The 17th International Composers’ Competition for the 17th International Wind/Percussion Competition

Annex of the Year 2026 to the Regulations on the International Composers’ Competition for the Best Obligatory Piece to Be Performed at Round Two
of Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory’s International Competition
of Performers on Wind and Percussion Instruments

A.1. General Provisions

A.1.1. The official name of the competition is “The Seventeenth International Composers’ Competition for the Best Obligatory Piece to Be Performed at Round Two of Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory’s Seventeenth International Competition of Performers on Wind and Percussion Instruments”; hereinafter to be referred to as “the 17^th Composers’ Competition for the 17^th Wind/Percussion Competition” (briefly: “the 17^th Composers’ Competition for the 17^th WPC”).

A.1.3. The dates of holding the 17^th Composers’ Competition for the 17^th WPC are from 7 to 18 September 2026 inclusive.

A.1.4. The following pieces are announced obligatory for their performance at Round Two of the 17^th Composers’ Competition for the 17^th WPC (hereinafter to be referred to as “the Piece”):

(1) a piece for solo oboe;

(2) a piece for solo French horn.

A.2. Prizes of the 17^th Composers’ Competition for the 17^th Wind/Percussion Competition

A.2.1. The Organizing Committee is to announce two monetary prizes for the best Pieces:

A.2.1.1. for solo oboe — 25,000 (twenty-five thousand) rubles;

A.2.1.2. for solo French horn — 25,000 (twenty-five thousand) rubles.

A.3. The Jury of the 17^th Composers’ Competition for the 17^th Wind/Percussion Competition:

Yuri Kasparov
Filipp Nodel
Alexei Rayev
Yuri Vorontsov

A.5. Submission of the Application and the Piece

A.5.1. In order to participate in the 17^th Composers’ Competition for the 17^th WPC, every applicant must:

A.5.1.1. fill out an online application;

A.5.2.1. forward to the Organizing Committee’s official e-mail address the sheet music of the Piece as a PDF file;

A.5.2.2. the PDF file has to be signed by the applicant’s password only, with no name on it.

A.5.4. The deadline for submission of both the online application and the sheet music of the Piece
in order to participate in the 17^th Composers’ Competition for the 17^th WPC is 6 September 2026.

See the other provisions in the text of the Regulations on the Composers’ Competition for the WPC.