Concours Géza Anda 2027
The 2027 Géza Anda Competition is open to participants from all countries who were born after May 26, 1995.
Jury
Schedule
19 November 2026 – 01 February 2027
Online Application
For details please see: Prizes, Rules & Repertoire
Until end of March 2027
Invitation of the participants to Zurich
Tuesday, 25 May 2027
Kick-off meeting, drawing of the 1st Round, piano try-out
Accommodation for Candidates provided with host families in and near Zurich.
Wednesday, 26 May 2027, to Friday, 28 May 2027
1st Round – Auditions
Saturday, 29 May 2027, to Monday, 31 May 2027
2nd Round – Recitals (12 candidates)
Tuesday, 01 June 2027
piano try-out semi-final
Wednesday, 02 June 2027, to Thursday, 03 June 2027
Mozart Semi-Final (6 candidates)
with the Musikkollegium Winterthur
Friday, 04 June 2027
Rehearsals for the Final Concert (3 candidates)
Saturday, 05 June 2027
Final Concert and Prize winners’ ceremony
with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
Sunday, 06 June 2027
Press reception
Artistic Partners
Prizes, Rules & Repertoire
Please have a closer look to the following PDF. It contains the Rules for the Online Application (and application video) as well as the Rules and the Repertoire of the Concours Géza Anda 2027.
Prizes
1st Prize: 40.000 CHF
2nd Prize: 30.000 CHF
3rd Prize: 20.000 CHF
The Géza Anda Foundation arranges a considerable number of concert appearances for all three prize winners in the period from 2027 to 2030 and takes over the free concert management during these three years. The award winners, for their part, undertake to keep the confirmed concert performances.
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 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 2027, 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 Concours Géza Anda 2027.
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 Concours Géza Anda 2027. 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 Prize
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 is donating an award for a prizewinner of the Concours Géza Anda 2027. The award is worth CHF 3,000 and consists of a recital at the La Prairie Cultural Centre in Bellmund.
Special prize of the Symphony Orchestra of the Bulgarian National Radio
Concerto Prize for a finalist of the Concours Géza Anda 2027.
Fryderyk Chopin Institute’s Award for the Best Performance of Chopin’s Works
The Fryderyk Chopin Institute’s Award for the Best Performance of Chopin’s Works at the Concours Géza Anda 2027 is attributed in the form of concerts in Żelazowa Wola and a study visit to Poland.
Online Application
Applications will be possible from 19 November 2026 to 01 February 2027 via an online portal on this website.
Further information will be available at a later date.
