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Eligibility: Entries must be sponsored by a professional music organisation or individual; no other submissions. Requirements: Comps incorporating large musical genre: choral, orch, chmbr, electronic, opera etc. Prizes: $100,000. Entry fees: $40. Location: Louisville, KY. Frequency: Annual.
School of Music, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, United States
Eligibility: Any orchestral instrument, including piano, guitar, recorder and percussion. No lower age limit but entrants must be born after 31 Aug 2001. Requirements: Application form, entry fee and CD of two contrasting excerpts lasting no longer than 10 minutes in total to be submitted. Entrants to be of Grade 8 standard or equivalent.
Prizes:1st prize: £3,000.00 and 5 category prizes of £500.00 each. Entry fees: £30. Location: Gregynog Hall, Nr Newtown, Powys. Competition date: 25th April 2020. Closing date for applications: 2nd Feb 2020. Frequency: Annual.
Eligibility: Age limit 35. Prizes: 1st prize EUR 25.000; 2nd prize EUR 20,000; 3rd prize EUR 15,000. Frequency: Quadrennial.
Ul Sokolska 2, PL-40084 Katowice, Poland
Internationally acclaimed singing competition. Past finalists include Iestyn Davies and Lucy Crowe.
Eligibility: Open to those aged 23-34 on 1 February 2020. Requirements: See website for details. Prizes: First Prize £5000; Second Prize £2000. Audience Prize £300; unplaced finalists each receive £300. Semi-Finals and Finals are part of London Handel Festival. All Finalists are invited back as soloists in future years. Entry fees: £40 Location: London. Frequency: Annual.
PO Box 79, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 9WP, United Kingdom
The Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition returns in February/March 2021.
The White Rock Theatre, Hastings, UK.
Eligibility: Open to pianists of any nationality aged 16-30 between competition dates.
Requirements: Concerto to be chosen from prescribed lists found on website-launched spring 2020.
Six finalists play with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Festival Office, White Rock Theatre, Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 1JX, United Kingdom
Competition catagories rotate each year: voice and pno. Eligibility: Open to ages 19-30 (voice 19-35) who are not nor have been under professional management. Requirements: Send 3 identical CDs to be auditioned for acceptance. Prizes: First prize: $5000; second prize: $2500; 3rd prize $1500; also 3 $500 honourable mentions. Entry fees: $50. Location: Westport, Connecticut. Frequency: Annual.
Connecticut Alliance for Music, 61 Unquowa Rd, Fairfield, CT 06430
March 11 - 18, 2019
Purpose: To encourage & support excellence in the performance of classical piano music by showcasing the talents of pianists on the threshold of their careers in a competition adjudicated by internationally acclaimed judges.
Eligibility: pianists ages 18 -30
Prizes: (1st) $15,000 plus performance with Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra; recital at Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall; recording on Steinway & Sons label; additional performance opportunities;
(2nd) $10,000; (3rd) $5,000; three medalists, $1000 each; Sascha Gorodnitzki Memorial Awards $1,000.
Entrance Fee: $135
7 Laggon Rd., Hilton Head Island, SC, Beaufort, 29928, United States
Honens discovers, nurtures and presents Complete Artists - 21st century pianists for 21st century audiences. The Eighth Honens Prize for Piano will be awarded in Sept 2015. Requirements: aged 20-30 on 3 Sept 2015. Recital round: ten pianists perform a solo recital and a recital of chmbr music and art song collaboration; Finals: three pianists perform with orch. Prizes: Honens Prize Laureate CAD 100,000; Finalists CAD 15,000; Recital Round Pianists CAD 5,000; Prize Laureate is presented a half-million dollar three-year artist development program. Entry fees: US $100. Frequency: Triennial.
888 Tenth St SW, Calgary, Alberta T2P 2X1, Canada
Competition rotates between different instrumentations Requirements: Application by submission of CD of 3 selected movements from the standard repertoire, covering 3 periods Prizes: 1st prize $8000 and performance opportunity in New York City; 2nd prize $4000; 3rd prize $1000 Location: Yale University Frequency: Annual
Hugo Kauder Society, 421 Humphrey Street, New Haven, CONNECTICUT 06511, United States
Eligibility: Open to pianists born after 1 Jan 1989; young pianists born after 1 January 2003. Programme of set works and free choice. Prizes: Pianists: 1st prize EUR 4000, concert at 2021 Festival, jury member 2021 Competition; 2nd prize EUR 2000; 3rd prize EUR 1000. Young pianists: 1st prize EUR 1000, concert at 2021 Festival, jury member of 2021 Competition; 2nd prize EUR 600; 3rd prize EUR 400. Also 15 special prizes for all categories. Entry fees: Apx EUR 280, inc first class hotel accommodation and all meals. Location: San Carlos, Ibiza. Frequency: Biennial. (Next XXIV edition on 2021).
Centro Cultural de San Carlos., Plaza de la Iglesia,, San Carlos, Ibiza, 07850, Spain
Eligibility: Open to wind, string, organ and accordion players. Divided into adult, young, solo, duo, ens. Requirements: 30-minute program, free choice of repertoire. Prizes: New York Carnegie Debut concert and worldwide representation in concerts, seminars, workshops and masterclasses. Entry fees: $120. Location: Ragusa, Sicily. Frequency: Annual.
IBLA International Music Foundation, 568 Grand Street, Penthouse 2001, NY 10002, United States
Eligibility: Open to comps from all over the world; no age limit. Requirements: Candidates must submit one score of an original comp. No limit as to duration. Prizes: New York Carnegie Debut concert and representation in concerts, seminars, workshops and masterclasses. Entry fees: $120. Location: New York; instrumental competition in Sicily, Italy, at which competitors are welcome (but not required) to present a live performance of their work. Closing date for applications: Applications accepted all year round; recommended application window Oct-Feb. Frequency: Annual.
IBLA International Music Foundation, 568 Grand Street, Penthouse 2001, New York, NY 10002
Eligibility: No age limit. Requirements: 30-minute program, free choice of repertoire. Prizes: New York Carnegie Debut concert and worldwide representation in concerts, seminars, workshops and masterclasses. Entry fees: $120. Location: Ragusa, Sicily. Frequency: Annual.
IBLA International Music Foundation, 568 Grand Street, Suite 2001, New York, NY 10002, United States
For classical and opera singers. Eligibility: Open to Australian and New Zealand citizens or residents, aged under 26; amateur or professional singers. Prizes: Main award: Marianne Mathy Scholarship AUD $30,000. Entry fees: AUD $100. Location: Sydney. Dates: September. Closing date for applications: March. Frequency: Annual.
67 Castlereagh St, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia
Eligibility: Open to pianists aged 18-32. Requirements: See repertoire on website. Prizes: 1st prize EUR 30,000; 2nd prize EUR 20,000; 3rd prize EUR 10,000. Also audience prize and prize for chmbr music. Entry fees: EUR 50. Location: Bonn. Dates: 2021. Frequency: Biennial.
Int. Telekom Beethoven Competition, c / o Beethovenfest, Kurt-Schumacher-Str. 3, Bonn, 53113, Germany
Eligibility: 4 age categories (soloists): 12 and under, 13-15, 16-18, 19 and over. Location: Poprad. Dates: Nov. Closing date for applications: Sep.
Eligibility: Women and men up to 25 (junior category); women and men up to 35 incl. (opera category). Prizes: 1st prizes CZK 20,000 (junior); CZK 30,000 (opera). Location: Karlovy Vary.
Šmeralova 40, Karlovy Vary - 36005, Czech Republic
Founded 50 years ago, the International Beethoven Piano Competition Vienna is hosted by the mdw - University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna every four years.
Eligibility: Open to pianists of all nationalities, aged between 16 and 30 years.
Requirements: 3 stage competition. International auditions in New York City, Tokyo, Berlin, Bonn, London and Vienna.
Prizes: (1st) prize money & a Boesendorfer grand piano; prize money for 2nd - 6th laureates; special awards.
Entry fee: EUR 95.
Location: Vienna.
16th edition of the competition: 2020. Application Deadline: tba.
Anton-von-Webern Platz 1, A-1030 Vienna, Austria
Dolf Rabus, director; Sebastian Pfluger, business manager.
Description: Eligibility: Open to mixed choirs and female choirs of 16-36 singers. Requirements: Compulsory work and programme covering diverse eras. Prizes: 1st prize EUR 3500. Location: Marktoberdorf. Frequency: Biennial.
Gschwenderstr. 8, Marktoberdorf, 87616, Germany
We are thrilled to draw your attention to the 12th edition of our international chamber music competition Franz Schubert und die Musik der Moderne which will take place at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz from Feburary 8 - 15, 2025.
Age limit: born after February 15, 1989
Application starting from July 1, 2024 via muvac until September 24, 2024
Prize money in total € 74,000 plus career consultancy
Leonhardstrasse 15, Graz, 8010, Austria