The Fernand Gillet-Hugo Fox International Competition (dedicated to the memory of the late master oboist and honorary member of the IDRS, Fernand Gillet, and to the memory of master bassoonist Hugo Fox, principal bassoonist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1922-1949) is for bassoonists and oboists who have not reached their 31st birthday by the date of the final round of the competition.
2026 Fernand Gillet-Hugo Fox International Competition for Basoon Repertoire:
Repertoire for the Preliminary Round:
Xinyan Li
Legend of the Sea (Trevco)
Georg Philipp Telemann
12 Fantasies (III, VII, XI) (Accolade, editor Nikolaus Maler)
Repertoire for the Final Round:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in D Minor (Accolade)
Xinyan Li
Legend of the Sea (Trevco)
Amanda Harberg
Sonata, Movement 1 (Presser)
Carl Maria von Weber
Andante and Hungarian Rondo (any edition)
2026 Fernand Gillet-Hugo Fox International Competition for Oboe Preliminary Round Judges:
- Nicholas Daniel, International Soloist and Professor at Staatliche Musikhochschule of Trossingen (UK)
- Clara Dent, Principal Oboist Budapest Festival Orchestra and Professor at Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg/Germany (Austria)
- Mingjia Liu, Principal Oboist San Francisco Opera and Professor at Tianjin Juilliard School (China/USA)
- Tamara Benitez Winston, Acting English Horn and Oboe of Nashville Symphony Orchestra (USA)
- Mizuho Yoshii, Former Principal Oboist Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Associate Professor at Tokyo University of the Arts (Japan)
2026 Gillet-Fox Basoon Contact:
Lyndon Watts, Chair
E-mail: watts@idrs.org
To be considered, all application materials must be submitted on or before March 15, 2026.
All applicants and contestants shall perform from an edition of the published printed music. Performing from illegally printed copies of any form will immediately disqualify that contestant. Legal copyright for any composition shall be determined and enforced based on the copyright laws of the United States of America, regardless of place of purchase. The use of e-tablets will be allowed only when the contestant can show (by having the original music or a receipt of purchase thereof) that they have previously obtained the published printed music prior to scanning it into the tablet.