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Prix Annelie de Man International festival and competition for harpsichordists and composers of contemporary harpsichord repertoire.

The Foundation Annelie de Man organises the Prix Annelie de Man, an international festival and competition for composers and harpsichordists to promote and support contemporary harpsichord repertoire. See our (English) website for more information:
www.prixdeman.com

Nederland heeft niet alleen een grote klavecimbeltraditie op het gebied van de barok (van Gustav Leonhardt tot Ton Koopman), maar i

s ook een bakermat voor klavecinisten die zich toeleggen op hedendaagse muziek. Een ware pionier was Annelie de Man die vele moderne klavecimbelwerken initieerde en in première bracht. Aan de in 2010 overleden Annelie de Man is nu een bijzonder muziekconcours gewijd: de Prix Annelie de Man. Bekijk onze website voor meer informatie:
www.prixdeman.com

03/12/2025

Dear friends of the Prix Annelie de Man,

The seventh festival edition is officially behind us! We are grateful for all the musicians, performers and composers, artists and team, who made this one of a kind event for both the harpsichord and new music communities what it was.

The time flew, the atmosphere was warm, and the Orgelpark was filled non-stop with incredible new musical discoveries: premieres were played, ideas shared, friends were made, cups of tea and glasses of wine drunk, and prizes were given out too!

All of the festival’s competitions had an exceptionally high level of candidates, in each category we saw incredibly varied artistic approaches, styles and personalities.
The juries were faced with very difficult decisions, but prizes were awarded to:
Composition - László Sándor;
Black Pencil prize - Patrick John Jones, honorary mention Francisco del Pino;
Harpsichord - Xiaowen Shang.

We appreciate all our competitors and all festival artists for coming to join us in Amsterdam and sharing their artistry with us too, and we hope they travelled back home with new knowledge, inspiration and enriched by experiences, just like the audiences they performed for.

Thank you to our juries: the ensemble in residence, Black Pencil; Jane Chapman, Elena Khurgina and Menno van Delft for harpsichord; and Roderik de Man, Kate Moore and Aart Strootman for composition.

Lastly, we would like to thank all the partners and supporters of the festival: the Fonds Podiumkunsten, van den Berch von Heemstede Fonds, ensemble Black Pencil, the Orgelpark and its wonderful team, Luc Kossens Stagemanagement, our expert tuner Ton Amir, technicians Arjan van Asselt and Philip ten Brink, and the people who helped us capture the festival, videographer Guido Attema and photographer Claudia Hansen, whose documentation from the festival we will share with you soon!

To all who have contributed in one way or another: the festival could not be possible without your financial support, hard work and enthusiasm.

See you again in 2027! Til then, stay connected with us in this space!

Festival team Prix Annelie de Man 2025

Music: Bella La Vita - Roderik de Man
Video: Guido Attema

This was Prix Annelie de Man 2025! We let the music speak throughout the week, but there are also numbers:Our audience, ...
24/11/2025

This was Prix Annelie de Man 2025! We let the music speak throughout the week, but there are also numbers:

Our audience, which was with us in 6 evening concerts, 2 early morning competition rounds, and one afternoon of learning at the Unlimited Harpsichord symposium, witnessed 2 book and research presentations, 1 workshop, 10 world premieres of brand new compositions which have harpsichord at their core, several Dutch premieres, and we were joined by composers and artists from 16 countries and 4 continents.

During our festival, Orgelpark becomes a living breathing centre of contemporary harpsichord. Leading performers come to perform, and foster the creative and personal exchange that keeps the repertoire and performance practice of the instrument alive and growing.

Stay connected, via our socials () or subscription to our newsletter (via http://prixdeman.com) and find out how you too can be a part of this community.

‘Til we meet again!

Photo: Claudia Hansen

Here they are, our Prix 2025 prizewinners: Xiaowen Shang & László Sándor!Other than extremely good at their craft and ar...
23/11/2025

Here they are, our Prix 2025 prizewinners: Xiaowen Shang & László Sándor!

Other than extremely good at their craft and art, they are also both very lovely people who are a joy to host at the festival!

We are only missing the Black Pencil Prize winner, Patrick John Jones, who was with us at least virtually from the UK!

Photo by the equally talented Claudia Hansen - thank you for helping us capture all week and share it with the world!

Composition competition prize went to László Sándor, who had two compositions nominated for prizes at our festival and h...
23/11/2025

Composition competition prize went to László Sándor, who had two compositions nominated for prizes at our festival and has won the hearts of audiences and jury members alike.

László has, for performing his composition, also introduced us to Pons trio - we were happy to have the whole group of incredibly talented Hungarian musicians at our festival!

The other five finalists' works were no less impactful: the Friday night concert was one of the real highlights of the festival for many of our visitors, as we got to hear six colourful, distinct and personal compositions by Tuomas Kettunen, Marit Schöpel, Jonatan Sersam, Elzana Sharipova and Ivan Vukosavljević - and we really wish we could award them all!

Congratulations!

The winner of the Black Pencil Prize 2025 is Patrick John Jones! The honourary mention went to Francisco del Pino Congra...
23/11/2025

The winner of the Black Pencil Prize 2025 is Patrick John Jones! The honourary mention went to Francisco del Pino Congratulations to both of these excellent composers, as well as their colleague László Sándor (who did not walk away from the festival empty handed either) - as he collected the Composer's category prize!

We are proud of this excellent cohort of composers and wish them all the best in their future work - we hope to have them back in Amsterdam and hear more of their music soon!

The winner of the Prix Annelie de Man 2025 Harpsichord performance prize is Xiaowen Shang!Congratulations to this incred...
23/11/2025

The winner of the Prix Annelie de Man 2025 Harpsichord performance prize is Xiaowen Shang!

Congratulations to this incredible harpsichordist, who we are very happy and proud to now welcome into our impressive line-up of winners - and who we look forward to welcoming her back in Amsterdam in the future editions of the festival, and keeping up with all her projects and future endeavours!

We want to also congratulate our other two finalists, Lorenzo Pandiscia and Agata Bomik, who impressed our jury and the audiences at the competition very much in their own right too - we wish we could award more prizes, as they definitely are just as deserving of recognition, but we are very confident that these two young artists will go on to do great things in their artistic careers!

Each edition, we are very proud to present cutting edge music, research, technology and performance. Elena Khurgina pla...
23/11/2025

Each edition, we are very proud to present cutting edge music, research, technology and performance. Elena Khurgina playing Yuri Akbalkan's Prooemium praeter rem for Bohlen-Pierce harpsichord and electronics last night was on the meeting point of all of the above: thank you both for sharing this work with us!

The capture credit:

This was Saturday night! It traditionally belongs to the returns of our artists and competitors, which gives us the chan...
23/11/2025

This was Saturday night! It traditionally belongs to the returns of our artists and competitors, which gives us the chance to follow up, check in on what they've been up to, and watch the network growing with each new collaboration they bring along with them.

Pictured Kristian Nyquist bringing the world premiere of Karel van Steenhoven's new work to our podium.
And in the background? You, our lovely audience. One last chance to join us - today, at 20:15, for our closing concert and prizewinners announcement!

Photo: , who has been capturing our festival's atmosphere perfectly!

What a wonderful capture of our dear festival artist Elena Khurgina ! She is performing again tonight, a very special pi...
22/11/2025

What a wonderful capture of our dear festival artist Elena Khurgina ! She is performing again tonight, a very special piece by Yuri Akbalkan, which utilises the Bohlen-Pierce tuning system - and as we found out yesterday in our symposium program, the first piece ever written for a harpsichord in this tuning! So come hear something entirely new!

Tickets online via https://www.orgelpark.nl/agenda/concert-juryleden-en-voormalige-winnaars or at the door
20:15 Orgelpark Amsterdam!

Photo by: Claudia Hansen

Meet our harpsichord competition jury! Elena Khurgina, Jane Chapman and Menno van Delft, all fantastic harpsichordists, ...
22/11/2025

Meet our harpsichord competition jury! Elena Khurgina, Jane Chapman and Menno van Delft, all fantastic harpsichordists, have a tough job this morning, of picking a winner of the Prix - but they also all genuinely enjoy listening to their young colleagues make music and showcase their own approaches and artistry!

Competitions can be daunting, but here you can see: there is no reason to be scared, our jury is all smiles and support!

Photo by: the amazing Claudia Hansen

Our Harpsichord competition jury had a very tough job today: to select only three finalists from a pool of eight wonderf...
21/11/2025

Our Harpsichord competition jury had a very tough job today: to select only three finalists from a pool of eight wonderful musicians with very personal approaches to the music they performed. In the end, the selected finalists who will return to compete tomorrow morning at 9:30-11:00 are Agata Bomik, Xiaowen Shang and Lorenzo Pandiscia!

Congratulations to the final three, but also to the other semifinalists, who gave us much inspiration and share their efforts and artistry with us.

Jane Chapman took us through all the boroughs of Venice last night in the world premiere of Richard Rijnvos' Lettura del...
21/11/2025

Jane Chapman took us through all the boroughs of Venice last night in the world premiere of Richard Rijnvos' Lettura del labirinto!

Today she spent the morning listening to our incredible 8 semifinalists in the harpsichord competition, and she's about to take the stage to discuss with us in the symposium program.

The festival is continuing with lots of lovely activities!

Enjoy another incredible shot from our festival photographer

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The Foundation Annelie de Man organises the Prix Annelie de Man, an international festival and competition for composers and harpsichordists to promote and support contemporary harpsichord repertoire. See our (English) website for more information: www.prixdeman.com Nederland heeft niet alleen een grote klavecimbeltraditie op het gebied van de barok (van Gustav Leonhardt tot Ton Koopman), maar is ook een bakermat voor klavecinisten die zich toeleggen op hedendaagse muziek. Een ware pionier was Annelie de Man die vele moderne klavecimbelwerken initieerde en in première bracht. Aan de in 2010 overleden Annelie de Man is nu een bijzonder muziekconcours gewijd: de Prix Annelie de Man. Bekijk onze website voor meer informatie: www.prixdeman.com