Information

Stephen THARP (New York), President
Loreto ARAMMENDI (San Sebastian)
Winfried BÖNIG (Cologne)
Paul BREISCH (Luxembourg)
 

PRIZES

1st Prize € 5.000 plus concert at Dudelange Organ Festival 2026
2nd Prize € 2.500
3rd Prize € 1.250
Public Prize € 750 by "Les Amis de l'Orgue Luxembourg"
Finalist Reward (finalists without 1st, 2nd or 3rd Prize) € 500

TIMETABLE AND PROGRAM OF THE COMPETITION

QUALIFYING ROUND
Rehearsal : 40 minutes Sunday and Monday 07-08.09.2025
Competition : 10-12 minutes  Tuesday 09.09.2025
Announcement of the results : Tuesday evening

To be performed
A program freely set up by the candidate with works taken from the following repertoire:

  • 1 or 2 works by J.S. Bach, and comprising obligatorily one trio piece to choose from attachment 1a
  • 1 piece extracted from the “Pièces en style libre, op.31” by Louis Vierne (see attachment 1b)

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SEMI FINAL ROUND
Rehearsal : 100 minutes Tuesday evening and Wednesday 09-10.09.2025
Competition : 20-25 minutes Thursday 11.09.2025
Announcement of the results: Thursday  evening

To be performed
A program freely set up by the candidate with works taken from the repertoire of the 19th and first half of 20th century (1800-1950)

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FINAL ROUND
Rehearsal : 150 minutes Thursday and Friday 11-12.09.2025
Competition : 25-30 minutes Friday 12.09.2025 on 7:30 pm
Announcement of the results and Prizes: Friday after 10 pm 

To be performed
A program freely set up by the candidate with obligatorily a work by Georg Baker to choose from the list in attachment 2.

MASTER CLASSES

Wednesday 10.09.2025 / Friday 12.09.2025 / Saturday 13.09.2025

Details here

GENERAL INFORMATION

Project leader

FIMOD, Festival International de Musique d’Orgue, Dudelange, a.s.b.l.
14, rue Nic Conrady L–3552 DUDELANGE / Tél. : (+352) 621 263 114
info(at)orgue-dudelange.lu / organcompetition-2025-dudelange(at)posteo.lu


Location and origins of the competition

St. Martin’s Church, Dudelange  
rue de l’Église L-3463 Dudelange (Grand Duchy of Luxembourg).
This organ competition took its start in 2007 as a project
of “Luxembourg and Greater Region - European Capital of Culture 2007”.
The competition in 2025 will be its 10th edition.