#BPFYA
2024
Marcell Csuka (accordion) and Qingzhu Weng (violin) win the 4th Berlin Prize for Young Artists
Qingzhu Weng and Marcell Csuka • Photo © Verena Bruening
The final of the Berlin Prize for Young Artists 2024 (BPFYA) took place on Friday in Berlin’s Villa Elisabeth, with accordionist Marcell Csuka and violinist Qingzhu Weng taking home first and second prize respectively.
Six finalists were selected from 250 applicants, with Csuka and Weng being joined in the final by Orlando Bass (piano), Aina Font (saxophone), Juliette Journaux (piano) and Rebecca Minten (clarinets). All six finalists performed a 30-minute solo program, in music stretching from Biber and Bach through Stockhausen and Sciarrino to Sarah Nemtsov and Rebecca Saunders.
#BPFYA2024 – The finalists:
From left to right: #BPFYA2024 winner Qingzhu Weng (accordion), finalist Rebecca Minten (clarinets), finalist Juliette Journaux (piano), winner Marcell Csuka (violin), finalist Aina Font (saxophone), and finalist Orlando Bass (piano) • Photo © Verena Bruening
#BPFYA
2024
Marcell Csuka (accordion) and Qingzhu Weng (violin) win the 4th Berlin Prize for Young Artists
Qingzhu Weng and Marcell Csuka • Photo © Verena Bruening
The final of the Berlin Prize for Young Artists 2024 (BPFYA) took place on Friday in Berlin’s Villa Elisabeth, with accordionist Marcell Csuka and violinist Qingzhu Weng taking home first and second prize respectively.
Six finalists were selected from 250 applicants, with Csuka and Weng being joined in the final by Orlando Bass (piano), Aina Font (saxophone), Juliette Journaux (piano) and Rebecca Minten (clarinets). All six finalists performed a 30-minute solo program, in music stretching from Biber and Bach through Stockhausen and Sciarrino to Sarah Nemtsov and Rebecca Saunders.
#BPFYA2024 – The finalists:
From left to right: #BPFYA2024 winner Qingzhu Weng (accordion), finalist Rebecca Minten (clarinets), finalist Juliette Journaux (piano), winner Marcell Csuka (violin), finalist Aina Font (saxophone), and finalist Orlando Bass (piano) • Photo © Verena Bruening