Competitions

Our profession also consists partly of a competition. I faced this early and would like to help young people today to compete in it with the joy of music..

1992	1st prize at the Junior Competition of the National Singing Competition Berlin
1993	1st prize of the audience and 3rd prize of the jury at the Intern. Robert Stolz Competition Hambur Scholarship of the Richard-Wagner-Associatio Scholarship of the Federal President on the occasion of the Mendelssohn Competitio Scholarship of the German National Academic Foundation
1994	1st prize at the National Singing Competition Berlin (concert category) Prix Jeune Talent at the International Mirjam Helin Competition, Helsinki
1995	1st prize at the Nuremberg Meistersinger Competition 2nd prize at the international competition "Neue Stimmen", Gütersloh
1996	2nd prize at the International Music Competition of the ARD, Munich

Jury activity in competitions

2006	Main Competition National Singing Competition Berlin
	"Live Music Now", Berlin
2007	Internationaler Mozart Prize Wiesbaden (Chairman)
2008	Pre-selections Berlin (Chairman) at the National Singing Competition Berlin
2009	International Mozart Prize Wiesbaden (Chairman)
2011	Paula Salomon Lindberg Competition "Das Lied", Berlin University of the Arts
2012	International Bach Competition Leipzig
2015	International Competition "Franz Schubert and the Music of Modernity" in Graz
2016	International Bach Competition Leipzig
2017	19th Siemens Opera Competition Istanbul
2021	International Bach Competition Leipzig
	Bundesauswahl der Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
	Live music now Oberrhein
2022	International song competition „Schubert und die Musik der Moderne“ in Graz
2024	Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition