Concours Géza Anda 2024
The 16th Concours Géza Anda will be carried out between 30th May und 8th June 2024 in Zurich and Winterthur. It is open to participants from all countries who are born after 30th May 1992.
Mozart Semi-Final with Musikkollegium Winterthur conducted by Mikhail Pletnev.
Final Concert with the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra conducted by Paavo Järvi.
Details will be published on this website in Spring.
The Competition
Among the countless competitions, the Concours Géza Anda is a unique and extraordinary institution in international comparison – and this is not only due to the high-ranking jury, which is staffed with outstanding representatives of the music world. What is special about the Concours Géza Anda is above all that the representative act of the final concert and the considerable prize money are not enough. The Géza Anda Foundation commits itself to the winners to accompany them as a mentor for three years and, among other things, to provide performance opportunities.
The traditional course of events:
1st Round: Audition (max. 25 minutes)
2nd Round: Recital (max. 55 minutes)
Mozart-Semi-Final (with orchestra)
Final Concert (with orchestra)
The repertoire is committed to the legacy of Géza Anda and specified for each competition.
To have been given the possibility and permission to carry out the Concours Géza Anda in the year of the magnificent pianist Anda’s 100th birthday in spite of a series of difficulties and restrictions because of the worldwide situation created by the pandemic is a particular fortunate stroke of luck. All of those who had been entrusted with the preparation and implementation of the contest operated with the highest degree of professionality and at the same time with an admirable sensitivity. As a consequence, the members of the jury were able to concentrate fully on evaluating the artistic achievements of the young contestants. My best wishes shall accompany the laureates throughout their endeavours to achieve their goals after having exhibited during this competition an exceptionally high level as responsibly acting performers.
Gerhard Oppitz, President of the Jury 2021
Archive
Concours 2021
Prize Winners
First Prize
Second Prize
Third Prize
Mozart-Prize and Audience-Prize
Liszt-Bartók-Prize
Hortense Anda-Bührle Special Prize
Jury
Ricardo Castro
Zlata Chochieva
Vladimir Feltsman
John Fiore
Andreas Haefliger
Pietro De Maria
Rena Shereshevskaya
Antti Siirala
Screening Jury Concours Géza-Anda 2021:
Ricardo Castro
John Fiore
Dénes Várjon
Conductors
Conductor Final Concert: Gergely Madaras
Conductor Mozart-Semifinal Winterthur: Stefan Blunier
Concours 2018
Prize Winners
First Prize
Second Prize
Third Prize
Mozart-Prize
Schumann-Prize
Hortense Anda-Bührle Special Prize
Audience-Prize
Jury
Andrea Bonatta
Peter Lang
Prof. Dr. Robert Levin
Aleksander Madzar
Alexei Volodin
Nathalie Wappler
Conductors
Conductor Final Concert: Christian Zacharias
Conductor Mozart-Semifinal Winterthur: Theodor Guschlbauer
Concours 2015
Prize Winners
First Prize
Second Prize
Third Prize
Mozart-Prize and Audience-Prize
Schumann-Prize
Hortense Anda-Bührle Special Prize
Jury
Andrea Bonatta
Filippo Gamba
Aleksander Madzar
Bryce Morrison
Elisso Virsaladzé
Alexei Volodin
Gérard Wyss
Conductors
Conductor Final Concert: Karl-Heinz Steffens
Conductor Mozart-Semifinal Winterthur: Theodor Guschlbauer
Concours 2012
Prize Winners
First Prize
Second Prize
Third Prize
Mozart-Prize and Audience-Prize
Schumann-Prize
Géza Anda Furtherance Prize
Jury
Michel Béroff
Andrea Bonatta
Markus Hinterhäuser
Oleg Maisenberg
Wolfgang Rathert
Alexei Volodin
Gérard Wyss
Conductors
Conductor Final Concert: David Zinman
Conductor Mozart-Semifinale Winterthur : Theodor Guschlbauer
Concours 2009
Prize Winners
First Prize
Second Prize
Third Prize
Jury
Pietro De Maria
Markus Hinterhäuser
Oleg Maisenberg
Martin Meyer
Alain Planès
Elisso Virsaladze
Gérard Wyss
Conductors
Conductor Final Concert: Eivind Gullberg Jensen
Conductor Mozart Semifinal: Muhai Tang (Zurich Chamber Orchestra)
Concours 2006
Prize Winners
First Prize
Second Prize
Third Prize
Jury
Bella Davidovich
Peter Cossé
Oleg Maisenberg
Maria Tipo
Dénes Várjon
Gérard Wyss
Conductors
Conductor Final Concert: Theodor Guschlbauer
Conductor Mozart-Semifinale Winterthur: Christopher Warren-Green
Concours 2003
Prize Winners
First Prize
Second Prize
Third Prize
Mozart & Schumann-Prize
Jury
Bruno Canino
Peter Cossé
Oleg Maisenberg
Elisso Virsaladze
Shoji Sato
Gérard Wyss
Conductors
Conductor Final Concert: Theodor Guschlbauer
Conductor Mozart Semifinal Winterthur: János Fürst
Concours 2000
Prize Winners
First Prize
Second Prize
Third Prize
Jury
Peter Cossé
Dario De Rosa
Homero Francesch
Bryce Morrison
Elisso Virsaladze
Karsten Witt
Conductors
Conductor Final Concert: Lawrence Foster
Concours 1997
Prize Winners
First Prize
Second Prize
Third Prize
No Mozart Prize awarded
Jury
Peter Cossé
Dario De Rosa
Homero Francesch
Oleg Maisenberg
Christopher Raeburn
Dezső Ránki
Conductors
Conductor Final Concert: Christopher Seaman
Concours 1994
Prize Winners
First Prize
Second Prize
Third Prize
Jury
George Alexander Albrecht
Lord Birkett
Rudolf Buchbinder
Peter Cossé
Homero Francesch
Theodor Guschlbauer
Maria Tipo
Conductors
Conductor Final Concert: Vladimir Fedoseyev
Conductor Mozart Prize Winner Concert
with the Zurich Opera Orchestra: Sándor Végh
Concours 1991
Prize Winners
First Prize
Second Prize
Third Prize
Jury
Dr. Peter Andry
Peter Cossé
Homero Francesch
András Schiff
Keiko Toyama
Conductors
Conductor Final Concert: Hiroshi Wakasugi
Concours 1988
Prize Winners
First Prize
Second Prize
Third Prize
Jury
Eberhard Finke
Homero Francesch
Eglil Harder
Karl-Heinz Kämmerling
Joachim Kaiser
Nikita Magaloff
Dinorah Varsi
Gerhard Wimberger
Conductors
Conductor Final Concert: Ferdinand Leitner
Concours 1985
Prize Winners
First Prize
Second Prize
Third Prize
Jury
Eberhard Finke
Egil Harder
Nikita Magaloff
Maria João Pires
Dinorah Varsi
Gerhard Wimberger
Conductors
Conductor Final Concert: Ferdinand Leitner
Concours 1982
Prize Winners
First Prize
Second Prize
Third Prize
Jury
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Eberhard Finke
Robert Firkusny
Egil Harder
Nikita Magaloff
Gerhard Wimberger
Conductors
Conductor Final Concert: Ferdinand Leitner
Concours 1979
Prize Winners
Winner
Jury
Rudolf Firkusny
Egil Harder
Willi Schuh
Prof. Gerhard Wimberger
Conductors
Conductor Final Concert: Christoph Escher
