International Double Bass Competition
NAMUR * 2026 * Recital Category
Who?
They come to us from Austria, Belgium, Portugal, Turkey, Russia, the United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, Croatia, France, China, Denmark and Korea!
We are pleased to inform you of the list of winners selected from more than 40 candidates: Boris DIAGILEV, Atakan ALTUN, Yannick ADAMS, Harald EDIN, Andrei ZALESKI, Anna SWOBODA, Arsenii GAZIZOV, Hyunseop RHEE, Ivan DZAJIC, Martin CARO, Milan THÜER, Piotr DUBAJKO, Vilmos MOHACSI, Carlos NAVARRO HERRERO, Eduardo ALCANTARA SANTOS, Eloise KRETSCHMER, Ewan DESBLANCS-CELIK, Cai HUI, Javier CLEMEN MARTINEZ, Jingyuan ZHENG, Siheon RYU
You will be able to discover and support them during the second stage of this Competition on August 12th.
More details, schedules and program coming very soon!
The PRIZES
1st PRIZE: 10,000 euro (IMEP Price)
2nd PRIZE: 4000 euros (IMEP Prize)
3rd PRIZE: 2000 euros (IMEP Prize)
Or ?
It will be held in the IMEP concert hall in Namur (Belgium)
Other spaces will be available for individual work.
FREE ENTRANCE!
When?
Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th August: from 9am to 6pm: rehearsals with piano
Wednesday, August 12: from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.: Competition
Friday, August 14: at 3 p.m.: Awards Ceremony
The program:
More details here!
The jury
The jury will be composed of some members of the present list: Thierry BARBE (FR), Zhaoyang CHANG (B), Christine HOOCK (D), Petru IUGA (RO), TianYang LIU (US), Bing LUO (CN), Thomas MARTIN (UK), Eric MATHOT (B), Mark MORTON (US), Catalin ROTARU (RO), Xia YANG (CN)