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Jacques Lancelot International Clarinet Competition (Concours International de Clarinette Jacques Lancelot)
Next edition
No future edition is announced on the official pages we could check.
Overview
A 7th-edition international clarinet competition in Rouen with anonymous audio preselection, quarter-final, semi-final and a final with orchestra. Prizes total EUR 23,000 across the listed prizes.
- Organiser
- Association du concours international de clarinette Jacques Lancelot
- Instruments
- Clarinet
- Category
- Solo clarinet
- Age limits
- Clarinetists of any nationality born between 26 October 1990 and 18 October 2007 (2025 edition). Past finalists skip preselection but must register; past First Prize winners cannot compete.
Rules & repertoire
Registration & fee
deadline: 31 March 2025 (including preselection recordings; for the 2025 edition)
fee: EUR 160, paid online via PayPal, non-refundable
howToApply: Register online at www.concours-jacques-lancelot.org, pay the fee, then send preselection audio, registration form PDF, photo, CV, ID and an authenticity letter.
Rounds & time limits
- Preselection: anonymous audio recordings (one mp3 per piece, max 30 MB each)
- Quarter-final: 20-22 October 2025 (CRR of Rouen)
- Semi-final: 23-24 October 2025
- Final: 25 October 2025, with orchestra
Repertoire
Preselection program on a separate official program page. The rules state the Guillaume Connesson concerto must not be performed in public before its premiere in the final.
Jury & prizes
Jury
Not published on the official pages we could check.Prizes
- First Prize EUR 10,000 plus paid concert tour (2025-26 season) and photo book; Second Prize EUR 7,000 plus photo book; Third Prize EUR 4,000 plus photo book; Best interpretation of the original piece EUR 1,000; Audience Prize EUR 1,000.
Past editions
- 2025 — Rouen, France (CRR of Rouen; final at Chapelle Corneille) source
Summarised from official sources, last checked 10 Nov 2026. Main source