Hoffmeister Viola-Competition

 

The Hoffmeister Viola Competition is an internal competition open to students enrolled in the Viola Performance Programme. It offers participants the opportunity to demonstrate their artistic abilities in two public rounds.

The competition will take place on 16 and 17 January 2027.

 

First Round – 16 January 2027

  • Two movements from a solo suite by Max Reger

  • One additional work of the participant’s choice, either for solo viola or for viola and piano (excluding Franz Anton Hoffmeister’s Viola Concerto in D major)
     

Second Round – 17 January 2027
Public final round with a maximum of three participants.
 

  • Franz Anton Hoffmeister: Viola Concerto in D major (complete, with piano accompaniment)

Prize

The competition awards one prize only.

The winner will have the opportunity to perform Franz Anton Hoffmeister’s Viola Concerto in D major as a soloist in a public concert with orchestra.

Prizewinner’s Concert

10 July 2027, 3:30 pm
Ehrbar Saal, Vienna
Euro-Sinfonietta Wien
Conductor: Robert Papocsi

Jury

Chair: Univ. Prof. Anton Sorokow

  • Univ. Prof. Gerhard Fabian Marschner

  • Univ. Prof. Sebastian Herberg

  • Univ. Prof. Thomas Selditz


We would like to express our sincere gratitude to our prize sponsor, Verein IMK, for providing the winner with the opportunity to perform as a soloist with an orchestra.