Prizes
The following prizes can be awarded:
HORN
1st prize
7.000 €
donated by Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen
2nd prize
5.000 €
donated by Verein Internationaler Instrumentalwettbewerb Markneukirchen e.V.
3rd prize
3.500 €
donated by Volksbank Vogtland eG and Verein Internationaler Instrumentalwettbewerb Markneukirchen e.V.
TUBA
1st prize
7.000 €
donated by Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen and Verein Internationaler Instrumentalwettbewerb Markneukirchen e.V.
2nd prize
5.000 €
donated by Verein Internationaler Instrumentalwettbewerb Markneukirchen e.V.
3rd prize
3.500 €
donated by Merkur Bank and Verein Internationaler Instrumentalwettbewerb Markneukirchen e.V.
HORN or TUBA
audience award
natural horn made by master brass instrument maker Gerhard Wolfram, Markneukirchen, worthn 2.500 €
donated by Sparkasse Vogtland
or
mouthpiece line "Prof. Jörg Wachsmuth" by mouthpiece specialist Gerhard Wolfram, Markneukirchen
donated by Sparkasse Vogtland
In case the prizewinner lives abroad and is not obliged to pay taxes in Germany, the International Instrumental Competition Markneukirchen observes the German Income Tax Law (§50 a EStG) and deducts taxes from the prize money.
The prizewinners are obliged to receive their prizes personally; they will be presented to them during the concert at the Musikhalle Markneukirchen on 16 May 2020 at 7 p.m.
The first prizewinners are given the title "First prizewinner of the International Instrumental Competition Markneukirchen of 2020“.
The second and third prizewinners are entitled to call themselves "Prizewinner of the International Instrumental Competition Markneukirchen of 2020“.
Participants in the final rounds receive diplomas.
At the suggestion of the jury the best piano accompanists can be honoured with a diploma.
SPECIAL PRIZES
HORN
1st prizewinner
concert engagement with the Chursächsischen Philharmonie Bad Elster
donated by Chursächsischen Veranstaltungs GmbH
TUBA
1st prizewinner
concert engagement with the Chursächsischen Philharmonie Bad Elster
donated by der Chursächsischen Veranstaltungs GmbH
best female tuba participant
Schaer Bertacco prize
Armin Schaer and Cornelia Bertacco Schaer donate a special prize of 2,000 Euro to promote further musical education, for example in the form of masterclasses, for the best female tuba participant in the competition, according to the vote of the jury