12.04.2025

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Open to international conductors aged up to 35, applications will close on May 7, 2025.

Founded in 1939, the Concours de Genève competition offers two disciplines each year in rotation, including piano, flute, oboe, clarinet, cello, viola, string quartet, voice, percussion, and composition.
 
Organized over two years, the 2025/26 Conducting Competition of the 80th Concours de Genève is open to all conductors born after November 13, 1991, regardless of gender or nationality.
The deadline for applications is May 7, 2025. To apply, click here.
 
The jury includes Bertrand de Billy (Chair), Sonia Ben-Santamaria, Baldur Brönnimann, Martin Campbell-White, Marzena Diakun. Rémi Durupt. Laurent Gay, Claire Levacher, Sarah Nemtanu, Eva Ollikainen, Peter Oundjian, Natalia Ponomarchuk, Mark Stringer, Arturo Tamayo, and Wingsie Yip. The composition of the Jury varies according to competition rounds.
 
After the first two rounds, which will be held in 2025, six semi-finalists will be selected and will also participate in masterclasses, workshops, and meetings with orchestras to encourage artistic growth and professional exchange.
 
First prize is awarded with CHF 20,000; second prize is CHF 12,000; and third prize is valued at CHF 8,000. Special awards include the Semi-Finalist Prize of CHF 3,000, which will be presented to three semi-finalists not selected for the Final Round.
 
More awards include the CHF 1,500 Audience Prize, the CHF 1,000 Young Audience Prize, and the Students Prize worth CHF 1,000.
 
The competition’s first and second rounds will be held from October 31 to November 3, 2025, with the Geneva School of Music Orchestra and the Geneva Chamber Orchestra.
 
The three Semi-Final rounds will be held in November 2026, featuring the Orchestre de Chambre de Genève, Ensemble Contrechamps, and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, which will perform in the Final Round.
 
JURY 
Bertrand de Billy, Chair 
Sonia Ben-Santamaria 
Baldur Brönnimann 
Martin Campbell-White 
Marzena Diakun 
Rémi Durupt 
Laurent Gay 
Claire Levacher 
Sarah Nemtanu 
Eva Ollikainen 
Peter Oundjian 
Natalia Ponomarchuk 
Mark Stringer 
Arturo Tamayo 
Wingsie Yip

The composition of the Jury varies according to competition rounds.

 
Bertrand de Billy © Marco Borggreve