Soyoung Park receives Berenberg Culture Prize 2026

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Major awards for four young artists at the Elbphilharmonie on June 2: the Berenberg Culture Prize went to violinist Soyoung Park and the Berenberg Art Prize to artist Eda Aslan.

"For over 35 years, our foundation has been supporting young artists who come from Hamburg or who have come from many countries to study in our city," explains Dr. Hans-Walter Peters, Chairman of the Foundation's Management Board and Chairman of the Bank's Board of Directors. Well over a million euros have been donated to young musicians and artists to date. Many scholarship holders are now at home in major concert halls and exhibition venues all over the world.

The Berenberg Culture Prize was awarded to violinist Soyoung Park, who was born in South Korea in 1998. After completing her bachelor's degree at Seoul National University, she studied at the Hamburg University of Music and Drama (HfMT), where she graduated with a master's degree in 2023. She recently completed her concert exam in the class of Prof. Tanja Becker-Bender.

The Berenberg Art Prize went to artist Eda Aslan, who was born in Istanbul in 1993. She studied sculpture and painting at Marmara University and completed her master's degree in "Time-Related Media" at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts in 2025. A particular focus of her work is on abandoned spaces, narratives, archives and testimonies that have been omitted or forgotten in historiography.

The American soprano Tylor Haines and the Hungarian harpist Álmos László Tallós received scholarships. Haines has made a name for herself with her radiant, powerful voice and commanding stage presence. Before studying at the HfMT, she studied at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Tallós began his harp studies in Hungary at the age of nine and came to the HfMT in October 2021. He has been a regular performer at the Hamburg State Opera since last year. In addition to his concert activities, he composes his own works and arrangements.

Dr. Hans-Walter Peters thanked the members of the Board of Trustees Katharina Trebitsch (film producer), Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hermann Rauhe (Honorary President of the HfMT), Prof. Martin Köttering (President of the HFBK) and Prof. Dr. Jan Philipp Sprick (President of the HfMT), who have supported the board of the foundation for many years.