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Gdańsk International Festival for Wind Instruments – Oboe and Bassoon Competition
Next edition
No future edition is announced on the official pages we could check.
Overview
Youth oboe and bassoon competition within the Gdańsk International Festival for Wind Instruments, for pupils of Polish music schools and young foreign players who are not university music students. Five groups by age and years of study plus a chamber category.
- Organiser
- Feliks Nowowiejski Primary and Secondary Music School in Gdańsk
- Instruments
- Oboe, Bassoon, Chamber ensembles with oboe or bassoon
- Category
- Solo oboe, Oboe in chamber music, Solo bassoon, Bassoon in chamber music, Other ensembles
- Age limits
- Younger groups born 2013 or later (up to 13); older groups born 2012 or earlier; not open to students of higher music education (2026)
Rules & repertoire
Registration & fee
Online form; donation fee PLN 150 (EUR 40) per soloist, PLN 50 (EUR 15) per ensemble member.
Rounds & time limits
- Groups I–II: max 5 min
- Groups III–IV: max 8 min
- Group V: max 10 min
- Chamber ensembles: max 12 min
Repertoire
Two contrasting free-choice works with piano (or two contrasting works for ensembles); memory not required.
Jury & prizes
Jury
Not published on the official pages we could check.Prizes
- Grand Prix and 1st–3rd prizes with diplomas and financial or material prizes
Past editions
- 2026 — Gdańsk, 28–29 April 2026 source
Summarised from official sources, last checked 11 Nov 2026. Main source