6. Mauricio Kagel Composition Competition 2025
The 6th Mauricio Kagel Composition Competition took place from 4 – 7 February 2025. The aim of the competition is the creation and dissemination of new piano works for children or young people.
From 200 pieces submitted from 50 countries, a distinguished jury nominated the pieces for the final, which were performed by students by students of the Ludwig van Beethoven Department of Piano in Music Education.
Prize Winners
1. Prize: Damian Scholl (Germany)
for his work "Love Songs" for piano 8-hands
2. Prize: João Ricardo (Portugal)
for his work "What does the wall say?" for piano 4-hands
2. Prize: Raphael Vilani (Brasil)
for his work "like…"
3. Prize: Sean Cedric Schumann (Germany)
for his work "six short pieces"
Commendation: Sang hyun Hong (South Korea)
for his work "Sechs Erinnerungen"
Further informationen on the competition websites.
Here you can find a video recording of the competition in the mdwMediathek.
Damian Scholl
Love Songs for piano 8-hands
- I. Stars at my Elbow, II. Drop drop
- III. Cats and Dogs, IV. Is the Bus still running?, V. Angelitos
David Stadler, Charlotte Alton, Jessica Wang, Julia Oppitz
João Ricardo
What does the wall say? for piano 4-hands
Felix Kraus, Naemi Klinge
Raphael Vilani
like...
- I. like a meteor shower
- II. like assembling a mechanism
- III. like a cat wand
- IV. like the middle of the ocean
Erika Spring
Sean Cedric Schumann
six short pieces
- No. 1 andante espressivo.
- No. 2 rubato, liberamente.
- No. 3 misterioso (sempre).
- No. 4 sognate. Fluente.
- No. 5 ritmico.
- No. 6 lento misterioso (sempre rubato e liberamente.)
Cansu Zumpfe
Sang hyun Hong
Sechs Erinnerungen (six memories)
- (1) Wildfang
- (2) Nachbild, (3) Zwillinge
- (4) Geheimnis
- (5) Endlose Fragen, (6) Spur
Franziska Musil
Participants
Audio engineer: Benedikt Roß