Celina Höferlin (2010)

| Germany

Professor | Andreas Weber

Celina Höferlin, born in 2010, commenced her musical journey by taking piano lessons at the age of 5. Within 9 months, she achieved the remarkable feat of being awarded the 1st prize laureate as the youngest participant in the Mendelssohn Competition Frankfurt Rhein Main. At 6, she successfully passed the entrance examination for Dr. Hoch’s conservatory in Frankfurt, where she studied under Prof. Stefana Chitta-Stegemann. In 2020, Celina was accepted as a young student in the Pre-College of Mozarteum, studying under Prof. Andreas Weber. Her list of achievements includes 1st prizes in various international competitions, such as the International Feurich Competition for Piano (2019), International Grotrian-Steinweg Piano Competition (2020), International Piano Competition Mozart (2021), International Piano Competition ‘’Frederic Chopin’’ 9th Edition, Bacau, Romania (2021), International Classical Music Competition by Vienna Classical Music Academy (2022), and Amadeus International Music Awards (2023). She has also secured 2nd prizes in competitions like Steinway Piano Competition Hamburg (2017), Piano Festival Clavis Bavaria (2020), Young Euregio Piano Award online Edition (2021), Rising Stars Grand Prix International Music Competition Berlin (2021), Bechstein Piano Competition Berlin (2022), and International Hans-von-Bülow Competition Meiningen (2023). Celina has showcased her talents in prestigious venues worldwide, including Gläsner Saal Vienna, Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Steinway House Munich, Carnegie Hall, N.Y. (2018), Ehrbar-Saal in Vienna (2019), the chamber music hall in Berlin Philharmonic (2019), Bösendorfer Saal in Mozarthaus Vienna (2022), and Großer Saal Mozarteum (2023).