The 2022 Bach Prize Winners Have Been Announced: GENUIN Records with Baroque Violinist Charlotte Spr
On Saturday the winners of the XXIII International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition Leipzig 2022 were announced. The award was given in the categories piano, harpsichord and violin/baroque violin to 18 young musicians.
GENUIN classics also selected a winner: the baroque violinist Charlotte Spruit was awarded the GENUIN special prize in addition to the first prize in the violin category. This award is associated with a CD production that will appear in the "Bach Competition" edition.
Charlotte is a keen Baroque musician, having studied the Baroque violin with Pavlo Beznosiuk, and regularly performs in Baroque ensembles and chamber music. The 21-year-old Dutch artist received her education at the Amsterdam Conservatory and at the Guidhall School of Music and Drama in London with David Takeno. She is currently studying at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Ying Xue.
As a soloist, Charlotte has played with numerous orchestras, including the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, the Residentie Orkest The Hague, and Ensemble Esperanza. The young musician is already a multiple prize winner at many national and international competitions.
The Leipzig Bach Competition is one of the most renowned music competitions in the world. It has been held every two years since 1950. Organizers are the Bach Archive Leipzig and the Leipzig University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy".
GENUIN has already released the debut CDs of six Bach Prize winners:
Maia Cabeza, violin, Bach Prize winner 2018
Paolo Bonomini, cello, Bach prizewinner 2016
Jean-Christophe Dijoux, harpsichord, Bach prizewinner 2014
Johannes Lang, organ, Bach prizewinner 2012
Evgeny Sviridov, violin, Bach prizewinner 2010
Francesco Corti, harpsichord, Bach prizewinner 2006
The 24th edition of the competition will take place from July 17 to 27, 2024.
Photo: Gert Mothes
To the GENUIN edition "Bach Competition"To the homepage of the International Bach Competition Leipzig
On Saturday the winners of the XXIII International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition Leipzig 2022 were announced. The award was given in the categories piano, harpsichord and violin/baroque violin to 18 young musicians.
GENUIN classics also selected a winner: the baroque violinist Charlotte Spruit was awarded the GENUIN special prize in addition to the first prize in the violin category. This award is associated with a CD production that will appear in the "Bach Competition" edition.
Charlotte is a keen Baroque musician, having studied the Baroque violin with Pavlo Beznosiuk, and regularly performs in Baroque ensembles and chamber music. The 21-year-old Dutch artist received her education at the Amsterdam Conservatory and at the Guidhall School of Music and Drama in London with David Takeno. She is currently studying at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Ying Xue.
As a soloist, Charlotte has played with numerous orchestras, including the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, the Residentie Orkest The Hague, and Ensemble Esperanza. The young musician is already a multiple prize winner at many national and international competitions.
The Leipzig Bach Competition is one of the most renowned music competitions in the world. It has been held every two years since 1950. Organizers are the Bach Archive Leipzig and the Leipzig University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy".
GENUIN has already released the debut CDs of six Bach Prize winners:
Maia Cabeza, violin, Bach Prize winner 2018
Paolo Bonomini, cello, Bach prizewinner 2016
Jean-Christophe Dijoux, harpsichord, Bach prizewinner 2014
Johannes Lang, organ, Bach prizewinner 2012
Evgeny Sviridov, violin, Bach prizewinner 2010
Francesco Corti, harpsichord, Bach prizewinner 2006
The 24th edition of the competition will take place from July 17 to 27, 2024.
Photo: Gert Mothes
To the GENUIN edition "Bach Competition"To the homepage of the International Bach Competition Leipzig