The Fifth Anton Eberst International Competition was held at Isidor Bajić Music School from November 29 through December 2, 2012. This year the competition gathered a total of 88 contestants from 11 countries: Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary, Spain, France, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovakia, Russia and Great Britain.
The competition is dedicated to Professor Anton Eberst, the founder of NOMUS (Novi Sad Music Festivities) and the Novi Sad School of wind instruments.
The opening ceremony of the competition took place on November 29 in the Novi Sad City Hall. Opening speaches were given by:
Radmila Rakin-Martinović, Executive Director of the competition
Nikola Srdić, Artistic Director of the competition
Timothy Barrett, Director of Buffet Crampon for Southeast Europe, representing the sponsoring instutition awarding the prize clarinet worth 3000 Euros to the competition
Milanka Brkić, the representative and member in charge of culture for the Novi Sad City Council, General Patron of the competition.
The evening’s musical program featured performances by Vasa Vučković, clarinet, First Prize Winner in Category C at the Third Anton Eberst International Wind Competition (2010), and String Quartet Anton Eberst.
The Jury of the Fifth International Anton Eberst Competition was comprised of the esteemed musicians and pedagogues: Béla Kovács (Hungary), serving as the Jury Head, Davor Reba (Croatia), Tadej Kenig (Slovenia), Nikola Srdić (Serbia), Đuro Pete (Serbia), Maximiliano Martin (Spain), and Yves Sévère (France).
The contestants performed in four competition categories, and the jury awarded the following prizes:
| Baby Category | |
| Kastelic Luka (Slovenia) | First Prize |
| Pavkovič Žan (Slovenia | Second Prize |
| Matija Raičević (Serbia) | Second Prize |
| Balać Slaven (Serbia) | Third Prize |
| Novak Eva (Slovenia) | Third Prize |
| A Category | |
| Lugosi Dániel Ali (Hungary) | First Prize |
| Sándor Norbert (Hungary) | Second Prize |
| Paškvan Matej (Slovenia) | Third Prize |
| Vindišar Luka (Slovenia) | Third Prize |
| B Category | |
| Gymesi Bálint (Hungary) | First Prize |
| Ivković Marko (Serbia) | Second Prize |
| Kéringer Dávid (Hungary) | Second Prize |
| Kranjac Toni (Croatia) | Third Prize |
| Petek Laura (Slovenia) | Third Prize |
| Kocev Martin (FYR Macedonia) | Encouragement Award |
| C Category | |
| Bogdan Bikicki (Serbia) | First Prize |
| Kuder Matic (Slovenia) | Second Prize |
| Nikola Jančić (Serbia) | Third Prize |
The competition ended on December 2, 2012 after the Closing Concert of the prize winners and the Awards Ceremony took place.
The next Anton Eberst International Competition, the 6th, will take place in November 2012, and contestants will be young flutists.