{"id":40265,"date":"2025-07-08T13:11:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T17:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/concoursmontreal.ca\/?page_id=40265"},"modified":"2026-06-04T00:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T04:32:08","slug":"program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/violin-2026\/program\/","title":{"rendered":"Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

Concours 2026 – PROGRAM<\/h2>\n

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Virtuosity Without Borders<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

From the First Round to the Grand Final, buy your tickets now to the different rounds of the Concours 2026.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

TICKETS AND PACKAGES<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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\nFINAL
\nJune 3 and 4<\/b><\/span>
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For this final stage, the finalists will be accompanied by the Orchestre symphonique de Montr\u00e9al, under the baton of Guest Conductor Sascha Goetzel.
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\nThe Final of the Concours will be presented in two stages.<\/b><\/span>
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Final - Mozart Round<\/b>
\nPerformance of a Mozart concerto, chosen among this first 4 violin concertos.<\/span>
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Grand final<\/b>
\nPerformance of a violin concerto of the competitor's choice, from the repertoire selected by the Concours.<\/span>
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Maison symphonique de Montr\u00e9al<\/b>
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1600, Saint-Urbain treet, Montr\u00e9al (Qu\u00e9bec) H2X 0S1<\/span>
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\"\"3 Grand Finalists \u2013 Concours 2026<\/p>\n

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GRAND Final
<\/span><\/strong><\/span>THURsday, June 4, 2026, 7:30 p.m.<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Koshiro Takeuchi<\/a>
Sara Watanabe<\/a>
Laurel Gagnon<\/a>
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CLOSING CEREMONY
<\/b>Thursday, June 4, 2026, 10:00 p.m.<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

Presented in partnership with
Sandra and Alain Bouchard Foundation<\/b><\/center><\/center><\/p>\n

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\"\"5 Finalists \u2013 Concours 2026<\/p>\n

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Final \u2013 Mozart Round
<\/span><\/strong><\/span>Wednesday, June 3, 2026, 7:30 p.m.<\/span><\/a>
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Presented in partnership with<\/span><\/span>
Alfid Services Immobiliers Lt\u00e9e<\/strong>
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Wednesday, June 3, 2026,<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a010<\/strong><\/span>:00 p.m.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Announcement of the three Grand finalists<\/p>\n

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SEMIFINAL<\/b><\/span>
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May 30 and 31<\/b><\/span>
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55-minute program comprising of a complete sonata, a work of the competitor\u2019s choice, and a work by a Canadian composer.
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\nBourgie Hall of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts<\/b>
\n1339, Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal (Qu\u00e9bec) H3G 1G2
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\"\"10 Semifinalists \u2013 Concours 2026<\/p>\n

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FIRST ROUND<\/span><\/b>
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May 27, 28 and 31<\/b><\/span>
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30-minute performance of a work from the Baroque period, a work showcasing the competitor\u2019s virtuosity, and a work of the competitor\u2019s choice from a third musical period.
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\nBourgie Hall of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts<\/b>
\n1339, Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal (Qu\u00e9bec) H3G 1G2
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\"\"24 Competitors \u2013 Concours 2026<\/p>\n

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HOME - CONCOURS 2026<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

TICKETS AND PACKAGES<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SUPPORT THE CONCOURS<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Concours 2026 – PROGRAM Virtuosity Without Borders From the First Round to the Grand Final, buy your tickets now to the different rounds of the Concours 2026.     3 Grand Finalists \u2013 Concours 2026   GRAND FinalTHURsday, June 4, 2026, 7:30 p.m. Koshiro TakeuchiSara WatanabeLaurel Gagnon   CLOSING CEREMONYThursday, June 4, 2026, 10:00 p.m. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":38325,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-40265","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"featured_media_src_url":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40265"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45627,"href":"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40265\/revisions\/45627"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}