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European Classical music has long relied on music competitions to provide a public forum that identifies the strongest players and contributes to the establishment of their professional careers. This is a list of current competitions in classical music, with each competition and reference link given only once. Many offer competitions across a range of categories and in these cases they are listed under "General/mixed". Competitions with age restrictions are listed under "Young musicians".

Chamber music

  • Asia-Pacific Chamber Music Competition, for piano trios and string quartets, in Melbourne, Australia, every four years{{cite web| url=https://china.embassy.gov.au/files/bjng/2013_AsiaPacificCompOverviewFINAL.pdf| title= Asia-Pacific Chamber Music Competition: 8–14 July 2013: Competition overview|via=Chinese Embassy| date=2013}}{{cite web | title=New future for top music competitions | website=Premier of Victoria | date=29 July 2016 | url=https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/new-future-top-music-competitions | access-date=12 November 2023}}
  • Franz Schubert and Modern Music Competition, voice and piano duo, piano trio, Graz, Austria, every three years{{cite magazine |last= |first= |date=11 February 2015 |title=Belenus Quartet wins first prize at the 'Franz Schubert and Modern Music' Competition |url=https://www.thestrad.com/belenus-quartet-wins-first-prize-at-the-franz-schubert-and-modern-music-competition/926.article |access-date=2024-09-10 |magazine=The Strad |publisher= |language=en |quote=Established by the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz in 1989, the competition is held every three years in string quartet, piano trio and voice and piano duo categories.}}
  • Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition (Indiana, US)
  • International Chamber Music Competition Hamburg for piano trios and string quartets (Hamburg, Germany){{cite web|url=http://www.icmc-hamburg.de/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223101443/http://www.icmc-hamburg.de/|url-status=dead|title=International Chamber Music Competition|archivedate=23 December 2008}}
  • International Shostakovich Chamber Music Competition (Moscow, Russia){{cite web|url=http://www.ippolitovka.ru/node/1933|title=II Международный Конкурс Камерных Ансамблей {{!}} Государственный музыкально-педагогический институт имени М.М. Ипполитова-Иванова|website=www.ippolitovka.ru|access-date=25 June 2017|archive-date=15 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615001245/http://www.ippolitovka.ru/node/1933|url-status=dead}}
  • Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, held in Melbourne, Australia, every four years{{cite web|url=https://musicaviva.com.au/micmc/|title=Melbourne Int'l Chamber Music Competition|website=Musica Viva Australia}}

Choral/voice

File:Владимир Путин на гала-концерте лауреатов Международного конкурса имени Чайковского 04.jpg

Composition

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  • Gaudeamus International Composers Award (Netherlands){{cite journal |last1=Mitrović |first1=Radoš |date=January 2015 |title=Gaudeamus Muziekweek |url=https://eds.s.ebscohost.com/eds/Citations/FullTextLinkClick?sid=4a189952-0364-45f6-bf99-09ad49039b11@redis&vid=2&id=pdfFullText |journal=New Sound: International Magazine for Music |volume=45 |issue= |pages=221–22 |access-date=27 March 2022 |quote=It is a composers' competition, established in 1947 as a local event and turned into an international festival in 1959. }}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • George Enescu International Competition (Composition section) (Bucharest, Romania){{cite web |url=https://www.festivalenescu.ro/en/ |title=George Enescu International Competition |access-date=25 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826005101/https://www.festivalenescu.ro/en/ |archive-date=26 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}
  • International Composers Festival, Hastings and Bexhill, East Sussex, United Kingdom[https://www.composersfestival.com/ Home | Composers Festival], accessdate: 4 June 2020
  • International Uuno Klami Composition Competition (Kotka/Kouvola, Finland){{cite web|url=https://klamicompetition.fi/|title=IV LASTEN JA NUORTEN UUNO KLAMI –SÄVELLYSKILPAILU (2021–2022) | Uuno Klami IV – Kansainvälinen sävellyskilpailu|website=klamicompetition.fi}}
  • Masterprize International Composing Competition{{cite news |last=Clements |first=Andrew |date=12 October 2001 |title=Masterprize final |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/nov/01/classicalmusicandopera1 |work=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=13 October 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www.masterprize.com |title=Masterprize international composing competition 2000 - 2001 |date=8 May 2000 |website=masterprize.com |publisher=Masterprize |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000408221513/http://www.masterprize.com/ |archive-date=8 April 2000 |url-status=dead}}
  • Queen Elisabeth Music Competition (Brussels, Belgium){{cite book |last=Lefever |first=Katrien |date=31 July 2012 |title=New Media and Sport: International Legal Aspects |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mq9sgK7lGkUC |location= |publisher=T.M.C. Asser Press |page=235 |isbn=9789067048729 |lccn=2012940957 |quote=In Belgium, for example, the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition is included in the list of major events.}}
  • 60x60 – International (New York, US)
  • Tōru Takemitsu Composition Award (Tokyo, Japan){{cite book |last=Siddons |first=James |year=2001 |title=Tōru Takemitsu : a bio-bibliography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s1h-dw9tyLwC |location=London |publisher=Greenwood Press |page=10 |isbn=9780313272370 |lccn=01023183 |quote=After his death, the Tôru Takemitsu Composition Award was established in 1997...}}

Conducting

General/mixed

File:Lysenko International Music Competition.svg

Instrumental

Piano/keyboard

  • Anton Rubinstein Competition (Dresden, Germany){{cite web|url=http://www.forum-tiberius.org/index.php?id=32&type=0&L=1|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221152352/http://www.forum-tiberius.org/index.php?id=32&type=0&L=1|url-status=dead|title=Anton Rubinstein Competition|archivedate=21 December 2014}}
  • Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition (Tel Aviv, Israel){{cite web|url=http://www.arims.org.il/index_society.php|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160217130515/http://www.arims.org.il/index_society.php|url-status=dead|title=Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition|archivedate=17 February 2016}}
  • Ciutat de Carlet International Piano Competition (Valencia, Spain){{cite web |title=Ciutat de Carlet International Piano Competition |url=http://www.venamicasa.com/about-valencia/for-music-lovers/carlet-international-piano-competition/ |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015214025/http://www.venamicasa.com/about-valencia/for-music-lovers/carlet-international-piano-competition/ |archivedate=15 October 2015}}
  • Clara Haskil International Piano Competition (Vevey, Switzerland){{cite web|url=http://www.regart.ch/clara-haskil/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991005125812/http://www.regart.ch/clara-haskil/|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 October 1999|title=Concours Clara Haskil – Vevey (Suisse)}}
  • Cleveland International Piano Competition (Cleveland, US){{cite web|url=https://www.pianocleveland.org/|title=Piano Cleveland|website=Piano Cleveland}}
  • Concours Géza Anda (Zurich, Switzerland){{cite web|url=https://www.geza-anda.ch/|title=Geza-Anda – Concours Géza Anda 2021}}
  • Dallas International Piano Competition (Dallas, US){{cite web|url=http://www.dcspianocompetition.org/|title=Dallas International Piano Competition|access-date=12 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130109013305/http://www.dcspianocompetition.org/|archive-date=9 January 2013|url-status=dead}}
  • The Dranoff International Two Piano Foundation (Dallas, US){{cite web|url=https://dranoff2piano.org/|title=The Dranoff International 2 Piano Foundation | Official Website|website=dranoff2piano.org}}
  • Epinal International Piano Competition (Epinal, France){{cite web|url=http://www.concours-international-piano-epinal.org/en/index.php|title=Website of the Epinal International Piano Competition|last=Girod|first=Luc|website=www.concours-international-piano-epinal.org|access-date=27 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122010300/http://www.concours-international-piano-epinal.org/en/index.php|archive-date=22 January 2018|url-status=dead}}
  • EPTA - International Piano Competition Svetislav Stančić (Zagreb, Croatia){{cite web|url=https://kdz.hr/?id=6&l=en&p=festivals|title=KDZ.HR – Glazba, koncerti i umjetnost}}
  • Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition (Bolzano, Italy){{cite web|url=http://www.concorsobusoni.it/|title=Concorso Pianistico Internazionale Ferruccio Busoni|access-date=4 May 2012|archive-date=12 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012063940/https://www.concorsobusoni.it/|url-status=dead}}
  • George Enescu International Competition (Piano section) (Bucharest, Romania)
  • Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition (Salt Lake City, US){{cite web|url=http://www.bachauer.com/|title=Gina Bachauer – International Piano Foundation|date=11 June 2013}}
  • Hamamatsu International Piano Competition (Hamamatsu, JP){{cite web |date=2018 |title=Official Website |url=http://www.hipic.jp/ |publisher=Hamamatsu International Piano Competition |access-date=25 April 2018 |archive-date=14 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914114003/https://www.hipic.jp/ |url-status=dead }}
  • Hilton Head International Piano Competition (Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, US){{cite web|url = http://www.hhipc.org/|title = Hilton Head International Piano Competition}}
  • Honens International Piano Competition (Calgary, Canada){{cite web|url=https://www.honens.com/|title=Honens – Piano | Festival | Competition|website=Honens}}
  • International Chopin Piano Competition (Poland){{cite web|url=http://konkurs.chopin.pl/en|title=Chopin Competition 2015 – 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403212032/http://konkurs.chopin.pl/en|archive-date=3 April 2015}}
  • International Ettore Pozzoli Piano Competition (Seregno, Italy){{cite web|url=http://www.concorsopozzoli.com/index.php/en/|title=Home|website=www.concorsopozzoli.com|access-date=13 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211124931/http://www.concorsopozzoli.com/index.php/en/|archive-date=11 December 2014|url-status=dead}}
  • International Franz Liszt Piano Competition (Utrecht, Netherlands){{cite web|url=http://www.liszt.nl/|title=International Franz Liszt Piano Competition|access-date=4 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504051539/http://www.liszt.nl/|archive-date=4 May 2012|url-status=dead}}
  • International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition (organ; Leipzig, Germany){{cite web|url=http://www.bach-leipzig.de/index.php?id=77&L=1|title=Wir über uns – Bach-Archiv Leipzig|access-date=4 May 2012|archive-date=6 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106021104/http://www.bach-leipzig.de/index.php?id=77&L=1|url-status=dead}}
  • International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs (Paris, France){{cite web|url=https://www.pianoamateurs.com/en/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424173646/https://www.pianoamateurs.com/en/|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 April 2023|title=International Competition for Outstanding Piano Amateurs – Pianoamateurs|website=Outstanding Piano Amateurs}}
  • International Tchaikovsky Competition (Russia){{cite web|url=http://tchaikovsky-competition.com/en/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614020908/http://www.tchaikovsky-competition.com/en|url-status=usurped|title=tchaikovsky-competition|archivedate=14 June 2012|website=tchaikovsky-competition.com}}
  • ISANGYUN Competition (Tongyeong, South Korea){{cite web|url=http://www.isangyuncompetition.org/landing/|title=ISANGYUN COMPETITION|website=www.isangyuncompetition.org}}
  • José Iturbi International Piano Competition (Los Angeles, US){{cite web|url=http://www.joseiturbifoundation.org/admin/|title=José Iturbi Foundation – Popularizing Classical Music…One Note at a Time!|access-date=4 July 2021|archive-date=7 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607170838/http://www.joseiturbifoundation.org/admin/|url-status=dead}}
  • Kissingen Piano Olympics (Kissinger Klavierolymp, Bad Kissingen, Germany){{cite web|url=https://www.kissingersommer.de/en/programm/kissinger-klavierolymp/index.html|title=Kissinger Sommer – Internationales Musikfestival, Kissinger Piano Olympics|first=Bayerisches Staatsbad Bad Kissingen, Stadt Bad|last=Kissingen|website=www.kissingersommer.de|access-date=30 September 2018|archive-date=22 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922011253/https://www.kissingersommer.de/en/programm/kissinger-klavierolymp/index.html|url-status=dead}}
  • Lagny-sur-Marne International Piano Competition (Lagny, France){{cite web|url=https://www.concourspianolagny.com/|title=CONCOURS INTERNATIONAL DE PIANO DE LAGNY|website=ciplsm|access-date=4 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183546/https://www.concourspianolagny.com/|url-status=dead}}
  • Leeds International Pianoforte Competition (Leeds, UK){{cite web|url=http://www.leedspiano.com/|title=LIPC|access-date=8 May 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040522153840/http://www.leedspiano.com/|archive-date=22 May 2004|url-status=dead}}
  • Maria Canals International Music Competition (Barcelona, Spain){{cite web|url=https://www.mariacanals.org/en/|title=Concurs Maria Canals Barcelona – Concurs Maria Canals Barcelona|date=13 May 2021 }}
  • Mykola Lysenko International Music Competition (Kyiv, Ukraine)
  • Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition (Santander, Spain){{cite web|url=http://www.santanderpianocompetition.com/|title=XIX Santander International Piano Competition. Home|website=www.santanderpianocompetition.com|access-date=4 May 2012|archive-date=21 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221140904/http://www.santanderpianocompetition.com/|url-status=dead}}
  • Panama International Piano Competition (Panama City, Panama){{cite web|url=http://www.concursopanama.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040214173651/http://www.concursopanama.com/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=14 February 2004|title=Concurso de Piano Panamá Nelly y Jaime Ingram}}
  • Peabody Mason International Piano Competition (Boston, US){{cite web|url=http://www.peabodymasonpianocompetition.com/|title=Peabody Mason Piano Competition|access-date=4 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301082736/http://www.peabodymasonpianocompetition.com/|archive-date=1 March 2012|url-status=dead}}
  • Petr Eben International Organ Competition (Opava, Czech Republic){{cite web|url=http://konzervator.cz/organ/Petr-Eben-International-Organ-Competition-Opava-2008|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130210043106/http://konzervator.cz/organ/Petr-Eben-International-Organ-Competition-Opava-2008?PHPSESSID=8882484a554c99b17e1505661f13f740|url-status=dead|title=Petr Eben International Organ Competition 2010|archive-date=10 February 2013|access-date=4 May 2012}}
  • Pilar Bayona Piano Competition (Spain){{cite web|url=http://www.pilarbayona.es/concurso.htm|title=New Page 2|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175653/http://www.pilarbayona.es/concurso.htm|archive-date=3 March 2016}}
  • Queen Elisabeth Music Competition (Belgium){{cite web|url=http://www.concours-reine-elisabeth.be/|title=IIS7|website=www.concours-reine-elisabeth.be|access-date=4 May 2012|archive-date=9 June 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609030042/http://www.concours-reine-elisabeth.be/|url-status=dead}}
  • Ricard Viñes International Piano Competition (Lleida, Spain){{cite web|url=http://auditorienricgranados.cat/cricardvines/en/|title=2018 23rd RICARD VIÑES INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION – Ricard Viñes International Piano Competition|website=Ricard Viñes International Piano Competition|access-date=27 April 2018}}
  • Sendai International Music Competition (Sendai, Japan){{cite web|url=https://simc.jp/|title=仙台国際音楽コンクール|first=仙台国際音楽コンクール /|last=SIMC|website=仙台国際音楽コンクール | Sendai International Music Competition}}
  • St Albans International Organ Competition (St Albans, UK){{cite web|url=http://www.organfestival.com/|title=St Albans International Organ Festival|access-date=4 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191123045033/http://www.organfestival.com/|archive-date=23 November 2019|url-status=dead}}
  • Sussex International Piano Competition (Worthing, UK){{cite web|url=http://www.sussexipc.co.uk/|title=Sussex International Piano Competition|access-date=10 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407042704/http://www.sussexipc.co.uk/|archive-date=7 April 2013|url-status=dead}}
  • Sydney International Piano Competition (Sydney, Australia){{cite web|url=http://www.sipca.com.au/|title=Sipca | Outdoor Lounge Setting|website=www.sipca.com.au|access-date=4 May 2012|archive-date=13 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913144756/http://www.sipca.com.au/2012competition/100906_2012aab.pdf|url-status=dead}}
  • Valencia International Piano Competition Prize Iturbi (Valencia, Spain){{cite web|url=https://pianoiturbi.dival.es/|title=Piano Iturbi|access-date=4 July 2021|archive-date=19 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219225125/https://pianoiturbi.dival.es/|url-status=dead}}
  • Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (Fort Worth, US){{cite web|url=https://cliburn.org/|title=Welcome – The Cliburn International Piano Competition|website=The Cliburn}}
  • World International Piano Competition (Santa Fe, US){{cite web|url=http://www.internationalpianoinstitute.com/|title=World International Piano Competition – The Premiere Online Piano e-Competition|website=www.internationalpianoinstitute.com}}
  • [https://www.siliconvalleyopendoorsmusic.com/ Silicon Valley Open Doors International Piano Competition] (San Francisco, California)

String instruments

Woodwind instruments

  • BBC Young Musician of the Year (UK)
  • Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition (Indiana, US)
  • Gregynog Young Musicians Competition (Wales, UK){{cite web|url=http://www.gregynogymc.co.uk/|title=Gregynog Young Musician – Cerddor Ifanc Gregynog|last=Web|first=Seren}}
  • International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition (Leipzig, Germany)
  • International Russian Rotary Children Music Competition (Russia){{cite web|url=http://www.rcmc-moscow.com/|title=International Russian Rotary Children Music Competition|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616075741/http://rcmc-moscow.com/|archive-date=16 June 2013|url-status=dead}}
  • International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians (Moscow, Russia){{cite web|url=http://tchaikovsky-competition.net/?lang=en|title=IX Международный юношеский конкурс им. П.И.Чайковского|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131015255/http://tchaikovsky-competition.net/?lang=en|archive-date=31 January 2016|url-status=dead|access-date=5 February 2016}}
  • Jeunesses Musicales International (Various){{cite web|url=http://jmevents.ro/events/jeunesses-international-music-competition%7CJeunesses|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216023214/http://jmevents.ro/events/jeunesses-international-music-competition|url-status=dead|title=International Music Competition|archivedate=16 December 2014}}
  • New York International Piano Competition (New York, US){{cite web|url=https://thenyipc.org/competition/|title=Competition | The New York International Piano Competition|website=thenyipc.org|access-date=4 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185122/https://thenyipc.org/competition/|url-status=dead}}
  • Prague Spring International Music Competition (Prague, Czech Republic){{cite web|url=http://www.wfimc.org/Webnodes/en/Web/Public/Competitions/Competition%20info?org=16653|title=Competition info|access-date=8 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922083846/http://www.wfimc.org/Webnodes/en/Web/Public/Competitions/Competition%20info?org=16653|archive-date=22 September 2017|url-status=dead}}
  • Sydney Eisteddfod (Sydney, Australia)

Young musicians

See also

References

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External links

  • [http://www.musicaneo.com/competitions/ List of Classical Music Competitions] at MusicaNeo
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090207192430/http://masamizuno.com/ Directory of International Piano Competitions ]
  • [https://www.musicalchairs.info/competitions Musicalchairs.info List of Competitions]
  • [http://www.classical.net/music/links/musicfest.html ClassicalNet: Festivals, Competitions, Concerts & Concert Venues]
  • [http://www.fmcim.org/ World Federation of International Music Competitions]
  • [https://masteringtheflute.com/en/motivation/flute-competitions/prague-spring-competition-6/ List of all flute laureates ]

Competitions

Classical music

Category:Composition competitions