February 14, 2016
The fifth Grand Prix Bach de Lausanne, Switzerland, an international organ competition held as part of the 18th Lausanne Bach Festival, was held November 14–21. The judges for the third and final round of the competition were Jörg-Andreas Bötticher, Hans Davidsson, Jean-Christophe Geiser, Martin Gester, Martin Haselböck, Kei Koito, and Pascale Van Coppenolle.
Vincent Bernhardt of France won the grand prize (CHF 5,000); second prize (CHF 3,000) was awarded to Emmanuel Arakélian, also of France; third prize (CHF 1,500) and audience prize (CHF 500) were awarded to Olga Papykina of Russia. The next competition will take place in 2019. For information: www.festivalbach.ch.
