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Eligibility: Open to ages 11-18. Location: Salt Lake City. Frequency: Quadrennial.
138 W Broadway, Suite 200, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
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
