AG I (up to 10 years)
1. Preis: Toni Gu (Nordrhein-Westfalen): 300 Euro
1. Preis: Frieda Magdalene Hollmer (Nordrhein-Westfalen): 300 Euro
2. Preis: Philipp Kaiyan Peng (Nordrhein-Westfalen): 200 Euro
3. Preis: Yori Gubarew (Sachsen): 100 Euro
AG II (11 to 13 years)
1. Preis: Adriana Vasilski (Bayern): 500 Euro
2. Preis: Marie Elisa Himpel (Niedersachsen): 400 Euro
2. Preis: German Mozalkov (Sachsen): 400 Euro
3. Preis: Raphael Elias Türk (Berlin): 300 Euro
AG III (14 to 15 years)
1. Preis: Nia Khundadze (Berlin): 600 Euro
2. Preis: Elena Neumann (Rheinland-Pfalz): 500 Euro
3. Preis: Elsa-Johanna Staemmler (Thüringen): 400 Euro
AG IV (16 to 17 years)
1. Preis: Kaiji Wang (Sachsen): 700 Euro
2. Preis: Elisabeth Namchevadze (Baden-Württemberg): 600 Euro
3. Preis: Magdalena Pflüger (Berlin): 500 Euro
Special Prize for Contemporary Composition
Once again, a special prize of 300 euros per age group was awarded for the best interpretation of a self-chosen contemporary work composed after 1970.
AG I
Frieda Magdalene Hollmer (Nordrhein-Westfalen)
AG II
Maximilian Hongcheng Zhu (Baden-Württemberg)
AG III
Alina Stark (Bayern)
AG IV
Aenne Forster (Bayern)
The Hindemith Foundation Special Prize
The Fondation Hindemith has awarded a special Hindemith prize of 300 euros per duo in each of the age groups 3 and 4 for the most convincing interpretation of an original work by Paul Hindemith. The foundation, established by Paul Hindemith’s widow Gertrud in her will, is dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of the cultural legacy that exists in the musical and literary estate of Paul Hindemith.
AG III
Nia Khundadze (Berlin)
AG IV
Magdalena Pflüger (Berlin)
Special Prize of the Friends and Sponsors of Schloss Britz
The Friends and Sponsors of Schloss Britz are funding a concert with two prize-winning duos in age group 4 in January 2026 in the Kulturstall at Schloss Britz with a fee of 500 euros.
Elisabeth Namchevadze (Baden-Württemberg) & Kaiji Wang (Sachsen)
Special prize from the Funk Group
The Funk Group offered a special prize in each of the age groups III and IV for the best interpretation of a rarely performed piano work by the following composers: Cécile Chaminade, Ernö Dohnanyi, Felix Draeseke, Gabriel Fauré, Alexander Glasunow, Fanny Hensel, Adolph von Henselt, Ignaz Moscheles, Joseph Joachim Raff, Carl H. Reinecke, Camille Saint-Saëns, Xaver Scharwenka, Jean Sibelius or Bedřich Smetana. The prize was endowed with 500 euros.
AG III
Celina Höferlin (Rheinland-Pfalz)
AG IV
not given
Special prize Feuerwerk Akademie
The Feuerwerk Akademie Einbeck awards a scholarship for its international master class lasting several days and consisting of lessons, practice, lectures, recordings and concerts.
Luca-Stefan Avram (Brandenburg)
Moritz Eggert Special prizes
The Neue Musikzeitung (nmz) offered two special prizes of 500 euros each for the best interpretations of works by the composer Moritz Eggert (*1965). The interpreted works should be from Eggert’s cycle “Hämmerklavier”. The prizes can be awarded in all four age groups.
not given
Bärenreiter Special prizes
Bärenreiter-Verlag is once again supporting the Carl Bechstein Competition for Children and Young People by donating ‘Bärenreiter Urtext Prizes’ in the form of music vouchers totalling 1,000 euros.
AG I
Khongor Buyandali (Baden-Württemberg), Elias Kapuscinski (Brandenburg), Eva Liersch (Nordrhein-Westfalen), Philipp Kaiyan Peng (Nordrhein-Westfalen), Antonia Schwindt (Nordrhein-Westfalen), Emi Tang (Niedersachsen), Vanessa Vasilski (Bayern), Hanyu Eileen Zhang (Nordrhein-Westfalen)
AG II
Diana Dvalishvili (Nordrhein-Westfalen), Johanna Habersetzer (Bayern), Lukas Hirsch (Hessen), Elin Leese (Nordrhein-Westfalen), Jinlin Zheng (Niedersachsen), Maximilian Hongcheng Zhu (Baden-Württemberg)
AG III
Andrian Boelcke (Berlin), Nina Frey (Nordrhein-Westfalen), Dorothea Ruija Hanebuth (Bayern), Valeria Wand (Baden-Württemberg)
AG IV
Junyu Tie (Berlin), Tim Julian Wigger (Baden-Württemberg)
Further special prices
Special prize for the best interpretation of a classical sonata: Lukas Hirsch (200 Euro)
Special prize for the best interpretation of a work by Johann Sebastian Bach: Elsa-Johanna Staemmler (200 Euro)