2026 -Prix Paul Zukofsky – €2000

Special Prize 20th century composers
Offered by Musical Observations Inc.

Awarded to the best performance of a piano work among the following pieces: 

• Ruth CRAWFORD SEEGER – Préludes n° 6-9 (1928) AND  Piano Study in Mixed Accents* (1932) [Theodore Presser]
  
• Dane RUDHYAR – Granites (1929) [Theodore Presser]
• Roger SESSIONS – Sonate pour piano n° 2 (1946) [Edward B. Marks Music Co.]
• Charles WUORINEN – Scherzo (2007) [Edition Peters]

*The Preludes must be played as a set, in the published order. ‘Piano Study in Mixed Accents’ may be played before or after the Preludes.