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Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck International Organ Music Competition
Next edition
No future edition is announced on the official pages we could check.
Overview
Triennial-style international organ competition in Gdańsk with separate interpretation and improvisation tracks. Open to organists under 32; previous first-prize winners are excluded.
- Organiser
- Polish Baltic Frédéric Chopin Philharmonic, with Moniuszko Academy of Music
- Instruments
- Organ (interpretation), Organ improvisation
- Category
- Organ, Organ improvisation
- Age limits
- Under 32 on the opening day (2024 edition)
Rules & repertoire
Registration & fee
Online application with video recordings; fee PLN 100 per track (2024).
Rounds & time limits
- Interpretation: video round (35), round 2 (11), final (5)
- Improvisation: video round (20), final (5)
Repertoire
2024 interpretation: Bach trio sonata and Bach work in video round; Bach, Buxtehude, Sweelinck and Siefert in round 2; Reger chorale fantasia, Surzyński sonata and Dubois toccata in final. Improvisation: toccata on Bogurodzica, fugue on Bruckner theme, partita and symphony.
Jury & prizes
Jury
- 2024 interpretation: Bartosz Jakubczak, Krzysztof Lukas, Roman Perucki, Martin Sander, Pavel Svoboda
- 2024 improvisation: Martin Gregorius, Naji Hakim, Tomasz Adam Nowak, Tomasz Orłów, Roman Perucki
Prizes
- Interpretation: 1st PLN 24,000, 2nd PLN 8,000, 3rd PLN 6,000, Sweelinck special prize PLN 3,000
- Improvisation: 1st PLN 10,000, 2nd PLN 6,000
Past editions
- 2024 — Gdańsk source
Summarised from official sources, last checked 11 Nov 2026. Main source