Boston Bach International Organ Competition

05/05/2026

Congratulations to the competitors for the 2026 competition!

Tyler Boehmer (USA)
Suyeon Choi (Korea, in Germany)
Adam Detzner (USA)
Thomas Ingui (USA)
Hansol Kim (Korea, in USA)
Sunghoon Kim (Korea, in Germany)
Josef Laming (UK, in Switzerland)
Dawon Lee (Korea)
Yinying Luo (China)
Charles Maxtone-Smith (UK)
Daniel Minnick (USA)
Magdalena Moser (Austria)
Sunkyung Noh (Korea, in USA)
Austin Philemon (USA)
Kasimir Sydow (Germany)
Eriko Yamaji (Japan)

Full bios and photos will be published on our website soon.

10/01/2025

The repertoire list, rules, and jury for the 2026 BBIOC have been published. The application deadline is February 15. Tell everyone about it!

The Boston Bach International Organ Competition celebrates Johann Sebastian Bach’s organ music and the outstanding historical organs in Boston.

04/26/2025

FLC's organ turns 25 years old this year! Don't miss the next recital in our celebratory series this Sunday at 3pm, when Jonathan Dimmock plays the Clavier-Übung III!

09/24/2022

Photos from the winners' concert

09/20/2022

Thanks to the Boston Musical Intelligencer for this review of the Winners' Concert!

The 2022 Boston Bach International Organ Competition concluded Sunday evening memorably with the Winners’ Concert at First Lutheran Church of Boston. The week-long competition brought 17 accomplished young organists from 14 countries and 4 continents as well as 7 judges from 5 countries.

09/10/2022

Congratulations to the 2022 Boston Bach Prizewinners!

Heejin Kim, Yuko Hayashi First Prize
Mona Rozdestvenskyte, Second Prize
Freddie James, Third Prize

Additionally, the prize for the best performance of Balint Karosi's music is split between Jinhee Kim and Lisa Hummel.

All five prizewinners will perform on the Winners' Concert at First Lutheran Church on Sunday evening at 7pm, with a festive reception to follow.

09/10/2022

Third round underway

09/08/2022

The performers for the final round at FLC on Saturday and their start times have been announced:

Lisa Hummel 9:15am
Josef Kratochvíl 10:25am
Mona Rozdestvenskyte 11:35am
Zita Nauratyill 1:50pm
Freddie James 3:00pm
Heejin Kim 4:10pm

09/07/2022

Second round underway

09/05/2022

The competitors advancing to the second round at the Church of the Advent on Wednesday and Thursday, and their performance times:

Wednesday, September 7
9:50 Lisa Hummel
10:50 Karolina Juodelytė
1:30 Josef Kratochvíl
2:30 Mona Rozdestvenskyte
3:30 Kanaka Shimizu

Thursday, September 8
9:50 Zita Nauratyill
10:50 Olga Zuhkova
1:30 Freddie James
2:30 Jerrick Cavagnaro
3:30 Heejin Kim