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Internationaler Robert Schumann Wettbewerb für Klavier und Gesang (Robert Schumann Competition for Piano and Singing)
Next edition
No future edition is announced on the official pages we could check.
Overview
Zwickau competition for piano and singing, held in June. Singers submit a preliminary video of two works from the first-round repertoire, then compete in two selection rounds and a final round, with separate prizes for women and men.
- Organiser
- City of Zwickau (Robert Schumann Competition)
- Instruments
- Voice, Lied, Piano
- Category
- Solo piano, Lied & collaborative piano, Opera & general voice, Lied & art song
- Age limits
- Singers must be born after 31 Dec 1991 (2024 edition); pianists born after 31 Dec 1993
Rules & repertoire
Registration & fee
deadline: 15 February 2024 (postmark or email date) for the 2024 edition (closed)
fee: EUR 90 by 15 April 2024 (bank transfer or credit card) for the 2024 edition
how: Application via the official Ausschreibung (call for entries) and preliminary video submission
Rounds & time limits
- Preliminary video: two works, performed from memory, uncut; 900 MB file limit
- Singing first round: 7-9 minutes
- Singing second round: 25-30 minutes
- Final: about 35 minutes (selection of works) or a complete cycle such as Dichterliebe
- Selection rounds 7-13 June 2024; final round 14-15 June 2024
Repertoire
Singing first round: three songs by Robert and/or Clara Schumann. Second round: five Schumann songs plus one song each by Schubert, Clara Schumann, Brahms, Hugo Wolf, and Mahler. Final: Kerner op. 35 or Dichterliebe op. 48, or a selection of other Schumann song sets.
Jury & prizes
Jury
- Singing jury (2024, as listed): Olaf Bär, Bernarda Fink, Gabriele Fontana, Christina Högman, Gotthold Schwarz, Mitsuko Shirai, Semion Skigin, Scot Weir, Edith Wiens; Bodil Arnesen also listed in the singing section
Prizes
- 2024 (EUR): 1st 10,000 and gold medal; 2nd 7,500 and silver medal; 3rd 5,000 and bronze medal; 4th-6th diploma; Special prize best accompanist 3,000
Past editions
- 2024 — Zwickau, Germany (19th edition, 6-16 June 2024) source
Singing, male 1st prize: Zhuohan Sun (tenor), EUR 10,000 and gold medal; female 1st prize not awarded (2nd prize and two 3rd prizes given)
Summarised from official sources, last checked 10 Nov 2026. Main source