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.

Stefanie Hohl Award 2025
Lothringerstraße/Franz Liszt-Hall

Preselection:
Wednesday, March 26th, 2025

Final selection:
Thursday, March 27th, 2025

Program:

In the first round:

1. J.S. Bach: The first and second movement of a Sonata or the Chaconne from the 2nd Partita from the 6 Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, BWV 1001-1006.

2. N. Paganini: One Caprice from the 24 Caprices, Op. 1.

3. W.A. Mozart: First movement from one of the 3 Violin Concertos : KV216, KV218, KV219 (till reprise) with cadenza.

4. A. Huber: First or third movement from the Piano Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 32 or Sonatina for Violin solo, Op. 41 (For sheet music, please inquire via email at ostroverkhova@mdw.ac.at)

In the second round:

A complete Violin Concerto (major violin concertos, starting with L.v. Beethoven).

Accompanists are to be arranged by participants themselves.

Prizes 2025:

1st Prize: High-quality Musafia violin case from the Master Series, donated by Prof. Lothar Strauß + €1,000 donated by composer Alfred Huber.

Concert at the Philharmonic Hall in Teplice (Czech Republic) with the North Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (on June 5, 2025) - sponsored by the IMK Association for International Music and Cultural Promotion.

2nd Prize: €1,000 donated by composer Alfred Huber + a Carbon Violin Bow donated by Prof. Eszter Haffner

3rd Prize: €800 donated by composer Alfred Huber.

*Application form for the violin competition for the Hohl Prize 2025

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