The third movement of Roxanna Panufnik’s Mass for Organ will be premiered by Andrew Forbes, Director of Music at Glasgow Cathedral, in a recital presented by the Northern Ireland International Organ Competition (NIIOC) at First Church, Rosemary Street, Belfast, on 2 May.

Jan Liebermann, aged 18, from Germany, has won the 2024 Northern Ireland International Organ Competition (NIIOC), which took place in Armagh on 12–14 August.

Thirteen young organists representing six countries on both sides of the Atlantic have been selected to participate in the senior category of the Northern Ireland International Organ Competition (NIIOC) 2024, which takes place in Armagh 12–14 August. Four are from Germany, five from the UK, and one each from Canada, the Czech Republic and Latvia. 

Details have been announced of the monetary awards and prizewinners’ recitals for this year’s Northern Ireland International Organ Competition (NIIOC), taking place in Armagh 12–14 August 2024.

The Northern Ireland International Organ Competition (NIIOC) will take place from Monday 12 August to Wednesday 14 August 2024 in Armagh. This year’s jury will be chaired by concert organist Thomas Trotter, who will be joined by Anna-Victoria Baltrusch, Professor of Organ at the Evangelical High School for Church Music in Halle, Germany, and by David Hill, artistic director of the Bach Choir, London, the Yale Schola Cantorum, Connecticut and of the Charles Wood Summer School, which runs concurrently with the organ competition.

The winner of the 2023 Northern Ireland International Organ Competition (NIIOC) is George Herbert, aged 22, from the UK, currently a freelance performer based in London, and Assistant Director of Music Designate of His Majesty’s Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace.