Zürich - Concours Géza Anda

In addition to considerable prize money, the Géza Anda-Foundation offers all of its prize-winners free mentorship and management services for the period of three years. 

The 17^th Concours Géza Anda takes place in 2027, and according to its tradition in Zurich and Winterthur, Switzerland. The jury will be chaired by Gerhard Oppitz and includes Elena Bashkirova, Numa Bischof Ullmann, David Fray, Ingrid Fliter, Rico Gulda, Momo Kodama and Jinsang Lee. The Mozart-Semifinal with the Musikkollegium Winterthur will be conducted by Gergely Madaras, the final with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich by Mikhail Pletnev.

"This competition is of an incredibly high level. It was very difficult for me to vote this time because I thought that almost every participant had something to say, said it in her or his own way, and in a way that was very valid. So it was very hard to think of them as competing between one another. The Concours Géza Anda particularly helps young pianists, also after the competition: they are offered a lot of concerts, and three years of management, that is quite extraordinary and I think most wonderful." Martha Argerich, Jury Member 2024