Concours de Genève - International Music Competition

Founded in 1939, the Concours de Genève is one of the world’s leading international music competitions. Its mission is to discover, promote and support outstanding young artists by providing them with the tools they need to launch an international career.

Over the past eight decades, the Concours de Genève has helped launch the careers of over 800 artists, including renowned musicians such as Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Georg Solti, Martha Argerich, Maurizio Pollini, Maurice André, José van Dam, Nobuko Imai, Christian Zacharias, Emmanuel Pahud, Tabea Zimmermann, Nelson Goerner, István Várdai, Louis Schwizgebel, Antoinette Dennefeld, Marina Viotti, as well as the Voce, Hermès, Vision and Novo quartets.

The Concours de Genève’s multidisciplinary approach is one of its defining features. Since its founding, some forty disciplines have been represented. Each year, two disciplines from a core group are featured in rotation, including piano, flute, clarinet, cello, viola, string quartet, voice and percussion, as well as less frequently represented fields such as conducting and, in 2027, baroque violin.

An artistic partner of the Concours de Genève since its inception, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande accompanies the candidates each year during the Finals at Victoria Hall. 

Upcoming competitions: 
2026 - Conducting & Composition 
2027 - Piano & Baroque Violin