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Participants & Daily programme
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Schedule
19 November 2023 – 11 February 2024
Online Application
For details please see: Awards, Rules & Repertoire
Confirmation of admission to the 16th Concours Géza Anda: End of March 2024
Tuesday, 28 May 2024
Individual Arrival in Zurich
The participants will be accommodated at host families in and near Zurich.
Wednesday, 29 May 2024
Kick-Off meeting, Drawing of the 1st Round, Piano Try-out
Musikschule Konservatorium Zurich (MKZ), Florhofgasse 6, Zurich
Thursday, 30 May – Saturday, 01 June 2024, every day 11 am to max. 8 pm
1st Round – Auditions (36 candidates)
Musikschule Konservatorium Zurich (MKZ), Florhofgasse 6, Zurich
Sunday, 02 June 2024
Recital Programme Discussion between Jury and the 12 candidates admitted to the 2nd Round
Musikschule Konservatorium Zurich (MKZ), Florhofgasse 6, Zurich
Monday, 03 June – Tuesday, 04 June 2024, every day 10.30 am to max. 6.30 pm
2nd Round – Recitals (12 candidates)
Musikschule Konservatorium Zurich (MKZ), Florhofgasse 6, Zurich
Wednesday, 05 June 2024, 7.30 pm
Mozart-Semifinal I (3 candidates)
Musikkollegium Winterthur conducted by Mikhail Pletnev
Rehearsal and concert in the City Hall Winterthur, Stadthausstrasse 4a, Winterthur
Thursday, 06 June 2024, 7.30 pm
Mozart-Semifinal II (3 candidates)
Musikkollegium Winterthur conducted by Mikhail Pletnev
Rehearsal and concert in the City Hall Winterthur, Stadthausstrasse 4a, Winterthur
Friday, 07 June 2024
Rehearsals for the Final Concert (3 candidates)
Tonhalle Zurich, Claridenstrasse 7, Zurich
Saturday, 08 June 2024, 6.30 pm
Final Concert and Prize Winners’ Ceremony
Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich conducted by Paavo Järvi
Tonhalle Zurich, Claridenstrasse 7, Zurich
Sunday, 09 June 2024, 11.00 am
Press Reception
for Prize Winners and Jury Members
Participants
finalists
Semi-finalists
Jury
Junior Jury
Members of the Géza Anda Junior Jury 2024
- FHNW Basel: Aurore Grosclaude
- HKB Bern: Simon Popp
- HEMU Lausanne: Romane Carbonnel
- HEM Genève: Anaïs Cassiers
- Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana Lugano: Federico Melis
- ZHdK Zürich: Sofya Pisetsky Menshikova
- Rahn Musikpreis für Klavier: Manoush Toth
- Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition: Amir Ron
- Junior Jury Coordinator: Jonathan Inniger
- Junior Jury Coordinator Musikkollegium Winterthur: Gabiz Reichert
The Géza Anda Junior Jury project is made possible thanks to the support of:
Awards, Rules & Repertoire
Rules
Prizes
1st Prize: 40.000 CHF
2nd Prize: 30.000 CHF
3rd Prize: 20.000 CHF
Special Prizes
GÉZA ANDA AUDIENCE PRIZE
This Prize rewards the finalist whose personal and musical character makes the greatest impression on the concert audience. The Audience Prize is sponsored by Privatbank IHAG Zürich AG
THE MUSIKKOLLEGIUM WINTERTHUR MOZART PRIZE
The Mozart Prize is awarded by the Musikkollegium Winterthur to the semi-finalist whom they consider to have given the best interpretation during the Mozart-Semifinal of the Concours Géza Anda 2024, and consists of a concerto accompanied by the orchestra.
LISZT-BARTÓK PRIZE
The Liszt-Bartók Prize is awarded by the competition jury for the best performance of a work/works by Liszt and/or Bartók during the first, second and/or final round of the 16th Concours Géza Anda 2024.
THE G. HENLE VERLAG BEETHOVEN PRIZE
The Beethoven Prize, endowed by the publishing house G. Henle Verlag, is awarded by the competition jury for the most convincing interpretation of a work by Ludwig van Beethoven during the 16th Concours Géza Anda. By endowing a Beethoven Prize, G. Henle Verlag would like to raise awareness among competition participants of the crucial role that an authentic score plays in musical interpretation. To this end, the prizewinner will be given access to a large number of Urtext editions - either in print, or in digital form.
HORTENSE ANDA SPECIAL PRICE
The Géza Anda Foundation will award the Hortense Anda Special Prize to one of the young participants for a performance of outstanding artistic merit during the Competition.
PRIX FONDATION THIÉBAUD-FREY
The Fondation Thiébaud-Frey endows an award for a prizewinner of the 16th Concours Géza Anda, which is worth CHF 3000 and includes a recital at the cultural centre La Prairie in Bellmund, Switzerland.
