After the 2021 edition had to be suspended due to a pandemic, the biennial competition could be held again as usual in 2023. The finale took place on March 5 at the Heidelberg Theater. The 1st prize was awarded twice to 24-year-old tenor Laurence Kilsby from England and 33-year-old tenor Tae Hwan Yun from South Korea. The 2nd prize was not awarded. The 3rd prize of 7,500 euros went to 33-year-old soprano Alexandra Flood from Australia. Yuhao Guo from Germany was awarded the best pianist of the competition and 5,000 euros in prize money (donated by Christa Tonnecker). The Audience Award (donated by the Freundeskreis Heidelberger Frühling e.V.) in the amount of 2,500 euros was awarded to baritone Lars Conrad from Germany. For the first time, voting was not only possible on site, but also via online voting from all over the world. The winners also received various prizes for sheet music, donated by the publisher Schott Music.

The competition jury included Thomas Quasthoff (chair), James Bailieu, Juliane Banse, Bernada Fink, John Gilhooly, Helga Machreich-Unterzaucher, Richard Stokes, James Taylor and Justus Zeyen.

The competition repertoire included selected songs by Aribert Reimann, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann and Viktor Ullmann. The competition pianist was Alexander Fleischer.

All rounds of the 2023 competition were broadcast live on Youtube. To the playlist

The finale took place on February 10, 2019 at Theater Heidelberg. The 1st prize of 15,000 euros, donated by the Manfred Lautenschläger Foundation, went to soprano Nikola Hillebrand from Germany. The 2nd prize of 10,000 euros was shared by mezzo-soprano Yajie Zhang from China and baritone Konstantin Krimmel from Germany. Konstantin Krimmel also received the audience prize of 2,000 euros. The 3rd prize of 5,000 euros went to baritone Michael Rakotoarivony from Madagascar. The sponsorship prize of 2,500 euros, donated by the Freundeskreis Heidelberger Frühling e.V., was awarded to the bass-baritone Jeeyoung Lim from South Korea. In absentia, Matthew Fletcher from Great Britain was awarded the title of best pianist of the competition and 5,000 euros in prize money.

The competition jury included Thomas Quasthoff (chair), Juliane Banse, John Gilhooly, Charlotte Lehmann, Helga Machreich, Malcolm Martineau, Thorsten Schmidt and Richard Stokes.

The vocal repertoire included songs by Johannes Brahms, Hugo Wolf, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Charles Ives and Wilhelm Killmayer.

All rounds of the 2019 competition were broadcast live on Youtube. To the playlist

The finale took place on Saturday, March 4, 2017 in the Stadthalle Heidelberg. The 1st prize, endowed with 15,000 euros, donated by the Manfred Lautenschläger Foundation, went to the baritone Samuel Hasselhorn from Germany. The 2nd prize and 7,500 euros went to the US mezzo-soprano Clara Osowski. Two awards were given to baritone Jóhann Kristinsson from Iceland: the 3rd prize (5,000 euros) and the audience prize, which was originally unendowed, but got spontaneously endowed with 5,000 euros by an anonymous sponsor. The baritones André Baleiro from Portugal and Modestas Sedlevicius from Lithuania received promotional prizes (2,500 euros), and the best pianists were Spain's Victoria Guerrero and Ukraine's Anna Anstett (2,500 euros).

The jury included Thomas Quasthoff (chair), Brigitte Fassbaender, Bernarda Fink, John Gilhooly, Charlotte Lehmann, Felicity Lott, Helga Machreich, Dominique Meyer and Richard Stokes.

The vocal repertoire included songs by Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann and Wolfgang Rihm.

All rounds of the 2017 competition were broadcast live on Youtube. To the playlist

The Israeli mezzo-soprano Hagar Sharvit prevailed in the final, which took place on Sunday February 22, 2015 at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin. She received a scholarship worth a total of 30,000 euros and was also awarded the audience prize. The second prize of 15,000 euros went to the Australian soprano Emma Moore. The third prize of 7,500 euros went to Angharad Lyddon (alto) from Wales. The pianist prize of 10,000 euros was shared by Ammiel Bushakevitz and James Sherlock. The promotional prize of 5,000 euros went to the soprano Suzanne Fischer (born 1987).

The jury included Thomas Quasthoff (chair), Brigitte Fassbaender, John Gilhooly, Helga Machreich-Unterzaucher, Dominique Meyer, Charles Spencer and Richard Stokes.

The vocal repertoire included songs by Franz Schubert, Benjamin Britten and Robert Franz.

In the final, which took place on Sunday February 24, 2013 at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin, the only 23-year-old baritone Manuel Walser from Switzerland prevailed. He received a scholarship worth a total of 30,000 euros. The second prize of 15,000 euros went to Annelie Sophie Müller, mezzo-soprano from Berlin. The third prize of 7,500 euros was shared by mezzo-soprano Nathalie Mittelbach from Switzerland and soprano Sunyoung Seo from South Korea. The pianist prize of 10,000 euros was won by Jonathan Ware from the USA. The sponsorship prize of 5,000 euros went to soprano Annika Gerhards (born 1988). The audience also judged the singers and awarded the audience prize to Manuel Walser.

The jury included Thomas Quasthoff (chair), Brigitte Fassbaender, John Gilhooly, Helga Machreich-Unterzaucher, Dominique Meyer, Charles Spencer and Richard Stokes.

For the 2013 competition, a total of 30 songs were to be prepared - by the following composers: Claude Debussy, Gustav Mahler, Maurice Ravel, Richard Strauss. At least three songs had to be prepared by each of these four composers.

The first prize of 30,000 euros went to mezzo-sporanist Amira Elmadfa from Germany. The second prize of 15,000 euros went to the baritone Martin Häßler from Germany. The third prize was shared. 3,750 each went to the English mezzo-soprano Anna Huntley and the baritone David Pichlmaier from Germany. The pianist prize of 10,000 euros went to James Baillieu from South Africa. The sponsorship prize of 5,000 euros went to the Finnish song duo consisting of the baritone Aarne Pelkonen, born in 1986, and the pianist Juho Alakärppä, born in 1983. The audience award went to Benjamin Appl.

The jury included Thomas Quasthoff (chair), Annette Dasch, Brigitte Fassbaender, Robert Gambill, John Gilhooly, Charles Spencer and Eva Wagner-Pasquier.

For the 2011 competition in Berlin, the following repertoire had to be prepared: Johannes Brahms (15 songs), Hugo Wolf (15 songs).

The first prize was not awarded. The second prize of 15,000 euros went to baritone Tobias Berndt from Germany. The third prize was shared. EUR 5,000 each went to the tenor Seil Kim from South Korea and the baritone Daniel Schmutzhard from Austria. The pianist award was also shared. EUR 5,000 each went to Alexander Fleischer from Germany and Gary Matthewman from England. The sponsorship award was also shared. EUR 2,500 each went to pianist James Baillieu, born 1982 in South Africa, and bass Jan Martinik, born 1983 in the Czech Republic.

The jury included Thomas Quasthoff (chair), Pieter G. Alferink, Annette Dasch, Helmut Deutsch, Martin Engstroem, Brigitte Fassbaender and Charles Spencer.

For the 2009 competition in Berlin, the following repertoire had to be prepared: Franz Schubert (15 songs), Robert Schumann (15 songs).