Zürich - Concours Géza Anda

In addition to considerable prize money, the Géza Anda-Foundation offes its prize-winners free mentorship and management services for the period of three years. The 16th Concours Géza Anda took place in 2024, and according to its tradition in Zurich and Winterthur, Switzerland. The jury was chaired by Rico Gulda. The other jury members were Martha Argerich, Ricardo Castro, Zlata Chochieva, Lucas Debargue, Konstanze Eickhorst, Toshio Hosokawa, Robert Levin and Dénes Várjon. The Mozart-Semifinal with the Musikkollegium Winterthur was conducted by Mikhail Pletnev, the final with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich by Paavo Järvi.

"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