2024
The
Aeolus International Competition for Wind Instruments
Bassoon Flute Clarinet

10.–15.
September
2024

Prizes

1

The distribution of prizes is as follows:

Jury-Prizes

First prize EUR 20,000
EUR EUR 17.000 cash prize and EUR 3.000 scholarship

Second Prize EUR 15,000
EUR 12.000 cash prize and EUR 3.000 scholarship

Third Prize EUR 10,000
EUR 7.000 cash prize and EUR 3.000 scholarship

Special Prize for the best interpretation of contemporary music

EUR 7,000
EUR 4,000 cash prize and EUR 3,000 scholarship

Fourth prize: EUR 1.800

Fifth prize: EUR 1.200

Sixth Prize: EUR 1.000

Each remaining participant of the seminfinal: grant EUR 500

Audience Award EUR 2.000

All prizes will be awarded for the competition as a whole rather than for each instrument.

2

Concert Invitations

The scholarship prizes are being provided by the Dr. Meyer-Struckmann-Stiftung.

The scholarship prizes are grants to be used for concert performances. Winners will have the opportunity to collaborate with the concert agency UR classics, under the guidance of Ulrike Range, for the organization and promotion of their concerts.

3

The overall winner shall be granted the title of „First Prize Winner of the Aeolus International Competition for Wind Instruments 2024“.

4

The second to sixth runners-up are entitled to the title „Prize Winner of the Aeolus International Competition for Wind Instruments 2024“.

5

The best participant of each instrumental category, who has reached the final and prize winners' concert, is entitled to the title "Overall Winner of the Category (Bassoon, Flute, Clarinet) of the Aeolus International Competition for Wind Instruments 2024".

6

All participants of the third round will be awarded a diploma.