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Who is eligible?
Young talents who have not reached the age of 19 on the day of the final (03/03/2024) and are domiciled in Belgium.
- Category 1: have not reached the age of 13 on 03/03/2024
- Category 2: have not reached the age of 16 on 03/03/2024
- Category 3: have not reached the age of 19 on 03/03/2024
What to play?
All works will be played from memory.
- Category 1:
- Compulsory work J.S. Bach: minor preludes or similar (only during pre-selections, not during the final)
- one or more works of your choice
- Maximum duration of performance during the PRESELECTIONS: 6 minutes
- Maximum duration of performance at the FINALE: 7 minutes
- Category 2:
- Compulsory work J.S. Bach: two- or three-part invention (only during preselections, not during the final)
- one or more works of your choice
- Maximum duration of performance during the PRESELECTIONS: 10 minutes
- Maximum duration of performance at the FINALE: 12 minutes
- Category 3:
- Compulsory work J.S. Bach: three-part invention or prelude and fugue from DWK (only during preselections, not during the final)
- one or more works of your choice
- Maximum duration of performance during the PRESELECTIONS: 15 minutes
- Maximum duration of performance at the FINALE: 20 minutes
It is allowed to play the same programme from the preselection at the final.
When?
- Friday 31/12/2023: Deadline for registration
- Saturday 03/02/2024: Preselection session 1, starting at 08:30 (Auditorium Piano's Maene, Industriestraat 42, 8755 Ruiselede)
- Sunday 04/02/2024: Preselection session 2, start at 09:00 (Auditorium Piano's Maene, Industriestraat 42, 8755 Ruiselede)
- Sunday 03/03/2024: Final, start at 15h00. (Bozar, Henry Le Boeuf Hall, rue Ravenstein 23, 1000 Brussels)
Good to know!
- A first prize winner of a previous edition of the competition cannot compete again in the same category.
More information?
Read the competition rules.