Commissioned Works

The Lower Saxony Foundation commissions a composition for each edition of the violin competition. Manfred Trojahn's Im Garten zu spielen ("To be played in the garden") for solo violin was premiered by the four laureates on the final day in 2021:

The Stiftung Niedersachsen commissions a composition for each edition of the Violin Competition. Manfred Trojahn's "Im Garten zu spielen" for solo violin will be premiered by the four finalists on the final evening.

2021 | Manfred Trojahn | Im Garten zu spielen

2018 | Rebecca Saunders | Hauch

2015 | David Coleman | Cut-Up

2012 | Peter Francesco Marino | Unentrinnbar

2009 | Johannes Schöllhorn | oréade

2006 | Jörg Widmann | Etude IV

2003 | Arvo Pärt | Passacaglia

2000 | Vladimir Martynow | Versions of Twelve Episodes

1997 | Henryk Mikolaj Górecki | Kleine Phantasie

1994 | Krzysztof Meyer | Misterioso

1991 | Alfred Koerppen | Melusine