Gianni Gambi International Harpsichord Competition

Next edition

No future edition is announced on the official pages we could check.

Overview

International harpsichord competition of the Pesaro conservatory, held at the Museo Nazionale Rossini (19th edition 2024, 20th edition 2026). Open without age limit to harpsichord and early-keyboard students of Italian or foreign higher music institutions and to graduates of the previous academic year; limited to 25 candidates.

Organiser

Conservatorio Statale di Musica "G. Rossini" Pesaro

Instruments

Harpsichord, Early keyboards

Category

Fortepiano, Harpsichord & fortepiano

Age limits

No age limit (current students and recent graduates of higher music institutions)

Jury & prizes

Jury

• Temenuschka Vesselinova (president)
• Carmen Leoni
• Stefano Molardi
• Susanna Piolanti
• Davide Pozzi

Prizes

• 1st prize: EUR 2,000
• 2nd prize: EUR 1,000
• 3rd prize: EUR 700
• Jury special prize: EUR 300
• Domenico da Pesaro / Maria Letizia Pascoli prize (best Bach Sarabande): EUR 300
• Joannes De Perticis prize (best Italian repertoire): EUR 300

Past editions

• 2026 — Pesaro, Museo Nazionale Rossini, 19–21 March 2026 source
  1st: Baptiste Zeronian (HEM Genève); 2nd: Sibylle Roth (CNSM Paris); 3rd: Kohei Takeoka (Civica Scuola di Musica di Milano)
• 2024 — Pesaro, Museo Nazionale Rossini, 14–16 March 2024 source
  1st: Nicolò Pellizzari (CNSM Paris); 2nd: Joel Keller (CNSM Paris); 3rd (shared): Nicolas Aubin (Schola Cantorum Basiliensis), Matteo Fiorina (Royal Conservatory The Hague)