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Ljubljana Festival International Competition for Brass Quintets and Quartets

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Next edition

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

Overview

An international competition run by Festival Ljubljana for brass quintets and for trombone, horn, tuba and euphonium/tuba quartets. It has a video preliminary round followed by two live rounds.

Organiser
Festival Ljubljana
Instruments
Brass quintet, Trombone quartet, Horn quartet, Tuba quartet, Euphonium/tuba quartet
Category
Brass ensembles, Wind & brass ensembles

Rules & repertoire

Registration & fee

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Rounds & time limits

  • Preliminary (video) 15-20 min
  • Round 1: 35-40 min
  • Round 2 recital: 45-50 min

Repertoire

Set works by category, e.g. brass quintet: Ewald Quintet No. 2 and Bach (preliminary); Lutoslawski, Senk, Bernstein (round 1); Berio, Schnyder (round 2). Obligatory work by Nina Senk.

Jury & prizes

Jury

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Prizes

  • 1st EUR 20,000
  • 2nd EUR 15,000
  • 3rd EUR 10,000
  • 4th EUR 2,000
  • 5th EUR 1,500
  • 6th EUR 1,000
  • Special prize for best performance of the obligatory work by Nina Šenk EUR 2,000
  • Highest-ranked Slovenian ensemble EUR 2,000

Past editions

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