Impressions from the European Piano Competition Bremen 2024

From February 7th onwards, the audience got to enjoy one week of artistic highlights and high quality performances played by the international contestants of the European Piano Competition Bremen. The prize winners were:

Théotime Gillot - 1st prize - € 10,000 (Sparkasse Bremen)

Viktor Soos - 2nd prize - € 7,500 (Saacke family)

Alexander Doronin - 3rd prize - € 5,000 (Osmers family) 
 Théotime Gillot - Audience Award - € 2,500 (Glocke-Veranstaltungs-GmbH)

The following special prizes were also awarded:


Théotime Gillot - Prize for the youngest semifinalist - € 2,000 (Heinz Peter and Annelotte Koch Stiftung)

Lukas Katter - Siegrid Ernst-Prize for the best interpretation of a piece composed by a female composer - € 1,000 (Archiv Frau und Musik)

Congratulations to all prize winners!

Here are some impressions of the exciting competition, photographed by Karsten Klama.

Impressions from the 2020/21 competition

The European Piano Competition Bremen 2021 took place from 12-18.7.2021 in the Sendesaal Bremen. Numerous guests feverishly participated under the special conditions of the Corona pandemic both in the Sendesaal Bremen and in the livestream. In the end, the international jury awarded the following prizes:
Valère Burnon - 1st prize
Lukas Sternath - 2nd prize
Aleksandr Zakharov - 3rd prize
Lukas Sternath - Audience Award (this year awarded by pupils)

The following special prizes were also awarded:
Valère Burnon - prize for the best interpretation of the commissioned composition “Bursting Light” by Matan Porat.
Kiron Atom Tellian - prize for the youngest semifinalist
Anna Khomichko - prize for the excellent interpretation of a piece of music by a female composer

We congratulate all the prize winners!

We sincerely thank all sponsors and prize donors of this year’s competition:
Sparkasse Bremen, Heinz Peter und Annelotte Koch-Stiftung, Waldemar Koch Stiftung, Karin und Uwe Hollweg-Stiftung, Familie Saacke, Familie Osmers, Bremer Tageszeitungen AG, Internationaler Arbeitskreis Frau und Musik e.V.

The competition was photographed by Karsten Klama and Jörg Sarbach.

European Piano Competition 2018

European Piano Competition 2016