Christoph Croisé wins the Brahms Competition
The cellist, who lives in the canton of Aargau, was awarded first prize in the cello category at the finals of the international music competition on September 13.
50 cellists competed in the violoncello category at the 22nd International Johannes Brahms Competition in Pörtschach am Wörthersee, Austria. Christoph Croisé won first prize in the 3rd round. Second prize went to Yoosin Park (born 1990, South Korea) and third prize to Kacper Nowak (born 1987, Poland). The jury consisted of Alexandre Bouzlov, Catalin Ilea, Matthieu Lejeune, Kyung-Ok Park and Éva Simić-Németh.
Around 200 soloists and over 30 ensembles performed in the piano, chamber music, violin, viola and cello categories at the Brahms Competition from September 5 to 13. The competition is organized by the Johannes Brahms Society Pörtschach.
Born in 1993, Christoph Croisé has been performing internationally as a solo cellist since the age of 17. On November 7, he will be performing together with pianist Oxana Shevchenko at the Tonhalle Zurich to hear.
