The MA Festival Brugge, short for the festival Musica Antiqua Bruges in

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, Belgium, is a festival of

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and

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s, started in 1960. The program includes concerts,

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es, conferences, visits in the region, exhibitions, instrument market, and international competitions that concentrates in a three-year cycle on organ,

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pianoforte The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

and other

period instruments In the historically informed performance movement, musicians perform classical music using restored or replicated versions of the instruments for which it was originally written. Often performances by such musicians are said to be "on authentic ...

, vocals, and baroque ensembles. The specialised festival is part of the

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History

The city of

joined the

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Festival in 1960. In the early years, the emphasis was mainly on the

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exhibitions of Flemish Primitives in European possession. Gradually, the idea grew, given the evolution of the Flanders Festival in almost exclusively a musical direction, to organize a musical part in Bruges as well. To achieve this, a non-profit organization was founded in 1962. Mayor Pierre Venamme and two aldermen were among the founders on behalf of the city, together with persons who mainly belonged to the music sector (Kamiel D'Hooghe, Jan Briers, Robrecht Dewitte, Herman Sabbe, Canon Paul François, Raymond Van Wassenhove). In 1963 ' Organ Days' were organized. The first official festival took place in 1964. From that year and until 2004, the festival was led by co-founder and driving force Robrecht Dewitte. The organizer called on specialists who, with their knowledge of the evolution in music performance, were of good advice. Among them are: Gustav Leonhardt, Kamiel D'Hooghe, prof. Marcel Boereboom, prof. Jozef Robijns, Pieter Enriessen and Johan Huys. The management tasks were taken over after 2004 as follows: • 2004-2005: Bart Demuyt; • 2005-2007: Stefan Dewitte; • 2007-2009: Tomas Bisschop and Hendrik Storme; • 2009-2019: Tomas Bisschop; The current directors are Tomas Bisschop (artistic director) and Goedele Bartholomeeusen (business director).

Mission of the festival

From the start they wanted to show the highlights from the city's past and provide a meeting place for specialists, performers, instrument makers, educators, students, and music lovers. The path had been prepared for this by Safford Cape, who had set the tone for its summer courses with Pro Musica Antiqua since 1961 in Bruges. From 1964 the organization of competitions was worked out in concrete terms within regularly successive three-yearly cycles. Immediately, the emphasis was also placed on these competitions, as the main opportunity to support the vibrancy and image of the festival and to introduce the ideas that the organizers were propagating to the younger generations. Music making has been complemented by exhibitions and fairs, interpretation courses and

es, forums, lectures, and guided visits to historic instruments in Flanders. Concert performances are focused on lesser-known music until about 1800.

Competition

Ever since the first edition of this prestigious international competition, the MA Competition has established itself as a unique platform for training and professional integration and encounter of young promising talent. It actively supports the artistic process and some important values including equality, diversity and inclusion. The MA Competition first took place in 1964 with a

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competition for organ, followed in 1965 by a triennial competition for

and basso continuo and from 1983 also for

. In 1972 the competition was extended to include the

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and the competition for ensembles was also started (which coincided with the organ competition from 2000). The program for

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became more and more extensive. Completed the list:

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, cornetto,

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and

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... Since 1984, singing has also been featured. Due to the corona pandemic in 2020, the MA Competition did not take place for the first time since 1969. Thanks to a quick and efficient overhaul of the organization, the rest of the programming could continue online. Partly due to this crisis, in 2021 the organization of the festival was adapted to the situation and the first round of the competition takes place digitally. Starting this year, the competition will be a

event, alternating between

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s (

and

) and melodic instruments (

, baroque cello and

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). Since 2008, the winner of the first prize will, in addition to a cash prize, win the chance to be invited to a series of concerts taking place in Belgium and abroad, including a guaranteed place in the next edition of the MA Competition. In addition, since 2013, one of the candidates has the opportunity to record a CD with the internationally renowned

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label.

International competition for organ and since 2000 for early music ensembles as well

1964 * Jury: Catherine Crozier, Albert de Klerk, Kamiel D'Hooghe, Paul François, Hans Klotz and the blind organist

Gaston Litaize Gaston Gilbert Litaize (11 August 1909 - 5 August 1991) was a French organist and composer. Considered one of the 20th century masters of the French organ, he toured, recorded, worked at churches, and taught students in and around Paris. Blind ...

* number of candidates: 30 * laureates: 1st prize: Niels Henrik Nielsen (Denmark) - 2nd prize: Rolf Stenholm (Sweden) - 3rd prize: Gerard Gillen (Ireland) - 4th prize: René Rakier (Netherlands) - 5th prize: Chris Dubois (Belgium) 1967 * Jury: Kamiel D'Hooghe, Wolfgang Auler,

Norbert Dufourcq Norbert Stéphane Jean-Marie Dufourcq (21 September 1904 – 19 December 1990) was a French organist, music educator, musicologist and musicographer. Biography Norbert Dufourcq was born in 1904 in Saint-Jean-de-Braye in the Loiret departmen ...

, Paul François, Piet Kee * number of candidates: 24 * laureates: 1st prize: Günther Kaunzinger (Germany) - 2nd prize: Jack Hennigan (USA) - 3rd prize: Bengt Berg (Sweden) - 4th prize: Leo Krämer (Germany) 1970 * Jury: Michel Chapuis, Kamiel D'Hooghe, Paul François, Friedrich Högner,

Peter Hurford Peter John Hurford OBE (22 November 1930 – 3 March 2019) was a British organist and composer. Life Hurford was born in Minehead, Somerset, to Gladys Hurford (née James) and Hubert Hurford, a solicitor. He was educated at Blundell's School ...

* number of candidates: 45 * laureates: 2nd prize: Lucie Madden (Canada) and Vladimir Ruso (Czechoslovakia) - 3rd prize: Helen Dugal (Canada) - 4th prize: M. Schmid (Switzerland) 1973 * Jury: Kamiel D'Hooghe, Ludwig Doerr, Bernard Lagacé,

Lionel Rogg Lionel Rogg (born Geneva, April 21 1936) is a Swiss organist, composer and teacher of musical theory. He is best known for performing the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, whose complete organ works he has recorded three times. At 15, Rogg took cha ...

, David Pizarro, Gabriel Verschraegen * number of candidates: 53 * laureates: 1st prize: Réjean Poirier (Canada) - 2nd prize: Dee Ann Crossley (US) - 3rd prize: Bram Beekman (Netherlands),

Martin Lücker Martin Lücker (born 11 October 1953) is a Germans, German classical organist, and professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main. Career Born in Preußisch Oldendorf, Lücker studied organ in Hannover and in Vi ...

(Germany) and Bernhard Marx (Germany) 1976 * Jury: Xavier Darasse, Albert de Klerk, Ludwig Doerr, Bernard Lagacé, Pierre Segond, Gabriel Verschraegen, Paul François (president) * number of candidates: 84 * laureates: 1st prize: Istvan Ella (Hungary) - 2nd prize: Christa Rakich (US) - 3rd prize: Alfred Halbartschlager (Austria) - 4th prize: Roman Summereder (Austria) - 5th prize: Wolfram Syré (Germany) 1979 * Jury:

Nicholas Danby Nicholas Danby (19 July 1935 – 15 June 1997) was a British organist, recitalist and teacher. He was a great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens and nephew of Monica Dickens. Danby was Organ Professor at both the Royal College of Music and the R ...

, Xavier Darasse,

Ton Koopman Antonius Gerhardus Michael Koopman (; born 2 October 1944), known professionally as Ton Koopman, is a Dutch conductor, organist, harpsichordist, and musicologist, primarily known for being the founder and director of the Amsterdam Baroque Orches ...

, Bernard Lagacé,

Michael Radulescu Michael Radulescu (born 19 June 1943) is a Romanian-German composer, organist, and professor. He was born to a Romanian father and a German mother. He studied with Anton Heiller and Hans Swarowsky at the University of Music and Performing Arts i ...

, Gabriel Verschraegen * number of candidates: 80 * laureates: 1st prize:

James David Christie James David Christie (born 1952) is an American classical organist and teacher. Until accusations of sexual misconduct emerged in August 2018, he was Chair and Professor of Organ at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Distinguished Artist in Resi ...

(US) - 2nd prize: Michael Kapsner (Germany) - Karol Golebiowski (Poland) - 4th prize: Robert Bates (US) and Wolfgang Glüxam (Austria) 1982 * Jury: Robert Enerson, Odile Bailleux, Chris Dubois, Johan Huys, Ton Koopman,

Jean-Claude Zehnder Jean-Claude Zehnder (born 1941) is a Swiss organist in church and concert, harpsichordist, and musicologist. In research and playing, he is focused on Baroque music, and has played and recorded at historic organs in Europe. He led the department ...

* number of candidates: organ: 64 - organ positive: 8 * laureates organ: 1st prize: Wolfgang Zerer (Germany) - 2nd prize: Guido Mayer (Austria) and Reitze Smits (Netherlands) - 3rd prize:

Masaaki Suzuki is a Japanese organist, harpsichordist and conductor, and the founder and music director of the Bach Collegium Japan. With this ensemble he is recording the complete choral works of Johann Sebastian Bach for the Swedish label BIS Records, for wh ...

(Japan) - 4th prize: Gilles Harlé (France) * laureates organ positive: 2nd prize: Wolfgang Zerer (Germany) - 3rd prize: Geert Bierling (Netherlands) and John Finney (USA) 1985 * Jury:

, Xavier Darasse, Stanislas Deriemaeker, Johan Huys, Ton Koopman,

Simon Preston Simon John Preston (4 August 1938 – 13 May 2022) was an English organist, conductor, and composer.
...

* number of candidates: 85 * laureates: 2nd prize: Christoph Anselm Noll (Germany) - 3rd prize: Isolde Kittel (Germany) - 4th prize: Patrick Ayrton (Britain) and Markus Malin (Austria) - 5th prize: David Adams (Ireland) and Enrea Marcon (Italy) * laureaat Bachprize: Michael Kapsner (Germany) - honorable mention: Geert Bierling (Netherlands) 1988 * Jury:

, Xavier Darasse, Johan Huys, Ton Koopman, Leo Krämer,

* number of candidates: 79 * laureates: 2nd prize: Bine Katrine Bryndorf (Denmark) and Gerhard Gnann (Germany) - 4th prize: N. Imaï (Japan) 1991 * Jury:

, Xavier Darasse, Johan Huys, Leo Krämer,

, Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini * number of candidates: 45 * laureates: 1st prize: Bernhard Klapprott (Germany) - 3rd prize: Luca Antoniotti (Italy) and Junko Ito (Japan) - 4th prize: Junko Wada (Japan) 1994 * Jury: Jean Boyer, Dorthy de Rooij, Johan Huys, Enré Luy, Karl Maureen, Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini * number of candidates: solo: 58 - duo (organ positive): 28 * laureates organ: 1st prize: David Yearsley (USA) - 2nd prize: Luca Antoniotti (Italy) - 3rd prize: Roberto Menichetti (Italy) - 4th prize: Luca Scenali (Italy) and Enrea Vannucchi (Italy) * laureates duo's: 1st prize: Antonio Galanti and Enrea Vannucchi (Italy) and Annette Richards (Britain) and David Yearsley (USA) - 2nd prize: Hadrien Jourdan (Switzerland) and Jean-Christophe Leclère (France) - 3rd prize: Christophe Körber and Christian Richter (Germany) 1997 * Jury: Jean Boyer, Dorthy de Rooij, Lorenzo Ghielmi, Johan Huys,

* number of candidates: organ: 38 - duo's (organ positive): 18 * laureates organ: 1st prize: Francis Jacob (France) - 2nd prize: Rie Hiroe (Japan) and Damien Simon (France) - 3rd prize: Wim Winters (Belgium) * laureates duo's: 1st prize: Edita Keglerova and Iva Vedralova (Czech Republic) - 2nd prize: Olivier Fortin and Karoline Leblanc (Canada) - Sebastien Guillot and Pascal Dubreuil (France) - 3rd prize: Debora Villani and Maurizio Stefania (Italy) 2000 * Jury organ: Michel Bouvard, Bine Katrine Bryndorf, Johan Huys, Dorthy de Rooij, Enrea Marcon, Wolfgang Zerer * Jury ensembles: Bine Katrine Bryndorf, Johan Huys,

María Cristina Kiehr María Cristina Kiehr (born in Tandil, Argentina) is a soprano vocalist associated with Baroque music. After receiving her early musical training in Argentina, she moved in 1983 to Europe and studied under René Jacobs at the Schola Cantorum Basil ...

, Enrea Marcon,

Philip Pickett Philip Pickett (born 17 November 1950) is an English musician. Pickett was director of early music ensembles including the New London Consort, and taught at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He played recorders, shawms and similar in ...

, Agata Sapiecha * number of candidates: organ: 45 - ensembles: 16 * laureates organ: 1st prize: Tobias Lindner (Germany) - 2nd prize: Frédéric Champion (France) and Erich Michael Türk (Roemenië) - 3rd prize: Hye-Sun Park (South-Korea) and Christian Schmitt (Germany) * laureates ensembles: 1st prize: La Trulla de Bozes (Spain) - 2nd prize: La Calendola and La Fontaine Tokyo (Japan) - 3rd prize: Les Cornets Noirs (Germany) 2003 * Jury organ: Johannes Geffert, Johan Huys, Enrea Marcon, Joris Verdin, David Yearsley * Jury ensembles: Florian Heyerick, Johan Huys,

, Agata Sapiecha,

Stevie Wishart Stevie Wishart is an English composer, improviser, and performer on the hurdy-gurdy and medieval violin. Mainly involved in contemporary music, she has also had a career in early music and has edited and recorded the complete works of Saint Hil ...

* number of candidates: organ: 49 - ensembles: 21 * laureates organ: 1st prize: Marketa Reindlova (Czech Republic) - 2nd prize:

Maude Gratton image:Maude-Gratton-0441.jpg, Maude Gratton (born 1983) is a French classical musician. She is pursuing a career of Solo (music), soloist, mastering the pipe organ, the piano-forte and the harpsichord. Biography Born in Niort, Gratton studied ...

(France) - 3rd prize: Benjamin Righetti (Switzerland) - 4th prize: Els Biesemans (Belgium) and Francesco Pedrini (Italy) * laureates ensembles: 1st prize: L'Ornamento (Germany) - 2nd prize: Maude Gratton and Rossi Piceno (Internationaal) - 3rd prize: La Loge Olympique (France) and Ensemble Esperanto (Poland-Germany) 2006 * Jury organ: Michel Bouvard, Jean Ferrard, Johannes Geffert, Lorenzo Ghielmi, Johan Huys, David Yearsley * Jury ensembles: Jan De Winne, Johan Huys, Linda Nicholson, Agata Sapiecha,

Barbara Schlick Barbara Schlick (born 21 July 1943, Würzburg) is a German soprano who is particularly admired for interpretations of the concert literature of the baroque era. Career Schlick studied singing under at the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg and in E ...

* number of candidates: organ: 45 - ensembles: 12 * laureates organ: 1st prize Wolfgang Kogert (Austria) - 2nd prize: Wouter Koelewijn (Netherlands) - 3rd prize: Paul Goussot (France) - 4th prize: Bart Jacobs (Belgium) - 5th prize: Krzysztof Pawlisz (Poland) - * laureates ensembles: Baroque ensembles: 1st prize: Xacona - 2nd prize: Wooden Voices - ensembles Mozart: 1st prize: Duo Shichijo-Yamaguchi and Quatuor Fratres. 2009 * Jury organ: Nicolau de Figueiredo, Johannes Geffert, Lorenzo Ghielmi, Theo Jellema, Johan Huys * Jury ensembles:

Bruce Dickey Bruce Dickey is an American cornett player. He is regarded as the doyen of the modern generation of cornett players, many of whom were his students at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and Early Music Institute at Indiana University, or students of ...

, Dominique Visse, Johan Huys * number of candidates: organ: 10 - ensembles: 14 * laureates organ:1st prize Ben Van Nespen (Belgium) - 2nd prize: Jean-Philippe Merckaert (Belgium) - 3rd prize: Simone Vebber (Italy) - Laureaat: Litz Aoki * laureates ensembles: 1st prize: Ensemble Estampes of Les Timbres - 2nd prize ex aequo: Ensemble Diamanté and L'Art Du Bois

International competition for harpsichord, basso continuo and since 1983 also pianoforte

1965 * Jury: Gustav Leonhardt,

Robert Veyron-Lacroix Robert Veyron-Lacroix (13 December 1922 in Paris – 2 April 1991 in Garches (Hauts-de-Seine)) was a French harpsichordist and pianistPâris, Alain. Robert Veyron-Lacroix. In: ''Dictionnaire des interprètes''. Éditions Robert Laffont, Paris, ...

, Aimée Van de Wiele, Li Stadelmann. * number of candidates: 25 * laureates: 2nd prize:

Christiane Jaccottet Christiane Jaccottet (born Christiane Wachsmuth, Lausanne, Switzerland 18 May 1937; died Rivaz, 26 October 1999) was a harpsichordist who recorded the works of many composers including Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July ...

(Switzerland), honorable mention: Roswitha Trimborn (Germany) 1968 * Jury: Gustav Leonhardt,

Isolde Ahlgrimm Isolde Ahlgrimm (31 July 1914 in Vienna – 11 October 1995 in Vienna) was an Austrian harpsichordist and fortepianist. In 1975 she was awarded the Austrian Gold Medal. Musical education Ahlgrimm pursued her early piano studies from 1922 at ...

, Thurston Dart,

, Charles Koenig * number of candidates: 36 * laureates: 2nd prize: Martha Brickman (Canada) and Zsuzsa Pertis (Hungary) - 3rd prize: Anne Gallet (Switzerland) - 4th prize:

Colin Tilney Colin Tilney (born 31 October 1933) is a harpsichordist, fortepianist and teacher. Education and professional life Born in London, Tilney studied music and modern languages at Cambridge University, studied harpsichord with Mary Potts at King's C ...

(Britain) - 5th prize:

Johann Sonnleitner Johann Sonnleitner (born 1941) is an Austrian music educator and expert as interpreter of early music on historical keyboard instruments. He is an organist, a harpsichordist and music historian. Life and career Born in Trofaiach, Sonnleitner ...

(Austria) * certificates:

(Netherlands) - Scott Ross (USA) - Roswitha Trimborn (Germany) * laureates basso-continuo: 1st prize:

(Netherlands) - 2nd prize:

(Britain) 1971 * Jury:

Kenneth Gilbert Kenneth Albert Gilbert (December 16, 1931 – April 15, 2020) was a Canadian harpsichordist, organist, musicologist, and music educator. Biography Born in Montreal, Gilbert studied at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal under ...

, Charles Koenig, Gustav Leonhardt, Raymond Schroyens,

* number of candidates: 33 * laureates: 1st prize: Scott Ross (USA), 2nd prize: John Whitelaw (Canada), 3rd prize: Christopher Farr (Britain), 5th prize: Alexander Sung (Hong Kong) * laureates basso continuo: 2nd prize: Christopher Farr (Britain) * honorable mention:

Christopher Hogwood Christopher Jarvis Haley Hogwood (10 September 194124 September 2014) was an English conductor, harpsichordist, writer, and musicologist. Founder of the early music ensemble the Academy of Ancient Music, he was an authority on historically info ...

(Britain) 1974 * Jury: Hedwig Bilgram,

, Alan Curtis,

, Gustav Leonhardt,

, Jozef Robijns * number of candidates: 41 * laureates: 2nd prize: Henk Cuppers (Netherlands) - 3rd prize: Eric-Lynn Kelley (USA) and Martin Pearlman (USA) - 4th prize: Gordon Murray (Canada) - 5th prize: Larry Phillips (USA) 1977 * Jury:

, Johan Huys, Gustav Leonhardt, Herbert Tachezi,

Jos Van Immerseel Jos Van Immerseel (born 9 November 1945) is a Belgian harpsichordist, pianist and conductor. Van Immerseel studied organ, piano and harpsichord at the Antwerp Conservatory under Flor Peeters, Eugène Traey and harpsichordist and musicolo ...

* number of candidates: 64 * laureates: 2nd prize: Françoise Lengellé (France) - 4th prize: Michel Kiener (Switzerland) and Christopher Kite (Britain) 1980 * Jury:

, Robert Kohnen, Gustav Leonhardt, Scott Ross,

, Herbert Tachezi * number of candidates: 82 * laureates harpsichord: 2nd prize: Glen Wilson (USA) - 3rd prize: Beatrice Berstel (France) and Charlotte Mattax (USA) - 4th prize: Malcolm Proud (Ireland) - 5th prize: Ketil Haugsen (Norway) * laureates basso continuo: 2nd prize: Glen Wilson (USA) and

(Japan) 1983 * Jury:

, Johan Huys, Gustav Leonhardt,

Trevor Pinnock Trevor David Pinnock (born 16 December 1946 in Canterbury, England) is a British harpsichordist and conductor. He is best known for his association with the period-performance orchestra The English Concert, which he helped found and directe ...

, Herbert Tachezi * number of candidates: harpsichord: 61 - pianoforte: 7 * laureates harpsichord: 1st prize:

Christophe Rousset Christophe Rousset (; born 12 April 1961) is a French harpsichordist and conductor, who specializes in the performance of Baroque music on period instruments. He is also a musicologist, particularly of opera and European music of the 17th and 18 ...

(France) - 2nd prize:

Pierre Hantaï Pierre Hantaï (born 28 February 1964, Paris) is a French harpsichordist and conductor. Career The son of painter Simon Hantaï, he discovered the music of Johann Sebastian Bach when he was ten and first heard Gustav Leonhardt's recordings w ...

(France) - 3rd prize: Kyoko Soejima (Japan) - 5th prize: Borbala Dobozy (Hungary) * laureates pianoforte: 2nd prize: Linda Nicholson (Britain) and François Verry (France) - 3rd prize: David Mason (Britain) 1986 * Jury:

, Johan Huys, Gustav Leonhardt, Scott Ross, Herbert Tachezi,

* number of candidates: harpsichord: 74 - pianoforte: 18 * laureates harpsichord: 2nd prize: Akiko Kuwagata (Japan) and Miyuki Takahashi (Japan) - 3rd prize: Ottavio Dantone (Italy) - 4th prize: Christine Whiffen (Britain) - 5th prize: Mayako Sone (Japan) * laureates pianoforte: 1st prize:

Geoffrey Lancaster Geoffrey Lancaster (born 20 August 1954) is an Australian classical pianist and conductor. Born in Sydney, he was raised in Dubbo, New South Wales before moving to Canberra. He attended the Canberra School of Music where he studied piano with ...

(Australia) and

Bart van Oort Bart van Oort (born June 6, 1959) is a Dutch classical pianist. Biography Van Oort was born in Utrecht. After completing his studies in modern piano in the Royal Conservatory of The Hague in 1983, he studied fortepiano there with Stanley Hoog ...

(Netherlands) - 2nd prize: Yoshiko Kojijma (Japan) - 3rd prize: Gianni Gambi (Italy) 1989 * Jury:

, Johan Huys, Gustav Leonhardt,

, Glen Wilson * number of candidates: harpsichord: 59 - pianoforte: 21 * laureates harpsichord: 1st prize: Nicholas Parle (Australia) - 3rd prize: Jovanka Marville (Switzerland) and Kenneth Weiss (USA) * laureates pianoforte: 2nd prize: Wolfgang Brunner (Germany) - 4th prize: Theresa Bogard (USA) and Guido Mayer (Austria) - 5th prize: Junko Miyasaka (Japan) 1992 * Jury: Jesper Bøje Christensen, Stanley Hooglen, Johan Huys, Françoise Lengellé, Gustav Leonhardt, Gordon Murray,

, Glen Wilson * Number of candidates: harpsichord: 75 - pianoforte: 30 * laureates harpsichord: 2nd prize: Blenine Rannou (France) - 4th prize: Yves Rechsteiner (Switzerland) * laureates pianoforte: 2nd prize: Enrij Kutasevich (Ukraine) and Henrike Seitz (Germany - 3rd prize: Natalja Solotych (Ukraine) - 4th prize: Carole Cerasi (Sweden) 1995 * Jury: Abraham Abreu, Jesper Bøje Christensen, Johan Huys,

, Gustav Leonhardt,

Davitt Moroney Davitt Moroney (born 23 December 1950) is a British-born and educated musicologist, harpsichordist and organist. His parents were of Irish and Italian extraction – his father was an executive with the Anglo-Dutch Unilever conglomerate. ...

, Gordon Murray, Ludger Rémy * number of candidates: harpsichord: 103 - pianoforte: 26 * laureates harpsichord: 3rd prize: Roberto Menichetti (Italy) - 4th prize: Katrina Brown (Australia) and Giampietro Rosato (Italy) * laureates pianoforte: 1st prize: Kikuko Ogura (Japan) - Florian Birsak (Austria) - 3rd prize: Arthur Schoonderwoerd (Netherlands) and Bart Van Sambeek (Netherlands) 1998 * Jury: Françoise Lengellé, Wolfgang Brunner, Jesper Bøje Christensen, Johan Huys, Gustav Leonhardt,

, Ludger Rémy * number of candidates: harpsichord: 99 - pianoforte: 29 * laureates harpsichord: 1st prize: Beatrice Martin - 2nd prize: Aapo Häkkinen (Finland) - 3rd prize: Christian Cuiller (France) - 4th prize: Michael Sponseller (USA) * laureates pianoforte: Elena Privano-Karl (Germany) and Soo-Huyen Park (South-Korea) 2001 * Jury: harpsichord: Borbala Dobozy, Jesper Bøje Christensen, Johan Huys, Gustav Leonhardt,

, Ludger Rémy,

* Jury pianoforte: Wolfgang Brunner, Johan Huys, Linda Nicholson, Ludger Rémy, Bart van Oort * number of candidates: harpsichord: 109 - pianoforte: 33 * laureates harpsichord: 3rd prize: Isabelle Sauveur (France) - 4th prize: Michael Sponseller (USA) and Stéphane Guion-Fuget (France) - 5th prize: Johannes Hämmerle (Austria) * laureates pianoforte: 1st prize: Kris BeSouthenhout (Australia) - 2nd prize: Jerry Jantunen (Finland) - 3rd prize: Chie Hirai (Japan) - 4th prize: Rémy Cardinale (France) 2004 * Jury harpsichord: Blenine Rannou, Ketil Haugsen, Johan Huys, Gustav Leonhardt,

, Ludger Rémy * Jury pianoforte: Wolfgang Brunner, Johan Huys, Linda Nicholson,

Alexei Lubimov Alexei Lubimov (born 1944 as Алексе́й Бори́сович Люби́мов, Alexey Borisovich Lyubimov) is a Russian pianist, fortepianist and harpsichordist. Lubimov studied at the Moscow Conservatory with Heinrich Neuhaus and Lev Nau ...

, Ludger Rémy, Bart van Oort * number of candidates harpsichord and pianoforte: 137 * laureates harpsichord: 1st prize: Benjamin Alard (France) - 2nd prize: Maria Uspenskaya (Russia) - 3rd prize: Adam Pearl (USA) and Mikhail Yardzhembovskiy (Russia) * laureates pianoforte: 2nd prize: Keiko Schich ijo (Japan) - 3rd prize: Maria Uspenskaya (Russia) and

Irina Zahharenkova Irina Zahharenkova (born 23 February 1976 in Kaliningrad) is an Estonian pianist and harpsichordist trained at the Estonian Academy of Music and the Sibelius Academy The Sibelius Academy ( fi, Taideyliopiston Sibelius-Akatemia, sv, Sibelius-Aka ...

(Estonia) - 4th prize: Nicoleta Ion (Roemenië) 2007 * Jury harpsichord: Ketil Haugsen, Johan Huys, Françoise Lengellé, Gustav Leonhardt,

* Jury pianoforte: Wolfgang Brunner, Claire Chevallier,

, Linda Nicholson, Ludger Rémy, Bart van Oort * number of candidates: harpsichord: 71 - pianoforte: 41 * laureates harpsichord: 2nd prize Ex Aequo: Julien Wolfs (Belgium) and Francesco Corti (Italy) - 3rd prize: Tomoko Matsuoka (Japan) - 4th prize: Susan Toman (Canada) - 5th prize: Masumi Yamamoto (Japan) * laureates pianoforte: 2nd prize: Stefania Neonato (Italy) - 3rd prize: Alexandra Koreneva (Russia) and Olga Andryushchenko (Russia) 2010 * Jury harpsichord: Johan Huys, Frédérick Haas, Gustav Leonhardt, Béatrice Martin, Kris Verhelst * Jury pianoforte: Ludger Rémy, Claire Chevallier,

, Linda Nicholson, Bart van Oort * number of candidates: harpsichord 74 - pianoforte: 26 * laureates harpsichord: Second prize: Kazuya Gunji (Japan) and

Maxim Emelyanychev Maxim Yuryevich Emelyanychev (Максим Юрьевич Емельянычев; born 28 August 1988, Dzerzhinsk) is a Russian conductor, pianist, harpsichordist and cornetist. From a musical family, Emelyanychev studied music at the Nizhny Novgor ...

(Russia) - Third prize: Paolo Zanzu (Italy) and Stanislav Gres (Russia) * laureates pianoforte: First prize: Petra Somlai (Hungary) - Second prize:

Olga Pashchenko Olga Pashchenko (russian: Ольга Пащенко) (born 1986) is a Russian harpsichordist, fortepianist, organist and pianist who has performed in concert halls in Moscow and other cities of Russia, Belarus, Italy, USA, Austria, Belgium, France, ...

(Russia) - Third prize: Ksenia Semënova (Russia) - Finalist: Anthony Romaniuk (USA) 2012 * Jury harpsichord: Johan Huys,

Christine Schornsheim Christine Schornsheim, married name Christine Engelmayr (born in 1959), is a German harpsichordist and pianist. Life and career Schornsheim attended the from 1969 to 1976 and studied piano at the local Berlin University of the Arts until 1982. ...

, Skip Sempé, Menno van Delft and Kenneth Weiss * number of candidates: 36 * laureates: 1st prize: Mark Edwards (Canada) and

Jean Rondeau : Jean Rondeau (13 May 1946 in Le Mans, France – 27 December 1985 in Champagné, France) was a French race car driver and constructor, who won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1980, in a car bearing his own name, an achievement which remains unique ...

(France) - 2nd prize:

(Russia) 2013 * Jury pianoforte: Johan Huys, Wolfgang Brunner,

, Bart Van Oort * number of candidates: 30 * laureates: 1st prize / Award of the province West-Flanders: Elizaveta Miller (RU) - 2nd prize: Gili Loftus (CA/IL) - 3rd prize: Miho Haga (JP) - Outhere award: Bobby Mitchell - Award of the public: Gili Loftus (CA/IL) 2015 * Jury harpsichord: Johan Huys,

Richard Egarr Richard Egarr (born 7 August 1963) is a British conductor and keyboard player. Biography Born in Lincoln, Egarr received his early musical training as a choirboy at York Minster and at Chetham's School of Music. He was an organ scholar at Clar ...

, Enrea Marcon, Beatrice Martin,

* number of candidates: 60 * Laureates: first prize: Justin Taylor (France) - second prize: Sofya Gandilyan (Russia) - third prize: Melisene McNabney (Canada) - honorable mentions: Hélène Diot (France) - Nadja Lesaulnier (France) 2016 * Jury pianoforte: Johan Huys, Piet Kuijken,

and Bart van Oort * number of candidates: 36 * laureates: 2nd prize: Naruhiko Kawaguchi (Japan) - Viacheslav Shelepov (Russia) 3rd prize: Martin Nöbauer (Australia) Honorable mention: Carlos Goicoechea - ESOuthere Award: Naruhiko Kawaguchi - JP 2018 * Jury harpsichord: Johan Huys, Carole Cerasi, Andrea Marcon, Olga Martynova, Skip Sempé, Menno van Delft * number of candidates: 77 * laureates: 1st prize: Andrea Buccarella (Italy) - 2nd prize: Alexander von HeiBen (Germany) - 3rd prize: Anastasia Antonova (Russia) and Cristiano Gaudio (Italy) Award of the public: Rossella Policardo (Italy) 2019 * Jury pianoforte: Johan Huys, Wolfgang Brunner, Piet Kuyken, Bart van Oort,

, Keiko Schichijo * laureates: 1st prize: Aurelia Visovan (Romania) - 2nd prize: Dmitry Ablogin (Russia) - 3rd prize: Emil Duncumb (No/Uk/Hr) Honorable mention: Ekaterina Polyakova (Russia) Honorable mention: Tzu Yu Yang (Taiwan) Award of the public: Dmitry Ablogin (Russia)

International competition Musica Antiqua: recorder and other instruments, vocals, as well as (until 1996) ensembles

1972 * Jury:

Ruth Dyson Ruth Suzanne Dyson (born 11 August 1957) is a former New Zealand politician. She was a Labour Party Member of Parliament from 1993 to 2020. She represented the electorate from the election to 2020. She also held a number of senior offices i ...

, Silva Devos,

Frans Brüggen Franciscus ("Frans") Jozef Brüggen (30 October 1934 – 13 August 2014) was a Dutch Conducting, conductor, recorder player and baroque flautist. Biography Born in Amsterdam, Brüggen was the last of the nine children of August Brüggen, a textile ...

, Ferdinand Conrad,

Hans-Martin Linde Hans-Martin Linde (born 24 May 1930 in Werne, Germany) is a German noted virtuoso flute and recorder (musical instrument), recorder player of (mainly) baroque and early music. He authored a number of original and highly instructive books on the ...

, Wielen Kuijken * number of candidates: recorder: 41 - ensembles: 8 * laureates: recorder: 2nd prize: Conrad Steinmann (Switzerland) - 3rd prize: Ricardo Kanji (Brazil) and Marion Verbruggen (Netherlands) * laureates ensembles: 2nd prize:

Huelgas Ensemble The Huelgas Ensemble is a Belgian early music group formed by the Flemish conductor Paul Van Nevel in 1971. The group's performance and extensive discography focuses on Renaissance polyphony. The name of the ensemble refers to a manuscript of pol ...

(Belgium) - 4th prize: Kölner Blockflötenensemble (Germany) 1975 * Jury: Jozef Robijns, president, Silva Devos,

Carl Dolmetsch Carl Frederick Dolmetsch (1911–1997) CBE was a French instrumentalist who specialised in the recorder. Life The son of Arnold Dolmetsch, he was born in Fontenay-sous-Bois on 23 August 1911 but lived in England from 1914. After three years in ...

, Günther Höller, Wielen Kuijken, Gustav Scheck, Friedrich von Huene,

Katsuya Yokoyama was a Japanese musician who played the ''shakuhachi'', a traditional vertical bamboo flute. Early life He was born in Shizuoka Prefecture in 1934 and studied Kinko-ryu and Azuma styles of music with his father, Rampo Yokoyama, and grandfather, ...

* number of candidates: recorder: 38 - traverso: 15 - ensembles: 9 * laureates: recorder: geen - traverso: 1st prize: Masahiro Arita (Japan) - 4th prize: W. Hazelzet (Netherlands) * laureates ensembles: 1st prize: Tokyo Recorder Quartet (Japan) - 2nd prize: Saratoga (France) - 3rd prize: Pfeifergasse Salzburg (Austria) 1978 * Jury:

Anner Bijlsma Anner Bylsma (born Anne Bijlsma, 17 February 1934 – 25 July 2019) was a Dutch cellist who played on both modern and period instruments in a historically informed style. He took an interest in music from an early age. He studied with Carel van ...

Barthold Kuijken Barthold Kuijken (; born 8 March 1949, Dilbeek) is a Belgians, Belgian flautist and Recorder (musical instrument), recorder player, known for playing baroque music on Historically informed performance, historical instruments and particularly kno ...

Paul Van Nevel Paul Van Nevel (born 4 February 1946) is a Belgian conductor, musicologist and art historian. In 1971 he founded the Huelgas Ensemble, a choir dedicated to polyphony from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Van Nevel is known for hunting out lit ...

* number of candidates: ensembles: 18 * laureates: categorie I: 2nd prize: Duo J. Cohan-St. Stubbs (USA) - categorie II: 3rd prize: Collegium Musicum Budapest (Hungary) and Les Ennemis Confus (Belgium) 1981 * Jury: René Clemencic,

, Johan Huys,

Judith Nelson Judith Anne Nelson, née Manes (10 September 1939 – 28 May 2012) was an American soprano, noted for her performances of baroque music at the beginning of the "early music revival" of the 1970s and 1980s. Nelson was born in Evanston, Illino ...

Jaap Schröder Jaap Schröder or Jaap Schroeder (31 December 1925 – 1 January 2020) was a Dutch violinist, conductor, and pedagogue. He studied at the Amsterdam Conservatory and at the Sorbonne in France. In the 1960s he was a member of the Dutch early music ...

* number of candidates: vocals: 9 - Baroque cello: 2 - Baroque oboe: 1 - Baroque traverso: 10 - Baroque violin: 2 - Recorder: 28 - Viola da gamba: 1 - * number of candidates ensembles: 10 * laureates soli: 2nd prize: traverso: T. Ogawa (Japan) – Three Belgians received an honorable mention:

Marcel Ponseele Marcel Ponseele (Kortrijk, 1957) is a Belgian oboist. Ponseele studied at Bruges and other conservatories in Belgium. He has specialised in the baroque oboe and is involved in making his own instruments in 18th-century style. He is known for his p ...

(baroque oboe),

Philippe Pierlot Philippe Pierlot (born 1958) is a Belgian viola da gamba player and a conductor in historically informed performance. He is also an academic teacher at the royal conservatories of The Hague and Brussels. Career Born in Liège, Pierlot learne ...

(gamba) and G. Hulsens (recorder). * laureates ensembles: 2nd prize: Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet (Netherlands) 1984 * Jury:

, Ingrid Seifert, René Clemencic, Johan Huys,

Konrad Junghänel Konrad Junghänel (born 27 February 1953) is a German lutenist and conductor in the field of historically informed performance, the founder and director of the vocal ensemble Cantus Cölln. Career Junghänel studied at the Hochschule für Musi ...

, Patrick Peire * number of candidates soli: recorder: 36 - baroque cello: 1 - baroque oboe: 1 - baroque violin: 5 - lute: 12 - traverso: 4 - viola da gamba: 6 - vocals: 6 * number of candidates ensembles: 12 * laureates: soli: 2nd prize: recorder: Aldo Abreu (Venezuela) and J. Tol (Netherlands)- lute:

Robert Barto Robert Barto (born 1950's in San Diego) is an American lutenist specializing in the music of the Baroque and Empfindsamkeit periods, in particular the ''oeuvres'' of Sylvius Leopold Weiss and Bernhard Joachim Hagen. Biography He is a graduate ...

(USA) - 3rd prize: baroque vocals: D. Minster (USA) - baroque violin: M. Utiger (USA) * laureates ensembles: 1st prize: Lous Lenes Consort (France) - 2nd prize: Fontana Musicale Wien (Austria) 1987 * Jury:

Anthony Bailes Anthony Bailes is a British lutenist. Anthony Bailes initially played the classical guitar, and after meeting Diana Poulton began to study the lute with her. He was awarded a grant by the Arts Council of Great Britain in 1971, and subsequently s ...

, Jessica Cash,

, Johan Huys,

, Marcel Perès,

Nigel Rogers Nigel David Rogers (21 March 1935 – 19 January 2022) was an English multilingual tenor, music conductor, and vocal coach, who sang in over seventy classical music album recordings in German, French, Italian, Latin and English, mostly of earl ...

Jordi Savall Jordi Savall i Bernadet (; born 1 August 1941) is a Spanish conductor, composer and viol player. He has been one of the major figures in the field of Western early music since the 1970s, largely responsible for popularizing the viol family of ...

* number of candidates: soli: 52 - ensembles: 14 * laureates: traverso: 2nd prize: Jan De Winne (Belgium) - recorder: 4th prize: B. Karst (Germany) 1990 * Jury:

, Johan Huys, Marie Leonhardt,

August Wenzinger August Wenzinger (1905–1996) was a prominent cellist, viol player, conductor, teacher, and music scholar from Basel, Switzerland. He was a pioneer of historically informed performance, both as a master of the viola da gamba and as a conductor of ...

* number of candidates: baroque violin: 4 - recorder: 47 - viola da gamba: 4 - lute: 12 - traverso: 18 - vocals: 22 - ensembles: 19 * laureates: 1st prize: recorder:

Matthias Maute Matthias Maute (born 1963) is a virtuoso recorder player and composer. Maute was born in Ebingen, Germany and studied in Freiburg and Utrecht with Baldrick Deerenberg and Marion Verbruggen. In 1990 he won first prize in the soloist category of ...

(Germany) - 2nd prize: lute: Joachim Held (Germany) - 3rd prize: traverso: Isabelle Lamfalussy (Belgium) and vocals: Kai Wessel (Germany) * laureates ensembles: 1st prize: La Fenice (ensemble) (France) and Vier op 'n rij (ensemble) (Belgium) - 2nd prize: La Folia (ensemble) (Austria). 1993 * Jury: René Clemencic,

Enrico Gatti Enrico Gatti (born 1955) is an Italian violinist, known for playing Baroque music. Gatti was born in Perugia, Italy. He graduated from the Geneva Conservatory as a student of Chiara Banchini and the Royal Conservatory of The Hague with Sigiswal ...

, Johan Huys,

Toyohiko Satoh is a Japanese lutenist and composer. Life and career At Rikkyo University in Tokyo, Satoh studied music history with Tatsuo Minagawa and guitar with Kazuhito Ohosawa. He gave his first guitar recital in the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan concert hall in 19 ...

* number of candidates: baroque oboe: 8 - baroque violin: 5 - recorder: 54 - lute: 7 - traverso: 19 - vocals: 27 - ensembles: 19 * laureates: traverso: 1st prize: Kate Clark (Australia) - vocals: 2nd prize:

Elisabeth Scholl Elisabeth Scholl (born 1966 in Kiedrich) is a German soprano and academic teacher. Career Elisabeth Scholl was the first girl to sing with the boys choir Kiedricher Chorbuben. From 1982 to 1987 she sang the role of the First Boy in Mozart's ...

(Germany) - recorder: 3rd prize: Michaël Form (Germany) - baroque violin: 3rd prize: Hélène Schmitt (France) - vocals: 4th prize: Chinatsu Kijima (Japan) - baroque oboe: 4th prize: Ann Van Lancker (Belgium) * laureates ensembles: 1st prize: Trio Van Beethoven (Japan) - 2nd prize: Flûte Harmonique (Germany) - 3rd prize: Les agréments (Canada) - 4th prize: Les Hauts et les Bas (Switzerland) 1996 * Jury: Chiara Banchini, Wielen Kuijken,

, Günther Höller,

, Johan Huys * number of candidates: Recorder: 42 - Lute: 8 - Strings: 17 - Traverso: 21 - Vocals: 28 * number of candidates ensembles: 27 * laureates: solisten: 1st prize: traverso: Benedek Csalog (Hungary) - 2nd prize: vocals: Yu Kobayashi (Japan) - 3rd prize: gamba:

Imke David Imke David (born 4 June 1967 in Erlangen, Germany) is a German viol player, author, Professor and Ensemble-Member. Early life David grew up in Erlangen in a musical family. As a six-year-old she was a member of the seven-member viol ensemble ma ...

(Germany) - 4th prize: vocals: Hedvig Åberg (Sweden) - 5th prize: vocals: Jan Van Elsacker (Belgium) - 6th prize: recorder:

Martin Schmeding Martin Schmeding (born 1975) is a German church musician, concert organist and academic teacher, who has made recordings of the complete organ works by composers such as Brahms, Mendelssohn, Franz Schmidt, Max Reger and Tilo Medek. Career Bo ...

(Germany) - 7th prize: baroque cello: Mimè Yamahiro (Japan) * laureates ensembles: 1st prize: Trio Eroica - 2nd prize: The Carolinian Consort - 3rd prize: Les Quatre 1999 * Jury: Agata Sapiecha,

, Paolo Grazzi, Johan Huys,

, Wielen Kuijken,

, Marius van Altena * number of candidates: * laureates: 1st prize: violin: Takeshi Kiriyama (Japan) - 2nd prize: recorder: Ruth Van Killegem (Belgium) and traverso: Liliko Maeda (Japan) - 3rd prize: traverso: Kiyomi Suga (Japan) and vocals: Elisabeth Holmertz (Sweden) - 4th prize: vocals: Knut Schoch (Germany), - 5th prize: recorder: Carles Vallés (Spain) 2002 * Jury: Masahiro Arita, Patrick Beuckels,

Diego Fasolis Diego Fasolis (born 19 April 1958) is a Swiss classical organist and conductor, the leader of the ensemble I Barocchisti. He has conducted operas in historically informed performance at major European opera houses and festivals, and has made award- ...

, Johan Huys, Eva Legêne-Enersson,

Jaap ter Linden Jaap ter Linden (born 10 April 1947, in Rotterdam) is a Dutch cellist, viol player and conductor. He specialises in performance of baroque and classical music on authentic instruments. He began his career as principal cellist of notable baro ...

Lucy van Dael Lucy van Dael (born in 1946) is a Dutch baroque violinist and member of the faculty of the Amsterdam Conservatory. Her principal violin studies were at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. Originally a classically trained violinist, she began h ...

* number of candidates: vocals: 51 - recorder: 39 - traverso: 25 - oboe: 4 - violin: 12 - cello: 11 * laureates: 1st prize: violin: Fiorenza De Donatis (Switzerland) - 2nd prize: tenor:

Makoto Sakurada is a Japanese tenor in opera and concert. Biography Makoto graduated from the Tokyo University of the Arts. He went to study in Italy in 1997, and continues to work there. He has recorded Bach cantatas in the complete set directed by Masaaki Su ...

(Japan))- 3rd prize: altus: Yosemeh Adjei (Germany) - 4th prize: traverso: Georges Barthel (France) - 5th prize: altus:

Alexander Schneider Abraham Alexander Schneider (October 21, 1908 – February 2, 1993) was a violinist, conductor and educator. Born to a Jewish family in Vilnius, Lithuania, he later moved to the United States as a member of the Budapest String Quartet. Early li ...

(Germany ) - 6de prize: ex aequo cello: Marian Minnen (Belgium ), tenor: Seung-Hee Park, cello: Ariane Spiegel (Germany ), and traverso: Stefanie Troffaes (Belgium) 2005 * Jury vocals and strings: Kees Boeke, Patricia Bovi, Jill Feldman, Hélène Schmitt, Marius van Altena * Jury woodwinds and lute: Johan Huys, Jan De Winne,

, Michael Schneider,

Paul O'dette Paul Raymond O'Dette (born February 2, 1954) is an American lutenist, conductor, and musicologist specializing in early music. Biography O'Dette, who was born in Pittsburgh, began playing the electric guitar in a rock band in Columbus, Ohio, w ...

* number of candidates: vocals: 38 - baroque violin: 15 - viola da gamba: 5 - Baroque cello: 7 - recorder: 36 - baroque oboe: 7 - cornetto: 1 - lute: 6 - traverso: 20 * laureates: 1st prize: violin: Miki Takahashi (Japan) - 2nd prize: recorder: Tomokazu Ujigawa (Japan) - 3rd prize: violin: Swantje Hoffmann (Germanyl) and traverso: Reiko Tsuiki (Japan) - 4th prize: soprano: Naoco Kaketa (Japan) - 5th prize: cello: Claire Gratton (France) 2008 * Jury: Jan De Winne,

Vittorio Ghielmi Vittorio Ghielmi is an Italian musician (viola da gamba), conductor, compose Compared by critics to Jasha Heifetz ("Diapason") for his virtuosity, and described as "An Alchemist of sound" ("Diario de Sevilla") for the intensity and versatility o ...

, Johan Huys,

, Anton Steck, Florian Heyerick,

, Jan Van Elsacker * number of candidates: violin: 22 - gamba: 18 - recorder: 41 - traverso: 26 - vocals: 14 * laureates: 1st prize: violin:

Dmitry Sinkovsky Dmitry Evgenyevich Sinkovsky (russian: Дмитрий Евгеньевич Синьковский) (born 1980, Moscow) is a Russian virtuoso violinist, concertmaster, countertenor and conductor. Sinkovsky started playing violin at age 5. He has be ...

(Russia) - 2nd prize: oboe: Benoît Laurent (Belgium) - 3rd prize: violin: Mayumi Hirasaki (Japan) 2011 International competition Musica Antiqua for traverso, baroque violin, baroque cello and viola da gamba. * Jury: Jan De Winne, Johan Huys,

, Anton Steck, Rainer Zipperling * number of candidates: violin: 15 - traverso: 14 - cello: 14 - viola da gamba: 7 * Laureates: 1st prize: traverso: Anne Freitag - 2nd prize: viola da gamba: Myriam Rignol - 3rd prize: viola da gamba: Lucile Boulanger - Honorable mention: cello: Toru Yamamoto. 2014 International competition Musica Antiqua for recorder, barokflute, baroque violin, baroque cello and viola da gamba * Jury: Johan Huys, Amenine Beyer,

Erik Bosgraaf Erik Bosgraaf (born 9 May 1980) is a Dutch recorder player and musicologist. Early life Bosgraaf was born in Drachten, Netherlands. He received his Master of Arts in musicology from Utrecht University in 2006. In 2007 Bosgraaf, under the supervi ...

, Jan De Winne,

Sergei Istomin Sergei Istomin (russian: Сергей Хохлов, or Истомин, Сергей Николаевич) is a cellist and a viola da gamba player. He began his violoncello studies at the age of six at the Gnessin School for gifted children in Mo ...

and Mieneke van der Velden. * number of candidates: 60: recorder 28 - barokflute 11 - baroque cello 12 - baroque violin 11 - viola da gamba 6. * Laureates: first prize: Baroque cello: Anna-Lena Perenthaler (Germany) - 2nd prize: violin: Fiona-Emilie Poupard (France) - 3rd prize: baroque cello: Hyngun Cho (Croatia) and recorder: Jan Van Hoecke (Belgium) EUBO Development Trust Award: recorder: Jan Van Hoecke (Belgium) Honorable mention: viola da gamba: Teodoro Baù (Italy) 2017 International competition Musica Antiqua 2017 for recorder, traverso, baroque oboe, baroque violin, baroque cello and viola da gamba * Jury: Johan Huuys, Jan De Winne, Xenia Löffler,

Dorothee Oberlinger Dorothee Oberlinger (born 2 September 1969) is a German recorder player and professor. Biography Dorothee Oberlinger was born in Aachen and raised in Simmern. At the University of Cologne, she studied music education and German studies. Af ...

, Enrico Onofri, Marco Testori, Mieneke van der Velden, Peter Van Heyghen. * number of candidates: 124 * Laureates: 1st prize: baroque violin: Evgeny Sviridov (Russia) - 2nd prize: recorder: Yeuntae Jung (South Korea) - 3rd prize: recorder: HyeonHo Jeon (South Korea) EUBO Development Trust Award: recorder: Friederike Vollert (Germany) Honorable mention: recorder: Friederike Vollert (Germany) and baroque violin: Alfa Bakieva (Russia) Award of the public: baroque violin: Evgenii Sviridov (Russia) 2021 International competition Musica Antiqua 2021 for recorder, traverso, baroque oboe, baroque violin, baroque cello and viola da gamba.

Concerts

The festival annually programs a number of concerts, master classes and workshops on early music. Usually, the events are concentrated around a specific theme. In addition to a few major concerts as well as the afternoon concerts that have been taking place in the

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since 2002, most evening concerts and nocturnes are held in churches such as the Saint James Church, Saint Gilles Church, Carmelite Church, Saint Anne Church and Saint Walburga Church, as well as in other historical locations in

(Stadsschouwburg or town hall) and in the vicinity of Bruges (Ter Doest's barn and Lissewege church, for example). The locations are chosen in function of the acoustics of the room and the spirit of the time of the music to be performed. During the festival there will also be an exhibition in the halls of the Bruges belfry about historical instruments and a fair of new instruments for sale. Especially the triennial harpsichord and pianoforte expo enjoys world fame.

VéloBaroque

In 2013, MA Festival was enriched with the new concept VéloBaroque, combining a series of concerts with a bicycle tour through the Bruges countryside. Since then it has been organized every year. Only in 2020 this could not take place due to the

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Yearly theme

* 1964: Organ Week * 1965: Johann Sebastian Bach Week * 1966: Polyphonieweek and Vivaldi Week * 1967: Georg Friedrich Haendel Week * 1968: Johann Sebastian Bach and contemporaries * 1969: Listening of the Baroque and the Renaissance * 1970: Week of English Music * 1971: Johann Sebastian Bach and his contemporaries * 1972: Triumph of the Vocal Art * 1973: Musica Britannica * 1974: Musica Polyphonica * 1975: Monteverdi - Mozart * 1976: Musica Britannica * 1977: Johann Sebastian Bach and his contemporaries * 1978: The Latin World - Vivaldi Week * 1979: Musica Antiqua * 1980: Musica Antiqua: Party concerts * 1981: Musica Antiqua * 1982: Musica Antiqua * 1983: From Baroque to Classical * 1984: Panorama of the Latin World * 1985: Princes of the Music * 1986: From Baroque to Classical * 1987: The Latin World * 1988: Musica Britannica * 1989: Viennese and Brussels Chapel Masters * 1990: The Latin World * 1991: Musica Britannica - Vivaldi and Venice - Mozart and contemporaries * 1992: Spanje en de Nieuwe Wereld - Bach and Contemporaries * 1993: From Middle Ages to Early Romanticism * 1994: Musica Britannica - Musica Sacra * 1995: Bach and Contemporaries - Henry Purcell * 1996: The Mediterranean World - A Thousand Years of Austria * 1997: Musica Sacra - Musica Britannica * 1998: Bach and Contemporaries * 1999: The Age of Enlightenment * 2000: Musica Sacra - Musica Britannica * 2001: Bach and Contemporaries * 2002: Musica Festiva - Musica Polyphonica - Musica Medditeranea * 2003: Musica Festiva - Musica Sacra - Musica Britannica * 2004: About Bach * 2005: Corpus in Musica Antiqua * 2006: Venezia - Mozart * 2007: L'Année d'Orphée and Paris * 2008: Rule Britannia! * 2009: Modern Times in Early Music * 2010: Orient Express * 2011: Testament - Praise to life and death * 2012: Triste plaisir et douloureuse joye * 2013: Celebrate this festival * 2014: Metamorphoses * 2015: Omnia vanitas * 2016: Praise of Folly * 2017: La Divina Commedia * 2018: Cherchez la femme * 2019: Ex Machina. God, man and machine * 2020: Your window into early music * 2021: Mind and body

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* Concertgebouw Brugge *

* Nationale Loterij * Stad Brugge * Klara * Conservatorium Brugge * Evil Penguin TV * Outhere Music * Westtoer * Festival Musical du Hainaut * Federatie van Muziekfestivals in Vlaanderen (FMiV) *

European Festivals Association The European Festivals Association (EFA) is an umbrella group for various festivals in Europe and other countries. It supports artistic cooperation among festivals and offers programs for new festival and artistic managers. It represents more than ...

* Rema – Early Music in Europe * Orgelmaker de Munck-Claessens *

Bozar The Centre for Fine Arts (french: Palais des Beaux-Arts, nl, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten) is a multi-purpose cultural venue in Brussels, Belgium. It is often referred to as BOZAR (a homophone of ''Beaux-arts'') in French or PSK in Dutch. The b ...

Literature

* ''Programmabrochures'' 1964 to 2021 * Robrecht Dewitte: ''40 Jaar Musica Antiqua, 1964-2003'', Bruges, 2003

CDs

Since 2013, one of the candidates of the MA Competition is given the opportunity to record a CD with the internationally known

label. * Bobby Mitchell – 2013 * Jan Van Hoecke – 2014 * Justin Taylor – 2015 * Naruhiko Kawaguchi – 2016 * Evgeny Sviridov – 2017 * Andrea Buccarella – 2018 * Aurelia Visovan - 2020

External links

MA Festival
website (English, French, Dutch)
MA Competition
website (English)
Bruges harpsichord week 1974
Howard Schott *Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mafestival_brugge/ *Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbpgA7xLlCK4md0ew0ogApQ/about {{Authority control Music festivals in Belgium Culture in Bruges