Schu­mann Cham­ber Mu­sic Pri­ze Frank­furt

Grafik einer gelben Hand und einer grünen Hand, die typische Handhaltungen beim Musizieren zeigen.
(Foto: State Design Consultancy)

Fi­nal of the Schu­mann Cham­ber Mu­sic Pri­ze with the Bern­stein Trio, the Els­ter Trio and the Pad­ding­ton Trio – watch the live­stream

From March 11 to 13, 2025, the Frank­furt Uni­ver­si­ty of Mu­sic and Per­forming Arts (HfMDK) be­co­mes a mee­ting place for in­ter­na­tio­nal cham­ber mu­sic en­sem­bles. They will com­pe­te for the Schu­mann Cham­ber Mu­sic Pri­ze Frank­furt in the pia­no trio ca­te­go­ry. The fi­nal round will take place in the Alte Oper as part of the re­now­ned cham­ber mu­sic se­ries of the Frank­furt Mu­se­um So­cie­ty.

In­spi­ra­ti­on Schu­mann - Mee­ting place cham­ber mu­sic

The Schu­mann Cham­ber Mu­sic Pri­ze Frank­furt is or­ga­ni­zed by the Frank­furt Uni­ver­si­ty of Mu­sic and Per­forming Arts and si­gni­fi­cant­ly sup­por­ted by the Dr. Mar­sch­ner Foun­da­ti­on. Part­ners are the Frank­fur­ter Mu­se­ums-Ge­sell­schaft, the Alte Oper Frank­furt, the Ro­bert Schu­mann-Ge­sell­schaft Frank­furt and the Fes­te­burg­kon­zer­te.

The Main me­tro­po­lis had a spe­cial si­gni­fi­can­ce for Ro­bert and Cla­ra Schu­mann. Many con­tem­pora­ry com­po­sers also found and still find an im­portant source of in­spi­ra­ti­on in Ro­bert Schu­mann. That is why a work by Ro­bert Schu­mann or one of his epo­chal com­pa­n­ions is al­ways a com­pul­so­ry pie­ce in the com­pe­ti­ti­on.

Ensembles 2025

Dates

The jury

The jury

The re­now­ned mem­bers of the jury - Mar­tin Fun­da, An­ge­li­ka Merk­le, Ste­fan Hei­nemey­er, Hei­me Mül­ler and Bart van de Roer - will be avail­ab­le to ans­wer ques­ti­ons from each en­sem­ble af­ter the live rounds.

Pri­zes

Prizes

The win­ning tri­os will be de­ter­mi­ned in three rounds of the com­pe­ti­ti­on. They can look for­ward to pri­zes worth a to­tal of 18,000 eu­ros, fol­low-up con­certs and a me­dia pro­duc­tion as well as a spe­cial pri­ze from the Schu­mann So­cie­ty.

Fol­lo­wing the com­pe­ti­ti­on, the en­sem­bles in the fi­nal round can take part in a work­shop and coa­ching day. The mu­si­ci­ans work with pro­fes­sio­nals and con­cert or­ga­ni­zers to hone their en­sem­ble pro­fi­le.

Ve­nues

Venues

The ve­nues for the in­ter­na­tio­nal cham­ber mu­sic com­pe­ti­ti­on are the Frank­furt Uni­ver­si­ty of Mu­sic and Per­forming Arts (HfMDK) and the Alte Oper Frank­furt. The fi­nal round with the awar­ding of an au­di­ence pri­ze will take place on March 13, 2025 in the Mo­zart Hall of the Alte Oper.

Competition requirements 2025

Con­tact us

Contact us

Con­tact the com­pe­ti­ti­on of­fice: wett­be­werb@orga.hfmdk-frank­furt.de

Pos­tal ad­dress:
Schu­mann Cham­ber Mu­sic Pri­ze Frank­furt - Com­pe­ti­ti­on Of­fice
c/o Frank­furt Uni­ver­si­ty of Mu­sic and Per­forming Arts
Eschers­hei­mer Land­str. 29-39
D-60322 Frank­furt am Main

Ar­tis­tic di­rec­tion

Com­pe­ti­ti­on ma­nage­ment

Spon­sors & Part­ners

Sponsors & Partners

Spon­sor

Dr. Mar­sch­ner Foun­da­ti­on

Part­ner

  • Frank­furt Mu­se­um So­cie­ty e.V.
  • Ro­bert Schu­mann So­cie­ty Frank­furt am Main e.V.
  • Frank­furt Old Ope­ra
  • HfMDK Foun­da­ti­on
  • Fes­te­burg Con­certs

Cul­tu­ral part­ner

hr2 cul­tu­re

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