Deutscher Musikwettbewerb 2026

19.03.2026 | Bonn

Der Deutsche Musikwettbewerb (DMW), 1975 vom Deutschen Musikrat gegründet, richtet sich an professionelle Musiker:innen von 18 bis 30 Jahren und wird jährlich für verschiedene Solo- und Kammermusikbesetzungen sowie für Komposition ausgeschrieben. Der Wettbewerb geht über vier Runden und bietet u. a. die Möglichkeit, ein selbst konzipiertes Programm zu präsentieren.

Der DMW 2026 wird vom 19. bis 28. März 2026 in Bonn stattfinden.

Die Wertungsrunden sind öffentlich und kostenfrei.

Zeitpläne sowie Wertungsorte finden Sie zu gegebener Zeit auf der Website des Deutschen Musikwettbewerbs.

Die Kategorien des DMW 2026:

Solokategorien:
Akkordeon
Fagott
Klarinette
Saxophon
Gesang
Kontrabass
Violoncello

Ensemblekategorien:
Ensembles in freier Besetzung
Streichtrio
Streichquartett
Klavierpartner:in

Komposition für Violine solo

When?

19.03.2026 - 28.03.2026

Where?

Bonn

Kind of event

Wettbewerb

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Musicians can sing or play in the ensembles of the German Music Council, the Federal Youth Orchestra, the Federal Jazz Orchestra and the Federal Youth Choir, and take part in competitions. With four other projects in the area of promotion, the German Music Council supports young, highly talented musicians, conductors, composers and interpreters of contemporary music as well as pop musicians on their way to a professional musical life and builds a bridge between musicians, organizers and the public. In addition, the German Music Information Center (miz) offers a central information point on all topics of musical life.

 

 

The German Music Council is the sponsor of the competitions for children and young people: Jugend musiziert and Jugend jazzt, the competitions for professional musicians: the German Music Competition, the German Conducting Award (formerly the German Conducting Prize) and the German Choral Conducting Award, as well as the competitions for amateur musicians: theGerman Choir Competition and the German Orchestra Competition.

The German Music Council (Deutscher Musikrat e. V.) is the mouthpiece and initiator of music policy issues for its members.

The numerous advantages of a membership in the German Music Council e.V. compiled for you.

Under the menu item MEDIA you will find our press page with all the latest news, our press page with the press contacts and the publications.

Promoting young musicians in the ensemblesof the German Music Council also includes performing on stage in front of an audience. The project leaders are happy to accept requests for engagements. The German Music Competition concert promotion program arranges approximately 200 concerts a year for concert organizers and concert series.

Music educators will find concepts and working materials for music lessons at the Podium Gegenwart's educational projects. Current developments in music policy and studies can be found in the "Music Education" section, as well as specialist articles on this topic at the German Music Information Center.

With the German Music Information Center, the German Music Council offers a central information point on all topics of musical life.