Stefanie Hohl Competition
Institute-internal competition
for regular students of violin studies
The competition is based on a testamentary donation of the late Mrs. Stefanie Hohl and has been held annually since 1979. All students of the violin department of the Fritz Kreisler Institute are eligible to participate.
The competition consists of two public rounds, after which the jury decides whether the prize is to be awarded to one person or divided among several eligible candidates.
The Jury:
1st Round:
Chairman: Univ. Prof. Anton SOROKOW
Univ. Prof.in Eszter HAFFNER
Univ. Prof.in Laura Elina VÄHÄLÄ
Univ. Prof. Dalibor KARVAY
Univ.-Prof.in Ioana Cristina GOICEA
Dr. Alfred HUBER
Final Round:
Chairman: Univ. Prof. Anton SOROKOW
Univ. Prof.in Elisabeth Kropfitsch
Univ. Prof.in Laura Elina VÄHÄLÄ
Univ. Prof. Lothar STRAUß
Univ. Prof.in Lieke te WINKEL
Univ. Prof. Dalibor KARVAY
Dr. Alfred HUBER
Prof. Christos GALILAIAS (Finale)
Sponsor Dr. Alfred Huber, Prof. Anton Sorokow with the Winners of the Stefanie Hohl Competition 2026 Yukiko Okubo, Mikhail Gavrilov and Gabriel Rosensteiner
Result of the final selection on March 26th, 2026:
1. Prize: Mikhail Gavrilov
2. Prize: Yukiko Okubo
3. Prize: Gabriel Rosensteiner
The Dr. Alfred Huber Special Prize was awarded to:
Mikhail Gavrilov
Congratulations to all three prize winners of the Stefanie Hohl Competition 2026!
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We would like to thank our sponsors:
Dr. Alfred Huber for the sponsored cash prizes,
Violin maker Dimitri Musafia and Univ. Prof. Lothar Strauß for a high-quality violin case from the Master series.
Univ. Prof. Eszter Haffner and the Shih family for the donated carbon violin bow.
Jargar Strings Denmark for providing strings for all competition participants!
Association IMK – for a performance by the prizewinner with the North Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.
Thank you very much for your commitment!
Fritz Kreisler Institute
for concert string instruments, guitar and harp
Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1
1030 Vienna
fki@mdw.ac.at
Artistic Operations Office
Julia Ostroverkhova
ostroverkhova@mdw.ac.at
The Stefanie Hohl Competition is held once a year for violin students of the Fritz Kreisler Institute.
Past competitions
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Stefanie Hohl Competition 2025
1. Prize: Eduard Steude
2. Prize: Eva Ter-Sarkisova
3. Prize: Aijia Li
Stefanie Hohl Competition 2024
1. Prize: Robert Einenkel
2. Prize: Julian Walder
3. Prize: Laura-Katherina Handler
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Stefanie Hohl Competition 2023
1. Prize: Kimura Wakana
2. Prize: Chen Jiayi & Eva Ter-Sarkisova
3. Prize: -
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Stefanie Hohl Competition 2022
1. Prize: Jiaqi LU
2. Prize: Arevik IVANYAN
3. Prize: Sabina ISLAM
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Stefanie Hohl Competition 2021
1. Prize
Katharina Auer & Maxim Tzekov
3. Prize
Moeka Ueno
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