• Sebastian Geibel, Sächsisches Landesgymnasiums für Musik Dresden
• Hannah Hauser, young academy rostock
• Zhifeng Hu, Musikgymnasium Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach Berlin
• Charlotte Kolkwitz, young academy rostock
• Juliane-Sophie Ritzmann, Musikgymnasium Schloss Belvedere Weimar

For the first time the participants will be evaluated by a Junior Jury. They vote in third round and award a special prize (Junior Jury Award) for each category.