BASSOON
08.09.
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BASSOON SEMIFINALS
with the Münchener Kammerorchester
Concertmaster: Viktor Stenhjem
Tickets available from Tuesday 4 August 2026 on BRticket and München Ticket
Live video stream
Details
Prinzregententheater
Prinzregentenplatz 12
81675 München11.09.
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BASSOON FINALS
with the Symphonieorchester des Bayrischen Rundfunks
Conductor: Bar Avni
Tickets available from Tuesday 4 August 2026 on BRticket and München Ticket
Live video stream
Herkulessaal der Residenz
Residenzstraße 1
80333 München
16.09.
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1st PRICE WINNERS’ CONCERT
featuring prize winners in the categories of bassoon, organ, percussion, and string quartet
Tickets available from Tuesday 4 August 2026 on BRticket and München Ticket
Hochschule für Musik und Theater München
Großer Konzertsaal
Arcisstraße 12
80333 München
17.09.
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2nd PRICE WINNERS’ CONCERT
Concert with the Munich Chamber Orchestra
Concertmaster: Viktor Stenhjem
featuring prize winners in the categories of bassoon, percussion, and string quartet
Tickets available from Tuesday 4 August 2026 on BRticket and München Ticket
Prinzregententheater
Prinzregentenplatz 12
81675 München
18.09.
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3rd PRICE WINNERS’ CONCERT
Concert with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies
featuring prize winners in the categories of bassoon, organ, and percussion
Tickets available from Tuesday 4 August 2026 on BRticket and München Ticket
Herkulessaal der Residenz
Residenzstraße 1
80333 München
JURY
REPERTOIRE
1ST ROUND
One of the following works
- Ferdinand David, Concertino B flat major op. 12
- Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda, Variations and Rondo op. 57
- Conradin Kreutzer, Variations B flat major
- Carl Maria von Weber, Andante e Rondo Ungarese op. 35
One of the following concertos
- Marcel Bitsch, Concertino
- Roger Boutry, Interférences I
- Henri Dutilleux, Sarabande et Cortège
- Jacqueline Fontyn: Zephyr
- Charles Koechlin, Sonata op. 71
- Francisco Mignone, Concertino
- Kees Olthuis, Toccata
- Heitor Villa-Lobos, Ciranda das Sete Notas
2ND ROUND
One of the following sonatas
- François Devienne, Sonata op. 24 or
- Sonata without opus number
- Georg Phillip Telemann, Sonata F minor TWV 41:f1
(with cembalo accompaniment)
One of the following works
- Camille Saint-Saëns, Sonata op. 168
- Robert Schumann, Fantasy Pieces op. 73
- Robert Schumann, Five Pieces in Folk Style op. 102
- Antonio Torriani, Divertimento on themes from Donizetti’s „Lucia di Lammermoor“
One of the following works
- Dai Fujikura, Calling
- María de Frutos, Équilibre
(scores can be ordered by email to info@afoes.es) - Liza Lim, Axis Mundi
- Olga Neuwirth, Torsion
- Gotthard Odermatt, Five Miniatures op. 20
(scores can be ordered here: gotthardodermatt.ch) - Andrés Felipe Poveda, Figuras
(scores can be ordered by email to: andrespoveda@escuelareinasofia.es) - Johannes Maria Staud, Celluloid
- Isang Yun, Monologue
SEMIFINAL
with the Munich Chamber Orchestra (without conductor)
One of the following concertos by Antonio Vivaldi
- Nr. 1 RV 501 B flat major (La Notte)
- Nr. 2 RV 498 A minor
- Nr. 5 RV 481 D minor
- Nr. 11 RV 496 G minor
- Nr. 18 RV 467 C major
- Nr. 19 RV 488 F major
- Nr. 21 RV 475 C major
- Nr. 27 RV 483 E flat major
- Nr. 29 RV 492 G major
- Nr. 32 RV 490 F major
- Jean Françaix, Concert (Ed. Schott)
- Nina Šenk, Settling for bassoon, Composition commissioned by
ARD International Music Competition 2026 (World premiere)
The sheet music will be supplied along with the admission to the competition. The commissioned piece may not be publicly performed prior to the competition.
FINAL
with the Symphony Orchestra of Bayerischen Rundfunk
One of the following works
- W. A. Mozart Konzert B-Dur KV 191 (Ed. Bärenreiter)
- Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Konzert F-Dur (Ed. Vita Musica)
- Carl Maria von Weber, Konzert F-Dur op. 75 (Ed. Breitkopf)
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