rules and regulations 2026

Competition

Competition programmes

Prize Winners 2026

Category A1
1st (shared): Natália Hubočanová (Slovakia)
1st (shared): Lilien Anna Salasovics (UK)
2nd: Celia Cahill-Wright (UK)
3rd: Ko-Hsin Chen (Taiwan)
Honorable mention: Ilinka Barba (Netherlands), Wen-Yu Lin (Taiwan), Onno van Haeften (Netherlands), Sophie Huigens (Netherlands)

Category A2
1st (shared): Adam Benold (Austria)
1st (shared): Valerie Lemke (Austria)
2nd (shared) Special prize for own composition: Alexander Umundum (Austria)
2nd (shared): Emina Tabakovic (Switzerland)
3rd (shared): Martin Kreissl (Germany)
3rd (shared): Niklas Plasse (Austria)
4th: Andrei Zaitsev (Russia)
Honorable mention: Mariia Zaitseva (Russia), Veronika Borsos (Hungary), Ted Lunt (UK), Sofie Kozánková (Czechia), Karolína Valentovičová (Slovakia), Daniela Klepáčková (Czechia)

Category A3
1st (shared) + Adriana Breukink Instrument Prize: Joseph Sainsbury (UK)
1st (shared): Valerie Louisa Breidler (Austria)
2nd: Hassan Marzban (UK)
3rd: Samuel Honeybone (UK)
Honorable mention: Johanna Rist (Germany), Lucia Schreibauer (Germany)

Category A4
2nd: Nicole de Beer (Netherlands)

Category B1
1st: Duo Popocatepetl (Slovakia)

Category B2
1st: Pre4corder (Austria)
2nd: Trio Sodovka (Czechia)
Honorable mention: Quadra Noir (Taiwan), Joseph Sainsbury (UK), Wells Cathedral School Recorder Duo (UK), Flautinos (Germany), Lukas Enders (Germany) (best non-recorder player)

Category C2
1st: Hsin-Chu Recorder Orchestra (Taiwan)
2nd: FLAUTiNi (Germany)

Category C3
1st: Breeze (Germany)
2nd: Baker Street Band (UK)

Congratulations to all prize winners!

Photo: Claudia Hansen

Jury members

Prizes and sponsors include:

laureates 2023
Laureates 2021