The International Johannes Brahms Competition ("Brahms Competition") is an international competition for the performers of piano, violin, cello, viola and chamber music, and singers.
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The competition has taken place annually since 1993. The event is held in Pörtschach am Wörthersee, Austria, where Johannes Brahms occasionally stayed during the summer.
In each category, competitors are obliged to perform works composed by Brahms, either in the preliminary or final round.
The Cello and Viola categories are particularly well-known and prestigious in the competition, regarded as one of the noteworthy titles. The winners in the cello category include István Várdai (1st prize in 2006, Hungary), Yuki Ito (1st prize in 2010, Japan), Benjamin Truchi (1st prize in 2012, France), Michiaki Ueno (1st prize in 2014, Japan), Christoph Croisé (1st prize in 2015, France), Gabriel Schwabe (2nd prize in 2005, Germany), Michael Petrov (2nd prize in 2012, Bulgaria), and Benedict Klöckner (3rd prize in 2006, Germany).
2010 Prize winners
2010 Prize winners are as follows:
Piano
- Japan Nao Yuki
- Turkey Osman Ozgur Unaldi
- Poland Natalis Rehling
Chamber music
- Pescatori Trio
- GuRu Duo
- Piano Quartett "Anno Domini"
Violin
- Germany Thomas Reif
- Germany Lukas Stepp
- Germany Martin Funda
Viola
- South Korea Hwa Yoon Lee
- Germany Lydia Rinecker
- China Wenting Kang
Cello
- Japan Yuki Ito
- Russia Elizaveta Sushchenko
- Russia Alexey Zhilin
2015 Prize winners
2015 Prize winners are as follows:
Piano
- Japan Maya Ando
- South Korea Uikyung Jung
- Germany Katharina Treutler
Chamber music
- Project N.&A.
- Duo Baltinati
- Duo Sonoro
Violin
- Netherlands France Cosima Soulez Lariviere
- Czech Republic Matouš Pěruška
- Japan Daichi Nakamura
Viola
- Not awarded
- China Mingyue Yu
- Germany Matthias Schnorbusch
Cello
- France Germany Switzerland Christoph Croisé
- South Korea Yoosin Park
- Poland Kacper Nowak