Hölscher, Kolja

Germany

Participated in 2026

Group B

Born on 2008-11-14, Stuttgart (Germany).
Started to play piano at the age of 5 with Prof. Julia Goldstein.

Since 2021 till 2022 has studied at the private studio with Prof. Florian Hölscher.

Since 2022 till now has studied at the Hochschule für Musik Frankfurt am Main with Prof. Florian Hölscher.

Attended masterclasses of Pierre-Laurent Aimard.

Received 2nd prize of Concours international de piano Ile de France, 2023.

Received 1st prize of XVII International Competition “Giovani Musicisti – Citta di Treviso”, 2025.

Received several 1st prizes and special prizes of German national competition “Jugend musiziert”, 2023-25.

FIRST ROUND

— J.S. Bach – Prelude and Fugue in E flat Major WK II, BWV 876

— F. Liszt – from “Études d’éxécution transcendentales” no. 5 “Feux Follets”

— L. van Beethoven – Sonata in C Major op. 53 “Waldstein” 1st. mov.

— S. Rachmaninow – Sonata no. 2 in b flat minor op. 36 (1913 version) 3rd mov.

Second round

— L. van Beethoven – Sonata in C Major op. 53 “Waldstein”

— J. Brahms – Sonata no. 1 in C Major op. 1, 1st mov.

— G. Ligeti – Etude no. 2 “Cordes à vide”

Third round

The third orchestral round was introduced in 2020