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:
Maria Ioudenitch
Javier Comesaña
Chiara Sannicandro
Minami Yoshida

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