The Second Odoyesvky International Organ Competition will take place in Moscow, Russia, November 19–27.
Organized by the Odoyevsky Cultural and Educational Organ Arts Center and the Gnessins Russian Academy of Music, the biennial competition consists of four rounds in which participants will play organs of different styles and epochs in five Moscow halls including the organ hall of Gnessins Russian Academy of Music, which houses an 1871 Henry Jones organ.
The first part of the final round will take place on the 1955 Kuhn organ at Moscow’s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Virgin Mary. Alexander Fiseisky is chair of the competition jury.
Applicants should be between the ages of 17 and 33 at the time of the opening of the competition. Deadline for applications is September 20. First prize award is 120,000 rubles; second prize is 60,000 rubles; third prize is 40,000 rubles.
For information, including complete rules and application: http://gnesin-academy.ru/organ_competition.
Shown in the photo: 1955 Kuhn Organ in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Virgin Mary, Moscow, Russia
