The Carl von Ossietzky Composition Prize was announced this year for the nineteenth time by the Institute of Music at the University of Oldenburg.

The ensembles for which the competition is organised change from year to year. In this way, a growing repertoire of compositions of medium difficulty is continuously created, bringing together pupils, students and amateurs from different styles to play together.

The 19th Carl von Ossietzky Composition Prize was awarded for compositions for organ. 37 works from 8 countries (3 continents) were submitted. The jury (Violeta Dinescu, Christoph Keller, Johannes von Hoff, Roberto Reale and Michael Searby) has decided to honour the following compositions:

1st prize (1,000 euros): Günter Berger (Dötlingen)

Cross-cultural rhapsodic organ paraphrases to a synagogue psalmody, an Islamic call to prayer and a Gregorian hymn

2nd prize (700 euros): Hermann Kruse (Dortmund)

Toccata on "Out of deep grade"

3rd prize (500 euros): Simon Gregor (Laipheim)

Linguis omnium

Thesponsorship award (300 euros) goes to

Benjamin Pfordt | *1992 (Münster)
Nyanyian Panakawan (Ising Kitab Suci)

The following works will also be honoured:

Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten
by Maxim Seloujanov (Vienna)

Rorate coeli de super (choral contemplation)
by Alexei Grott (Salzburg)

Metaphonie - Choralpartita for organ
by Leopold Brauneiss (Vienna)

Metamorphosis
by Junsang Bahk (Choongju City, South Korea)

The following compositions will be included in the
repertoire of the Carl von Ossietzky Composition Competition:

3 Protestant Chorales, The Hungarian Chorale and O Christe! by Elena Samarina

All shall be one by Luige Mengoni

Apokálypsis per Organo by Matteo Zanetti

Jesu meine Zuversicht Fantasy, Adagio and Fughette by Petr Hala

Liturgical Scenes by Rodrigo Baggio

Contemplatio by René Hirschfeld

Ave Maria Stella by Jacek Domagala

SLAGSSOX by Torbjorn Heide Arnesen

Fantasia super Victimae by Luigi Mengoni

Find peace by Thorsten Sense

Verleih uns Frieden gnädiglich Choralfantasie for organ solo by Ekkehard Fellner

171 by Fabian Blum

Bricolage by Albrecht Beckert

Mit Fried und Freund ich fahr dahin Choral Variations for organ by Jona Kümper

Behold, this too is but a man by Christian Scheel

Fantasia Christ lag in Todesbanden by Patrick Wildermuth

The award ceremony and the performance of selected compositions by Johannes von Hoff will take place on Sunday, 3 May 2020 at 5 pm in the Ansgari Church.

This year, the Carl von Ossietzky Composition Competition is open to works for piano and orchestra.

Prof. Violeta Dinescu