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Toulouse International Organ Competition
Next edition
No future edition is announced on the official pages we could check.
Overview
International organ competition founded by Xavier Darasse in 1981 and run by Toulouse les Orgues, with a laureate in each of three categories (Baroque, Symphonic and 20th-century organ) played on Toulouse's historic organs. Candidates may enter more than one category.
- Organiser
- Toulouse les Orgues
- Instruments
- Baroque organ, Symphonic organ, 20th-century organ
- Category
- Organ
- Age limits
- 2024 edition: born after 1 January 1994
Rules & repertoire
Registration & fee
Online registration with ID, bio, photo and audio recordings via WeTransfer; fee EUR 50 per category.
Rounds & time limits
- Preselection: anonymous review of audio recordings (max 20 min) and programme
- Semi-final: public performance up to 30 minutes
- Final: full 45-minute public concert
Repertoire
Free-choice recital programme of about 45 minutes per category; non-classical music and improvisation limited to 15 minutes; transcriptions allowed.
Jury & prizes
Jury
- Michel Bouvard (France)
- Cindy Castillo (Belgium)
- Jan Willem Jansen (France)
- Vincent Bernhardt (France/Germany)
- Isabelle Demers (Canada)
- Martin Schmeding (Germany)
- Yuan Shen (China)
Prizes
- EUR 4,000 per category laureate
- Baroque laureate: ECHO organist of the year with concerts in ECHO cities
- Audience 'Coup de cœur' concerts (Toulouse festival, Orgelherbst Hamburg)
Past editions
- 2024 — Toulouse source
Summarised from official sources, last checked 10 Nov 2026. Main source