The Japanese-born pianist Hisako Kawamura has her pianistic roots
pianist Hisako Kawamura has her roots in Göttingen. As a participant
in the 2nd International Göttingen Chopin Competition
1993, the then eleven-year-old came into contact with the Polish
Polish-born piano teacher Małgorzata Bator-
Schreiber, with whom she took lessons in Göttingen from then on.
in Göttingen. She then studied with Vladimir Krainev,
was awarded numerous prizes and has since made a
career worldwide. In 2015 she became a profes-
professor at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen and
is also a special lecturer at the Tokyo College of
Music. The violinist Sarah Christian comes from Augs-
burg, won 2nd prize in the 2017 ARD Music Competition.
prize in the 2017 ARD Music Competition and is a professor at the Stu
gart. Antje Weithaas has described Sarah Christian as "one of the most ta
most talented violinists of her generation".