Canadian International Organ Competition

Regulamento e repertório

Inscrição e taxa

• Apply by 31 January 2027. All nationalities, born on or after 24 October 1991. Previous CIOC first-prize winners are ineligible. Pay the non-refundable CAD 175 fee or provide proof of payment.
• Provide a valid passport copy, two unrestricted high-resolution professional colour photos, CV of up to two pages and biography of up to 200 words in French and/or English. The CV should cover training, main teachers, awards and professional status. Give email and phone for two current/former teachers or professional musicians as references. The published rules ask for contacts.
• Upload lossless audio, such as WAV, AIFF or FLAC, to Acceptd. Put your first and last names in each filename. List the date and place of each recording and the organ specifications. Perform the required selections in full, without editing, speech or audible identification. A witness must sign the form to authenticate the recording and provide name, postal address, email and phone.

Eliminatórias e duração

Anonymous audio preselection · one choice from each of four groups

• Bach: first OR third movement of one trio sonata BWV 525, 526, 527, 528, 529 or 530. Guilain: Tierce en taille from Suite du deuxième ton is compulsory.
• Alain: Deuxième Fantaisie JA 117 or Scherzo JA 70. Dupré: Prelude and Fugue Op. 7 No. 1 in B major or No. 3 in G minor.

Semifinal I · 14–15 October · four Bach works

• At Immaculée-Conception, choose exactly one work from each group: large preludes/fugues BWV 532, 542, 543, 544, 548 or 564; ornamented chorales BWV 653b (Weimar), 654, 659 or 662; trio chorales BWV 655, 664 or 676; concertos after Vivaldi BWV 593 or 596.

Semifinal II · 18–19 October · maximum 40 minutes including pauses

• At St. Andrew and St. Paul, build a programme from 19th-, 20th- and 21st-century repertoire and include a Canadian work. The annex is a list of suggestions. No earlier repertoire. Transcriptions may total up to 15 minutes and original compositions up to 10 minutes. Submit professionally engraved or computer-set unpublished scores with the live programme.

Final · 23 October · maximum 50 minutes including pauses

• At Saint Joseph’s Oratory, include the imposed piece of about 8 minutes, supplied by 14 August. Do not repeat any prior repertoire. Transcriptions may total up to 25 minutes. Fixed-electronics works may total up to 15 minutes and require a score, lossless audio and advance approval of technical requirements.
• The final-round section lists a 15-minute original-composition allowance but refers to Semifinal II in the same sentence. Semifinal II separately states 10 minutes. Confirm the final-round application of the 15-minute allowance with CIOC if it affects your programme.

Repertório

• Up to 10 semifinalists are notified in May. Final live programmes are due 30 June 2027 and cannot then be changed. Visa proof, where required, is due 14 July. The organizer covers travel, lodging and CAD 60 per day for selected contestants. Organ practice allotments are 2.5, 3 and 4 hours for the three live sessions respectively.
• For the first semifinal the organizer assigns an assistant/page-turner. For the second and the final a page-turner can be provided, but no registration assistance. The published PDF gives conflicting finalist counts, so confirm the number of advancing places with CIOC.

Fonte: 2027 competition and application information · Official regulations and Canadian repertoire annex