The 21st Petr Eben International Organ Competition will take place October 24–29 in Opava, Czech Republic. There are interpretation and improvisation divisions, open to organists born on or after October 24, 1990. First prize in the interpretation division is CZK 50,000, with recital opportunities; second prize, CZK 30,000; third prize, CZK 15,000. The improvisation prize is CZK 5,000.
The jury consists of Julian Gembalski (chair, Poland), Petr Cech (Czech Republic), Irena Chribková (Czech Republic), Aude Heurtematte (France), Zuzana Ferjencíková (Slovakia/Switzerland), Martin Sander (Germany), and Marek Vrábel (Slovakia).
The organs featured in the competition are Rieger-Kloss Opus 3485 in the Petr Bezruc Library, Rieger-Kloss Opus 3074 in St. Vojtech Church, the Kánský-Brachtl organ in St. John the Baptist Church, and Rieger-Kloss Opus 3635 in the Co-Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Deadline for application is June 17.
For information: ebencompetition.cz/en.
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