göttingen händel competition
Preliminary round
Location details
This event is all about young talents and creative concert formats – About rediscovering early music combined with powerful emotion and the thrill of competition. Now in its ninth year, the göttingen händel competition once again invites young musicians from across Europe to entice and delight the jury – and of course you, the audience. Last year, the French ensemble La Mandorle won both the main prize and the audience award. The special prize “Music and Space” went to the German-Austrian Yara-Ensemble. You will have the chance to hear both ensembles again at this year’s Festival. One thing is already certain for the 2026 competition: it’s going to be exciting!
Session 1
10.05–10.35 am : ensemble_forá (Nuremberg)
10.40-11.10 am : Duo Lucescuro (Vienna, Austria)
Konzertblock 2
11.35 am –12.05 pm : Furore Ensemble (Cologne)
12.10 – 12.40 pm : Barque Ensemble (Łódź, Poland)
Konzertblock 3
2.30 – 3.00 pm : Red Shoes Project (Bremen)
3.05 – 3.35 pm : Quarterino Ensemble (Basel, Switzerland)
Konzertblock 4
4.00 – 4.30 pm : Les Arcanes Baroques (The Hague, Netherlands)
Per session two ensembles each present a 15-min program and participate in a 10-min discussion
Unfortunately, the ensemble Simileo Alpin had to withdraw its application at short notice. Therefore, Session 4 consists of only one ensemble.
Jury
Jochen Schäfsmeier
Head of the Jury, Managing Director Göttingen Int. Handel Festival
Theresa De Luca
Concert Planner at the Kölner Philharmonie
Christiane Irrgang
Music Editor NDR Kultur
Alexander Weimann
Artistic Director Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Vancouver
Dr. Marie Luise Maintz
Bärenreiter publishing house
Emilio Percan
Violin, baroque violin
Michael Schäfer
Göttinger Tageblatt
