel Ax, The Juilliard School

3rd Prize

Jovan Peruničić / Serbia / video1 / video2 / video3 / video4
repertoire: J. S. Bach: English Suite number 2 a-minor - "Prelude", "Sarabande"C. Debussy: "L'isle joyeuse", S. Prokofiev: "Sugestions diabolique" opus 4 number 4
teacher/school: Libor Nováček, Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Graz

Anna Knoulichová / Czechia / video1
repertoire: B. Smetana - Polka F dur (České tance I), F. Chopin - Balada F dur, Op. 38, F. Chopin - Polonéza As dur, Op. 53
teacher/school: doc. MgA. Martin Kasík, Ph.D., MgA. Eva Boguniová, Pražská konzervatoř

Qianqian Zhao / China / video1 / video2 / video3
repertoire: Liszt: 12 Etudes d'exécution transcendante, S.139: No.5 Feux follets (Allegretto), Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 18 in E Flat Major, Op. 31 No. 3 : IV. Presto con fuoco, Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 28: Allegro tempestoso
teacher/school: Xi You, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China

Stefan Macovei / Romania / video1 / video2 / video3
repertoire: Fr. Chopin - etude op. 25 nr. 11 and Fantaisie in F minor Op. 49, S. Prokofiev - Sonata Nr. 7 Op. 83 - 3rd mvt.
teacher/school: Cipriana Gavrisiu - Gheorghe Dima Academy of Music, Cluj-Napoca, Vincenzo Balzani - Accademia del Ridotto, Stradella


Category 11
(competitors are ranked in order of best by points scored)


1st Prize 
not awarded

2nd Prize

Jou-Yu Shieh / Taiwan / video1
repertoire: Mozart Sonata KV 332 in F major, 3. Allegro assai, Debussy Étude 6 pour les huit doigts,  Debussy Étude 11 pour les arpèges composés,  Bach French Suite no.5, 4. Gavotte, 7. Gigue,  Grieg sonata op.7 in e minor, 1. Allegro moderato, 4. Molto allegro
teacher/school: Wolfgang Manz, Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg

Gyu Choi / South Korea / video1
repertoire: J. Brahms Op. 118 No.2, L. V. Beethoven Piano Sonata Op. 110
teacher/school: Ayami Ikeba, Kunst-universitaet Graz

3rd Prize

Yi-Hsing Wang / Taiwan / video1 / video2 / video3
repertoire: J. S. Bach: Prelude & Fugue No. 9 in E major BWV 878 , WTC Book II, F. Chopin Etude op.10-5, I. Albeniz: Iberia I. Evocacion, S. Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No.8 in B-Flat Major, mov.1
teacher/school: Prof. Detlef Kaiser, Hochschule für Musik Dresden

Honorable Mention 1st Degree

Lu Liu / China / video1
repertoire: First and Third Movements-Chopin Sonata No 3 in B Minor, Op 58, Debussy L'Isle Joyeuse
teacher/school: Qin Chuan, Shandong University

Honorable Mention 2nd Degree

Ko Chi Lun / Hong Kong/China / video1
repertoire: Grieg Lyric Piece Op.71 - 5, "Norwegian Dance", Scriabin Allegro de Concert, Op. 18, Mozart K 309-3, Rondo (Allegretto grazioso), Liszt Etude D'exécution Transcendante S 139 - 4 "Mazeppa"
teacher/school: Alan Chu, Hong Kong Baptist University, Music Department