Eva Lietz was born in Berlin in 2012. She takes piano lessons from her father, Stefan Lietz, and has been a young student in his class at the Julius Stern Institute of the Berlin University of the Arts since 2022. She also attends the Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Music High School.
Eva has already achieved success in many national and international competitions. In 2022, she received the Special Prize for Contemporary Music in Age Group 1 at the Carl Bechstein Competition. In 2023, she won first prize at the “Young Ludwig” International Competition in Berlin. In the solo category of the “Jugend Musiziert” competition in Age Group 2, she received 25 points in both the regional and state competitions in 2023 and was also awarded the Special Prize of the Carl Bechstein Foundation. In 2024, she was awarded second prize at the International Carl Maria von Weber Competition in Dresden. In 2026, Eva received first prize in the solo category at the national “Jugend musiziert” competition, as well as first prize in the Berlin special category “Viennese Classical.” She was also awarded a scholarship from the Carl Bechstein Foundation.
Another focus of her artistic work is chamber music, particularly with her sister, the violinist Annika Lietz. In 2024, the duo received 25 points in Age Group 2 at the state level of the “Jugend musiziert” competition, as well as a special prize from the Carl Bechstein Foundation. In 2025, the sisters won first prize at the Carl Bechstein Competition in the duo category (piano and a string instrument) as well as a special prize from the Neue Musikzeitung (nmz) for their interpretation of a work by Moritz Eggert. Eva takes chamber music lessons with Itamar Carmeli and Kristina Winiarski as part of the Stern Chamber Music Project.
(As of June 2026)
Photos: Peter Adamik and the Carl Bechstein Foundation/Heiko Laschitzki
