15th International Art Song Competition Stuttgart 2026

The next competition will take place in Stuttgart from 29 September to 04 October 2026.

All important information about the application process will be available here shortly.

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«

song texts

>> songs of the Zweite Wiener Schule

>> songs texts : songs of Margaret Bond, Rebecca Clarke, Liza Lehmann, Florence Price, Ethel Smyth und Maude Valérie White

>> songs texts : contemporary repertoire