COMPETITION
15th International Art Song Competition Stuttgart
29 September to 04 October 2026
Konzertsaal, HMDK Stuttgart.
Registrations via the MUVAC portal are now open.
The registration deadline is 6 July 2026.
Click here for our 2026 call for applications flyer.
Registration forms available for download.
Our jury 2026
Brigitte Fassbaender (chairwoman), Juliane Banse, Christoph Berner, Hans Eijsackers, Werner Güra, Susan Manoff, Roman Trekel
»Singing songs requires an almost daring honesty. To sing songs, the singer needs a great imagination – the possibility to send his imagination on a journey without interruption and to create a world in the shortest possible time from an introspective view, which the listener can experience almost vividly. Singing songs is – if successful – the greatest artistic satisfaction a performer can experience.«
Brigitte Fassbaender, chairwoman 2026
»Komm aus dem Staunen nicht heraus«
Composers in the 2026 Competition
The sheet music for the newly composed songs by Isabelle Aboulker, Elisenda Fábregas and Outi Tarkiainen is available exclusively from the IHWA. Please write to us at wettbewerb@ihwa.de and we will be happy to provide you with the sheet music.
We are also happy to help you find and obtain sheet music by other composers! If you have any questions, simply contact us at wettbewerb@ihwa.de.
Here you will find further information about the composers featured in the 2026 competition repertoire (including lists of links and details on sheet music, etc.):
amerikanische Komponist*innen (Adams, Beach, Barber, Copland, Heggie, Larsen, Musto, Owens)
Komponistinnen (Barraine, Canal, Chrétien, Poldowski, Strohl)
Rilke-Kompositionen (Aboulker, Fàbregas, Tarkiainen)
Imprssions competition 2024
Impressions of the competition 2022
