CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION

The International organ competition Dudelange is an open competition without preselection.

AGE LIMIT

Candidates born as of September 1st 1990, i.e. less than 35 years old.

MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ADMITTED PARTICIPANTS

35 candidats

Will be admitted the 35 candidats who first will have introduced their complete registration (including registration fee) and who will be accepted by the registration office.

 

A counter installed on the website informs continuously about the number of admitted participants.

APPLICATION

Deadline: July 15th, 2025

Applications have to be addressed by the online application form

In case of problems or questions, the address organcompetition-2025-dudelange(at)posteo.lu may be contacted.

The registration fee is 100 EUR per participant. This amount includes the right for active participation in one master class. Please remit the registration fee to the following bank account:

Payee: Festival International de Musique d’Orgue Dudelange (FIMOD)
Bank account IBAN: LU10 0020 1593 5049 5000
Bank code BIC: BILLLULL
Mention: Organ competition 2025

This fee will not be refunded, except if the competition will be cancelled or postponed.

 

GENERAL RULES

  1. The rehearsal times for the qualifying round will be communicated to the competitors after registration by the registration office. Please direct any special wishes when applying.
  2. For semi final and final rounds, the order of sequence in which the competitors will rehearse and play, will be determined by casting lots prior to each round.
  3. The anonymity of the participants towards the jury will be strictly observed in all rounds.
  4. As long as the candidate is in competition, contacts between the candidate or his assistant and the jury or members of the jury are not allowed.
  5. Before the first rehearsal each competitor receives help for operating the registration sequencer. During the rehearsal and competition maximum one assistant is admitted for page turning and activation of the sequencer. The assistant may not choose the registrations for the candidate as the registration is part of the candidate’s competition.
  6. The jury will make its decisions in meetings that are not open to the public. Such decisions are final and incontestable.
  7. The jury is entitled to dispense with awarding prizes, to split a prize or to award special prizes.
  8. The project leader may cancel the competition if the jury estimates the candidate's applications too low or in case of force majeure. In these cases the registration fee will be refunded.
  9. The participants will arrange themselves for their travel, food and accommodation expenses.
  10. Each competitor will have to send an electronic copy (PDF) of all scores of 2nd and final round before 15th July. Personal notes, except fingerings, are not allowed.
  11. All rounds are open to public.
  12. It is forbidden to make any kind of recordings during all rounds.
  13. Only the media partner of the competition, radio Opus 100,7 is allow to record the final round.
  14. Each participant automatically accepts these conditions when applying.
  15. All items may be subject to modification.

 

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