Three young cellists from Austria, Japan and Germany have made it to the finals of the 2025 Prague Spring Competition
Out of the twelve participants in the second round of the Prague Spring Competition in the violoncello category, the following three cellists have made it to the final round which will take place on Wednesday, 14 May, at 6:00 p.m. at the Rudolfinum: Alexandra Kahrer (Austria), Yuya Mizuno (Japan) and Till Schuler (Germany).
In the finals, all three finalists will perform identical compositions. First, they will perform a selection from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010, followed by Antonín Dvořák’s Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B minor, Op. 104, accompanied by the Prague Symphony Orchestra and conductor Marek Prášil. All tickets for the final contest of the three best cellists of this year’s competition are sold out, but you can watch it live online on the YouTube channel of the Prague Spring.
Honourable mentions were awarded to Seungyeon Baik and Sanghyeok Park from the Republic of Korea and Constantin Heise from Germany. The Czech Music Fund Award for the best performance of a composition written for the Prague Spring International Music Competition 2025 – Sonata No. 5 per violoncello solo “Frammenti e Canto” by Pavel Zemek-Novák – went to Alexandra Kahrer from Austria. The Bohuslav Martinů Prize for the best performance of Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2 H 286 went to Tae-Yeon Kim from the Republic of Korea.
The final round of the 2025 Prague Spring Competition in the violoncello category will take place on Wednesday, 14 May, at 6 p.m. in the Dvořák Hall of the Rudolfinum. The results are expected around 11:30 p.m. The winner will be selected by a jury consisting of Raphael Wallfisch (UK, jury chair), Maria Kliegel (Germany), Marc Coppey (France), Natalie Clein (UK), Michal Kaňka (Czech Republic), Tomáš Jamník (Czech Republic) and Ľudovít Kanta (Slovakia).
The partners of the competition are Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, the Capital City of Prague, and the ČEZ Foundation.
