THE NEXT INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL BAROQUE COMPETITION WILL BE HELD IN 2026. PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR MORE INFORAMTION IN MID 2025.
Sunday, July 24th 2022
For Solo String, Wind, or Harpsichord Instrumentalists
A Collaboration of Indianapolis Early Music and Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra
Five Laureates have been selected from an international field of applicants to perform in the Indianapolis International Baroque Competition Finals in Indianapolis. Each Laureate will lead the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra in performing a high Baroque solo concerto.
The Indianapolis International Baroque Competition is held every four years for musicians younger than 32 years of age who play solo string, wind, or harpsichord. The Competition will award the $10,000 DEVONA AND AMOS GERBER PRIZE and a CD recording contract with NAXOS RECORDS.
Alexa Raine-Wright, winner of the 2016 Devona and Amos Gerber Prize, with Stanley Ritchie, recipient of Early Music America’s Howard Mayer Brown Award for Lifetime Achievement in Early Music.
The Presenters
Indianapolis Early Music is entering its 56th season and is the oldest continuously offered Early Music concert series in the nation. Led by Artistic Director Mark Cudek, IEM features late spring and early summer weekend performances by internationally acclaimed Early Music artists. IEM is also committed to enriching children’s lives through educational programming in local schools.
The Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra is a multi-CD Naxos recording ensemble and was named one of the top 25 ensembles by Early Music America in 2011. Under the direction of its Artistic Director Barthold Kuijken, the IBO is dedicated to excellent and exuberant performance of 17th and 18th-century music on period instruments and performs a full concert season. Both organizations are dedicated to sharing the enjoyment of Early Music with diverse audiences of all ages.
Competition Judges
Five of Early Music’s brightest stars will be in Indianapolis to judge the Finals Round of the Competiton. Meet our judges.
DONATE
Please consider a donation to the INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL BAROQUE COMPETITION. Clicking the button below will take you to the Indianapolis Early Music donation section. After completing the information, you will have the opportunity to designate your donation to the Competition.