1987
Founding and first piano competition
A private initiative by various commercial enterprises in the Dortmund area is turning the idea of a Schubert piano competition into reality.
1st Prize
Michael Endres
82 participants from 14 nations
Jury
Guidi Agosti, Gabriel Chmura, Peter Feuchtwanger, Detlef Kraus, Hans Graf, Jacob Lateiner, Steven Sloane, Raymond Trouard, Jürgen Uhde, Klaus Weise, Michael Wessel-Therhorn
Patron
Helmut Schmidt, Bundeskanzler a.D.
Opening Concert
Jeremy Menuhin, Spielbank Hohensyburg
1989
II. Piano Competition
1st Prize
Filippo Faes
28 participants from 11 nations
Jury
Renate Kretschmar-Fischer, Manana Osiewacz-Zizuaschwili, Jacob Lateiner, Nikola Rackov, Peter Feuchtwanger, Franz Müller-Heuser, Jürgen Uhde, Martin Schoppe, Gregor Weichert, Raymond Trouard, Wolf-Eberhard von Lewinski, Hans Graf und Friedrich Wilhelm Schnurr
Opening Concert
Alicia de Larrocha, Spielbank Hohensyburg
1991
III. Piano Competition
1st Prize
Hideyo Harada
56 participants from 15 nations
Arnulf von Arnim takes over the artistic direction of the piano competition
Jury
Renate Kretschmar-Fischer, Jenny Zaharieva, Raymond Trouard, Jacob Lateiner, Peter Feuchtwanger, Dr. Martin Schoppe, Alexander Jenner, Riccardo Risaliti, Arnulf von Arnim, Detlef Kraus, Peep Lassmann
Opening Concert
Igor Oistrach and Natalia Serzalowa, Spielbank Hohenyburg
1993
IV. Piano Competition
1st Prize
Yuka Imamine
51 participants from 12 nations
Jury
Tatjana Nikolayewa, Edith Picht-Axenfeld, Raymond Trouard, Jacob Lateiner, Peter Feuchtwanger, Dr. Martin Schoppe, Alexander Jenner, Eugene Traey, Arnulf von Arnim, Sergio Perticaroli, Joaquin Soriano
Opening Concert
Güher and Süher Pekinel, Spielbank Hohensyburg
1995
Admission to the World Federation of International Music Competitions (WFIMC)
V. Piano Competition
1st Prize
Elena Margolina
52 participants from 21 nations
Jury
Arnulf von Arnim, Peter Feuerwanger, Alexander Jenner, Jacob Lateiner, Sergio Perticaroli, Bernard Ringeissen, Dr. Martin Schoppe, Joaquon Soriano, Eugene Traey
Opening Concert
David Geringas, Philippe Hirshhorn, Michel Dalberto, Spielbank Hohensyburg
1997
VI. Piano Competition
1st Prize
Mikhail Mordvinov
1999
VII. Piano Competition
1st Prize
Enrico Belli
80 participants from 21 nations
Jury
Marcello Abbado, Arnulf von Arnim, Andrezej Jasinsky, Alexander Jenner, Vitaly Margulis, Takahiro Sonoda, Warren Thomson, Eugene Traey, Fany Waterman
Opening Concert
Valery Afanassiev, Spielbank Hohensyburg
2001
VIII. Piano Competition
1st Prize
Olga Filatova
64 participants from 20 nations
Jury
Arnulf von Arnim, Elena Ashkenazy, Noel do Carmo Flores, Mieko Harimoto, Andrzej Jasinski, Jürgen Meyer-Josten, Alexey Nasedkin, John Roos, Tamas Ungar
Opening Concert
Melos Quartett und Boris Pergamenschikow, Spielbank Hohensyburg
2003
IX. Piano Competition
1st Prize
Amir Katz | Yong Kyu Lee
95 participants from 25 nations
Jury
Arnulf von Arnim, Andrea Bonatta, Noel do Carmo Flores, Homero Francesch, Mi Kyung Kim, Jürgen Meyer-Josten, Alexey Nasadkin, John Roos, Tamas Ungar
Opening Concert
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln and Elena Margolina, Konzerthaus Dortmund
2005
X. Piano Competition
1st Prize
Motoi Kawashima
77 participants from 23 nations
Jury
Marcello Abbado, Arnulf von Arnim, Boris Bloch, Irwin Gage, Alexander Jenner, Mi Kyung Kim, Joaquin Soriano, Tamas Ungar, Mikkhail Voskresensky
Opening Concert
Imogen Cooper, Spielbank Hohensyburg
2007
XI. Piano Competition
1st Prize
Takashi Sato
63 participants from 23 nations
Jury
Arnulf von Arnim, Andrea Bonatta, Therese Dussaut, Zhou Guangren, Jeno Jando, Andrzej Jasinski, Alexander Jenner, Michael Roll, Irwin Gage
Opening Concert
Piano Duo: Andreas Grau and Götz Schumacher, Spielbank Hohensyburg
2009
With the I. LiedDuo Competition, the renowned piano competition successfully establishes a second competition category with Irwin Gage as Artistic Director
I. LiedDuo Competition
1st Prize
Tomasz Wija & David Santos
50 Duos / 100 participants from 25 nations
Jury
Arnulf von Arnim, Helen Donath, Irwin Gage, Anne Gjevang, Graham Johnson, Rene Kollo, Tom Krause, Sibylla Rubens
Opening Concert
Die Singphoniker, Spielbank Hohensyburg
2011
XII. Piano Competition
1st Prize
Vadym Kholodenko
2013
II. LiedDuo Competition
1st Prize
Samuel Hasselhorn & Miyazaki Takako
72 Duos / 144 participants
Jury
Arnulf von Arnim, Ingeborg Danz, Stefan Heucke, Graham Johnson, Julie Kaufmann, Meinard Kraak, Deen Larsen, Cheryl Studer, Scot Weir, Irwin Gage
Opening Concert
Michael Nagy | Bariton, Juliane Ruf | Klavier, Spielbank Hohensyburg
2017
The International Schubert Festival Dortmund is being held for the first time at the Hansa coking plant
Concerts with
Volodymyr Lavrynenko
Oddur Jonsson
GrauSchumacher PianoDuo
Ingeborg Danz
Ingeborg Danz takes over the artistic direction of the LiedDuo Competition
2018
III. LiedDuo Competition
1st Prize
Esther Valentin & Anastasia Grishutina
82 Duos / 164 participants
Jury
Ingeborg Danz, Juliane Banse, Olaf Bär, Ian Fountain, Stefan Heucke, Deborah Polaski, Jan-Philip Schulze, James Taylor, Arnulf von Arnim
2021
XIV. Piano Competition
1st Prize
Takashi Yasunami
138 participants from 31 nations
Jury
Arnulf von Arnim, Ingeborg Danz, Ian Fountain, Ewa Kupiec, Gabriel Kwok, Antti Siirala. Tamas Ungar, Elisso Virsaladze, Idith Zvi (per Videoschalte aufgrund der Corona-Pandemie)
2023
IV. LiedDuo Competition
1st Prize
Meredith Wohlgemuth & Jinhee Park
70 Duos / 140 participants
Jury
Ingeborg Danz, Elisabeth Ehlers, Ian Fountain, Michael Gees, Daniel Heide, Christine Schäfer, Sonja Stenhammar, James Taylor