2025
The
Aeolus International Competition for Wind Instruments
Horn Oboe Saxophone

9.–14.
September
2025

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: 2024 the competition calls for Bassoon, Flute and Clarinet. The total prize money is € 60,000, the first prize wins € 20,000.

15. September 2024

First prize of the Aeolus Finals goes to Fabian Johannes Egger

Prize Winners of the Finals are:

1st prize: Fabian Johannes Egger, Flute

2nd prize: Victor Díaz Guerra, Clarinet

3rd prize: Minju Kim, Bassoon

Audience award: Fabian Johannes Egger

Prize for best interpretation of a contemporary piece: Fabian Johannes Egger

Biographies of the Finalists

further prize winners:

Hualin Jia, Flute, 4th Prize

Paul Moosbrugger, Clarinet, 5th Prize

Andrea Caputo, Clarinet, 6th Prize

13. September 2024

Prize for the best Interpretation of a contemporary piece

Prize winner for the best interpretation of a contemporary piece is Fabian Johannes Egger, Flute.

he will also play his contemporary piece, composed by himself, in the Tonhalle, Final Concert, 15. September 11 a.m.

Winners of the Aeolus International Competition for Wind Instruments 2024 on Deutschlandfunk:

“Konzertdokument der Woche“ Sunday, October 6, 2024, 09.05pm.

10. September 2023

Winner of the Aeolus Competition 2023 is James Vaughen

The winners of the Competition are:

1st Prize: James Vaughen

2nd Prize: Xianhua Liu

3rd Prize: Polina Tarasenko

4th Prize: Elai Grisaru

5th Prize: Filippo Lombardi

6th Prize: Roberto de la Guía Martínez

Audience Prize: James Vaughen

Prize for best interpretation of a contemporary piece: Sophie Bright

28. September 2022

What has become of the prize-winners ?

Xianhua Liu - Preisträger 2023

Philharmonisches Orchester Bremerhaven - Solo Tuba

Karsten Hoffmann - Preisträger 2022

Staatsoper Berlin - Solo Horn

Traian Sturza - Winner 2021
Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra - Solo Bassoon
Gioele Coco - Winner 2020

Neue Philharmonie Westfalen - Solo Oboe

Lennard Czakaj - Winner 2019
Staatstheater Stuttgart - Solo Trumpet, Prize-winner Maurice André Competition 2022
Jonathan Ramsay - Winner 2019
Berlin Philharmony - Solo Trombone, Prize-winner of ARD Competition 2022
Ross Knight - Winner 2019
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande - Solo Tuba

Philippe Stier - Winner 2019

MDR Symphony Orchestra Leipzig - Solo Trombone

Bora Demir - Winner 2018
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin - Solo Horn
Ilyes Boufadden - Winner 2018
Orchestre de Chambre de Paris - Solo-Oboe
Pascal Deuber - Winner 2018
Bayerische Staatsoper - Solo Horn, 1st Prize ARD Competition 2021
Marceau Lefévre - Winner 2018
Brussels Philharmonic - Solo Bassoon, Ensemble Intercontemporain - Soloist
Matvey Demin - Winner 2017
Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich - Soloflöte, Gold Medal Tschaikowsky Competition 2019 Louise Pollock - Winner 2016 Solo Trombone Göteborg Opera Orchestra, Professor for Trombone Berlin, Hanns Eisler University
Constantin Hartwig - Winner 2016
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresde - Solo Tuba
Roeland Henkens - Winner 2016
since 2016 Solotrompeter at the National Opera Haus Oslo
Christopher Koppitz - Winner 2015
Drom 2017 Solo Oboe Bielefelder Philharmoniker
Andrea Cellacchi - Winner 2015
Solo Bassoon Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam
Claire Wickes - Winner 2014
from 2016 First Flute English National Opera
Blaz Sparovec - Winner 2014
from 2015 Solo Clarinet Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne
Bartek Dus - Winner 2012
from 2013 lecturer of classical Saxophone at the Academy of Music in Katovice, Poland
Sergey Elecky -Winner 2011
Solo Clarinet Russian National Orchestra
Alec Frank Gemmill - Winner 2011
Solo Horn Scottish Chamber Ochestra
Fabian Neuhaus - Winner 2010
from 2012 Solo Trumpet NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover
Lars Karlin - Winner 2010
from 2014 Solo Trombone Berlin Concerthaus Orchestra
Vikentios Gionanidis - Winner 2010
from 2013/14 Solo Tuba Deutsche Oper Berlin
Jonatan Rautiola - Winner 2009
from 2013 lecturer of Classical Saxophone at the Sibelius Academy Helsinki, from 2013 Dozent classical Saxophone at the Tampere Music Academy Finnland
Angelos Kritikos - Winner 2008
2010 Solo Trombone Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Zoltán Mácsai - Winner 2007
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden - Solo Horn
Lukas Beno - Winner 2007
1. Solo Trumpet at Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Paolo Mendes - Winner 2007
2010/2011 Solo Horn German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin
Balazc Toth - Winner 2007
from 2012 Solo Trumpet Dortmund Philharmonic
Philipp Tutzer - Winner 2006
Solo Bassoon Mozarteum-Orchester Salzburg, Lecturer of the Anton Bruckner University Linz
Matthias Schorn - Finalist 2006
from 2007 Solo Clarinet Wiener Philharmoniker
Koryun Asatryan - Winner 2006
from 2011/12 professor for classical saxophone at the Musikhochschule in Munich

2025The Aeolus International Competition for Wind Instruments Horn Oboe Saxophone

First prize of the Aeolus Finals goes to Fabian Johannes Egger

Prize for the best Interpretation of a contemporary piece

Winner of the Aeolus Competition 2023 is James Vaughen

What has become of the prize-winners ?

2025
The
Aeolus International Competition for Wind Instruments
Horn Oboe Saxophone