C. Bechstein Pianoforte AG is organising the 4th Bechstein-Bruckner Competition Austria in cooperation with the Brucknerhaus Linz. The competition aims to promote young pianists studying at Austrian music academies and conservatories that offer a solo piano programme.
The competition will be held on 10 June from 11:30 am and on 11 June 2024 from 10:30 am on a C. Bechstein concert grand piano D 282 in the Middle Hall of the Brucknerhaus. The compulsory pieces in the first round are Anton Bruckner's Stille Betrachtung an einem Herbstabende, a character piece in F sharp minor, which he composed in Linz in 1863 for his piano pupil Emma Thanner, and in the second round Wolfgang Amadé Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 13 in B flat major, which was also composed in Linz in November 1783 and whose first movement the great Austrian pianist Paul Badura-Skoda considered to be "one of the most beautiful [...] in the piano literature".
Both rounds of the competition are open to the public and admission is free.
Prof Ewa Kupiec
Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media
Prof Florian Mitrea
Royal Academy of Music in London
Prof. Cédric Pescia
Haute école de musique Genève
The award ceremony of the 4th Bechstein-Bruckner Competition Austria will take place on Tuesday, 11 June at 5:30 pm.
The winner can look forward to a concert engagement as part of the C. Bechstein Piano Evenings at the Brucknerhaus Linz on 7 November 2024 with a guaranteed fee of 3,000 euros. The second prize is endowed with 2,000 euros and the third prize with 1,000 euros. In addition, the organisers will award a special prize of 500 euros in the first round for the best interpretation of the compulsory piece Stille Betrachtung an einem Herbstabende fis-Moll WAB 123 by Anton Bruckner and a special prize of 500 euros in the second round for the best interpretation of the compulsory Piano Sonata No. 13 in B flat major, KV 333 (315c) by Wolfgang Amadé Mozart.
The award ceremony is open to the public, admission is free!