Golden Lyre 2027
The 2027 prize-winners will be decided at the finals on 5 February 2027.
Laureates & history
Golden Lyre has carried this name since 2026. The Vienna Beethoven Group has held the competitions behind it at the Palais Ehrbar since 2022.
2026: Golden Lyre International Music Festival 2026
From 20 April 2026, Vienna
The first edition under the Golden Lyre name: an opening at the C. Bechstein Centrum Wien, piano masterclasses with Anna Sarkisova and Olga Zdorenko and closing concerts in the Ehrbar Saal.
2025: Vienna Beethoven Competition for Young Musicians 2025
Rounds in Yerevan in March and April 2025, final on 29 September 2025 in the Ehrbar Saal
The first competition for children and young people: five categories from piano to folk instruments, rounds in Yerevan, then a final and gala concert in Vienna with 35 prize-winners.
Prize-winners
Piano
- Grand Prix
- Eduard Gevorgyan
- 1st prize
- Hayk DanoyanMaria NersisyanMark MinasyanMari DanielyanElen KhachikyanMenua Melik-Haykazyan
- 2nd prize
- Hayk MurajyanSargis Mirzoyan
- 3rd prize
- Dayana Hovhannisyan
Strings
- Grand Prix
- Shushanna Puchinyan
- 2nd prize
- Lilia Avchyan
- 3rd prize
- Vahe Gyulambaryan
Wind, brass and percussion
- Grand Prix
- Edgar Nersisyan
- 1st prize
- Yeva Nersisyan (flute)Vahagn Yengibaryan (Marimba)Robert MargaryanGor Harutyunyan
- 2nd prize
- Nane Bayramyan
National instruments
- Grand Prix
- Narek Sargsyan
- 1st prize
- Irina HovhannisyanLuiza MelkumyanNelli Torosyan
- 2nd prize
- Emma Balasyan
Voice
- Grand Prix
- Anzhela Mikayelyan
- 1st prize
- Sargis NazaretyanAriana ZargaryanElizmari Shakhanumyan
- 2nd prize
- Ani SargsyanMikayel ArabyanGayane HovhannisyanTamara MatevosyanDina Martirosyan
- 3rd prize
- Mane Gevorgyan
- Certificate
- Meri Ohanyan
How it went in 2025: videos, photos, prize-winners →
Jury: Boris Perrenoud (chair), Siranush Galoyan, Nareh Arghamanyan, Cordelia Höffer-Teutsch, Olivera Miljaković, Susanna Chakhoian, Peter Hosek, Martin Rühl, Sevena Salmasi, Igor Pokrovsky, Valerii Marchenko, Galina Mauracher, Werner Hackl
2024: Vienna Beethoven Competition 2024 for Singers
19–20 September 2024, Palais Ehrbar
The final, with orchestra, was part of the gala opening of the Vienna Beethoven Conservatory in the Ehrbar Saal.
Prize-winners
- First prize Marie Muller Simonian
- Second prize Norma Sereni
- Third prize Teona Todua
Jury: Olivera Miljaković (chair), Alain Surrans, Giovanni Di Stefano, Daniel Serafin, Beata Klatka, Cameron Arens, Liviana Caporale, Renato Bonajuto, Michael Barobeck, Sergey Smbatyan, Željko Andrić, Siranush Galoyan-Tkachenko, Barseg Tumanyan, Roberto Cucchi, Denada Bare Rauch
2023: Vienna Beethoven Competition 2023 for Singers
Announced for October 2023, Vienna Beethoven Conservatory and Palais Ehrbar
A singing competition for 18 to 37-year-olds with a video pre-selection; an international jury chaired by KS Olivera Miljaković was announced.
Jury: Olivera Miljaković (chair), Michael Barobeck, Roberto Cucchi, Daniele Borniquez, Renato Bonajuto, Plácido Domingo Jr., Constantine Orbelian, Giovanni Di Stefano, Barseg Tumanyan, Azamat Zheltygruzov, María Katzarava, Siranush Galoyan-Tkachenko
2022: Salice d’Oro International Opera Competition, Vienna edition
15–18 September 2022, final in the Ehrbar Saal
Held with L’Associazione Mozart Italia (Viterbo) to mark the opening of the conservatory: 135 applications, ten finalists and a public final.
Prize-winners
- First prize Neven Crnić
- Second prize Julia Muzychenko
- Third prize Yurii Strakhov
Jury: Giovanna Lomazzi, Giovanni Vegeto, Renato Bonajuto, Michael Barobeck, Katrin König, Gabriella Mafara, Isabel Rey, Daniel Serafin, Giovanni Di Stefano, Siranush Galoyan
