{{Short description|Classical music festival}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox music festival |name=Kissinger Sommer |image=Logo for Kissinger Sommer.svg |genre=classical music |dates=June, July |location=Bad Kissingen |coordinates={{coord|50.1981|10.0746|display=inline,title|format=dms}} |years_active=1986–present |website={{URL|https://www.kissingersommer.de}} }} thumb|The Bad Kissingen concert hall "Regentenbau", one of the sites of the "Kissinger Sommer" The '''Kissinger Sommer''' is a classical music festival held every year in the summer in the city of Bad Kissingen in Bavaria, Southern Germany.
==History== The festival was founded in 1986. At the beginning the focus of the festival was on the improvement of the cultural relations between eastern and western Europe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.br-klassik.de/footernavi/ueber-uns/medienpartner-kissinger-sommer-102.html|title=Medienpartner BR-KLASSIK: Kissinger Sommer | BR-Klassik|first=Bayerischer|last=Rundfunk|date=24 June 2019|website=www.br-klassik.de|access-date=12 October 2017|archive-date=12 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012203032/https://www.br-klassik.de/footernavi/ueber-uns/medienpartner-kissinger-sommer-102.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Every year an east-european country was partner of the festival, beginning with Hungary in 1986. Poland, Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union followed. So the festival became a place where one could see artists from east and west, especially of the partner-countries and of East-Germany.<ref>authors, various (1989) "Travel and Exchange", GDR Bulletin, Vol. 15: Iss. 2. https://newprairiepress.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1603&context=gdr</ref> Among the artists of the first years were Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Boris Pergamenschikow and Svjatoslav Richter. After the fall of the iron curtain the festival turned to a world-wide view with partner-countries in whole Europe, North America and China.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deseret.com/1990/8/19/18877010/kissingen-summer-fest-scores-in-traditionally-friendly-fashion|title=KISSINGEN SUMMER FEST SCORES IN TRADITIONALLY FRIENDLY FASHION|date=19 August 1990|website=Deseret News|access-date=24 September 2020|archive-date=7 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807165541/https://www.deseret.com/1990/8/19/18877010/kissingen-summer-fest-scores-in-traditionally-friendly-fashion|url-status=live}}</ref> Every summer around 50 concerts are attracting about 30 000 visitors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.schwaebische.de/sueden/bayern_artikel,-klassik-reihe-kissinger-sommer-lockt-stars-und-gaeste-zum-30-mal-_arid,10252926.html|title=Klassik-Reihe "Kissinger Sommer" lockt Stars und Gäste zum 30. Mal|website=Schwäbische}}{{Dead link|date=June 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The occurring interpreters are a mixture of well-known international stars like Cecilia Bartoli, Arcadi Volodos, Fazıl Say or Grigory Sokolov, and newcomers, who often later have made a great career too,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.andante.com.tr/en/6869/Farewell-To-Kissinger-Sommer-After-30-Glorious-Years|title=Farewell to Kissinger Sommer after 30 glorious years|website=Farewell to Kissinger Sommer after 30 glorious years}}</ref> like Lang Lang, Diana Damrau<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.br-klassik.de/aktuell/news-kritik/kissinger-sommer-30-jahre100.html|title=30 Jahre Kissinger Sommer: Mittler zwischen Ost und West | BR-Klassik|first=Bayerischer|last=Rundfunk|date=7 July 2017|website=www.br-klassik.de|access-date=9 October 2016|archive-date=1 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801153143/https://www.br-klassik.de/aktuell/news-kritik/kissinger-sommer-30-jahre100.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> or David Garrett.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bayerische-staatszeitung.de/staatszeitung/kultur/detailansicht-kultur/artikel/spielzeug-fuer-garrett.html|title=Bayerische Staatszeitung|website=www.bayerische-staatszeitung.de|access-date=24 September 2020|archive-date=23 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323181437/https://www.bayerische-staatszeitung.de/staatszeitung/kultur/detailansicht-kultur/artikel/spielzeug-fuer-garrett.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
Director of the "Kissinger Sommer" from 1986 until 2016 was Kari Kahl-Wolfsjäger.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/kissinger-sommer-director-kari-kahl-wolfsj%C3%A4ger-i-had-it-easier-than-most/a-19434381|title='Kissinger Sommer" director Kari Kahl-Wolfsjäger: "I had it easier than most" | DW | 29.07.2016|website=DW.COM}}</ref> Her successor, beginning in 2017, was Tilman Schlömp,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://professionals.klassik.com/karriere/details.cfm?ID=1325|title=klassik.com : Dr. Tilman Schlömp macht(e) Karriere bei Kissinger Sommer|website=professionals.klassik.com}}</ref> formerly artistic director at the festival Beethovenfest in Bonn. He changed the concept of the festival. Instead of partner countries, there are now main topics, starting in 2017 with the motto "1830 – Romantic Revolution"<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.welt.de/regionales/bayern/article165476470/Kissinger-Sommer-nach-30-Jahren-mit-neuem-Intendanten.html|title=Kissinger Sommer nach 30 Jahren mit neuem Intendanten|newspaper=Die Welt |date=13 June 2017|via=www.welt.de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/musik-bad-kissingen-kissinger-sommer-nach-30-jahren-mit-neuem-intendanten-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-170613-99-824629|title=Kissinger Sommer nach 30 Jahren mit neuem Intendanten|first=Süddeutsche|last=Zeitung|website=Süddeutsche.de}}</ref> and followed in 2018 by "1918 – emergence of the modern age".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/musik-bad-kissingen-klassikfestival-kissinger-sommer-handelt-vom-jahr-1918-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-171103-99-715406|title=Klassikfestival Kissinger Sommer handelt vom Jahr 1918|first=Süddeutsche|last=Zeitung|website=Süddeutsche.de|date=3 November 2017 }}</ref> The contract of Schlömp ended in 2021. Alexander Steinbeis, previously orchestra director of the DSO Berlin, was appointed as his successor from 2022 on.<ref>[http://www.musik-heute.de/22116/alexander-steinbeis-wird-intendant-des-kissinger-sommers/ ''Alexander Steinbeis wird Intendant des Kissinger Sommers''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310143229/http://www.musik-heute.de/22116/alexander-steinbeis-wird-intendant-des-kissinger-sommers/ |date=10 March 2021 }}, ''Musik heute'', 10 March 2021</ref>
In 2020 the festival was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>[https://www.mainpost.de/regional/bad-kissingen/kissinger-sommer-2020-jetzt-ist-das-ganze-festival-abgesagt;art766,10448808 Kissinger Sommer 2020: Jetzt ist das ganze Festival abgesagt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605131455/https://www.mainpost.de/regional/bad-kissingen/kissinger-sommer-2020-jetzt-ist-das-ganze-festival-abgesagt;art766,10448808 |date=5 June 2020 }}, ''Main Post'', 20 May 2020</ref>
==Contemporary music== From the beginning the festival is also a place for contemporary composers like Alfred Schnittke, Sofia Gubaidulina, Edison Denisov, Aribert Reimann or Wolfgang Rihm.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infranken.de/lk/bad-kissingen/weltstars-und-junge-elite-ein-festival-vom-feinsten-art-1088768|title=Weltstars und junge Elite – Ein Festival vom Feinsten|website=inFranken.de|date=17 June 2015|access-date=24 September 2020|archive-date=6 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206155656/https://www.infranken.de/lk/bad-kissingen/weltstars-und-junge-elite-ein-festival-vom-feinsten-art-1088768|url-status=live}}</ref> There have been world premieres of composers like Jean Françaix (Dixtuor, in 1987<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.klangfuchs.com/fran-aix-dixtuor-pour-quintette-a-vent-et-quintette-a-cordes-partitur-noten-musiknoten/kammermusik/streicher-und-blaeser-ohne-klavier/sextette-und-groesser/a-7515/ |title=FRANÇAIX Dixtuor pour quintette à vent et quintette à cordes (Partitur) |access-date=12 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211075045/https://www.klangfuchs.com/fran-aix-dixtuor-pour-quintette-a-vent-et-quintette-a-cordes-partitur-noten-musiknoten/kammermusik/streicher-und-blaeser-ohne-klavier/sextette-und-groesser/a-7515/ |archive-date=11 February 2017 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>), Krzysztof Penderecki (Sinfonietta No. 2 for clarinet and string orchestra, in 1994)<ref name="Schott">{{cite web | title=Sinfonietta no. 2 | website=Schott Musik | url=https://de.schott-music.com/shop/sinfonietta-no-2-no38890.html | language=de | access-date=24 September 2020}}</ref> and Fazıl Say (Sonata for clarinet and piano, op. 42, in 2012).<ref name="Schott 2013">{{cite web | title=Sonata | website=Schott Music | date=25 April 2013 | url=https://en.schott-music.com/shop/sonata-no317160.html | access-date=24 September 2020 | archive-date=27 April 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427081117/https://en.schott-music.com/shop/sonata-no317160.html | url-status=live }}</ref> Since 2006 composers present themselves and premieres of their music in the workshop ''Bad Kissinger Liederwerkstatt''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.faz.net/1.3034487|title=Kissinger Sommer: Die wunderbare Sanglichkeit von Goethes Versen|first=Malte|last=Hemmerich|newspaper=Faz.net |via=www.faz.net}}</ref> Up to 2018, around 80 world premieres have already been produced as part of the Liederwerkstatt.<ref>Jesper Klein: ''Fräulein Else sucht nach Musik'', ''Frankfurter Allgemeine'', 4 July 2018, p. 11</ref> However, there are also world premieres outside the Liederwerkstatt, such as the ''Concerto No. 1 for violin and orchestra'' by Gediminas Gelgotas in 2018<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mainpost.de/ueberregional/kulturwelt/kultur/Als-haette-der-Komponist-die-Natur-belauscht;art3809,10005275|title=Als hätte der Komponist die Natur belauscht|date=9 July 2018|website=mainpost.de|access-date=21 July 2019|archive-date=9 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709145116/https://www.mainpost.de/ueberregional/kulturwelt/kultur/Als-haette-der-Komponist-die-Natur-belauscht;art3809,10005275|url-status=dead}}</ref> and in 2019 a new version of the opera "Orfeo ed Euridice" by {{ill|Damian Scholl|de}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infranken.de/lk/bad-kissingen/bad-kissingen-wie-eine-neue-oper-trauerarbeit-leisten-kann-art-4319772|title=Bad Kissingen: Wie eine neue Oper Trauerarbeit leisten kann|website=inFranken.de|date=7 July 2019|access-date=24 September 2020|archive-date=27 November 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241127095131/https://www.infranken.de/lk/bad-kissingen/bad-kissingen-wie-eine-neue-oper-trauerarbeit-leisten-kann-art-4319772|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Artists in residence== Artists-in-residence have been in the last years: * 2014 Ning Feng and Igor Levit<ref>[https://www.mainpost.de/regional/bad-kissingen/Das-klingende-Treiben-beginnt;art433641,8179405 ''Das klingende Treiben beginnt'']{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''Main Post'', 12 June 2014</ref> * 2015 Igor Levit<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kissingersommer.de/media/www.kissingersommer.de/org/med_17732/74858_kiso2015_webversion.pdf|title=''30. Jubiläumssommer 2015'', program|access-date=9 October 2020|archive-date=21 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121045902/https://www.kissingersommer.de/media/www.kissingersommer.de/org/med_17732/74858_kiso2015_webversion.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2016 Daniil Trifonov<ref>[https://www.dw.com/de/kissinger-sommer-feiert-30-j%C3%A4hriges-jubil%C3%A4um-mit-staraufgebot/a-19353250 ''Kissinger Sommer feiert 30-jähriges Jubiläum mit Staraufgebot''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013095818/https://www.dw.com/de/kissinger-sommer-feiert-30-j%C3%A4hriges-jubil%C3%A4um-mit-staraufgebot/a-19353250 |date=13 October 2020 }}, ''Deutsche Welle'' (dw.com), 24 June 2016</ref> * 2017 Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Vesselina Kasarova<ref>[https://www.mainpost.de/ueberregional/kulturwelt/kultur/Palastrevolution-beim-Kissinger-Sommer;art3809,9403651 ''»Palastrevolution« beim Kissinger Sommer''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015145137/https://www.mainpost.de/ueberregional/kulturwelt/kultur/Palastrevolution-beim-Kissinger-Sommer;art3809,9403651 |date=15 October 2020 }}, ''Main Post'', 3 November 2016</ref> * 2018 Sol Gabetta<ref>[https://www.mainpost.de/ueberregional/kulturwelt/kultur/Sol-Gabetta-wird-Artist-in-Residence-beim-Kissinger-Sommer;art3809,9786872 ''Sol Gabetta wird Artist in Residence beim Kissinger Sommer''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015122951/https://www.mainpost.de/ueberregional/kulturwelt/kultur/Sol-Gabetta-wird-Artist-in-Residence-beim-Kissinger-Sommer;art3809,9786872 |date=15 October 2020 }}, ''Main Post'', 3 November 2017</ref> * 2019 Julia Lezhneva<ref>[https://www.mainpost.de/ueberregional/kulturwelt/kultur/Julia-Lezhneva-die-Sopranistin-im-Wunderland;art3809,10259676 ''Julia Lezhneva, die Sopranistin im Wunderland''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013095817/https://www.mainpost.de/ueberregional/kulturwelt/kultur/Julia-Lezhneva-die-Sopranistin-im-Wunderland;art3809,10259676 |date=13 October 2020 }}, ''Main Post'', 18. Juni 2019</ref> * 2020 Jean-Yves Thibaudet<ref name="Kissingen">{{cite web | last= | first= | title=Internationales Musikfestival, 2020 | website=Bad Kissingen | url=http://www.kissingersommer.de/en/programm/themes/2020/39555.Artist-in-Residence-2020.html | language=de | access-date=14 March 2021 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> (planned, festival cancelled)
==Orchestra in residence== * 2017–2021 Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen<ref>[https://www.rondomagazin.de/artikel.php?artikel_id=2182 ''Klassische Revolte''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414222049/https://rondomagazin.de/artikel.php?artikel_id=2182 |date=14 April 2021 }}, ''Rondo'', 3/2017</ref>
==Luitpold Prize== Every year since 1999 the ''Luitpoldpreis'' (Luitpold Prize) is awarded to a young interpreter of the festival. The prize is named after Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria, who let build the great Bad Kissingen concert hall ''Regentenbau'', where many of the concerts of the festival take place. The winners are:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.xn--frdervereinkissingersommer-cvc.de/foerderpreis|title=Luitpoldpreis des Fördervereins|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615092108/https://www.f%c3%b6rdervereinkissingersommer.de/foerderpreis|archive-date=15 June 2021|access-date=16 February 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}} *1999 – Nikolaj Znaider, violin *2000 – Alisa Weilerstein, cello *2001 – Jochen Kupfer, baritone *2002 – {{ill|Isa Katharina Gericke|de}}, soprano *2003 – Baiba Skride, violin *2004 – Jan Kobow, tenor *2005 – Mojca Erdmann, soprano *2006 – Peter Ovtcharov, piano *2007 – Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet *2008 – David Lomeli, tenor *2009 – Igor Levit, piano *2010 – Kejia Xiong, tenor *2011 – Anna Lucia Richter, soprano *2012 – Dmitry Korchak, tenor *2013 – Julia Novikova, soprano *2013 – Konstantin Shamray, piano *2014 – Kian Soltani, cello *2015 – Sung Min Song, tenor<ref>Thomas Ahnert: Beliebte Regularien; Saale-Zeitung, 20 July 2015, Seite 6</ref> *2016 – Andrei Ioniță, cello<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infranken.de/lk/bad-kissingen/medaillen-zum-abschied-art-2043673|title=Medaillen zum Abschied|website=inFranken.de|date=25 July 2016 }}</ref> *2017 – Julian Trevelyan, piano<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infranken.de/lk/bad-kissingen/der-gewinner-heisst-julian-trevelyan-art-2770676|title=Der Gewinner heißt Julian Trevelyan|website=inFranken.de|date=16 July 2017|access-date=24 September 2020|archive-date=31 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731131742/https://www.infranken.de/lk/bad-kissingen/der-gewinner-heisst-julian-trevelyan-art-2770676|url-status=live}}</ref> *2018 – {{ill|Sheva Tehoval|de}}, soprano<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infranken.de/lk/bad-kissingen/wuerdigung-fuer-teva-shehoval-beim-kissinger-sommer-art-3542174|title=Würdigung für Sheva Tehoval beim Kissinger Sommer|website=inFranken.de|date=16 July 2018 }}</ref> *2019 – {{ill|Julian Habermann|de}}, tenor<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mainpost.de/regional/bad-kissingen/ausgezeichnet;art433641,10275942|title=Ausgezeichnet|date=14 July 2019|website=mainpost.de|access-date=15 July 2019|archive-date=15 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715083827/https://www.mainpost.de/regional/bad-kissingen/ausgezeichnet;art433641,10275942|url-status=dead}}</ref> *2020 – not awarded (festival cancelled) *2021 – Sarah Aristidou, soprano<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infranken.de/lk/bad-kissingen/franzoesische-sopranistin-erhaelt-den-luitpoldpreis-art-5244026|title=Französische Sopranistin erhält den Luitpoldpreis|date=13 July 2021|website=inFranken.de|access-date=13 July 2021|archive-date=13 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713130754/https://www.infranken.de/lk/bad-kissingen/franzoesische-sopranistin-erhaelt-den-luitpoldpreis-art-5244026|url-status=live}}</ref> *2022 – Lucas & Arthur Jussen, piano<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radioprimaton.de/2022/07/18/bad-kissingen-erfolgreicher-abschluss-des-kissinger-sommers-2022|title=Erfolgreicher Abschluss des Kissinger Sommers 2022|date=18 July 2022|website=radioprimaton.de|access-date=18 July 2022|archive-date=18 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718120915/https://www.radioprimaton.de/2022/07/18/bad-kissingen-erfolgreicher-abschluss-des-kissinger-sommers-2022/|url-status=live}}</ref> *2023 – María Dueñas, violin<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fraenkischertag.de/lokales/stadt-bad-kissingen/kultur-freizeit/kissinger-sommer-eine-spanierin-gewinnt-den-luitpoldpreis-art-273190 |title=''Eine Spanierin gewinnt den Luitpoldpreis'', ''Saale-Zeitung'', 17 July 2023 |access-date=17 July 2023 |archive-date=17 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717171258/https://www.fraenkischertag.de/lokales/stadt-bad-kissingen/kultur-freizeit/kissinger-sommer-eine-spanierin-gewinnt-den-luitpoldpreis-art-273190 |url-status=live }}</ref> *2024 – Timothy Ridout, viola<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kissingersommer.de/m_149103|title=Erneutes Rekordjahr Beim Kissinger Sommer 2024|date=22 July 2024|website=kissingersommer.de|access-date=22 July 2024|archive-date=22 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240722173154/https://www.kissingersommer.de/m_149103|url-status=live}}</ref> *2025 – {{ill|Jérémie Moreau|de}}, piano<ref>[https://www.fraenkischertag.de/lokales/stadt-bad-kissingen/kultur-freizeit/foerderverein-kissinger-sommer-ehrung-spenden-fuer-kultur-art-462591 ''Ehrenvolle Auszeichnung und starke Förderung beim Festival''], ''Saale-Zeitung'', 22 July 2025</ref>{{Div col end}}
==Kissinger Klavierolymp== The festival is connected to the ''Kissinger Klavierolymp'' (''Kissinger Piano Olympics''), a competition of young pianists which takes place in autumn in Bad Kissingen since 2003. The prize for the winners is a performance at the ''Kissinger Sommer''. Among them are Martin Helmchen, Nikolai Tokarev, Kirill Gerstein, Igor Levit, Alice Sara Ott and Kit Armstrong.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kissingersommer.de/en/programm/kissinger-klavierolymp/index.html|title=Kissinger Sommer – Internationales Musikfestival, Kissinger Piano Olympics|website=Bad Kissingen|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719233217/http://www.kissingersommer.de/en/programm/kissinger-klavierolymp/index.html|archive-date=19 July 2018}}</ref> Among the last winners are Elisabeth Brauß (2016),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.br-klassik.de/aktuell/news-kritik/bad-kissingen-klavier-olymp-2016-100.html|title=KlavierOlymp in Bad Kissingen: Auch Teilnehmer aus Oberbayern unter den Preisträgern | BR-Klassik|first=Bayerischer|last=Rundfunk|date=10 October 2016|website=www.br-klassik.de|access-date=13 October 2017|archive-date=10 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010210411/https://www.br-klassik.de/aktuell/news-kritik/bad-kissingen-klavier-olymp-2016-100.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.musik-heute.de/14021/elisabeth-brauss-gewinnt-kissinger-klavierolymp/|title=Elisabeth Brauß gewinnt Kissinger KlavierOlymp|date=10 October 2016|website=MUSIK HEUTE|access-date=13 October 2017|archive-date=14 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014034150/http://www.musik-heute.de/14021/elisabeth-brauss-gewinnt-kissinger-klavierolymp/|url-status=live}}</ref> Emre Yavuz (2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infranken.de/lk/bad-kissingen/fotofinish-art-2954067|title=Fotofinish|website=inFranken.de|date=11 October 2017|access-date=24 September 2020|archive-date=28 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128234043/https://www.infranken.de/lk/bad-kissingen/fotofinish-art-2954067|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.br.de/nachrichten/unterfranken/inhalt/klavierolym-bad-kissingen-100.html|title=Kissinger Klavier-Olymp: Emre Yavuz gewinnt als "komplettester" Künstler | Unterfranken | Nachrichten | BR.de|date=10 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010155902/http://www.br.de/nachrichten/unterfranken/inhalt/klavierolym-bad-kissingen-100.html|archive-date=10 October 2017}}</ref> and Juan Pérez Floristán (2018).<ref>[https://www.mainpost.de/ueberregional/kulturwelt/kultur/Juan-Perez-Floristan-gewinnt-Kissinger-KlavierOlymp;art3809,10078775 Juan Pérez Floristán gewinnt Kissinger KlavierOlymp] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009211232/https://www.mainpost.de/ueberregional/kulturwelt/kultur/Juan-Perez-Floristan-gewinnt-Kissinger-KlavierOlymp;art3809,10078775 |date=9 October 2018 }}, Main-Post 9 October 2018</ref>
===Recipients=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! No. !! Year !! 1st place !! 2nd place !! 3rd place !! Audience Prize |- | 1. || 2003 || Martin Helmchen<br>Nikolai Tokarev || Stewart Goodyear || Kirill Gerstein || Mihaela Ursuleasa |- | 2. || 2004 || Alexei Zuev || Igor Levit || Alice Sara Ott || Andrei Banciu |- | 3. || 2005 || Herbert Schuch || Lukas Vondrávcek || Anna Winnizkaja<br>Peter Ovtcharov || Joseph Moog<br>Miroslav Kultyshev |- | 4. || 2006 || Christian Ihle Hadland<br>Kit Armstrong || not awarded || Alexej Gorlach || Mona Asuka Ott |- | 5. || 2007 || Vestards Šimkus || Michail Lifits || David Kadouch || Zhang Hai'ou |- | 6. || 2008 || Yeol Eum Son || Olga Scheps || Benjamin Kim || Claire Huangci |- | 7. || 2009 || Kiryl Keduk || Boris Kusnezow || Kateryna Titova || Kiryl Keduk |- | 8. || 2010 || Behzod Abduraimov || Nareh Arghamanyan || Avan Yu || Alexei Grigorjew |- | 9. || 2011 || Konstantin Shamray || Adan Laloum || Pawel Kolesnikow || Pawel Kolesnikow |- | 10. || 2012 || Magdalena Müllerperth<br>Da Sol Kim || not awarded || Beatrice Magnani || Magdalena Müllerperth |- | 11. || 2013 || Chi-Ho Han || Georgy Tchaidze || Aurelia Shimkus || Chi Ho Han |- | 12. || 2014 || Julian Jia || Niu Niu || Boyang Shi || Julian Jia |- | 13. || 2015 || Jorge González Buajasán || Maxim Lando || Clayton Stephenson || Jorge González |- | 14. || 2016 || Elisabeth Brauß || Julian Trevelyan<br>Thomas Schuch || not awarded || Nikolay Khozyainov |- | 15. || 2017 || Emre Yavuz || Sergei Redkin || Viktor Soos || {{ill|Luisa Imorde|de}} |- | 16. || 2018 || Juan Pérez Floristán || Martin James Bartlett || Łukasz Krupiński || Martin James Bartlett |- | 17. || 2019 || |Tomoki Sakata || Tiffany Poon || Robert Neumann ||Tomoki Sakata<ref>[https://www.br.de/nachrichten/bayern/japaner-gewinnt-kissinger-klavierolymp,ReDkPai Japaner gewinnt Kissinger KlavierOlymp] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007155412/https://www.br.de/nachrichten/bayern/japaner-gewinnt-kissinger-klavierolymp,ReDkPai |date=7 October 2019 }}, ''Bayerischer Rundfunk'' (BR 24), 7 October 2019</ref> |- | 18. || 2020 || |Sergey Tanin || Yoav Levanon || Ziyu Liu || Sergey Tanin<ref>[http://www.musik-heute.de/21599/sergey-tanin-gewinnt-kissinger-klavierolymp/ ''Sergey Tanin gewinnt Kissinger KlavierOlymp''], ''Musik heute'', 5 October 2020</ref> |- | 19. || 2021 || |Giorgi Gigashvili || Sandro Nebieridze || Gustav Piekut || Giorgi Gigashvili<ref>[https://magazin.klassik.com/news/teaser.cfm?ID=17121 ''Giorgi Gigashvili siegt beim 19. Kissinger Klavierolymp''], ''klassik.com'', 5 October 2021</ref> |- | 20. |2022 || Roman Borisov || Tony Siqi Yun || Ariel Lanyi || Tony Siqi Yun<ref>[https://www.br.de/nachrichten/kultur/roman-borisov-gewinnt-20-kissinger-klavierolymp,TJqlAnL ''Roman Borisov gewinnt 20. Kissinger Klavierolymp''], ''Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR24)'', 10 October 2022</ref> |- | 21. |2023 || Mihály Berecz || Mirabelle Kajenjeri || Miyu Shindo || Miyu Shindo<ref>[https://www.br-klassik.de/aktuell/news-kritik/kissinger-klavier-olymp-2023-mihaly-berecz-100.html ''Krankenhaus statt großer Bühne''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014202313/https://www.br-klassik.de/aktuell/news-kritik/kissinger-klavier-olymp-2023-mihaly-berecz-100.html |date=14 October 2023 }}, ''Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR Klassik)'', 9. Oktober 2023</ref> |- |22. |2024 |Illia Ovcharenko |Jérémie Moreau |Onutė Gražinytė |Simon Haje<ref>[https://magazin.klassik.com/news/teaser.cfm?ID=18115 Illia Ovcharenko gewinnt Kissinger KlavierOlymp] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203155303/https://magazin.klassik.com/news/teaser.cfm?ID=18115 |date=3 December 2024 }} ''Klassik.com'', 8. October 2024</ref> |- |23. |2025 |Alon Kariv |Dmitry Yudin |Elia Cecino |Dmitry Yudin<ref>[https://www.br-klassik.de/aktuell/news-kritik/kissinger-klavierolymp-2025-100.html/ ''Alon Kariv gewinnt Klavierolymp 2025''], {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251006155236/https://www.br-klassik.de/aktuell/news-kritik/kissinger-klavierolymp-2025-100.html}} ''Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR Klassik)'', 6. October 2025</ref> |}
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==External links== *[http://www.kissingersommer.de/en/ Homepage "Kissinger Sommer"] *[https://www.br.de/mediathek/video/kissinger-sommer-2017-eroeffnungskonzert-mit-paavo-jaervi-av:5a00dfa0640b3800127909b2 Opening concert 2017], Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
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