Prizes Awarded at Hamburg’s Tonali International Cello Competition [360° VIDEO]

21 year old cellist Sebastian Fritsch from Germany has been awarded 1st prize at the 2018 Tonali Competition, in Hamburg, Germany

21 year old German cellist Sebastian Fritsch has been awarded 1st prize at the 2018 Tonali Competition, in Hamburg, Germany.

A student of Jean-Guihen Queyras at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg, Sebastian has recently made solo debuts with the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra - and at the Cello Biënnale Amsterdam and Salzburg, Ilertissen and Schleswig-Holstein Music Festivals.

TONALI INTERNATIONAL CELLO COMPETITION | FINAL ROUND | 360° VIEW | JOSHUA WEILERSTEIN & DEUTSCHE KAMMERPHILHARMONIE BREMEN

2nd and 3rd prizes were awarded to 20-year-old Bryan Chen from Canada and 17-year-old Manuel Lipstein from Germany.

Sebastian will receive €10,000.

In addition, he was awarded the €3,000 audience prize - plus the Mariinsky Orchestra debut invitation special prize.

Held annually, the Tonali Competition rotates yearly between the violin, cello and piano disciplines - previous 1st prize winners include violinist, VC Young Artist Lara Boschkor.