Grand Prix de Chartres
The Grand Prix de Chartres is an international music competition for young organists that is held every two years in Chartres Cathedral . It took place for the 26th time in 2018. A Grand Prix d'Interprétation (literary play), a Grand Prix d'Improvisation ( organ improvisation ) and a Prix du Public ( audience award ) will be awarded. In addition, a special prize is usually awarded that is dedicated to a composer.
In 1973 he entered the World Federation of International Music Competitions .
Target group and process
Participation is open to organists of all nationalities who are under 32 years of age.
The jury makes a preselection based on a sound recording sent in by the participant. This is followed by two elimination rounds (quarter-finals and semi-finals, 2018 in the parish church of Saint-Eustache in Paris) and the public final in Chartres Cathedral.
The pieces to be played for the pre-selection and all competition rounds are specified by the jury in the competition announcement. In addition to important pieces from the classical organ repertoire, the program regularly includes compositions commissioned by the competition sponsor, the Association Grandes Orgues de Chartres .
jury
The jury consists of internationally known concert organists and important university lecturers. By 2018, a total of 148 people were represented in the juries, including 58 from France and 90 from abroad.
The preselection and the competition rounds take place anonymously, which means that the identity of the participants is not known to the jury when they make their decision.
Award winners
| year | Grand Prix d'Interprétation | Grand Prix d'Improvisation | Prix du Public | Special Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 |
Daniel Roth Yves Devernay (ex aequo) |
Daniel Roth Yves Devernay (ex aequo) |
- | - |
| 1972 | Charles Benbow | - | - | |
| 1973 | Wolfgang Rübsam | Philippe Lefebvre | - | - |
| 1974 | George C. Baker |
Mention: William Paul Haller Willem D. Viljoen |
- | - |
| 1978 | Todd Wilson | - | - | - |
| 1980 | James Kibbie | Jacques Taddei | - | |
| 1982 | Ludger Lohmann | Loïc Mallié | - | - |
| 1984 |
Grand Prix: Christophe Mantoux Second Prix: Marie-Bernadette Dufourcet |
Grand Prix: Gunnar Idenstam Second Prix: Naji Hakim |
- | - |
| 1986 |
Grand Prix: Martin Jean Second Prix ;: Gunnar Idenstam |
- | - | - |
| 1988 |
Grand Prix: Yves Castagnet Second Prix: Diane Meredith Belcher |
- | - | - |
| 1990 |
Grand Prix: Heidi Emmert Second Prix: Éric Lebrun |
Grand Prix: Pierre Pincemaille Second Prix: Sophie-Véronique Choplin |
- | - |
| 1992 |
Grand Prix: Vincent Warnier Second Prix: Iain Simcock |
Second Prix: Peter Bannister | - | - |
| 1994 |
Grand Prix: Bruno Morin Second Prix: Làszlo Déak |
Second Prix: Gabriel Marghieri | - | - |
| 1996 | Matt Curlee |
Grand Prix: Gabriel Marghieri Second Prix: Frédéric Blanc |
- | Prix Spécial Lion's Club de la Musique (Allemagne): Erwan Le Prado |
| 1998 | Rie Hireo-Lang | - | Rie Hireo-Lang | - |
| 2000 |
Erwan Le Prado Second Prix: Roberto Antonello |
Second Prix: Jean-Charles Robin | Jean-Charles Robin | - |
| 2002 |
Grand Prix: Emmanuel Hocde Second Prix: Arkadiusz Bialic |
- | Emmanuel Hocde |
Prix Jean Sébastien Bach: Emmanuel Hocde Prix Maurice Duruflé : Henry Fairs |
| 2004 |
Grand Prix: Laszlo Fassang Second Prix: Vincent Grappy |
Second Prix: Noël Hazebrouq (ex aequo) Second Prix: Baptiste-Florian Marle-Ouvrard (ex aequo) |
Laszlo Fassang Noël Hazebrouq |
- |
| 2006 |
Grand Prix: Dong-Ill Shin Second Prix: Henry Fairs |
- | Benjamin Righetti | Prix Maurice Duruflé: Henry Fairs |
| 2008 |
Grand Prix: Saki Aoki Second Prix: Jean-Willy Kunz |
David Franke | Saki Aoki | Prix Gaston Litaize : Saki Aoki |
| 2010 |
Grand Prix: Yuka Ishimaru Second Prix: Christian Barthen |
- | Ae-Shell Nam | Dane & Polly Bales Prize Yuka Ishimaru |
| 2012 |
Grand Prix: Mari Mihara Second Prix: Joonho Park |
Second Prix: Baptiste-Florian Marle-Ouvrard (ex aequo) Second Prix: Samuel Liégeon (ex aequo) |
Interpretation: Thomas Ospital Improvisation: Baptiste-Florian Marle-Ouvrard |
Prix Maurice Duruflé : Thomas Ospital |
| 2014 |
Grand Prix: Dexter Kennedy Second Prix: Thomas Ospital Second Prix: Balázs Szabó |
- | Thomas Ospital | Prix Jean-Louis Florentz: Thomas Ospital |
| 2016 | - |
Grand Prix: David Cassan (ex aequo) Grand Prix: Karol Mossakowski (ex aequo) |
David Cassan | - |
| 2018 |
Grand Prix: Johannes Zeinler Second Prix: Daria Burlak |
- | Johannes Zeinler | Best interpretation of the work by Thomas Lacôte : Johannes Zeinler |