Fourth Lied Competition "Bolko von Hochberg"
Görlitz-Zgorzelec, 10-15.06.2028
Franz Schubert
The Romantics
About the Competition
The international Lied Competition "Bolko von Hochberg" takes place every two years in the border region between Saxony and Poland, open to Duos (Singer and Pianists) who dedicate to the Art Song. Every edition has a special topic and reperortory. The topic of the 2028-competition is dedicated mostly on the Song of Franz Schubert. Other topics of the 2028-edition are the Eichendorff-Songs by Hugo Wolf, the Songs on poetry by Adam Mickiewicz, Songs by Maria Szymanowska, Mieczyslaw Karlowicz and Hans Eisler.
Age limit: 38 years old for singers, 50 years old for pianists.
Application deadline: 31.Januar 2028
The Phases of the Competition are:
First Evaluation of the Participating Duos (from the documents): February 14th 2028
First Round: 10, 11 and 12 June 2028
Semifinals: 13, 14 June 2028
Finals and Award ceremony: 15 June 2028
Conditions of Participation
Both artists of the Duo should fill a combined online application with
1. Their contact details, birthplace, birth date and nationality
2. Two YouTube-links to recent recordings of an Art Song or an Oratorio/Mozart Aria.
3. The chosen program (see below under "repertory").
Besides, each artist of the Duo should attach to this application:
1. An artistic biography in German language as Word-Document (max one page, no tabular biographies)
2. Artistic Photography of good quality (not langer than 2 MB), as title the name of the artists and eventually of the photograph.
3. Scan of the identity card
4. Proof of payment of the participation fee (20€ per artist).
The application fee must be paid (in euro) on the bank account of the society:
Ars Augusta eV
Sparkasse Oberlausitz-Niederschlesien
IBAN: DE54 8505 0100 0232 0503 92
BIC: WELADED1GRL
The entry fee is non-refundable. All participants can request detailed feedback from the jury at any stage of the competition. The participation in the competition is at the participant's own expense.
Young musicians with economical difficulties can contact he society Ars Augusta and ask help in finding affordable accomodation in Görlitz.
Every phase of the competition is going to be documented in Audio, Video and Fotos. The materials are going to be presented on the chanels of the Competition for motives of transparency and promotion. The participants can have these materials for free and use them for their personal purposes.
The competition doesn´t provide a page turner.
With filling and sending the application to the competition, the participants are declarng that they accept the conditions.
Repertory 2028
The participants must prepare a general program of 45 minutes of songs from the Repertory list. This programme should have at least
1. 2 Schubert Songs from the Category A
2. 2 Schubert Songs from the Category B
3. One Schubert Song of free choice
4. At least one Hugo Wolf song
5. At least one song in polish language (poetry by Mickiewicz, Szymanowska or Karlowicz)
6. At least one song by Hans Eisler
From this program the Duo should chose a program of 15 minutes with:
1. 2 Songs by Franz Schubert
2. One song by Hugo Wolf
3. One Song in polish language or one song by Hans Eisler
The semifinalists will chose later a program of 20min of different songs (not presented in the 1st round). The Jury can ask special songs from the list.
The finalists will chose by themselves a program of 20min for the final performance.
Prizes
First Prize: 6000€
Second Prize: 4000€
Third Prize: 2000€
Prize for the best Lied Pianist: 1000€
Special Prize of the Museum of Romantics (Romy Donath): Concert in Dresden 2029
Special Prize of the Syros Festival (Jonas Vitaud): Concert 2029
Two special Prizes of Ars Augusta e.V. (Eleni Müller): Participation in the Lied Festival 2029 or recordings
Two special Prizes of Belle Voci Foundation (Bartosz Zurakowski): Participation in a Festival in Poland 2028 or 2029.
Jury 2028
Alexander Schmalcz, pianist
René Pape, bass (Semifinals and Finals)
Ewa Biegas, soprano
Romy Donath, soprano/musicologist
Grzegorz Biegas, pianist
Bartosz Żurakowski, conductor
Jonas Vitaud, pianist, artistic director of the Syros Festival
Eleni Müller, Artistic Director of the competition
Final conditions
By registering, the artists agree to the privacy policy regulations. We treat the artists' data with strict confidentiality and will not pass it on to third parties (agencies, festival organizers, theaters) without prior consultation with them. They also agree that their presentations may be recorded on audio and video and used for promotional and press purposes. The recordings and images will not be used for commercial purposes and can be requested by the participants afterward (free of charge).
The competition participants will be offered the opportunity to use rehearsal rooms in Görlitz during their stay.