The Géza Anda-Foundation announces its new Jury Chairman Rico Gulda, pianist and head of artistic planning at the Vienna Konzerthaus.
Please note that we have also extended the application period until 11th February 2024, 23:50 CET, as declared in the words of the Foundation’s President, Prof. Tobias Richter:
Still deeply struck by the news of the sudden death of our Jury Chairman-designate, Prof. Franz Xaver Ohnesorg, we undertook every effort to continue with the preparations for our competition as planned, in the spirit of the musical legacy of Géza Anda and in the spirit of the competition as conceived by its founder, Hortense Anda.
We are now delighted that Rico Gulda, pianist and head of artistic planning at the Vienna Konzerthaus, has agreed to chair our 2024 jury. In view of this special situation, we also decided to extend the registration deadline for competition participants up to and including 11th February 2024.
The 16th international piano competition Concours Géza Anda will be carried out in four rounds in Zurich and Winterthur, Switzerland, between 30th May and 8th June 2024.
The 2024 jury consists of Rico Gulda (chairman), Martha Argerich, Ricardo Castro, Zlata Chochieva, Lucas Debargue, Konstanze Eickhorst, Toshio Hosokawa, Robert Levin and Dénes Várjon.
The renowned Swiss orchestra Musikkollegium Winterthur and conductor Mikhail Pletnev will accompany candidates in the Mozart-Semifinal on 5th and 6th June in Winterthur; Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich and Chief Conductor Paavo Järvi will play at the final at Tonhalle Zurich on 8th June 2024.
All rounds will of course be streamed live on the Foundation’s Youtube channel. For general information and registration click here.