Winners & Masters:
Benjamin Kruithof, violoncello & Zala Kravos, piano

Under the patronage of the Honorary Consul of Luxembourg in Munich

Benjamin Kruithof, violoncello, Luxembourg/Berlin (*1999)

• Winner of the main, audience and orchestra prizes at the Grand Prix Anne et Françoise Groben, Luxembourg, 2017
• 1st prizes, Paris Concours Flame and Concours Prodige Art, France, 2016
• 1st prize, Concours international Léopold Bellan (first prize & special jury prize), Paris, 2015
• 1st prize, Concours luxembourgeois pour Jeunes Solistes of the Ecole de Musique de l’UGDA as well as Prix de Sacem, 2014

Zala Kravos, piano, Slovenia/Luxembourg (*2002)

• Gold medals at the Luxembourg Competition for Young Soloists, 2009 and 2011
• Prize winner, »International Piano Competition de Île de France«, 2010
• Prize winner, »International Piano Competition of France«, 2011
• Prize winner, »European Piano Competition in Luxembourg«, 2014
• »Passion of Music 2016« competition in the Carnegie Hall, New York

(Kulturkreis Gasteig e. V., Munich)

• Composer: François FrancoeurOpus: Sonate für Violoncello und Klavier E-Dur
• Composer: Ludwig van BeethovenOpus: Sonate für Klavier und Violoncello op. 69 Nr. 3 A-Dur
• Composer: Albena Petrovic Vratchanska (*1965)Opus: »Crystal dream« op.144
• Composer: Frédéric ChopinOpus: Ballade op. 38 Nr. 2 F-Dur
• Composer: Johannes BrahmsOpus: Sonate op. 38 Nr. 1 e-Moll
• Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff Opus: Vocalise op. 34