The International Aeolus Competition for Wind Instruments has firmly established itself as a worldwide recognized stage for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Saxophone, Trumpet, Horn, Trombone and Tuba. It takes place once a year in Düsseldorf since 2006.
Aeolus Competition is open to young musicians of all nationalities younger than 28 years. Each year three of the Instrument groups are opened for competition: 2022 the competition calls for Clarinet, Horn and Saxophone. The total prize money is € 60,000, the first prize wins € 20,000.
The prize winners' concert takes place in Tonhalle Düsseldorf on Sunday, 11th September. You will hear playing Düsseldorfer Symphoniker conducted by Vitali Alekseenok.
The international reputation of the competition is based on its high profiled jury. The respected jury of this year is Horn Players Radovan Vlatkovic and Frøydis Ree Wekre, Clarinet Players Michel Lethiec and Ralph Manno, Saxophone players Alexandre Souillart and Daniel Gauthier as well as Raimund Wippermann, the headmaster of Robert Schumann Hochschule. This year the head of the jury is conductor Christoph Campestrini.
Aeolus Competition
Trailer
Winners of the Aeolus International Competition for Wind Instruments 2022 on Deutschlandfunk:
2.10.2022, 21:05 Uhr, Konzertdokument der Woche
https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/programm?drsearch:date=2022-10-02
