Carl Nielsen International Music Competition Explained

Carl Nielsen International Competition (Danish: Carl Nielsen Konkurrencen) is a competition for classical musicians (violin, clarinet, and flute) held in Odense, Denmark, in memory of the composer Carl Nielsen.

Overview

The competition was established in 1980 under the patronage of Queen Margarethe of Denmark. It became a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions in 1981. Initially a violin competition, its first President was Henryk Szeryng. Later the competition added special editions for organists (since 1986), clarinetists (since 1997) and flutists (since 1998). At various times jury members included Max Rostal, Joseph Gingold, Norbert Brainin, Arve Tellefsen, Milan Vitek, Dorothy DeLay, Tibor Varga, Jean-Jacques Kantorow.

Since 2012, the organ competition is no longer part of the Carl Nielsen Competition, but is instead held as a separate competition. But the violin, clarinet and flute competitions have, after nearly four decades, established themselves as some of the most demanding and rewarding in the world, each offering winners the chance to launch a significant international career. From 2019, the Carl Nielsen International Competitions for violin, clarinet and flute will be held concurrently for the first time. Representing the 2019 competition as Artistic Advisors are three of the world's leading musicians in their fields – Nikolaj Znaider, Emmanuel Pahud and Martin Fröst.

During the 2022 edition of the competition a mentoring program called Espansiva! was held concurrently. The aim of this new program is to run alongside future editions of competition and to offer participants advice and insight during their time in Odense. During Espansiva! 2022, 10 talks were given by guest experts, soloists and musicians and 4 complementary workshops. There was opportunity for individual conversations with members of the Espansiva! team and each evening both participants and guest speakers were invited to "relax and eat together" at the aptly named Anarkist brewery located in Odense. The name Espansiva! comes from C. Nielsen's 3rd Symphony which also goes by the name Espansiva!^[1]

Prizes

Current prizes

1st Prize

The 1st prize includes a sum of 25.000 Euro's as well as a recording deal with Orchid Classics and the Odense Symphony Orchestra with an approximate value of 13.000 Euros. The winner of this prize is also offered to appear as a soloist with top nordic orchestra's. In addition the 1st Prize winner of the Violin competition will also receive a bow made by Duncan EMCK, donated by "Ulf Eriksson Violiner".^[2]

2nd Prize

2nd Prize winner will be awarded 10.000 Euros.^[2]

3rd Prize

3rd Prize winner will be awarded 7.500 Euros^[2]

Special Prizes

Odense Symphony Orchestra Prize: 1.000 Euros awarded among the violin, Clarinet and Flute finalists.Junior Jury Prize: 1.000 Euros awarded among the violin, Clarinet and Flute finalists.Audience Prize: 1.000 Euros awarded among the violin, Clarinet and Flute finalists.Prize for best interpretation / Prize for Playing around Nielsen: 1.000 Euros awarded for the best performance of new piece commissioned for the violin competition and 1.000 Euros awarded amongst the 2nd round candidates of the Flute and the Clarinet competitions performing playing around Nielsen.^[2]

Prize-winners

Violin

1980

1st Prize: Kathleen Winkler
2nd Prize: Per Enoksson
3rd Prize: Hozumi Murata
4th Prize: Adriana Rosin
5th Prize: Grazyna Skowron
6th Prize: Marius Nichiteanu

1984

1st Prize: Osamu Yaguchi
2nd Prize: Lenuta Ciulei-Atanasiu
3rd Prize: Johannes Søe Hansen
4th Prize: Jaroslaw Zolnierczyk
5th Prize: Jacob Friis
6th Prize: Anne Yuuko Akahoshi

1988

1st Prize: Alexei Kochvanets
2nd Prize: Heike Janicke
- 3rd Prize: Joji Hattori 4th Prize: Nicole Monahan
5th Prize: Sigrun Edvaldsdottir
6th Prize: Beata Warykiewicz

1992

1st Prize: Nikolaj Znaider
- - 2nd Prize: Jennifer Koh 3rd Prize: Pekka Kuusisto 4th Prize: Ilja Sekler
5th Prize: Not awarded
6th Prize: Vladislav Adelkhanov

1996

- - 1st Prize: Adele Anthony 2nd Prize (shared): Malin Broman and Jaakko Kuusisto 3rd Prize: Not awarded
4th Prize: Not awarded
5th Prize: Esther Noh
6th Prize: Tamás András

1999

1st Prize: Leor Maltinski
2nd Prize: Saeka Matsuyama
3rd Prize: Mariko Inaba

2000

1st Prize: Masaaki Tanokura
2nd Prize: Dmytro Tkachenko
3rd Prize: Mikkel Futtrup
4th Prize: Mariusz Patyra

2004

1st Prize: Hyuk Joo Kwun
2nd Prize: Erin Keefe
3rd Prize: Ui-Youn Hong

2008

1st Prize: Hrachya Avanesyan
2nd Prize: Yusuke Hayashi
- 3rd Prize: Josef Spacek 4th Prize: Eugen Tichindeleanu

2012

1st Prize: Olga Volkova
2nd Prize: Niklas Walentin Jensen
3rd Prize: Eva Thorarinsdottir
4th Prize: Ui-Youn Hong

2016

1st Prize (shared): and Ji Yoon Lee
2nd Prize: Not awarded
3rd Prize: Luke Hsu
4th Prize (shared): Soo-Hyun Park, Ji Won Song, and Karen Kido

2019

1st Prize: Johan Dalene
2nd Prize: Marie-Astrid Hulot
3rd Prize: Anna Agafua Egholm

2022

1st Prize (shared): Hans Christian Aavik and Bohdan Luts
2nd Prize: Not awarded
3rd Prize: Eun Che Kim

Flute

1998

1. Prize: Karl-Heinz Schütz
2. Prize: Kazunori Seo
3. Prize: Henrik Wiese
4. Prize: Natalie Schwaabe

2002

1. Prize: Pirmin Grehl
2. Prize: Denis Bouriakov
3. Prize: Fruzsina Varga
4. Prize: Sarah Rumer

2006

1. Prize: Alexandra Grot
2. Prize: Lukasz Dlugosz
3. Prize: ex aequo: Marion Ralincourt and Grigory Mordashov

2014

1. Prize: Sébastian Jacot
2. Prize: Yukie Ota
3. Prize: Yaeram Park

2019

1. Prize: Joséphine Olech
2. Prize: Marianna Julia Żołnacz
3. Prize: Rafael Adobas Bayog

2022

1. Alberto Navarra
2. Seoyeon Kim
3. Alberto Acuna Almela

Clarinet

1997

1. Prize: Spyros Mourikis
2. Prize: Igor Begelman
3. Prize: Carlo Failli
4. Prize: Anne Piirainen

2001

1. Prize: Alexander Fiterstein
2. Prize: Nicolas Baldeyrou
3. Prize: Jens Thoben
4. Prize: Sebastien Batut

2005

1. Prize: Olivier Patey
2. Prize: Olivier Vivarès
3. Prize: Björn Nyman
4. Prize: Vincent Penot

2009

1. Prize: Olli Leppäniemi
2. Prize: Christelle Pochet
3. Prize: Daniel Ottensamer
4. Prize: Balazs Rumy

2013

1. Prize: Sergey Eletskiy
2. Prize: Mathias Kjøller
3. Prize: Inn-Hyuck Cho
4. Prize: Pierre Genisson

2019

1. Prize: Blaz Sparovec
2. Prize: Aron Chiesa
3. Prize: Víctor Díaz Guerra

2022

1. Oleg Shebeta-Dragan
2. Ann Lepage
3. Panagiotis Giannakas

Organ

1986

1. Prize: not awarded
2. Prize: Jesper Madsen
3. Prize: Kevin Bowyer

1988

1. Prize: Andreas Liebig
2. Prize: Kayo Ohara
3. Prize: Anne Nietosvaara

1990

1. Prize: Kevin Bowyer
2. Prize: Bine Katrine Bryndorf
3. Prize: Yuzuru Hiranaka

1992

1. Prize: Christopher Wrench
2. Prize: Stephen Farr
3. Prize: Christian Schmitt
4. Prize: Pascale Melis
5. Prize: Paul Theis

1994

1. Prize: not awarded
2. Prize: Rie Hiroe
3. Prize - Ex Aequo: Walter Savant-Levet and Marina Zagorski
4. Prize: Stefan Kordes
5. Prize: Frédéric Desenclos

1996

1. Prize: Hanne Kuhlmann
2. Prize: Veronique le Guen
3. Prize: Torsten Laux
4. Prize: Jin Kim
5. Prize: Heinrich Christensen

1998

1. Prize: Johannes Unger
2. Prize: Teilhard Scott
3. Prize: Torsten Laux
4. Prize: Samuel Kummer
5. Prize: Làszló Deàk

2000

1. Prize: not awarded
2. Prize - Ex Aequo: Sarah Baldock and Charles Harrison
3. Prize: Christina Blomkvist
4. Prize: Burkhard Just
5. Prize: Hedvig Dobias

2002

1. Prize: not awarded
2. Prize: Burkhard Just
3. Prize: Helene von Rechenberg
4. Prize: Katrin Meriloo

2004

1. Prize: William Whitehead
2. Prize: Clive Driskill-Smith
3. Prize - Ex Aequo: So-Hyun Park and Johannes Hämmerle

2007

1. Prize: Henry Fairs
2. Prize: Gijs Boelen
3. Prize: Daniel Bruun
4. Prize: Ruth Draper

2011

1. Prize: Philip Schmidt-Madsen
2. Prize: Timothy Wakerell
3. Prize: Simon Menges

References

Official website

Notes and References

Web site: Espansiva! . Carl Nilsen Competition & Odense Symphony Orchestra. June 30, 2024.
Web site: Prizes for Violin, Clarinet and flute Competition. Carl Nielsen Competition & Odense Symphony orchestra. June 30, 2024.