Newcomer 1: Winner
of the 2026 Mozart Competition & the 2025 Lilli Lehmann Medal

Mozart
Fantasia in D minor, KV 397
Piano Sonata in B-flat, KV 281
Rondo in A minor, KV 511

Johannes Maria Staud
A propos … de nuages chassants
for solo piano

Mozart
Violin Sonata in E minor, KV 304

Béla Bartók
From Sonata for Solo Violin, Sz. 117:
I. Tempo di ciaccona

Sarah Nemtsov
Cloud Study [Skying II] for solo violin

Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst
From 6 Études à plusieurs parties for solo violin:
No. 6: Variations on “The Last Rose of Summer”

Giuseppe Verdi
From Rigoletto:
Gilda’s aria “Gualtier Maldè! – Caro nome”

Eva Dell’Acqua
'Villanelle'

Lesia Dychko
'Na Chovni' ('On the Boat')

Mozart
Abendempfindung, KV 523

From Il re pastore, KV 208:
Rondeau No. 10 “L’amerò, sarò costante”

For more than half a century, the International Mozart Competition has ranked among the world’s most prestigious music competitions. For exceptionally gifted young performers, participation often serves as a springboard to an international career, as demonstrated by the later success of former prizewinners such as Diana Damrau, Renée Fleming, Magdalena Kožená, Genia Kühmeier and Thomas Zehetmair.

The Lilli Lehmann Medal is awarded by the International Mozarteum Foundation to outstanding voice students of the Mozarteum University Salzburg. The stage is set for the stars of tomorrow!