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International Feith Organ Competition

Blieskastel, Germany · Internationaler Feith-Orgelwettbewerb

Next edition

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

Overview

The Feith Organ Competition is held every two years at the Schlosskirche in Blieskastel, Saarland, for organists under 30. It has a video preselection followed by two rounds and a final.

Instruments: Organ
Category: Organ
Age limits: Organists who have not yet turned 30

Rules & repertoire

Registration & fee

Not published on the official pages we could check.

Rounds & time limits

Preselection by video
Round 1
Round 2
Final

Repertoire

2026: preselection BWV 688 and Messiaen Les enfants de Dieu; round 1 Muffat Toccata septima and Widor Final Op. 13/3; round 2 Reger Op. 27 and Escaich Evocation II; final Bach BWV 532 and Duruflé Toccata Op. 5.

Jury & prizes

Jury

Claudia Rode (chair)
Jorg Abbing
Christian von Blohn
Jean-Baptiste Monnot
Isabelle Demers

Prizes

1st: EUR 6,000
2nd: EUR 3,000
Forderpreis: EUR 1,500

Past editions

2026 — Schlosskirche Blieskastel source
1st Karl Pohlandt; 2nd Pierre-Francois Purson; 3rd Heena Lee
2024 — Blieskastel source
1st Jannik Schroeder; 2nd Filip Smerda; 3rd Lennart Pries
2022 — Blieskastel source
1st Grant Smith; 2nd Stefano Perrotta; 3rd Leendert Verduijn

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