No 68 A Contest of Bach Prize Winners

J. S. Bach: Konzert d-Moll, BWV 1052.2 • J. S. Bach: Konzert c-Moll, BWV 1060 • J. S. Bach: Konzert E-Dur, BWV 1042 • J. S. Bach: Konzert d-Moll, BWV 1063 • F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Konzert d-Moll, MWV O 4

Artists: Die drei Preisträger*innen des Bach-Wettbewerbs Leipzig 2025, Jan Čmejla (piano − 1st Prize at the Leipzig Bach Competition 2025), Marek Kozák (piano − 2nd Prize at the Leipzig Bach Competition 2025), Mariamna Sherling (piano − 3rd Prize at the Leipzig Bach Competition 2025), Preisträger*in beim Bach-Wettbewerb 2026 (violin), Mendelssohn Kammerorchester Leipzig

The 2025 and 2026 Bach Prize winners already have the most important contest successfully behind them. Now they are returning to Leipzig for the Bachfest and will perform together in various configurations: the three winners of the Piano section (2025) will perform in pure Bach – starting with a Solo Concerto, then the Double Concerto in C Minor and lastly the Concerto for three Pianos in D Minor. The winner of the first prize in the Violin section (2026) will introduce themselves to the festival audience firstly with Bach’s Violin Concerto in E Major and then close the evening with one of the Piano section prize winners by performing the Double Concerto for Piano and Violin in D Minor by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.