{"id":40269,"date":"2025-07-08T12:58:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T16:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/concoursmontreal.ca\/?page_id=40269"},"modified":"2026-03-17T14:55:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T18:55:30","slug":"prizes-and-grants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/violin-2026\/prizes-and-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Prizes and Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"

Concours 2026 – Prizes and Grants<\/h2>\n

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Over $150,000\u00a0CAD in prizes and grants will be awarded to the laureates and winners of the special awards at the\u00a0<\/span>2026 edition of the\u00a0<\/span>Concours musical international de Montr\u00e9al<\/strong>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Concours musical international de Montr\u00e9al<\/strong> is proud to contribute to the cultural dynamism of Montreal and to the launch of the careers of emerging international musicians.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Laureates<\/B><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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FIRST PRIZE<\/H2>
\nGrand cash prize<\/b>
\n$30,000
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\nJoseph Rouleau Career Development Grant - First Prize<\/b>
\n$40,000
\nOffered in partnership with the Azrieli Foundation<\/i><\/td>

$70,000<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

SECOND PRIZE<\/H2>
\nCash prize Pierre P\u00e9ladeau et Raymonde Chopin<\/b>
\n$15,000
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\nJoseph Rouleau Career Development Grant - Second prize<\/b>
\n$10,000
\nOffered in partnership with the Azrieli Foundation<\/i><\/td>

$25,000<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

THIRD PRIZE<\/H2>
\nCash prize<\/b>
\n$10,000
\nOffered in partnership with Stingray Classica
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\nJoseph Rouleau Career Development Grant - Third prize<\/b>
\n$10,000
\nOffered in partnership with the Azrieli Foundation<\/i><\/td>

$20,000<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Special prizes<\/B><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ICI Musique Audience Choice Award<\/b>
\nPrize attributed by the public following an online vote
\nOffered in partnership with ICI Musique<\/i><\/td>		$5,000<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andr\u00e9 Bourbeau Award for the Best Canadian Artist<\/b>
\nOffered in partnership with the Fondation Bourbeau<\/i><\/td>		$5,000<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mozart Prize<\/b>
\nBest performance of a Mozart concerto in the Final \u2013 Mozart Round
\nOffered in partnership with Wilder & Davis<\/i><\/td>		$3,000<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Baroque Prize<\/b>
\nBest performance of a Baroque work in the First Round
\nOffered in partnership with Andrew Wan, Concertmaster of the OSM<\/i><\/td>		$2,500<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Canadian Work Prize<\/b>
\nBest performance of a Canadian work in the Semifinal
\nOffered in partnership with the Lupien Family Foundation<\/i><\/td>		$2,500<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sonata Prize<\/b>
\nBest performance of a sonata in the Semifinal by a laureate
\nOffered in partnership with Dixi Lambert<\/i><\/td>		$2,500<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Robert Trempe Junior Jury Prize*<\/b>
\nPrize determined at the conclusion of the First Round by the Junior Jury
\nOffered in partnership with Richard Tremblay<\/i><\/td>		$1,500<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Finalist Grants<\/b>
\nGrants awarded to the two finalists who do not advance to the Grand Final
\nOffered in partnership with the Rouleau Family and Jacques Vincent<\/i><\/td>		2\u00a0x\u00a0$3,000<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Additional Special Prizes<\/b><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Loan of a violin and bow<\/b>
\nGiuseppe Guarneri del Ges\u00f9 violin 1728\u201330, \u201cex-Christopher Warren-Green,\" and a high-quality bow for a period of three years, awarded to a laureate
\nOffered in partnership with the Canimex musical instruments collection<\/i><\/td>		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OSM Prize*<\/b>
\nOffered in partnership with the Orchestre symphonique de Montr\u00e9al (OSM), official orchestra of the Concours
\nOffered in partnership with the Orchestre symphonique de Montr\u00e9al<\/i><\/td>		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Artist Residence <\/b>
\nA one-week residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, awarded to a laureate
\nOffered in partnership with Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity<\/td>		Value of$1,800<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chamber Music Prize<\/b>
\nAn engagement for a concert with the Montreal Chamber Music Festival
\nOffered in partnership with the Montreal Chamber Music Festival<\/td>		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Artistic Consultation<\/b>
\nPersonalized artistic consultation for each laureate with Agence Station Bleue
\nOffered in partnership with Agence Station Bleue<\/i><\/td>		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Je reviendrai \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al<\/i> Grant*<\/b>
\nA grant to bring back the laureates and winners of special prizes to perform in Montr\u00e9al or surrounding areas
\nOffered in partnership with the Nawacki Family Foundation<\/i><\/td>		$25,000<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

* <\/span><\/span>Prizes no<\/span>t\u00a0<\/span>d<\/span>etermin<\/span>ed<\/span> by the Concours 2026 International Jury.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Concours 2026 – Prizes and Grants   Over $150,000\u00a0CAD in prizes and grants will be awarded to the laureates and winners of the special awards at the\u00a02026 edition of the\u00a0Concours musical international de Montr\u00e9al.\u00a0 The Concours musical international de Montr\u00e9al is proud to contribute to the cultural dynamism of Montreal and to the launch of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":38325,"menu_order":14,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-40269","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\/40269","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=40269"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43882,"href":"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40269\/revisions\/43882"}],"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=40269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}