Programme
2026

Here you find the schedule of our competition. This includes all live streams, dates, times, who, what, where, and the respective winners of each round. 

If you happen to be in Bamberg during our competition, simply come to the concert hall at the times listed. Admission to all rounds (except the final concert on 3 July) is free! We look forward to seeing you!

Overview: Schedule & Winners

 

  Date Time Conductor Programme

Round 1
(1/8)

Tuesday
June 23

10 a.m.

Austin CHANU

Mahler 5, I, beginning to fig12 / 
Haydn 86 / 1

   

10.55 a.m.

Tengku IRFAN

Mahler 5, I, fig12 to II, fig9 / 
Haydn 86 / 2

   

11.50 a.m.

Yiran ZHAO

Mahler 5, II, fig9 to end of II / 
Haydn 86 / 3

Round 1
(2/8)

Tuesday
June 23

5 p.m.

Shun OI

Mahler 5, III, beginning to end of bar 428 / 
Haydn 86 / 4

   

5.55 p.m.

Oliver COPE

Mahler 5, III, bar 429 to end of III / 
Haydn 88 / 1

 

 

6.50 p.m.

MinGyu SONG

Mahler 5, V, beginning to bar 415 / 
Haydn 88 / 2

Round 1
(3/8)

Wednesday
June 24

10 a.m.

Soo Jin CHUNG

Mahler 5, V, fig13 to end of V / 
Haydn 88 / 3

   

10.55 a.m.

Kinga GŁOWACKA

Mahler 5, I, beginning to fig12 /
Haydn 88 / 4 

 

 

11.50 a.m.

Shira SAMUELS-SHRAGG

Mahler 5, I, fig12 to II, fig9 / 
Haydn 90 / 1

Round 1
(4/8)

Wednesday
June 24

5 p.m.

Sieva BORZAK

Mahler 5, II, fig9 to end of II / 
Haydn 90 / 2

   

5.55 p.m.

Minchao CAI

Mahler 5, III, beginning to end of bar 428 / 
Haydn 90 / 3

   

6.50 p.m.

Rodrigo SÀMANO

Mahler 5, III, bar 429 to end of III /
Haydn 90 / 4

Round 1
(5/8)

Thursday
June 25

10 a.m.

Jacobus DE JAGER

Mahler 5, V, beginning to bar 415 /
Haydn 90 / 1

   

10.55 a.m.

Fedor RUDIN

Mahler 5, V, fig13 to end of V /
Haydn 90 / 2

 

 

11.50 a.m.

William Garfield WALKER

Mahler 5, I, beginning to fig12 /
Haydn 90 / 3

Round 1
(6/8)

Thursday
June 25

5 p.m.

Julia Wioletta KURZYDLAK

Mahler 5, I, fig12 to II, fig9 /
Haydn 90 / 4

   

5.55 p.m.

Simon CLAUSSE

Mahler 5, II, fig9 to end of II /
Haydn 88 / 1

   

6.50 p.m.

Francesco CAGNASSO

Mahler 5, III, beginning to end of bar 428 /
Haydn 88 / 2

Round 1
(7/8)

Friday
June 26

10 a.m.

Euan SHIELDS

Mahler 5, III, bar 429 to end of III /
Haydn 88 / 3

   

10.55 a.m.

Jakub PRZYBYCIEŃ

Mahler 5, V, beginning to bar 415 /
Haydn 88 / 4

   

11.50 a.m.

Benjamin VOCE

Mahler 5, V, fig13 to end of V /
Haydn 86 / 1

Round 1
(8/8)

Friday
June 26

5 p.m.

Ilya RAM

Mahler 5, I, beginning to fig12 /
Haydn 86 / 2

   

5.55 p.m.

Jiantao YU

Mahler 5, I, fig12 to II, fig9 /
Haydn 86 / 3

   

6.50 p.m.

Mauro MARIANI

Mahler 5, II, fig9 to end of II /
Haydn 86 / 4

       

 

Round 2
(1/4)

Saturday
June 27

10 a.m.

Yiran ZHAO

Mahler 5, I
Bartók, Dance Suite, I-III

   

10.55 a.m.

Oliver COPE

Mahler 5, II
Bartók, Dance Suite, IV-VI

   

11.50 a.m.

Kinga GŁOWACKA

Mahler 5, III
Bartók, Dance Suite, I-III

Round 2
(2/4)

Saturday
June 27

5 p.m.

Shira SAMUELS-SHRAGG

Mahler 5, III
Bartók, Dance Suite, IV-VI

   

5.55 p.m.

Sieva BORZAK

Mahler 5, I
Bartók, Dance Suite, I-III

   

6.50 p.m.

Rodrigo SÀMANO

Mahler 5, II
Bartók, Dance Suite, IV-VI

Round 2
(3/4)

Monday
June 29

10 a.m.

Jacobus DE JAGER

Mahler 5, I
Bartók, Dance Suite, I-III

   

10.55 a.m.

Simon CLAUSSE

Mahler 5, III
Bartók, Dance Suite, IV-VI

   

11.50 a.m.

Jakub PRZYBYCIEŃ

Mahler 5, I
Bartók, Dance Suite, I-III

Round 2
(4/4)

Monday
June 29

5 p.m.

Benjamin VOCE

Mahler 5, II
Bartók, Dance Suite, IV-VI

   

5.55 p.m.

Jiantao YU

Mahler 5, III
Bartók, Dance Suite, I-III

   

6.50 p.m.

Mauro MARIANI

Mahler 5, I
Bartók, Dance Suite, IV-VI

     

 

 

Semifinals
(1/2)

Tuesday
June 30

10 a.m.

Oliver COPE

Schönberg 1 and 2, 
Mahler 5, Adagietto

   

10.40 a.m.

Shira SAMUELS-SHRAGG

Schönberg 4 and 5, 
Mahler 5, Adagietto

   

11:25 a.m.

Sieva BORZAK

Schönberg 1 and 2, 
Mahler 5, Adagietto

   

12.05 a.m.

Jakub PRZYBYCIEŃ

Schönberg 4 and 5, 
Mahler 5, Adagietto

Semifinals
(2/2)

Tuesday
June 30

5 p.m.

Jacobus DE JAGER

Schönberg 1 and 2, 
Mahler 5, Adagietto

   

5.45 p.m.

Mauro MARIANI

Schönberg 4 and 5, 
Mahler 5, Adagietto

   

6.30 p.m.

Simon CLAUSSE

Schönberg 1 and 2, 
Mahler 5, Adagietto

         

Finals
(Rehearsal 1/3)

Wednesday
July 1

5 p.m.

Sieva BORZAK

Adés I, 
Bartók V & VI,
Mahler 5, II

Finals
(Rehearsal 2/3)

Thursday
July 2

10 a.m.

Jakub PRZYBYCIEŃ

Adés II, 
Bartók III & IV,
Mahler 5, I

Finals
(Rehearsal 3/3)

Thursday
July 2

5 p.m.

Simon CLAUSSE

Adés III, 
Bartók I & II,
Mahler 5, III

Finals
Concert
(and award ceremony)

Friday
July 3

7. p.m.

Sieva BORZAK
Jakub PRZYBYCIEŃ
Simon CLAUSSE

In varying order

Thomas Adés, 
Béla Bartók,
Gustav Mahler