Showing 308 results in the category Competitions performers and conductors.
Aims to encourage young performers to study contemporary and Canadian works. Rotates between pno, voice and strings. Strings. Eligibility: Open to Canadian citizens or residents, ages 18-30 (35 for voice). Prizes: 1st prize $10,000 and Canadian recital tour. Dates: 17-19 April 2020. Frequency: Annual.
Queen Elizabeth II Music Building, 270 - 18th St, Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba, R7A 6A9, Canada
Eligibility: Open to singers of any nationality involved in the advanced study of classical singing. Requirements: Repertoire must inc a Czech aria. Prizes: 1st prize £2000 plus three other prizes. Location: London. Date: Oct 2021. Closing date for application 1st September 2021. Frequenc, Bi-annual.
Emmy Destinn Foundation, LOE House, 159 Broadhurst Gardens, London, NW6 3AU, United Kingdom
Eligibility: Open to pianists born in or after 1983 and no later than 1998. Requirements: 4 rounds. Prizes: 1st prize EUR 5000; 2nd prize EUR 2000; 3rd prize EUR 1500; 4th prize EUR 1000. Also special prizes. Entry fees: EUR 110. Total no of competitors limited to the first 100 registered participants.
BP 428, F-88011 Epinal Cedex, France
Eligibility: Open to pianists aged 18-35. Prizes: 1st prize HRK 40,000; 2nd prize HRK 20,000; 3rd prize HRK 10,000; 4th prize HRK 4000. Location: Zagreb Dates: Feb. Closing date for applications: Previous Dec. Frequency: quadrennial.
Kneza Mislava 18, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Eligibility: Open to singers and instrumentalists (not organists) living, attending school or born in Essex. Requirements: 3 rounds inc preliminary round end Jun. Prizes: 1st prize £650 plus concert at Ongar Music Club; 2nd prize £350; 3rd prize £250; 4th prize £175. Entry fees: 35 Location: Ongar Dates: Takes place over two Sundays at the end of June each year. Frequency: Annual
White House, Noon's Folly, Newmarket Road, Royston, Herts, SG8 7NG, United Kingdom
Eligibility: Two age categories: under 16 and under 21. Prizes: 1st prize EUR 5000, concerts Entry fees: EUR 100. Location: Ettlingen, S Germany. Dates: August 8-16, 2020. Closing date for applications: 30 April 2020. Frequency: Biennial.
Pforzheimerstr 25, D-76275 Ettlingen, Germany
Prizes: 1st prize EUR 15,000, CD recording and recital. Entry fees: EUR 80. Location: St Rocco Theatre. Frequency: Biennial.
Piazza Martiri della Libertà n.1, Seregno, MB, 20831, Italy
The Competition is open to all young people who on January 1st are under 32 years of age for sopranos and tenors, or 34 years of age for mezzosopranos, alts, bars and basses, providing that they are citizens of the countries of the European Union (EU), or of the EFTA countries, countries acceding to the EU, candidate countries and potential candidates.
Istituzione Teatro Lirico Sperimentale di Spoleto A Belli, Piazza G Bovio 1, I-06049 Spoleto (PG), Italy
2017: clarinet, saxophone, chamber music (wood). Eligibility: 6 age groups, max age 26. Different disciplines each year. Prizes: Prizes inc medals and diplomas. Entry fees: EUR 30, soloists; EUR 16, chmbr music (per person). Location: Music Conservatoire Luxembourg.
Union Grand-Duc Adolphe, 3 Route d'Arlon, L-8009 Strassen, Luxembourg
Piano, solo strs, solo winds, chmbr ens, schools. Eligibility: Up to age 35, various age categories.
Eligibility: Max age 32. Requirements: 3 rounds Prizes: 1st prize EUR 12,000; 2nd prize EUR 8000; 3rd prize EUR 5000. Also special prizes and concert engagements. Entry fees: EUR 140. Location: Budapest Dates: Sep.
Philharmonia Budapest Concert Agency, Kazinczy u 24-26, H-1075 Budapest, Hungary
Eligibility: Open to pianists aged 16-30. Prizes: 1st prize EUR 22,000; 2nd prize EUR 10,000; 3rd prize EUR 5000; 4th prize EUR 4000; 5th prize EUR 3000; 6th prize EUR 2500. Also special prizes. Location: Bolzano. Frequency: Biennial. Dates 25 August - 4 September 2020
Piazza Domenicani 25, PO Box 368, Bolzano, 39100, Italy
Part of the Cork International Choral Festival. Eligibility: Open to any choir of international standing (except specifically children's choirs). Min 20, max 60 voices. Requirements: Programme of a cappella music consisting of 3 or 4 works whose total duration is 10-12 mins. Pieces should be of contrasting styles, with a coherent and historically-balanced programme, and must contain a work composed before 1750, an original work by a living comp, and a work by a comp of the choir's native country. Location: Cork City. Frequency: Annual.
Cork International Choral Festival, Civic Trust House, 50 Pope's Quay, Cork, Ireland
Competition for adult choirs. 4 categories and a special category: renaissance; also national competition. Prizes: By categories: 1st prize from EUR 800-1500, 2nd from EUR 480-900, 3rd from EUR 320-600; renaissance prize EUR 750, EUR 500. Special prize of EUR 1400 for a first performance of a work, to be shared with the comp; other special prizes ranging in value from EUR 500-2500. Entry fees: EUR 200 plus deposit (EUR 200 reimbursed after competition). Frequency: Annual. Dates: 29 April - 31st May 2020
Florilege Vocal de Tours, Mairie de Tours, 1-3 rue des Minimes, Tours Cedex 9, 37926, France
2 categories: Opera, Oratorio/lied. Eligibility: women aged 18-32; men aged 18-35. Prizes: Total prize fund EUR 98,000; 1st prize EUR 25,000. Entry fees: EUR 50 (preliminary auditions); EUR 50 (final round). Location: Preliminary auditions in Beijing, Berlin, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, New York, Paris, San Francisco and Barcelona. Final Round in Barcelona. Final and Concert for Winners in the Gran Teatre del Liceu. Dates: Nov-Jan. Closing date for applications: Previous Oct. Frequency: Annual.
Calle Bruc 125, E-08037 Barcelona, Spain
The Washington International Competition (WIC), established in 1950, is held for singers, pianists, string players, in annual rotation. The WIC offers—both in the United States and abroad—a significant opportunity for young artists to step upward from the ranks of talented students to recognition as professionals. Winners of these competitions have gone on to win other important contests and achieve distinction on concert and opera stages. Winners receive substantial cash awards and the opportunity to perform in recital or as soloist with orchestras in prestigious Washington venues.
801 K Street NW, Washington DC, 20001, United States
Competition for pianists, violinists, cellists and comps. Eligibility: Open to participants of all nationalities, born after 1 Aug 1980. Requirements: Contact for details of repertoire. Prizes: 1st prize EUR 15,000, 2nd prize EUR 10,000, 3rd prize EUR 5000. Additional prizes for best performances of music by Enescu. Entry fees: EUR 100. Location: Bucharest. Frequency: Biennial.
ARTEXIM, Calea Victoriei 155, bl D1, Sc 8 et 2, sect 1, RO-010073 Bucharest, Romania
Aims to identify especially talented singers in the early stages of their careers. Eligibility: Open to American and Canadian opera singers aged 35 or under who have some professional experience.
460 West 49th St, New York, NY 10019
Eligibility: Candidates must be aged 28 or under and residing or studying f/t in the UK. Each major UK conservatoire is asked to nominate one candidate; independent candidates assessed by written application for a place in the auditions. Prizes: £5000; singers prize £1000. Frequency: Biennial. Next competition Autumn 2020.
PO Box 771, Kenton, Exeter, Devon, EX6 8XA, United Kingdom
Eligibility: Pianists born after 25 June 1989. Prizes: 1st prize CHF 30,000, certificate, a big number of concert engagements, free management services for 3 years; 2nd prize CHF 20,000; 3rd prize CHF 10,000; several special prizes, such as the Mozart Prize, Audience Prize, Schumann Prize and Hortense Anda Furtherance Prize . 26 May to 5 June 2021 Frequency: Triennial.
Concours Géza Anda, Ruth Bossart, Bleicherweg 18, Switzerland
