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Competitions, Challenges & Awards
Masterclass participants will have the opportunity to win monetary awards:
Competition: Open awards for all instrumentalists and singers (e.g. Viennese Classicism Award). This competition will be held before a jury made up of professors from various courses.
Challenges: Coursespecific awards (e.g. String Soloists Award) conferred following the Challenge concerts. The jury consists of the professors who teach the relevant courses.
The award winners of the Competition and Challenges will take part in a ceremony at the Prizewinners’ Concert.
The jury may decide to split awards in certain cases.
Awards 2023
String Soloists' Award
donated for an outstanding performance of a participant in the Masterclass for String Soloists. Sponsored by the Association of Friends of the Vienna Philharmonic.
Prize money: € 1,000,-
Wind Instrument Players' Award
donated for an outstanding performance of a participant or a participating ensemble in the Masterclasses for Wind Instrument Soloists and Ensembles.
Prize money: € 1,000,-
Pianists' Award
donated for an outstanding performance of a participant in the Masterclass for Piano. Sponsored by L. Bösendorfer Klavierfabrik GmbH, Vienna /Wr. Neustadt.
Prize money: € 1,000,-
Chamber Music Award
donated for an outstanding chamber music performance: strings or strings & piano. Sponsored by the Joseph Haydn Department of Chamber Music and Contemporary Music at the mdw, Vienna.
Prize money: € 1,000,-
Antonín Reicha Award
donated for an outstanding interpretation of a work by Antonín Reicha or another representative work from the repertoire of Czech Classicism for wind instruments, solo or ensemble.
Sponsored by Nadace Život Umĕlce, Prague.
Prize money: € 2,000,-
Georges Cziffra Award
donated for an outstanding performance of a work by Georges Cziffra. Sponsored by Foundation Cziffra Austria, Vienna.
Prize money: € 1,000,-
Artis Quartet Award
donated for an outstanding performance / interpretation of a participating string quartet. Sponsored by ARTIS Quartet, Vienna.
Prize money: € 1,000,-
Piano Chamber Music Award
donated for an outstanding chamber music performance: strings and piano.
Sponsored by Yamaha Music Europe, Branch Austria.
Prize money: € 1,000,-
Composition Award
An outstanding composition by a participant in the Masterclass for Composition which is originated or finalized during isa23 will be recognized with an award.
Prize money: € 1,000,-
AHUV Award
AHUV Award: Chamber music by a Czech composer post-1950
donated for an outstanding interpretation of a post-1950 chamber music work by a Czech composer. Sponsored by Asociace hudebních umělců a vědců (AHUV)/ Czech Society of the Arts and Science, Prague.
Prize money: € 1,000,-
Bohuslav Martinů Award
donated for an outstanding interpretation of a work by Bohuslav Martinů. Sponsored by Bohuslav Martinů Foundation, Prague.
Prize money: € 2,000,-
Gottfried von Einem Award
donated for an outstanding interpretation of a work by Gottfried von Einem. Sponsored by the Gottfried von Einem-Music Foundation, Vienna.
Prize money: € 1,000,-
Ignaz Pleyel Award
donated for an outstanding interpretation of a work by Ignaz Pleyel. Sponsored by the Niederoesterreich Fonds.
Prize money: € 1,000,-
Viennese Classicism Award
donated for an outstanding interpretation of a work of Viennese Classicism, excl. Franz Schubert. Sponsored by S IMMO AG, Vienna.
Prize money: € 2,000,-
Viktor Kalabis Award
String quartet and chamber music
donated for an outstanding interpretation of a string quartet or another chamber music work by Viktor Kalabis. Sponsored by Foundation Viktor Kalabis and Zuzana Růžičková, Prague.
Prize money: € 1,000,-
Zoltán Kodály Award
donated for an outstanding interpretation of a work by Zoltán Kodály. Sponsored by Sarolta Kodály, Budapest.
Prize money: € 1,000,-
Singing Award
awarded for an outstanding interpretation of a vocal work.
Prize money: €1,000,-
Digital Creative Award
isa2023’s Digital Creative Award will serve to recognise a musical performance presented in a video.
The judging criteria will centre on the creative use of the many possibilities inherent in video production and digital media. Entries should hence be more than just straightforward videos of musical performances, and your creative latitude is subject to no limits: from imaginative stagings to multitrack videos and from simple “dramas” to true video art, anything goes within the specified maximum length – a discussion of the isa23 annual theme WE AND ME is desired.
Length: at least 3 minutes and no more than 5 minutes.
Submission deadline: 1.8.2023.
Technical details:
Video format: widescreen, 16:9 aspect ratio, high resolution
Audio requirements:
good sound, no background noise/interference; in stereo if possible
The winner will receive a cash prize in the amount of € 1,000 (one thousand Euros).
The members of this competition’s specialist jury will screen all submissions and select the winner.
The winning entry will be announced live on the isaDigital 2023 platform at on Thursday, 17 August 2023.