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Geneva International Music Competition (Concours de Geneve)

Geneva, Switzerland

Next edition

Edition
2027

Source: concoursgeneve.ch

Overview

The Concours de Geneve is a multi-discipline international competition that rotates categories each year. Upcoming per official laureates page: Conducting 2025-2026, Composition 2026, Piano 2027 and Baroque Violin 2027. The official home page gives Conducting 2026 semi-final and final dates as 7-13 November 2026.

Organiser
Concours de Geneve (Geneva Competition), founded 1939 (per official press material)
Instruments
Piano, Baroque violin, Composition, Conducting, Voice, Viola, Percussion (2019 edition)
Category
Solo piano, Baroque violin, Solo viola, Opera & general voice, Percussion, Orchestral conducting, Chamber & solo composition
Rotating
Different disciplines each year; 2027: piano and baroque violin
Next edition: Piano, Violin
Age limits
Piano 2027: open to all pianists born after 17 November 1997. Other categories not stated.

Rules & repertoire

Registration & fee

Not published on the official pages we could check.

Rounds & time limits

Not published on the official pages we could check.

Repertoire

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Jury & prizes

Jury

Not published on the official pages we could check.

Prizes

Not published on the official pages we could check.

Past editions

  • 2025 — Geneva source
    Viola: 1st Prize ex aequo Sarah Strohm and Brian Isaacs.
  • 2024 — Geneva source
    Composition: 1st Prize ex aequo Leo Albisetti and Caio de Azevedo. Voice: 1st Prize Chelsea Marilyn Zurflueh. Also NOVO Quartet listed as 1st Prize (category/year not shown).

Summarised from official sources, last checked 10 Nov 2026. Main source