Professor
Roland Krüger’s Students 2024/2025
David Jun Chen
About
David Jun Chen, geboren 2002 in Shanghai, begann im Alter von 6 Jahren Klavier zu spielen, bei Mei Shou.
Von 2014-2018 war er Jungstudent bei Jia Xie an der Mittelschule des Shanghai Conservatory of Music.
Seit Oktober 2019 studiert er bei Prof. Roland Krüger an der Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover.
Jun ist 1. Preisträger des Klavierwettbewerbs „Shanghai Spring International Music Festival“ 2014.
Im November 2015 hat er in der Endrunde des “Pearl River –Kayserburg” Internationalen Klavierwettbewerbs für die Jugend den zweiten Preis der Profi-Gruppe gewonnen.
Im August 2017 hat er im 8. Concerto-Wettbewerb der Mittelschule des Shanghai Conservatory of Music den Silberpreis gewonnen.
Im Juni 2018 hat er bei dem “Hummingbird Music Awards” (Jugend musiziert China) im Klaviertrio in der Shanghaier Endrunde und in der nationalen Endrunde jeweils den ersten Preis gewonnen.
Am Thanksgiving 2016 hat Jun mit den Shanghai Philharmonikern ein Klavierkonzert von Mozart gespielt.
Er war im März 2017 Teilnehmer am Perugia Music Festival in Italien und konzertierte mit dem Festival-Orchester unter Leitung von Uri Segal. Im August 2018 nahm Jun teil am Euro Music Festival & Academy in Halle/Saale.
David Jun Chen war regelmäßig Stipendiat der Stiftungen der Musikmittelschule und der Stadt Shanghai.
Seit Januar 2020 ist er Stipendiat von Live Music Now.
Im Wintersemester 2021/22 bekam er vielfältige musikalische Impulse in Meisterkursen bei Robert Levin, Ian Fountain, Jörg Widmann und Kristian Bezuidenhout.
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Hanxi Huang, geboren im Dezember 2006, lernte Klavier ab dem fünften Lebensjahr. Von September 2017 bis August 2021 studierte sie an der Musikschule des Zentralkonservatoriums in Peking und lernte von der jungen Pianistin Quan Hongbo und Zhou Yun-chin. Seit September 2021 studierte sie am IFF der Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover bei Professor Roland Krüger.
Sie gewann 2016 den zweiten Preis der 19. Hong Kong-Asia Piano Open;
2017 den ersten Platz in der Berufsgruppe A des Mendelssohn International Piano Competition im asiatisch-pazifischen Raum;
ebenfalls 2017 den dritten Platz in der Berufsgruppe A des Steinway Piano Competition in Peking;
sie gewann den zweiten Platz in der zweiten Berufsgruppe des 27. Chopin International Children’s Piano Competition in China im Jahr 2019 ;
2019 gewann sie den vierten Platz in der Juniorengruppe des Beijing Chopin International Youth Piano Competition.
2020 erhielt sie das Fünfte Fan Jianqin Memorial Stipendium des Central Conservatory of Music.
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Babett Lehnert, geboren 2008 in Leipzig, erhielt seit ihrem vierten Lebensjahr Klavierunterricht bei Katrin Lehnert und bei Prof. Gudrun Franke. Seit dem Wintersemester 2021/22 ist sie Frühstudentin in der Klasse von Prof. Roland Krüger am Institut für Früh-Förderung musikalisch Hochbegabter (IFF) an der Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover.
Beim Wettbewerb „Jugend musiziert“ erspielte sie sich seit 2014 jährlich in unterschiedlichen Kategorien erste Preise auf Regional- und Landesebene.
Bei der Werkstatt der Neuen Leipziger Chopin-Gesellschaft in der Hochschule für Musik und Theater „Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy“ Leipzig wurde sie wiederholt mit dem Chopin-Preis ausgezeichnet. Mehrmals erspielte sie sich beim Carl-Schroeder-Wettbewerb in Sondershausen das Prädikat „hervorragend“.
Babett gewann 1. Preise beim Internationalen Grotrian-Steinweg Wettbewerb in Braunschweig, beim Leipziger Kiwanis-Musikpreis, bei den Bad Sulzaer Musiktagen, beim Carl Bechstein Wettbewerb in Berlin, Kleinen Robert-Schumann-Wettbewerb in Zwickau, beim Clara Schumann-Wettbewerb in Leipzig sowie beim 1. Internationalen Klavierwettbewerb in Leipzig.
Außerdem erreichte sie einen 3. Preis beim Internationalen Amadeus-Wettbewerb in Brünn, zweimal einen 2. Preis beim Internationalen Carl Maria von Weber Wettbewerb in Dresden sowie einen 2. Preis beim Bundeswettbewerb „Jugend musiziert“ 2019 in der Kategorie „Duo: Klavier und ein Holzblasinstrument“.
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Yiyang Li was admitted to the primary school affiliated to Shanghai Conservatory of Music with excellent grades, and then promoted to the middle school affiliated to the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Currently he is studying at the University of Music Hannover with Prof. Roland Krüger.
During his piano learning period, he won the Excellence Award in the Piano Professional Junior Group of the First Shanghai Conservatory of Music Competition in 2015, and won the 14th Polish Chopin International Competition in 2017. The second place in the youth piano competition, participated in the Philadelphia Music Festival in the United States in July 2019, and won the first place in solo. He also collaborated with Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Beijing Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1, Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3, etc. In addition, he also held solo Concerts in Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Oriental Art Center, Mercedes Benz Shanghai concert hall.
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Geboren 2000 in Osaka, Japan, begann Sohta im Alter von fünf Jahren seine Klavierausbildung.
Er gewann den 1. Preis beim Internationalen Wettbewerb “Giovani Musicisti Città di Treviso” und erreichte anschließend den 3. Preis beim Internationalen Klavierwettbewerb Rina Sala Gallo in Monza im Jahr 2024. Auch während seiner Zeit in Japan konnte er sich erfolgreich behaupten und gehörte zu den Preisträgern des 89. Musikwettbewerbs Japans, dem ältesten und prestigeträchtigsten Wettbewerb des Landes, sowie vieler weiterer nationaler und internationaler Wettbewerbe.
Er spielte als Solist mit namhaften Orchestern wie dem Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra und dem Mailänder Symphonieorchester. Seine Aufführungen wurden im NHK und in Fernsehprogrammen vorgestellt. Darüber hinaus konzertierte er in bedeutenden japanischen Städten wie Tokyo, Osaka und Hamamatsu und ist auch in Deutschland als aufstrebender Pianist gefragt.
Neben seinem Studium hat er seine musikalische Ausbildung durch die Teilnahme an Meisterkursen bei renommierten Persönlichkeiten wie Vincenzo Balzani, Mikhail Voskresensky, Pascal Devoyon, Antti Siirala, Olivier Gardon, Ronan O’Hora und Markus Groh vertieft.
Nach seinem Abschluss als Stipendiat an der Toho Gakuen School of Music bei Prof. Yasushi Hirose setzt Sohta derzeit sein Studium im Masterprogramm an der Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover bei Prof. Roland Krüger fort.
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Keona Rose, 20, is from San Francisco, California. At age 11 she moved to North Carolina, and began her piano training. Since then, she has won prizes in numerous competitions, including first place in the Constance Kotis Competition at the Music Academy of North Carolina, the Pre-College Piano Competition at East Carolina University, the Classical Sonata Competition at the North Carolina School of the Arts, and both solo and concerto divisions of the Charlotte Piano Teachers’ Forum auditions. As winner of the Malek Jandali International Piano Competition, she made her debut in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. Additionally, Keona was a laureate of both the Paderewski International Piano Competition in Hartford, Connecticut, and the Arthur Fraser International Competition in Columbia, South Carolina. Keona has attended the Aspen Music Festival and School for three summers, where she has studied under Anton Nel, Arie Vardi, and Julian Martin. She has also participated in masterclasses with distinguished artists and teachers such as Stephen Hough, Inon Barnatan, Garrick Ohlsson, Hung-Kuan Chen, Yoheved Kaplinsky, and Martin Helmchen. At the age of 15, Keona was admitted to the prestigious Juilliard School Pre-College Division in New York City, where she studied for 2 years under Julian Martin. Currently, she is a student of Professor Roland Krüger at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien in Hannover, Germany.
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Born on 20 October 2003. She has been playing piano since the age of three and is currently a student of Prof. Roland Krüger at the Hanover University of Music, Drama, and Media, having been previously studying with Fan Zhou at the Music School attached to Shanghai Conservatory. Since 2017 she has also been studying with Oscar Caravaca Gonzalez of the Conservatory of the Baleares. She has participated in many Competitions, including the 18th Chopin International Competition. She gave her first recital at the age of ten, and has performed many recitals and chamber music concerts all over the world and performed some concertos with Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, Shanghai Music Middle School Orchestra.
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Orcun was born in September of 1994 in Balıkesir-Turkey and started playing the piano at the age of 9. He attended both the middle school and the high school at the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University then he began his studies in the class of Prof. Claudius Tanski at Mozarteum University of Salzburg. Since 2013 Orcun is studying with Prof. Roland Krüger at the University of Music, Drama and Media Hannover.
He has been awarded from numerous competitions such as 2nd prize at the International Piano Competition at the Trakya University in 2008, the following year he won 3rd prize at the International Young Musicians Competition in Bulgaria, in his homeland he won 3rd prize and prize for the best performance of Turkish composition in his age category at the National Kamuran Gündemir Piano Competition at the Mersin University, 1st prize at the International Piano Competition of the Pera Music Festival. In 2012 Orcun won 3rd prize at the National Piano Competition at the Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory and 1st prize at the Kadikoy Belediyesi Sureyya Operasi National Piano Competition in 2013. Then he recorded his debut CD at Fazioli Concert Hall in Sacile.
Orcun has attended many Masterclasses of Milena Mollova, Giselle Brodsky, Misha Dacic, Ragna Schirmer, Christian Wilde Müller, Jean Bernard Pommier, Valentin Surif, Peter Coss, Makoto Ueno and Gülsin Onay.
Recently he gave solo and duo recitals in Germany (Dresden, Lindenburg), Italy (Sacile) and Turkey (Istanbul).
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Prizes of Students
Aachen, MozARTe International Piano Competition
- 2020 3rd prize junior category B, Eric Edmundson
- 2022 2nd prize young professionals category, Hanxi Huang
- 2024 3rd prize professional category, Maiqi Wu
Aarhus (DK), International Competition for young pianists
- 2013 2nd prize, Victoria Audrey Sarasvathi
Barletta (I), International Competition for young musicians
- 2011 1st prize and Special Prize, Kateryna Levchenko
Berlin, Bechstein Piano Competition for young musicians
- 2019 3rd prize and Special Prize for Contemporary Music, Eric Edmundson
Berlin, Berliner Festwoche, International Piano Competition
- 2020 2nd prize, Youngho Park
Berlin, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Competition
- 2022 3rd prize, Youngho Park
Bern (CH), Elevato International Youth Piano Competition
- 2021 1st prize, Yi-Chung Huang
Bitburger Klavierspiel-Wettbewerb
- 2006 1st prize, Noah Vinzens
- 2008 1st prize and special prize, Julia Hermanski
- 2012 1st prizes, Prudence Nugroho and Leon Wenzel
- 2018 1st prize, Eric Edmundson
- 2022 1st prize, Babett Lehnert
Braunschweig, Grotrian-Steinweg
- 2017 2nd prize, Jan-Aurel Dawidiuk
Castellana Grotte (I), International Competition Don Vincenzo Vitti
- 2011 1st prize, Maya Ando
Catania, Amigdala International Music Competition
- 2019 Bach special prize, Yoomin Shin
Cortemilia (I), International Competition
- 2008 2nd prize and „Scriabin-Prize“, Olga Chelova
Dresden, Anton Rubinstein Competition
- 2012 Special Prize for contemporary music, Ji-Hwan Hong
Dresden, Carl Maria von Weber Competition
- 2019 2nd prize, Eric Edmundson
- 2021 2nd prize, Babett Lehnert
Düsseldorf, Bachelor Piano Award
- 2016 1st prize, Jinhua Liu
Emsland/Bentheim, Jugendkulturpreis Talente
- 2009 1st prize, Julia Hermanski
Essen, Rotary-Klavierwettbewerb
- 2010 2nd prize, Violetta Quapp
Granada (E), Maria Herrero
- 2014 3rd prize, Jinhua Liu
Graz (A), Béla Bartók International Piano Competition
- 2022 1st prize and Bartók special prize, Keona Rose (AG V)
- 2022 1st prize, Hanxi Huang (AG III)
Hamburg, Steinway-Klavierspielwettbewerb
- 2005 2nd prize, Noah Vinzens
- 2006 1st prize and Public Prize, Noah Vinzens
- 2010 2nd prize, Violetta Quapp
- 2011 3rd prize, Victoria Audrey Sarasvathi
Hamburg, TONALi Competition
- 2019 1st prize and public prize, Jan-Aurel Dawidiuk
- 2019 Creative Prize, Josefa Schmidt
Hanover, Karl Bergemann Sightreading Competition at HMTMH
- 2013 3rd prize, Yukyeong Ji
- 2019 2nd prize, Yi-Chung Huang
Hanover, Gundlach Music Prize
- 2017 Anastasia Sokolova
Hohenlimburg, International Hohenlimburg Music Competition
- 2014 1st prize, Jinhua Liu
Hong Kong, International Piano Competition
- 2022 1st prize, Jonas Stark
Imperia (I), International Competition
- 2008 3rd prize and „Scriabin-Prize“, Olga Chelova
Jugend musiziert – German National Youth Competition
- 2008 1st prize, Hans-Sikorski-Gedächtnispreis and Klassikpreis der Stadt Münster, Noah Vinzens
- 2009 Special prize for contemporary music at „Wochenende der Sonderpreise“ (WESPE), Julia Hermanski (Duo)
- 2012 1st prize, Special prize for modern music at „Wochenende der Sonderpreise“ (WESPE), Victoria Audrey Sarasvathi (Duo)
- 2014 1st prize, Hans-Sikorski-Gedächtnispreis, Leon Wenzel
- 2014 1st prize, Yoomin Shin
- 2017 1st prize, Hans-Sikorski-Gedächtnispreis and Special prize for contemporary music at „Wochenende der Sonderpreise“ (WESPE), Jan-Aurel Dawidiuk
- 2018 1st prize(Duo) and Special prizes (Duo and Solo) at „Wochenende der Sonderpreise“ (WESPE), Jan-Aurel Dawidiuk
- 2019 1st prize (Trio), Eric Edmundson
- 2021 1st prize (Duo), Eric Edmundson
- 2023 1st prize, Babett Lehnert
- 2024 1st prize and Klassikpreis der Stadt Münster, Babett Lehnert (Duo)
Kasseler Kunstpreis
- 2008 Noah Vinzens
Kassel, Louis Spohr International Competition
- 2010 1st prize and Public Prize, Julia Rinderle
Königs Wusterhausen, International Piano Competition
- 2019 2nd prize, Youngho Park
Köthen, Bach-Competition for young pianists
- 2009 1st prize, Violetta Quapp
Lecce (I), International Competition
- 2009 1st prize, Olga Chelova
Lindau-Friedrichshafen, Rotary-Wettbewerb
- 2008 1st prize and Public Prize, Noah Vinzens
Lleida, Ricard Vines International Piano Competition
- 2021 3rd prize, Youngho Park
Meiningen, Hans von Bülow Competition
- 2012 3rd prize category conducting from the piano, Maxim Böckelmann
Munich, ARD competition
- 2022 special prize and participant of the semifinals, Jonas Stark
Munich, Harald Genzmer competition
- 2022 2nd prize, David Jun Chen (Chamber Music)
- 2022 3rd prize, Mayako Higuchi (Chamber Music)
Munich, Münchner Klavierpodium für die Jugend
- 2011 9 various Special Prizes for Kateryna Levchenko, 4 various Special Prizes for Julia Rinderle, Dialog Prize
- 2016 2 various Special Prizes for Haoran Liu, Jinhua Liu and Iulia Maria Marin
- 2022 4 various Special Prizes for Mayako Higuchi, Dialog Prize
- 2024 9 various Special Prizes for Johannes Huber
Napoli (I), NOMEA Piano Competition
- 2021 1st Prize (online edition) Best Pianist Category, Youngho Park
Newcastle-upon-tyne (GB), Young Pianists of the North
- 2012 2nd prize, Victoria Audrey Sarasvathi (1st prize was not awarded)
Oeiras (Portugal), International Piano Competition
- 2021 1st Prize, Youngho Park
Orbetello (I), International Piano Competition
- 2023 2nd Prize, Keona Rose
Orléans (F), International Piano Competition
- 2014 Isang Yun Prize, Yukyeong Ji
Paris (F), International Competition Conservatoire Russe A. Scriabine
- 2011 2nd prize, Kateryna Levchenko
Paris, Maisons-Laffitte (F), International Piano Competition Ile de France
- 2011 1st prize unanimité and Special Prize, Kateryna Levchenko
- 2021 1st prize, Youngho Park
Pieve (I), International Competition Lia Tortora
- 2012 1st prize assoluto con lode, Julia Rinderle
- 2014 1st prize, Hikaru Kanki
Piove di Sacco, near Venezia (I), International Competition Citta di Piove di Sacco
- 2014 1st prize, Noah Vinzens
Porto (Portugal), International Competition Santa Cecilia
- 2015 3rd prize, Yukyeong Ji
San Dona di Piave (Italy), International Competition
- 2017 1st prize category E and Popovic Prize professional category, Leon Wenzel
- 2021 1st prize (Special online edition), Youngho Park
Schwerin, International Competition “Verfemte Musik”
- 2018 3rd prize, Jan-Aurel Dawidiuk
Sendai (J), International Music Competition
- 2013 6th prize, Ji-Hwan Hong
Seoul (Korea), Asia Musicians Federation Concours
- 2014 1st prize, Yoomin Shin
Seoul (Korea), Teenager Piano Concours
- 2014 Grand Prix, Yoomin Shin
Seoul (Korea), Sejong Music Award
- 2014 Yoomin Shin
Sète (F), Claude Bonneton Piano Competition
- 2011 1st prize, Kateryna Levchenko
Stockholm (SW), International Music Competition
- 2014 1st prize, Jinhua Liu
Taurisano (I), European Grand Prize of Music
- 2011 1st prize of piano and Mendelssohn Cup, Kateryna Levchenko
Treviso (I), Giovani Musicisti Citta di Treviso
- 2024 1st prize, Sohta Miura
- 2024 2nd prize, Tamaki Endo
Troisdorf, International Young Pianists Competition
- 2013 1st prize, Julia Rinderle
Überlingen, International Competition Bodensee
- 2019 2nd prize and public prize, Hikaru Kanki
Valence (F), International Competition Teresa Llacuna
- 2016 Finalist, Special Prize, Eugene Shon
Vevey (CH), Clara Haskil Competition
- 2015 Finalist, Public Prize, Prize “Coup de Coeur” and Prize “Children’s Corner”, Yukyeong Ji
Vietri sul mare (I)
- 2015 1st prize assoluto, Yoomin Shin
Vilnius (Lit), M. K. Ciurlionis Piano Competition
- 2019 2nd prize and special prize, Youngho Park
- 2023 2nd prize and special prize, Simonas Poška
Vilnius (Lit), Lisztofonija
- 2021 1st prize, public prize and special prize, Simonas Poška
Vilnius (Lit), Stasys Vainiūnas Piano Competition
- 2022 3rd prize, Simonas Poška
Würzburg, Bertold Hummel Competition
- 2013 3rd prize, Yukyeong Ji
YAMAHA scholarship competition
- 2014 scholarship, Victoria Audrey Sarasvathi
Zwickau, Schumann Competition for young Pianists
- 2012 1st prize and special prizes, Victoria Audrey Sarasvathi
- 2014 3rd prize and special prize, Leon Wenzel
Information about the admission examinations at Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media
Admission examinations take place every year in june. Applications have to be sent before March 31st.
Please look for further information about the programmes of study and the requirements of the admission examinations: www.hmtm-hannover.de