Participants in 2023

The 4th International Hans von Bülow Competition aroused great interest worldwide. So far, we have received 117 applications from 34 countries.

Junior Category

Age group I (ages 13 and under)

Seven young pianists were invited to Meiningen.

Here are our finalists, ages 13 and under:

• Eva Wang, Austria
• Linda Yuan, Germany
• Jeffrey Dong, Australia
• Celina Höferlin, Germany

Congratulations to (ages 13 and under):

first prize: Jeffrey Dong

2 second prizes: Eva Wang & Celina Höferlin

Age group II (14-17 years)

13 young pianists were invited to Meiningen.

Here are our finalists, age group II (14-17 years):

• Yoonseok Shim, South Korea
• Shan-Shan Tsai, Taiwan
• Tantan Wang, China
• Lukian Gasser, Switzerland

Congratulations (ages 14 -17 years) to:

First prize: Tantan Wang

Second prize: Lukian Gasser

2 third prizes: Shan-Shan Tsai & Yoonseok Shim

Professional Category

From 73 applicants, 28 young musicians were selected to play in Meiningen in May 2023.

Here are the participants of the second round in the category Professionals (in the order of their appearance in the first round):

• Hin-Yat Tsang
• Miki Ueda
• Nicolas Absalom
• Rachel Breen
• Mitsuki Fukuhara
• Julian Gast
• Gyu-Tae Ha
• Masaharu Kambara
• Nejc Kamplet
• Qiao Liu
• Nagino Maruyama
• Simonas Miknius

In the final round will play with the Meininger Hofkapelle (n order of their appearance in the first round):

• Hin-Yat Tsang
• Rachel Breen
• Masaharu Kambara
• Nejc Kamplet

Here are the winners - congratulations to:

first prize: Rachel Breen, USA

second prize: Nejc Kamplet, Slowenien

third prize: Masaharu Kambara, Japan

Conducting from the Piano Category

From 23 applicants, 12 young musicians were selected to play in Meiningen in May 2023.

Here are the semifinalists in the category conducting from the piano (in order of the first round) who play with the Meininger Hofkapelle:

• Youngho Park
• Aurel Dawidiuk
• Gabriel Durliat
• Mikael Loponen

Here are the finalists in the category conducting from the piano (in order of the first round) who play with the Meininger Hofkapelle:

• Aurel Dawidiuk
• Gabriel Durliat
• Mikael Loponen

Here are the winner in the category conducting from the piano - congratulations to:

first prize: Aurel Dawidiuk, Deutschland

second prize: Gabriel Durliat, Frankreich

third prize: Mikael Loponen, Finnland