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7th Oskar Nedbal International Viola Competition 2025

  • 1st prize - Xunyu Zhou (China)
  • 2nd prize - Sara Furuichi (Japan)
  • 3rd prize - Ella Eunsuh Park (USA/South Korea)
  • Laureate diploma - Julie Svačinová (Finland)

Special prizes

  • Audition prize - Ella Eunsuh Park
  • Prize for the best interpretation of O. Nedbal piece and honorary mention - Julia Wawrowska (Poland) 
  • Prize for the best interpretation of B. Martinů piece - Ayano Nakamura (USA/Japan) 
  • Pirastro prize for an outstanding young talent - Diego Ignacio Alvarado Sanchez (Venezuela)

 

6th Oskar Nedbal International Viola Competition 2024

  • 1st prize: Seoyeon Ryu (South Korea)
  • 2nd prize: Momoko Aritomi (Japan)
  • 3rd prize: Brian Isaacs (USA)
  • Laureate: Ayaka Taniguchi (Japan)
  • Honorary mention: Karolina Pawul (Poland)

Special awards

  • Audience prize: Seoyeon Ryu (South Korea)
  • Nedbal prize: Jasper Sitte (Germany)
  • Martinů prize: Brian Isaacs (USA)
  • Pirastro prize for an outstanding young talent: Arcan Isenkul (Turkey)

 

5th Oskar Nedbal International Viola Competition 2023

  • 1st prize - not awarded
  • 2nd prize - Heloise Houzé (France)
  • 3rd prize - Duleen van Gunsteren (Netherlands) and Maria Rallo Muguruza (Spain)
  • Competition laureate - Xunyu Zhou (China)
  • Honorary mention – Brian Isaacs (USA), Sarah Strohm (Germany/Swiss)

Special awards

  • Audience prize - Héloise Houzé (France)
  • Prize for the best interpretation of O. Nedbal piece - Sarah Strohm (Germany/Swiss)
  • Prize for the best interpretation of B. Martinů piece - Brian Isaacs (USA)
  • Pirastro Prize for an outstanding young talent - Jimin Jang (South Korea)

 

4th Oskar Nedbal International Viola Competition 2022

  • 1st prize – Takehiro Konoe (Japan/Netherland)  
  • 2nd prize – Kyungsik Shin (South Korea)  
  • 3rd prize – Joseph Skerik (USA)  
  • Competition Laureate - Hwayoon Lee (South Korea)
  • Honorary mention – Laura Liu (USA), Wilhelm Magner (Canada), Yibo Cao (China), Ilias-Ion Livieratos (Greece)

Special awards

  • Audience prize - Kyungsik Shin (South Korea)
  • Prize for the best interpretation of O. Nedbal piece - Ilias-Ion Livieratos (Greece)
  • Prize for the best interpretation of B. Martinů piece - Takehiro Konoe (Japan/Netherland)
  • Pirastro Prize for an outstanding young talent - Laura Liu (USA)
  • Prague´s Conservatory Director Prize for the best Czech competitor – Bohumil Bondarenko (CZ)

 

3rd Oskar Nedbal International Viola Competition 2021

  • 1st prize – not awarded
  • 2nd prize – Weronika Dziadek (Poland) 
  • 2nd prize - Ami-Louise Johnsson (Sweden) 
  • 3rd prize - Wenhan Jiang (China)

Special awards

  • Prize for the best interpretation of O. Nedbal piece - Ami-Louise Johnsson (Sweden)
  • Pirastro Prize for an outstanding young talent – Sebastian Gonzalez Mora (Canada/Columbia)
  • Prague´s Conservatory Director Prize for the best Czech competitor – Mája Wittová (CZ)

 

2nd Oskar Nedbal International Viola Competition 2020

  • 1st prize - Nicholas Algot Swensen (Denmark)
  • 2nd prize - Sao Soulez Lariviere (France/Netherlands)
  • 3rd prize - not awarded

Special awards

  • honorary mention - Fiachra de Hora (Ireland), Serhiy Havrylyuk (Ukraine), Mark Liu (USA), Martina Santarone (Italy), Rica Schultes (Germany), Samantha Souppaya (France)
  • Antotnín Dvořák Society Prize for the best interpretation of O. Nedbal piece - Nicholas Algot Swensen (Denmark)
  • B. Martinů Foundation Prize for the best interpretation of the Sonata by B. Martinů - Sao Soulez Lariviere (France/Netherlands)
  • Prize for the best Czech competitor - Jakub Čepický (Czech Republic)

 

1st Oskar Nedbal International Viola Competition 2019

  • 1st prize - MinGwan KIM (South Korea)
  • 2nd prize - Yuri YOON (South Korea)
  • 3rd prize - Evgeny SHCHEGOLEV (Russia)

Special awards

  • honorary mention - Yizilin LIANG (China), Alva Rasmussen (Sweden), Otoha Tabata (Japan)
  • Czech Music Fund Prize for the best Czech competitor - Daniel Macho (Czech Republic)
  • Antotnín Dvořák Society Prize for the best interpretation of O. Nedbal piece - Alva Rasmussen (Sweden)
  • B. Martinů Foundation Prize for the best interpretation of the Sonata by B. Martinů - Daniel Macho (Czech Republic)
  • Visegrad prize for the best competitor from Visegrad - Daniel Macho (Czech Republic)