Stefanie Hohl Competition

Institute-internal competition
for regular students of violin studies

 

 

The competition is based on a testamentary donation of the late Mrs. Stefanie Hohl and has been held annually since 1979. All students of the violin department of the Fritz Kreisler Institute are eligible to participate.


The competition consists of two public rounds, after which the jury decides whether the prize is to be awarded to one person or divided among several eligible candidates.

 

 

 

Result of the final selection on March 27th, 2025:

 

1. Prize: Eduard Steude

2. Prize: Eva Ter-Sarkisova

3. Prize: Aijia Li

 

The Dr. Alfred Huber Special Prize was awarded to:

Eva Ter-Sarkisova and Aijia Li

 

 Congratulations to all three prize winners of the Stefanie Hohl Competition 2025!

 

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We would like to thank our sponsors:

 

Dr. Alfred Huber for the sponsored cash prizes,

Violin maker Dimitri Musafia and Univ. Prof. Lothar Strauß for a high-quality violin case from the Master series.

Univ. Prof. Eszter Haffner and the Shih family for the donated carbon violin bow.

Jargar Strings Denmark for providing strings for all competition participants!

Thank you very much for your commitment!

 

 

The Jury:

 

 
 

VORSITZ: Univ. Prof. Anton SOROKOW

Univ. Prof.in Eszter HAFFNER

Univ. Prof.in Elisabeth Kropfitsch

Univ. Prof.in Laura Elina VÄHÄLÄ

Univ. Prof.in Lieke te WINKEL 

Univ.-Prof.in Ioana Cristina GOICEA

Dr. Alfred HUBER

Dr. Chuong Vu (Finale)

 

 

Winners of the Stefanie Hohl Competition 2025 Eva Ter-Sarkisova, Aijia Li and Eduard Steude with the chairman of the jury, Prof. Anton Sorokov and Sponsor Dr. Alfred Huber Winners of the Stefanie Hohl Competition 2025 Eva Ter-Sarkisova, Aijia Li and Eduard Steude with the chairman of the jury, Prof. Anton Sorokov and Sponsor Dr. Alfred Huber Presentation of Jargar Strings to the participants of the Stefanie Hohl Competition 2025 Presentation of Jargar Strings to the participants of the Stefanie Hohl Competition 2025 Eva Ter-Sarkisova at the finals of the Stefanie Hohl Competition 2025 Eva Ter-Sarkisova at the finals of the Stefanie Hohl Competition 2025 Eduard Steude at the finals of the Stefanie Hohl Competition 2025 Eduard Steude at the finals of the Stefanie Hohl Competition 2025 Aijia Li at the finals of the Stefanie Hohl Competition 2025 Aijia Li at the finals of the Stefanie Hohl Competition 2025

 

Fritz Kreisler Institute
for concert string instruments, guitar and harp
Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1
1030 Vienna
fki@mdw.ac.at

Artistic Operations Office
Julia Ostroverkhova
ostroverkhova@mdw.ac.at

 

 

The Stefanie Hohl Competition is held once a year for violin students of the Fritz Kreisler Institute.


Past competitions
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Stefanie Hohl Competition 2024

1. Prize: Robert Einenkel
2. Prize: Julian Walder
3. Prize: Laura-Katherina Handler

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Stefanie Hohl Competition 2023

1. Prize: Kimura Wakana
2. Prize: Chen Jiayi & Eva Ter-Sarkisova
3. Prize: -

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Stefanie Hohl Competition 2022

1. Prize: Jiaqi LU
2. Prize: Arevik IVANYAN
3. Prize: Sabina ISLAM
 

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Stefanie Hohl Competition 2021

1. Prize
Katharina Auer & Maxim Tzekov
3. Prize
Moeka Ueno
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