Alois Kottmann Award
The Alois Kottmann Award is an international award for classical play of the violin with an individual canto style. It honours outstanding international violinists. The competition takes place annually in May/June during International Days of Music Hesse Main-Taunus Hofheim in Hofheim am Taunus, Hesse, Germany.[1][2] After the competition the cultural award will be handed over on a separate date through the Lord Mayor of the city of Frankfurt am Main, Dr. h. c. Petra Roth, in prestigious [[::de:Alten Limpurg|Limpurg Hall]] of the historic city hall Römer.
History
The Alois Kottmann Award was founded and donated in 2001. It is named after its founder and benefactor, the German violinist and university professor Alois Kottmann.[3]
During the first years of the competition only one participant was awarded whereas special bonuses were offered to honour further special talents or performances. This changed in 2005 as then two participants were awarded. In the years 2006 and 2007 Special Appreciation was introduced along the award and the special bonuses. In addition the Bach Award of the city of Hofheim am Taunus was handed over in 2007. In 2010 a 1st and a 2nd place of the award was created, along with the special bonuses. The title Laudatory Appreciation was newly introduced.
In 2006 the Bach Award of the city of Hofheim am Taunus was handed over to Sabrina-Vivian Höpcker (Germany), a special bonus was given to Rebecca Martin (Deutschland), the title Special Appreciation was won by Célia Schann (France).
Goal
The cultural award is meant to aid and encourage the Frankfurt-based tradition of Carl Flesch with its most prominent exponents Alma Moodie and Max Rostal. The jury will place special emphasis on classical discipline, on an artistic and stilistic penetration of the performed works as well as a high canto of tune which signifies and characterises the personality of the artist.[4][5]
"Outstanding violinists can be recogized by their tone, but with the young ones this is often not possible anymore. What is heard from them is performed speciously but without personality. The violin was created because man is able to sing also with it."
Professor h. c. Alois Kottmann (translated from German)[6]
Dotation
The dotation of the award is 3,000 Euro. In addition special bonuses, a silver coin of the award and certificates will be submitted.
Eligibility Requirements
The competition is open for international violinists. There is no age restriction. During the competition musical pieces are required to perform which are published one year in advance and will change annually. Memorised play is neither preconditioned nor rated specially. Closing date for applications is in April.[7]
Jury
The members of the judging panel are Agnes Giebel (singer), university professor Richard Rudolf Klein (compositor), university professor Alois Kottmann (violin, benefactor and patron of the award), Boris Kottmann (violin) und Margit Neubauer (singer).
Recipients
| Year | Laureate | Country | Special bonus | Country | Appreciation | Country |
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| 2001 | Bojidara Kouzmanova | Bulgaria | Patricia Gross Vivien Wald |
Germany Germany |
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| 2002 | Ara Lee | South-Korea | Giuseppe Carotenuto Almut Frenzel Andrea E.-I. Kim Vivien Wald |
Italy Germany Germany Germany |
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| 2003 | Maria Azova | Usbekistan | Myung-Eun Lee Johanna Schlüter David Schultheiss |
South Korea Germany Germany |
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| 2004 | Julia-Evelyn Zis | Poland | Almut Frenzel | Germany | Eun-Ae Kim | South Korea |
| 2005 | Aya Muraki Yoriko Muto |
USA Japan |
Marie-Luise Dingler Dina Zemtsova |
Germany Russia |
Anna Knopp Viviane Waschbüsch |
Austria Germany |
| 2006 | Yeo Young Yoon Myung Eun Lee[8] |
South Korea South Korea |
Zsuzsanna Czentnár | Hungary | Bahadir Arkiliç | Turkey |
| 2007 | Chloé Kiffer Istvan Horvath[9] |
France Germany |
Rebecca Martin | Germany | Célia Schann | France |
| 2008 | Yan Yan Chang | China | Byol Kang Martina Trumpp |
Germany Germany |
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| 2009 | Célia Schann Marcus Tanneberger Harim Chun[10][11] |
France Germany South Korea |
Ludwig Dürichen | Germany | ||
| 2010 | 1. Jayoung Jeon 2. Oleksii Semenenko |
South Korea Ukraine |
Liv Migdal Katja Schott |
Germany Ukraine |
C. Christopher[12][13][14] | Taiwan |
References
- ^ Alois Kottmann Award (German) Source: Culture Portal State of Hesse, Germany
- ^ Internationale Musiktage Hessen Main-Taunus Hofheim (German)
- ^ Alois Kottmann Award (German) kultur-frankfurt.de
- ^ Alois Kottmann Award (German) Source: internationale-musiktage.de
- ^ Alois Kottmann Award (German website of Alois Kottmann)
- ^ Der Streiter für den guten Ton Source: Frankfurter Rundschau, 2 November 2009 (German newspaper article)
- ^ Alois Kottmann Award for classical canto-style play of the violin Source: miz.org (German Music Information Centre)
- ^ Alois-Kottmann-Preis (German) Source: dasorchester.de
- ^ Alois-Kottmann-Preis für klassisches sangliches Violinspiel (German) Source: dasorchester.de
- ^ Célia Schann, Harim Chun und Marcus Tanneberger gewinnen Alois-Kottmann-Preis 2009 (German) Source: klassik.com
- ^ Alois-Kottmann-Preis an Célia Schann, Harim Chun und Marcus Tanneberger (German) Source: dasorchester.de
- ^ Picture: Awardees 2010 (German) Source: hofheimer-zeitung.de
- ^ Spirit, Soul, and Effort Source: Hofheimer Zeitung, 18 May 2010 (German newspaper article)
- ^ Jayoung Jeon gewinnt Alois-Kottmann-Preis 2010 (German) Source: dasorchester.de
External links
- Alois Kottmann Award (German)
- Pictures of Awardees, Founder/Benefactor etc. (German)
- Alois Kottmann (German)