Year of birth: 1996
Place of birth: Backnang
Educated in: Hannover
Place of residence: Hannover
(Plays in Hamburg)
Watch Viktor Soos performance.
M. Ravel - From Miroirs: 2. Oiseaux tristes M. Ravel - From Miroirs: 3. Une barque sur l'océan F. Chopin - Étude op. 10, no. 10 A. Skrjabin - Étude op. 42, n. 5
Viktor Soos won numerous prizes in national and international competitions. He is the prize winner of the International Robert Schumann Competition 2021 in Zwickau and he won the 2nd prize of the European Piano Competition in Bremen in 2024. In 2017, he was appointed as a finalist in the German Music Competition by the German Music Council and he has been included in the Federal Selection of Concerts for Young Artists. His concert tours have taken him to Japan, Argentina, and the USA. Viktor Soos regularly gives master classes in Germany and abroad, and has already performed with renowned artists such as violinist Midori and clarinettist Sabine Meyer. Since 2021, Viktor Soos has been studying at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien in Hannover in the class of Bernd Goetzke.
Due to health reasons the candidates Shotaro Nishimura and Zixi Chen could not participate in the GPP 2022. They received the possibility to participate in this edition.
Candidates who withdrew from the competition:
Bily Robert
Deng Yubo
Durliat Gabriel
Guo Yungyung
Han Wenfang
Lee Shinyoung
Martinelli Riccardo
Park Chaeyoung
Thomazinho Lucas
Wang Jiapeng