International Organ Competition

Organ Series

two people presenting the winner with a medal and flowers

Dates & Times

June 20–24, 2023

Ballroom

Preliminary Rounds

Tuesday, June 20
Preliminary Round 1 at 2:00 pm
Preliminary Round 2 at 7:00 pm

Wednesday, June 21
Preliminary Round 3 at 2:00 pm
Preliminary Round 4 at 7:00 pm

Final Round

Saturday, June 24
12:00 pm and 6:00 pm

Tickets

Per Preliminary Round:
Reserved Seating: $30

Gardens Preferred, Gardens Premium Members, and Innovators: $25

Final Round
Reserved Seating: $60

Gardens Preferred, Gardens Premium Members, and Innovators: $51

Final Round tickets include both the 12:00 pm & 6:00 pm performance rounds.

Final Round tickets are sold out.

Ticket includes all-day Gardens Admission.

Join us for the 2023 Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition featuring organists from around the globe competing for the largest cash prize of any organ competition in the world.

Experience the Preliminary and Final Rounds as 10 bright young talents compete on the Longwood Organ—one of the world’s largest Aeolian pipe organs—before a panel of esteemed judges.

Congratulations to our 2023 winners!

Pierre S. du Pont First Prize

Bryan Anderson

Firmin Swinnen Second Prize

Colin MacKnight

Clarence Snyder Third Prize

Ádám Tabajdi

Audience Choice Prize

Colin MacKnight

AGO Philadelphia Chapter Prize

Bryan Anderson

Three winning competitors pose in front of the organ they played, each with a medal around their neck and holding a bouquet of flowers. — Left to right: Ádám Tabajdi, Bryan Anderson, Colin MacKnight

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Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition

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