Prizewinners

Category I

1st Prize: Lilja Haatainen
2nd Prize: Margarita Pochebut
3rd Prize: Laura Jin

Category II

1st Prize: Anton Carus
2nd Prize: Elza Siliņa
3rd Prize: Lily Sullivan

Category III

1st Prize: Alexandra Weissbecker
2nd Prize: Moë Dierstein
3rd Prize: Hanna Pozorska

Special Awards

Special Award for the best interpretation of a violin concerto:
Alexandra Weissbecker

Special Award for the best interpretation of a sonata by Beethoven/Mozart:
Cat. II: Elza Siliņa
Cat. III: Moë Dierstein

Special Award for the best interpretation of a virtuoso work:
Anton Carus

Special Award for the best interpretation of a work composed after 1950:
Artur Trælnes

Special Award for special achievements:
Edna Unseld

Scholarship for participation in the Weimar Master Classes:
Oleksandr Ahafonov

EMCY-Prize:
Alexandra Weissbecker

The next competition is planned for October/November 2026. Information will be available on this page from September 2025

Competition office

Hochschule für Musik FRANZ LISZT Weimar
Wiebke Eckardt
Platz der Demokratie 2/3
D-99423 Weimar, Germany
Tel: +49 3643 | 555 150
Fax: +49 3643 | 555 170
spohr-wettbewerb(at)hfm-weimar.de


Promoter: Hochschule für Musik FRANZ LISZT Weimar
Artistic director: Prof. Friedemann Eichhorn
Head of Organisation: Wiebke Eckardt
Participants' support: Annekathrin Knigge

The International LOUIS SPOHR Competition for Young Violinists is member of: