Kreutzer International Music Competition

03/06/2026

The registration deadline for our masterclass is extended until 15th of June. So there’s still time to register. All information on the website: https://www.kreutzercompetition.com/presentation-masterclass

Right after the 2026 competition some of the jury members will give a masterclass in violin, viola, cello, piano, chamber music and orchestra. Welcome to the charming city of Malmedy 🇧🇪between the 9th - 14th of August!
All information and registration via our website : https://www.kreutzercompetition.com/presentation-masterclass

16/05/2026

Right after the 2026 competition some of the jury members will give a masterclass in violin, viola, cello, piano, chamber music and orchestra. Welcome to the charming city of Malmedy 🇧🇪between the 9th - 14th of August!
All information and registration via our website : https://www.kreutzercompetition.com/presentation-masterclass

16/04/2026

📣📣📣 We are proud to present the semi-finalists/finalists of the 2026 Kreutzer International Music Competition. This year we received a record number of applications. We are amazed by the level of the candidate's performances 👏
We would like to thank all candidates for your participation in the preselection round. You are all true artists. We wish you best of luck in the future!

See you in August at the beautiful MIRY Concertzaal and KASK & CONSERVATORIUM School of Arts in Ghent 🇧🇪 !

02/04/2026

⚡️⚡️⚡️Dear candidates! The applications for the 2026 Kreutzer Competition are now closed. We are thrilled to announce that over 130 young musicians from all over the world 🌎 applied for this year’s competition. Please note that due to this large amount of applications the processing takes more time and therefore some of you might not have yet received a confirmation of participation.
❗️Make sure also to check your spam folder since our message can eventually end up there.
If you don’t get a confirmation of participation by the end of this week feel free to send us an email 📧 to [email protected]
The preselection results will be published on the 15th of April.

📸 credit Jordi Coppers

01/03/2026

In exactly 1 month from now we will know who are the participants of the 3rd edition of the Kreutzer Competition! We are impatient to discover your skills and talent!
Deadline for applications 🗓️ 1st of April.

07/02/2026

📣📣📣Big announcement 📣📣📣

Dear future candidates! We have a fantastic news for you. We are delighted to start our collaboration with the prominent Belgian orchestra Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen. Together we have created the Grand Prize 🏆 Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen prize : a series of concerts as a soloist with SOV Young youth orchestra in 2027. It will be awarded to one of our 1st prize winners of the violin categories A, B or C.
Another great reason to record your videos 🎥 and submit your applications.
The deadline is 1st of April 🗓️

28/01/2026

For those of you who wish to stay longer in Belgium 🇧🇪 this summer. Welcome to our masterclass which will take place in the charming city of Malmedy right after the completion! All the details on our site https://www.kreutzercompetition.com/rules-masterclass

We are thrilled to present to you our masterclass which will take place from the 9th to 14th of August 2026, right after the end of the 3rd edition of the Kreutzer competition. This year we invite the participants to the beautiful city of Malmedy and its surroundings.

23/11/2025

We are very proud to present our fantastic jury team for the 2026 edition. Follow the link to discover the full biographies of these wonderful artists: https://www.kreutzercompetition.com/jury

27/10/2025

📣We are extremely happy and honoured to announce our collaboration with the Thomastik-Infeld! They are kindly providing the 3rd prize for the Violin Category A - 3 sets of their fantastic Dynamo Solo violin strings 🙏

04/09/2025

The updated rules 📃, program 🎼 and prizes 💶 for the 3rd edition of the Kreutzer International Music Competition are now published on our website. Feel free to reach out to us if you have any questions.
We hope to meet you in Ghent 🇧🇪 between the 4th and 8th of August 2026.