Editor:
Presscouncil City of Chemnitz
Pressrelease: 277

Congratulations on excellent placings: Chemnitz music students again very successful in the national "Jugend musiziert" competition

Pupils from the Chemnitz Municipal Music School have achieved outstanding results in their participation in the 50th national "Jugend musiziert" competition. The most successful Chemnitz participant in the national competition is cellist Helene Winkler: the young musician won 1st prize in the solo category - congratulations! According to music school director Nancy Gibson, a total of eleven young musicians from the Chemnitz Municipal Music School took part in the 50th national "Jugend musiziert" competition, two of them in two different categories.

Music school director Nancy Gibson: "The teaching team at Chemnitz Municipal Music School is very happy and also very proud of our music students who were so successful in the national competition! The results are outstanding, as the 50th national competition 'Jugend musiziert' in Erlangen brought together the best young musicians from all over Germany. To achieve so many outstanding placings in such an artistically dense and demanding competition, as our Chemnitz students did once again, is an extraordinary achievement for which I would like to congratulate all participants."

Here are the Chemnitz participants in the national "Jugend musiziert" competition - each with the number of points achieved in the competition and the prize they won:

Solo scores:
Helene Winkler, cello - 24 points, 1st prize
Marie-Luise Weber, pop vocals - 22 points, 2nd prize
Caroline Zaunick, viola - 21 points, 2nd prize
Jonathan Fröhlich, cello - 20 points, 3rd prize
Vanessa Louise Winkler, pop vocals - 19 points, participated with very good results.

Duo scores:
Lily Höfling, clarinet - 23 points, 2nd prize
Jonathan Hofmann, piano - 23 points, 2nd prize
Lida Winkler, flute - 19 points, participated with very good success

Ensemble evaluation:
Helene Winkler, cello - 22 points, 2nd prize
Simon Winkler, violin - 22 points, 2nd prize
Lasse Anders, violin - 22 points, 2nd prize
Caroline Zaunick, viola - 22 points, 2nd prize
Felix Lingath, piano - 22 points, 2nd prize.

Contact: Music school director Nancy Gibson, Chemnitz Municipal Music School,
Call 0371/302289, mobile: 0175-851-645, e-mail: musikschule@stadt-chemnitz.de

Information online: http: //www.jugend-musiziert.org/bundeswettbewerb.html and www.musikschule-chemnitz.de