The Sixteenth International Gottfried Silbermann Organ Competition final round was held in the cathedral of Freiberg, Germany, on September 9.
Kilian Homburg of Germany won the competition, with a €7,000 prize. Ryan Chan of Hong Kong was presented second prize, an award of €4,000. Johannes Güdelhöfer received third prize with an award of €3,000. Homburg and Güdelhöfer are students of Martin Schmeding at the Felix Mendelssohn Hochschule for Musik und Theater, Leipzig, Germany. Chan is a doctoral student of David Higgs at the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York. The three prize winners are given opportunities to present recitals on Silbermann organs and other famous historical instruments throughout Germany and beyond. Also competing in the final round were Frederik Kranemann of Germany and Andrej Romanov of Ukraine.
The jury consisted of Els Biesemans (Belgium), Pieter van Dijk (the Netherlands), David Franke (Germany), Albrecht Koch (Germany), Jean-Baptiste Robin (France), and Martin Strohäcker (Germany); Bine Bryndorf (Denmark) was president of the jury.
For information: silbermann.org.
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