Kronberg Academy and the Domenico Gabrielli Foundation at the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK Berlin) are together organising the third Grand Prix Emanuel Feuermann competition. The international cello competition is open to cellists of any nationality who were born in or after 1982. We are proud that Daniel Barenboim take the patronage of this event. From 16 to 21 November 2010, the third Grand Prix Emanuel Feuermann cello competition will be held in Berlin’s Philharmonie.

The international competition is organised once every four years by Kronberg Academy and the Domenico Gabrielli Foundation at the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK Berlin). It was first held in 2002 to mark the 100th anniversary of Emanuel Feuermann’s birth. The event is held in memory of the great artist and its aim is to help to discover and provide support for talented young cellists.

Emanuel Feuermann is said to have been one of the best cellists of the twentieth century. Alongside his career as a professional musician, he taught at the Berlin Academy of Music – now the Berlin University of Arts – for several years before emigrating in 1933.

Sophie Feuermann, Emanuel Feuermann’s sister and pianist, and his widow, Eva Feuermann-Lehnsen, have given Kronberg Academy the exclusive right to use the great cellist’s name for the competition. In November 2002 they travelled back from New York to Berlin for the first time in order to attend the first presen tation of the Grand Prix Emanuel Feuermann.

The competition’s patron, Daniel Barenboim, was on hand to present the awards to the winners of the Grand Prix Emanuel Feuermann in 2002 and in 2006, Danjulo Ishizaka and Giorgi Kharadze.

Competitors, application, schedule, venue and programme etc. please have a look at the Homepage.