Competitions 2018 PDF

Feature Article
Competition
Insights from the
Horse’s Mouth
COMpetitions
A Musical America Guide to Top Competitions February 2018
Editor’s Note
Competitions: Necessary evil? Heart-breaking? Star-making? Life changing? Political football?
Yes.
And, controversial though they may be, competitions are increasing not only in number,
but in scope. Among the many issues discussed in our interview with Benjamin Woodroffe,
secretary general of the World Federation of International Music Competitions (WFIMC),
some of the bigger competitions are not only choosing the best and the brightest, but also
booking them, training them, and managing them. Woodroffe describes, for instance, the International Franz Liszt
Competition in Utrecht, Netherlands, which offers its winners professional mentorship over a three-year period,
covering everything from agent representation to media training to stagecraft to website production to contractual
business training.
A Musical America Guide to Top WFIMC, which is based in Switzerland, boasts a membership, mostly European, of 125 music competitions in 40
COMpetitions countries. Piano competitions prevail, at 33 percent of the total; up next are the multiple or alternating discipline
events, followed by violin competitions. The fastest growing category is conducting. The primary requirement for
membership in WFIMC is that your competition be international in scope—that applicants from all over the world
are eligible to apply.
The 2018 Guide to Music Competitions is our biggest to date, with 80 entries culled from the hundreds listed
in our data base. (That’s up from the 53 with which we started this Guide, in 2015.) For each one, we listed
everything from their Twitter handles to the names of the jury members, entry fees, prizes (including management,
performances, and recordings, where applicable), deadlines, frequency, disciplines, semi-final and final dates,
and eligibility. So, whether you are (or your student is) a singer, composer, wind player, organist, pianist, chamber
ensemble, string player, or conductor, you’re bound to find the right competition in the right time and the right
place for you.
Regards,
Susan Elliott
Editor, Special Reports
Cover photo credit: Rolston String Quartet, First Prize, 2016 Banff International String Quartet Competition (Luri Lee , violin; Jeff Dryda,
violin; Hezekiah Leung, viola; Jonathan Lo, cello). PHOTO: Tianxiao Zhang.
A musical america Guide to Top Competitions musicalamerica.com • February 2018

Competition
Insights from the Horse’s Mouth
Musical America: What are the top three competition
disciplines among WFIMC members?
Benjamin Woodroffe: Looking at the membership
today, 33 percent are piano competitions, 11 percent are
violin competitions, and 23 percent are multidiscipline,
An interview with Benjamin Woodroffe
secretary general of the World Federation
meaning, for instance, Germany’s ARD Competition and
Belgium’s Queen Elisabeth, which change disciplines
of International Music Competitions (WFIMC) either each year or have several at the same time.
As secretary general of the Geneva-based World Federation of Inter-

national Music Competitions (WFIMC), Benjamin Woodroffe coordi-
nates the operations of 125 music competitions in 40 countries. In
2017 alone, WFIMC’s members held about 60 competitions averaging
225 applicants each, many of them fresh out of conservatory.
By John Fleming
A native of Australia, Woodroffe, 47, studied
architecture, French literature, and art history
at the University of Adelaide. Before coming
to the Federation, he served as general man-
John Fleming, a regular ager of the Melbourne International Chamber
contributor to Musical Music Competition from 2005 to 2015. Frequency of competitions among WFIMC members. Source: World Federation of International Music
America, is president of the Competitions.
Music Critics Association of WFIMC celebrated its 60th anniversary in De-
North America. He writes cember, also the month that Musical Ameri- MA: Are there trends in competition disciplines?
Benjamin Woodroffe, secretary
for Classical Voice North ca caught up with Woodroffe to discuss the general of the World Federation of BW: In the last five years, there has been a trend toward conducting competitions.
America, Opera, and others. For 22 years, he changing landscape of international music International Music Competitions.
PHOTO: Raphaelle Mueller.
And that’s coming from orchestras themselves. Trondheim in Norway is the most
covered the Florida music scene as performing arts
competitions. recent, and we also have them in Armenia, France, and Italy. We don’t have one
critic with the Tampa Bay Times.
yet in North America, but watch this space.

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of International Music Competitions (WFIMC)
MA: Geographically, are there growth areas for competitions? MA: What are competitions looking for in musicians these days? MA: Performance opportunities for young musicians are hard to come by, with
BW: We’ve seen it recently in China. The city of Harbin, for instance, has made BW: More than virtuosic talent, competitions reflect what is required of a or without competition wins.
a major push to become a center for music. They’ve performing musician today. They are looking for artists—true, rounded, whole BW: That’s one reason why competitions are organizing more engagements,
built incredible concert and opera houses, and musicians. actively working with festivals and venues and concert programmers to secure
established competitions such as the Schoenfeld laureate opportunities in advance, so that when the final rounds are over, there’s
International String Competition. MA: Why join the WFIMC? a guaranteed calendar for the winners. Our members are brokering more of these
BW: First of all, it’s a stamp of artistic and operational credibility [see member- appearances themselves, rather than agents, although some have agreements
ship guidelines]. You’re joining a like-minded group of competitions. You have with particular agents.
to prove that you’re sustainable and on-going, and that you have a clear focus
and operate fairly. And you join because we represent you and advocate on your MA: What about mentoring and management?
behalf. We work with festivals, we work with agents, we have a large network BW: Obviously, the larger competitions can afford a greater degree of that.
available to members. For example, the International Franz Liszt Competition in
I often say the Federation has 125 different children. Each competition Utrecht [Netherlands] offers laureates a three-year coor-
has a very different niche, a different sense of purpose, a different sense of dinated professional mentorship program, which covers
place, a different business model, and they are different ages. There is no everything from agent representation to media training to
cookie-cutter model. stagecraft to website production to contractual business
training.
MA: What’s the biggest cash prize in international music competitions?
BW: The Honens Piano Competition has the top MA: In choosing laureates, does the Federation have specific voting rules?
prize, of $100,000 Canadian, plus three years of BW: Every competition has its own rules and its own voting system. For us,
The Harbin Grand Theater, site of the Schoenfeld International String Competition.
engagements. The Cliburn is close behind, with the crucial requirement is that the system is understood by everyone—jury,
$50,000 for the gold medalist and a similar commit- candidates, audience.
MA: Are you at a competition every week? ment to engagements for three years.
BW: I can’t get to every one; in 2017 there were almost 60 and the bulk were But competitions are about so much more than the MA: What are your feelings about teachers as jurors and judging their own
in May and September. Many of our competitions are connected with academic cash prize. These days, they’re all-encompassing, with students or students of colleagues?
institutions, so venue access and support often drive the timetable. The other outreach events that send candidates into schools. The BW: Okay, I’m going to be really honest. If there’s one topic we spend the most
factor that drives competition scheduling is orchestra availability. [All members’ ultimate value for the laureates is the engagements and time on, it would be this.
final rounds must be with orchestra.] the mentoring and the introductions that come from Certain members say they will never have a teacher on the jury; others
participating. say there are some very good teachers who know how to behave and it would

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be a pity to say no them automatically. The Federation recommends that MA: Do you receive formal complaints about competitions? MA: How can a competition avoid a cutthroat atmosphere?
teachers not be allowed to vote for their students, and we ask all jurors to BW: Not many. Since I arrived, I’ve received two questions from candidates who BW: It is up to us to build a platform and put the right framework in place so
declare their interest before the event begins. But every member manages have taken part in Federation competitions, and both were about operational that these candidates are treated with respect in the same way you would treat
its implementation of [these guidelines]. The Federation is not a police matters, not artistic. a concert artist. They’re given adequate rehearsal time. They’re given access to
organization. instruments. They’re given host families to stay with. They’re given transportation.
By the way, the trend is shifting more toward a performing-artist jury than MA: How important is the screening jury, the pre-competition jury? It might be They’re treated as an artist, not as Competitor No. 24.
teacher juries. Also, remember that every competition is operating in a different more important than the regular jury. Most of our competitions, even the preliminary rounds, are performed
place, in a different culture, in a different way of thinking. Some evaluate before a very healthy audience, not just a row of austere jurors in the back of
candidates with scores from, say, 1 to 10; others use a yes or no voting system. a hall, and many performances are streamed.
MA: Numerical scoring can seem pretty complicated. Is a yes-no system MA: Streaming competitions seems to have become more prevalent.
simpler? BW: It’s a reflection of two things. Competitions are an amazing human-interest
BW: Personally, I prefer it. Do you want this candidate to advance to the story; young artists are throwing themselves into repertoire that we all know.
next round—yes or no? Federation members use both. But it’s up to every And it’s live, so the unexpected can happen—the brilliant performance that
competition. The most important thing is that voting is anonymous, and only surprises.
the results are then shared with the jury.
MA: Are there leading examples of competitions and streaming?
MA: How do you prevent certain jurors from overly influencing the process? BW: I’m careful not to favor one competition over
BW: It is a clear policy of the federation that discussion between jurors is the other, but take the 2017 Cliburn. I was there
forbidden. in Fort Worth, and they partnered with Medici.
tv and invested heavily in streaming. In 2018, the
Winners of the Fifteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, June 10, 2017. Left
MA: What about bias in favor of musicians in competitions in their home to right: silver medalist Kenneth Broberg, of the U.S.; gold medalist Yekwon Sunwoo of Leeds Piano Competition is partnering with Medici,
South Korea; and bronze medalist Daniel Hsu, of the U.S. after receiving their awards at the
countries? Fifteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition held at Bass Performance Hall in Fort
and not only streaming the competition but also
BW: They have a huge hometown advantage with the audience, all the cheering Worth, Texas. PHOTO: Ralph Lauer. parts of the auditions. The Rubenstein in Tel Aviv
and so forth, but I think that in terms of performance they’re under more pres- streamed their competition. The Queen Elisabeth
sure to play even better than normal, to win for the home team. Sometimes be- BW: You’re absolutely right. The trend now is to have a very significant screening has a longstanding streaming partnership, and the
ing the local candidate for finalist gets you more interest, and if you’re prepared jury. Ideally, they are traveling to listen to the candidates in different cities around competition in Montreal also streams. A lot of our
to say what you need to say musically at the right time in the right place, you the world—the same set of ears is hearing candidates in different places. competitions are doing this, but they’re doing it in
can take off. different ways.

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MA: It can be heartbreaking when candidates travel halfway around the world
and then are eliminated after the first round. Maybe they’re terrific musicians Membership requirements
who had a bad day. Is there any way around that, or is it just a fact of competi-
tion life?
for World Federation of
BW: There has been a shift in the last 10 years to let candidates perform more International Music Competitions
than once, for this very reason. The first voting may take place after the first two WFIMC members must:
rounds, to give the artists a chance to settle in, to acclimatize, to iron themselves ß Be an international music competition of musical
out. The federation is also pushing for the candidate to have more choice of performance or composition on a professional level;
program and repertoire. ß Be of enduring nature and schedule regularly recurring
I know in Melbourne, if we were flying a string quartet from Germany to
competitions;
Australia we were not going to let them play just once and then put them on a
ß Pursue solely artistic and cultural objectives, none
plane and send them home. They all played two rounds and candidates were
designed to produce commercial gain;
invited to stay until the end of the competition so they were able to listen and
ß Be open to participants of all nationalities, ethnic origins,
take their measure against other quartets. Yeah, competitions are about the
religions, and of both genders;
jury and so forth, but they are also about the personal discovery of finding
yourself as a musician.
ß Offer all participants optimum and equal practice,
rehearsal, and performance conditions during each stage
of the competition;
ß Excuse no participant from an early round of a
competition;
ß Present a final round with orchestra, unless the
competition’s discipline makes this requirement
unsuitable;
ß Support the mission and objectives of the Federation.

Competitions The following listings were drawn from the 2018 Musical America Worldwide database.
Note that the majority have first-prize monies of $10,000 and over.
AGO/ECS Publishing Award in Choral Composition.......................... 7 International Franz Liszt Piano Competition.................................. 31
The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in International FRANZ LISZT Piano Competition
the Performing Arts................................................................... 7 Weimar-Bayreuth.................................................................... 32
The Azrieli Music Prizes................................................................... 8 Long Thibaud Crespin International Competition.......................... 32
Gina Bachauer International Artist Piano Competition.................... 9 Lyon International Chamber Music Competition........................... 33
Barlow Endowment for Music Composition—Prize Competition....... 10 M-Prize Chamber Arts Competition............................................... 34
BBC Cardiff Singer of the World..................................................... 10 The Mahler Competition............................................................... 34
International Telekom Beethoven Competition Bonn.................... 11 Eleanor Mccollum Competition..................................................... 35
International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition . .......... 12 Monte Carlo Piano Masters............................................................ 35
William C. Byrd Young Artist Competition..................................... 12 National Association of Teachers of Singing Competitions............. 36
The 1st International Chopin Competition on The Walter W. Naumburg Foundation............................................ 37
Period Instruments.................................................................. 13 Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Music Composition.................. 37
National Chopin Piano Competition of the USA............................. 14 NEP Call for Scores......................................................................... 38
Cleveland International Piano Competition................................... 14 The New York International Piano Competition............................. 38
Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition and Festival......... 15 The 12th International Oboe Competition of Japan 2018
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Sixteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition................ 16 in Tokyo.................................................................................... 39
Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition.......................... 16 The 10th Osaka International Chamber Music Competition........... 40
Concours Musical International de Montréal—CMIM................... 17 PianoArts...................................................................................... 40
Thomas and Evon Cooper International Competition.................... 18 Queen Elisabeth Competition—Belgium – Brussels.................... 41
Discover National Chamber Music Competition............................. 18 The Queen Sonja International Music Competition....................... 42 BRAVO TO OUR VIOLIN 2016 PRIZEWINNERS
Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition.............................. 19 Rapido!® A 14-Day Composition Contest....................................... 42
Fleischmann International Trophy Competition............................. 20 The 16th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano BOMSORI KIM AYANA TSUJI MINAMI YOSHIDA
Forte International Music Competition.......................................... 20 Master Competition................................................................. 43 2ND PRIZE 1ST PRIZE 3RD PRIZE
Geneva International Music Competition...................................... 21 Schoenfeld International String Competition (or SISC).................. 44
The 16th International Edvard Grieg Piano Competition . ............. 21 Franz Schubert and Modern Music................................................ 45
International Music Competition Harbin ...................................... 22 Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition................. 45
The Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition.................... 23 The Solti Foundation U.S............................................................... 46
Michael Hill International Violin Competition................................ 23 Sphinx Competition...................................................................... 46
2019 Hilton Head International Piano Competition....................... 24 Stulberg International String Competition.................................... 47 ELIGIBILITY
Honens International Piano Competition...................................... 25 Toru Takemitsu Composition Award 2018...................................... 47 Born 1990 or later
International Violin Competition of Indianapolis........................... 26 Rosalyn Tureck International Bach Competition............................ 48
52nd International Vocal Competition ’s-Hertogenbosch.............. 27 34th Valsesia Musica International Competition 2018................... 48 TRANSPORTATION
Jensen Foundation Vocal Competition........................................... 27 VSA International Young Soloists.................................................. 49 AND ACCOMMODATION
Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover......... 28 Wideman International Piano Competition................................... 49 FROM MAY 26 TO JUNE 6 provided by the CMIM
Kerikeri International Piano Competition (New Zealand).............. 28 16th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition............ 50 FINALS & GALA
IX Fritz Kreisler Violin Competition................................................ 29 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition............... 50 CONCOURSMONTREAL.CA with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
The Kuleshov International Piano Festival and Competition.......... 29 Wigmore Hall/Independent Opera
The Lotte Lenya Competition........................................................ 30 International Song Competition............................................... 51
The Gerda Lissner Foundation in Association Young Concert Artists International Auditions.............................. 51
with the Liederkranz Foundation............................................. 31

AGO/ECS PUBLISHING AWARD IN THE AMERICAN PRIZE NATIONAL NONPROFIT
CHORAL COMPOSITION COMPETITIONS IN THE PERFORMING ARTS
The competition seeks outstanding compositions ELIGIBILITY The American Prize provides evaluation, recognition, DETAILS
for SATB chorus and organ in which the organ plays The competition is open to all composers except and reward to America’s finest performing artist Travel covered? No
a distinctive and significant role; requirements vary AGO/ECS past winners. Membership in the AGO is ensembles and composers based on recorded Frequency Annual
for each competition. There is a $2000 cash prize not required. performances. No age limits. The American Prize has First prize Less than $10,000
and publication by ECS Publishing. awarded over $50,000 in cash prizes since 2010. Smallest prize Less than $5,000
ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Organ • SATB chorus Additional prize Performances
MAIN OFFICE 25 Hamilton Drive, Suite 100 Jury chair David Katz
475 Riverside Drive, Suite 1260 DETAILS The Opera Cottage
Travel covered? No Jury size 1 to 5
New York, NY 10115 Danbury, CT 06811 Application fee $45
UNITED STATES Frequency Biennial UNITED STATES
First prize Less than $10,000 Application deadline June 30, 2018
212-870-2310 203-746-2694
email website Jury chair(s) Not provided email website Application notes
Jury size 1 to 5 Final deadline for composers, chamber musicians,
Application deadline July 1, 2018 ELIGIBILITY instrumental soloists, classical vocalists and pianists
Open to all U.S. citizens, regardless of age or is April 30, 2018; for conductors, ensembles, stage
Application notes domicile. Separate categories for professional,
Deadline subject to change. directors, arts administrators, and American music
college/university, community, and high school age performance is June 30, 2018.
COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? solo musicians and ensembles.
✖ Not open to the public SEMIFINALS & FINALS (live rounds)
ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES The American Prize judges recorded performances
Conducting • Piano • Strings • Voice • Orchestra only, submitted via online links or on disc.
• Chorus • Band • Opera or Music Theater Company
COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
✖ Not open to the public
Social links

THE AZRIELI MUSIC PRIZES
The biennial Azrieli Music Prizes (AMP) offer
Azrieli
opportunities for the creation, performance,
recording, and celebration of new orchestral
Music Prizes
Jewish music by awarding two $50,000 prizes: the Jury chair
international Azrieli Prize for recent existing works Aaron Jay Kernis, Composition Faculty, Yale University
and the Azrieli Commission for the creation of a Additional jurors
new work of Jewish music. Boris Brott, Music Director, Brott Music Festival Creating, performing and celebrating
and McGill Chamber Orchestra; Neil Levin, Artistic
MAIN OFFICE Director, Milken Archive of Jewish Music; Steven
excellence in new Jewish music
22 St. Clair Avenue West, Suite 202 Mercurio, Conductor, past Music Director, Spoleto
Toronto, ON M4T 2S3 Festival; Ana Sokolovic, Composition Faculty,
CANADA University of Montreal
416-322-5928 Jury size 1 to 5
email website Application deadline November 5, 2017
ELIGIBILITY Application notes
The Azrieli Prize is open to the international music Submission deadlines for the 2020 AMP award cycle
community. Works on a Jewish theme can be will be announced in February 2019.
nominated by individuals and institutions of all
nationalities, faiths, backgrounds, and affiliations, FINALS (live rounds)
and submitted to the AMP Jury through the open Winner’s Gala Concert held biennially in mid-
call for scores. Work may have been premiered October on even years in Montreal, CA. The 2018
within 10 years of the award date, but must not AMP Gala Concert will take place October 15,
have a significant performance history, and must 2018 at Maison Symphonique de Montréal with
not have been commercially recorded. the McGill Chamber Orchestra and soloists Rachel
Mercer (cello) and Erica Goodman (harp) under
The Azrieli Commission is open to Canadian com- guest conductor Yoav Talmi.
posers with the aim of encouraging creative and
critical engagement with the question, “What is COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
Jewish Music?” It is awarded to a Canadian com- ✖ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed
poser who proposes a response that displays the ✔ Finals ✖ Finals streamed
utmost creativity, artistry and musical excellence.
PAST COMPETITION WINNERS
The winning score and proposal are chosen by an The 2016 Azrieli Commission: Brian Current for his
international panel of experts. Seven Heavenly Halls
Congratulations to our 2018 winners:
The 2016 Azrieli Prize: Wlad Marhulets for his
ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Composition Klezmer Clarinet Concerto
Kelly-Marie Murphy, Azrieli Commission
The 2018 Azrieli Commission: Kelly-Marie Murphy for a and Avner Dorman, Azrieli Prize.
DETAILS
Travel covered? Yes double-concerto for cello, harp and orchestra inspired
Each receives $50,000, a world premiere
Frequency Biennial by Sephardic Music from across the diaspora.
gala performance and a professional
First prize $10,000 to $50,000 Social links recording of their prize-winning work.
Additional prizes Performances,
Recording
GINA BACHAUER INTERNATIONAL GINA BACHAUER INTERNATIONAL ARTIST PIANO COMPETITION, cont’d
ARTIST PIANO COMPETITION Germany; Douglas Humpherys, USA; Daejin Kim, COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
Korea; Gabriel Kwok, Hong Kong; Ursula Oppens, US; ✔ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed
The Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition ELIGIBILITY Artists ages 19-32 Logan Skelton, US ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed
was the first competition to use a single elimination Jury size 6 to 10
ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Piano Application fee $200 Social links
format. All Bachauer competitors perform in two
separate rounds and, as there are no requirements DETAILS Application deadline October 15, 2017
of repertory, competitors are free to display their Travel covered? No SEMIFINALS (live rounds)
artistry and virtuosity. Frequency Quadrennial June 18-19, 2018, Rose Wagner Performing Arts
MAIN OFFICE First prize $10,000 to $50,000 Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation Smallest prize Less than $5,000
Additional prizes FINALS (live rounds)
138 West Broadway, Suite 220
Performances, Recording June 22-23, 2018, Abravanel Hall, Salt Lake City, UT.
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Jury chair(s) Not provided Finals take place with the Utah Symphony.
UNITED STATES
801-297-4250 Additional jurors
email website Natalya Antonova, Russia/USA; Angela Cheng,
Canada; Jane Coop, Canada; Bernd Goetzke,
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BARLOW ENDOWMENT FOR MUSIC COMPOSITION— BBC CARDIFF
PRIZE COMPETITION SINGER OF THE WORLD
The 2018 winning composer receives a $12,000 ELIGIBILITY BBC Cardiff Singer of the World is known throughout ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Voice
commission for a major new work of nine to 12 There are no restrictions with regard to musical the classical music world as one of the premiere
minutes for SATB unaccompanied choir. The work style, nationality, age, gender, race, religion, or showcases for young professional singers at DETAILS
is performed by consortium of choirs: BYU Singers political persuasion. The only limitations are: 1) the start of their careers. It is broadcast on BBC Travel covered? Yes
(Utah), Seraphic Fire (Florida), and The Crossing composers who have won the Barlow Prize in the Television, Radio and online, and can be seen and Frequency Annual
(Pennsylvania). previous five years will not be considered; and 2) heard throughout the world. First prize $10,000 to $50,000
members of the Barlow Boards are not eligible. Smallest prize Less than $5,000
MAIN OFFICE MAIN OFFICE Additional prize Performances
A-501 HFAC ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Composition BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Jury chair
Brigham Young University Music Department Room E4113 David Pountney CBE, Artistic Director, Welsh
Provo, UT 84602 DETAILS BBC Cymru Wales National Opera
UNITED STATES Travel covered? No Broadcasting House Jury size 1 to 5
801-422-2818 Frequency Annual Llandaff Application deadline June 30, 2018
email website First prize $12,000 Cardiff CF5 2YQ
Additional prize Performances Wales Application notes
Jury chair(s) Not provided UNITED KINGDOM The BBC reserves the right to extend the closing
Jury size 6 to 10 +44 303 0802855 date.
Application deadline June 1, 2018 email website SEMIFINALS (live rounds)
Application notes ELIGIBILITY Main Prize Preliminary Rounds:
This deadline is a RECEIPT deadline, NOT mailing Open to singers of any nationality, at the beginning Four concerts June 16-19, 2019, St. David’s Hall,
deadline. of their professional careers, who will have probably Cardiff, Wales, UK
studied at a conservatory of music or equivalent. Song Prize Preliminary Rounds:
FINALS (live rounds) Four recitals June 15-17, 2019, Royal Welsh College
Notification of winners will be announced on the Entrants must have been born between June 23,
1986, and June 14, 2001. of Music and Drama, Cardiff, Wales, UK
website and Facebook by September 15 annually.
FINALS (live rounds)
COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? Main Prize Final: June 22, 2019
✖ Not open to the public St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Social links Song Prize Final: June 20, 2019
St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, Wales, UK
✔ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed
✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed
Social links
A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 10 musicalamerica.com • February 2018

INTERNATIONAL TELEKOM
BEETHOVEN COMPETITION BONN
The Competition focuses on works by Beethoven ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Piano
PIANOARTS 2018 NORTH AMERICAN
from every phase of his creative life, along with COMPETITION & MUSIC FESTIVAL
compositions by his predecessors, contemporaries, DETAILS
and successors. Candidates may add works of Travel covered? Yes
MAY 30 - JUNE 5, 2018
their choosing to the compulsory program. Next Frequency Biennial MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
competition will take place in December 2020. First prize €10,000 to €50,000
For pianists of any nationality, ages 16-21,
Smallest prize €5,000 to €10,000 living or studying full-time in North America
MAIN OFFICE Additional prize Performances
c/o Beethovenfest Bonn Jury chair 10 SEMIFINALISTS • OVER $27,000 IN PRIZES
CONCERTS • PIANOARTS FELLOWSHIPS
Kurt-Schumacher-Str. 3 Prof. Pavel Gililov, Artistic Director and Chairman of Carmen Knoll performing with MSO during
World-Renowned Jury
53113 Bonn the Jury North American Competition Awards Concert
Photography: Woodrow Leung John Perry, Ann Schein, Joyce Yang
GERMANY Jury size 6 to 10
+49 228 181 11 181 Application deadline May 15, 2020 APPLICATION: FEB. 9, 2018 / DVD SUBMISSION: FEB. 23, 2018
email website Associate
Finals Repertory requirements and schedule:
SEMIFINALS (live rounds) Conductor
with www.PianoArts.org • Info@PianoArts.org
Yaniv Dinur
ELIGIBILITY Rounds I-III will take place at the Telekom Zentrale in 414-962-3055
Pianists from all nations, as well as stateless persons, Bonn, Germany
who are between 18 and 32 years old at the time of
the competition are eligible. COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed
✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed 9th International Franz Liszt Piano
Social links
Competition Weimar-Bayreuth
30 October – 10 November 2018

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INTERNATIONAL HANS GABOR BELVEDERE WILLIAM C. BYRD
SINGING COMPETITION YOUNG ARTIST COMPETITION
Since 1982 the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Metropolian Opera New York, Executive Director, The William C. Byrd Young Artist Competition was ELIGIBILITY
Singing Competition has been one of the world’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program; started by William C. Byrd, conductor of the Flint Contestants cannot have an agent. Instrumentalists
best networked singing competitions with Olga Kapanina, Opera Bolshoi Moscow, Casting Di- Symphony Orchestra, for the purpose of helping must be younger than 31 on the day of the Byrd
qualifying rounds in more than 70 cities worldwide rector; Constanze Könemann, Staatsoper Hamburg, launch careers for young musicians. Following his Competition, and vocalists must be younger than 35
each year. The singers are judged by a jury of Operndirektorin; Zigmars Liepinš, Latvian National untimely death, the St. Cecilia Society of Flint, MI, on the day of the Competition.
artistic and casting directors from the world’s most Opera and Ballet Riga, General Director; Joan Mata- has continued to sponsor the annual competition.
prestigious opera houses. bosch, Teatro Real Madrid, Artistic Director; Chris- ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Piano
toph Meyer, Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf MAIN OFFICE
MAIN OFFICE c/o Flint Institute of Music DETAILS
- Duisburg; Generalintendant; Hein Mulders, Aalto Travel covered? No
Seidengasse 32/3/52 Theater und Philharmonie Essen, Intendant; Björn 1025 East Kearsley Street
1070 Vienna Flint, MI 48503 Frequency Annual
Peters, Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden - Semperoper First prize Less than $10,000
AUSTRIA Künstlerischer Betriebsdirektor; Christoph Seuferle, UNITED STATES
+43-664-24 36 797 810-964-9399 or 810-793-0538 Smallest prize Less than $5,000
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Operndirektor; Alard von Additional prize Performances
email website Rohr. A pro just classics / Festliche Operngala der email website
Jury chair(s) Not provided
ELIGIBILITY Deutschen AIDS-Stiftung, Geschäftsführer / Künstl. Jury size 1 to 5
Singers (males/females) born in or after 1986 of all Leiter; Michael Williams, Cape Town Opera, Manag- Application fee $75
nationalities are invited to enter the competition. ing Director; Diane Zola, Houston Grand Opera, Application deadline January 7, 2019
See the rules on our website for more details. Director of Artistic Administration
Jury size 11 or more SEMIFINALS (live rounds)
ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Voice Application fee €42 registration fee; March 2, 2019 (day), Flint Institute of Music, Flint, MI
DETAILS €168 finals fee FINALS (live rounds)
Travel covered? No Application deadline May 1, 2017 March 2, 2019 (evening), Flint Institute of Music,
Frequency Annual SEMIFINALS (live rounds) Flint, MI
First prize Less than €10,000 Enrollment: 1st rounds & semifinals from
Additional prize Performances COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
June 3-10, 2018 at Dzintari Concert Hall, Jurmala, ✔ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed
Jury chair Latvia
John Mordler, Opera Monte Carlo, Artistic Director ✔ Finals ✖ Finals streamed
(retired) FINALS (live rounds)
Additional jurors Finals with orchestra on June 10, 2018 at Dzintari
David Agler, Wexford Festival Opera, Artistic Di- Concert Hall, Jurmala, Latvia
rector; Dmitrij Bertman, Helikon Opera Moscow, COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
Artistic Director; Heribert Germeshausen, Theater ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed
Dortmund, Opernintendant; David Gowland, Royal ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed
Opera House Covent Garden, Artistic Director, Jette
Parker Young Artists Programme; Michael Heaston, Social links

THE 1ST INTERNATIONAL
CHOPIN COMPETITION ON
PERIOD INSTRUMENTS
The aspiration to revive the authentic sound of
our brilliant composer’s music, which has borne
fruit in the form of this unique event, is one of the
fundamental ideas behind the work of The Fryderyk ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Piano
Chopin Institute.
DETAILS
MAIN OFFICE Travel covered? Yes
The Fryderyk Chopin Institute Frequency Annual
Tamka 43 First prize €10,000 to €50,000
00-355 Warszawa Smallest prize €5,000 to €10,000
POLAND Jury chair(s) Not provided
224416101 Additional jurors
email website Claire Chevallier; Nikolai Demidenko; Nelson
Goerner; Tobias Koch; Alexei Lubimov; Janusz
ELIGIBILITY
Olejniczak; Ewa Poblocka; Andreas Staier; Wojciech
Pianists representing a professional level of
Switala; Dang Thai Son
performance, aged 18 to 34 at the beginning of the
Jury size 11 or more
Competition.
Application fee €50
Application deadline May 1, 2018
Application notes
Applications submitted by mail must be postmarked
no later than May 1, 2018. Acceptance of the com-
pleted application will be confirmed by the Institute.
SEMIFINALS (live rounds)
September 8-10, 2018, Warsaw Philharmonic
September 12-13, 2018, Warsaw Philharmonic
Social links

NATIONAL CHOPIN PIANO COMPETITION OF THE USA CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION
The National Chopin Piano Competition (NCPC) is ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Piano Twenty-seven of the world’s most promising young DETAILS
open to U.S. pianists exclusively. It has been held concert pianists perform in multiple rounds for the Travel covered? Yes
every five years since 1975, always in Miami, FL, and DETAILS chance to appear with The Cleveland Orchestra Frequency Quadrennial
follows closely the rules of the International Chopin Travel covered? No in Severance Hall, more than $170,00 in prizes, First prize $10,000 to $50,000
Competition in Warsaw, Poland. Its top winners go Frequency Quinquennial (every management services, a CD recording, and NY Additional prizes
on to the Warsaw Competition automatically. five years) debut. A concurrent festival offers concerts, films, Performances, Management, Recording
First prize More than $50,000 concert talks, and panel discussions. Jury chair(s) Not provided
MAIN OFFICE Smallest prize Less than $5,000 Jury size 6 to 10
1440 79th Street Causeway, Suite 117 Additional prizes MAIN OFFICE Application fee TBA
Miami, FL 33141 Performances, Recording 20600 Chagrin Boulevard, Suite 1110 Application deadline December 1, 2019
UNITED STATES Jury chair Shaker Heights, OH 44122
305-868-0624 Kevin Kenner, faculty member of the Frost School of UNITED STATES FINALS (live rounds) TBA
email website Music at the University of Miami, FL 216-707-5397
Additional jurors TBA email website COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
ELIGIBILITY Jury size 6 to 10 ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed
The National Chopin Piano Competition is open to Application fee $100 ELIGIBILITY Pianists ages 18-30 ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed
U.S. pianists exclusively. Eligibility is determined Application deadline November 4, 2019
by the requirements of the International Chopin ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Piano Social links
Competition in Warsaw. SEMIFINALS (live rounds)
February 22-27, 2020, Miami-Dade County
Auditorium, Miami, FL 52nd International Jury
soprano
Vocal Competition
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
FINALS (live rounds) +\UQH=LQaV]Pǅ mezzo-soprano
February 29 and March 1, 2020, Miami-Dade County Opera | Oratorio Andrew Watts
Zizheng Yu
countertenor
tenor | Ningbo University China
Auditorium, Miami, FL 7-15 September 2018 Robert Holl bass | composer
COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? ’s-Hertogenbosch Joel Ethan Fried Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed Netherlands Eline de Kat Opéra de Monte-Carlo
Jesús Iglesias Noriega Dutch National Opera
✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed Evamaria Wieser Salzburger Festspiele
Social links
More than € 40,000 prize money plus engagements
Preliminary Rounds
05 & 06 February 2018 ·è}KǍ
17 & 18 February 2018 · Amsterdam
14 & 15 April 2018 · Ningbo
25 & 26 May 2018 · ’s-Hertogenbosch
23 June 2018 · Sulmona
Auditions also via YouTube
www.ivc.nu

CLIBURN INTERNATIONAL
JUNIOR PIANO COMPETITION AND FESTIVAL
Quadrennial international competition for 13- to 17- ELIGIBILITY
year-old pianists held in Dallas, TX, on the campus Applications for the 2019 Junior Competition, as
of SMU and at Meyerson Symphony Center. All well as full requirements for candidates, will be
performances webcast live and on demand. Final available at Cliburn.org beginning March 1, 2018.
rounds with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Applicants must have been born between June 8,
2001, and May 31, 2006.
MAIN OFFICE
201 Main Street, Suite 100 ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Piano
Fort Worth, TX 76102
UNITED STATES DETAILS
817-738-6536 Travel covered? Yes
email website Frequency Annual
First prize $10,000 to $50,000
Smallest prize Less than $5,000
Jury chair Alessio Bax, pianist
Jury size 6 to 10
Application deadline January 10, 2019
SEMI FINALS
May 31-June 6, 2019, preliminary, quarterfinal, and
semifinal rounds, Southern Methodist University,
Dallas, TX
June 8, 2019, Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, TX
MICHAEL HILL INTERNATIONAL
✔ Semifinals
✔ Finals
✔ Semifinals streamed
✔ Finals streamed
VIOLIN COMPETITION
Social links
JUNE 2019. NEW ZEALAND
The world’s best emerging violin talent in the world’s most unique location.
Airfares provided for semi-finalists | Application deadline 15 November 2018
violincompetition.co.nz
2017 winner Ioana Cristina Goicea, Romania
Photo by Sheena Haywood

SIXTEENTH VAN CLIBURN CONCERT ARTISTS GUILD
INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION VICTOR ELMALEH COMPETITION
May 28 - June 12, 2021. Quadrennial international ELIGIBILITY The annual CAG Victor Elmaleh Competition is Piano • Strings • Voice •
piano competition held at Bass Performance Hall Age 18 to 30; first-prize winners of previous Cliburn open to instrumentalists and chamber ensembles All solo instruments and
in Fort Worth, TX. Cash awards: $50,000; $25,000; Competitions are not eligible to compete. performing classical and non-traditional repertoire. chamber ensembles
$15,000. Winners also receive three years of CAG offers comprehensive management services
comprehensive artist management services and ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Piano including concert bookings, commissions, record- DETAILS
tour booking, professional recording, publicity ing, and marketing and publicity support. Winners Travel covered? No
DETAILS Annual
services, more. Entire competition is professionally are presented at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall. Frequency
Frequency Quadrennial $5,000
web-streamed. First prize
First prize $50,000 MAIN OFFICE Additional prizes
MAIN OFFICE Smallest prize Less than $5,000 850 Seventh Avenue, PH-A Performances, Management
201 Main Street, Suite 100 Additional prizes New York, NY 10019 Jury chair Not provided
Fort Worth, TX 76102 Performances, Management, Recording UNITED STATES Jury size 6 to 10
UNITED STATES Jury chair(s) Not provided 212-333-5200 Application fee $125
817-738-6536 Jury size 6 to 10 email website Application deadline April 14, 2018
email website Application deadline October 15, 2020
ELIGIBILITY Application notes
FINALS (live rounds) Suggested age limit for individual singers and vocal The 2018 competition is open only to piano,
Piano: June 9-12, 2021, Bass Performance Hall, Fort ensembles is 35, maximum 40; for instrumentalists strings and voice. Early-bird deadline is March 31
Worth, TX and instrumental ensembles it is 30, maximum (save $25 on the application fee).
COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? 35. Applicants over suggested age limits must SEMIFINALS (live rounds)
✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed state why they feel they are in the early stages of a October 2018, New York City
professional career. Applicants with North American
✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed management are not eligible. FINALS (live rounds)
October 2018, in New York City
Social links Ensembles should have been in existence with the
same members for at least 12 months. COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
✖ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed
Social links

CONCOURS MUSICAL INTERNATIONAL DE MONTRÉAL— CONCOURS MUSICAL INTERNATIONAL DE MONTRÉAL—CMIM, cont’d
CMIM Jury chair SEMIFINALS (live rounds)

André Bourbeau, président of the jury and President Art Song semifinals, June 1, 2018, Bourgie Concert
The CMIM is one of the world’s most highly regarded ELIGIBILITY of CMIM Hall, Montréal, Canada
classical music competitions; it is the only one in Voice 2018 age limit: born in 1983 or later; Violin Additional jurors Aria semifinals, June 4-5, Maison symphonique,
North America to be held annually and to present 2019: born in 1990 or later; Piano 2020: born in 1990 Édith Bers; Ben Heppner; Soile Isokoski; Warren Montréal, Canada
three disciplines (voice, violin, piano) in a three- or later. Jones; François Le Roux; Dame Felicity Lott; Joseph
year rotation. Prizes total half-a-million dollars per Rouleau; Dame Kiri te Kanawa FINALS (live rounds)
ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES Piano • Voice • Strings Art Song finals, June 3, 2018 Bourgie Concert Hall,
cycle and winners benefit from many professional Jury size 6 to 10
opportunities. Montréal, Canada
DETAILS Application fee $117 (150$CAD)
Yes Application deadline December 15, 2017** Aria finals: June 7, 2018, Maison symphonique,
MAIN OFFICE Travel covered?
Annual Montréal, Canada
JMC/CMIM offices Frequency
$10,000 to $50,000 Application notes
305 Mont-Royal Avenue East First prize COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
Less than $5,000 Violin 2019 – To be announced (refer to
Montréal, QC H2T 1P8 Smallest prize ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed
concoursmontreal.ca); Voice 2018 – December
CANADA Additional prizes ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed
15, 2017** (**The application deadline for 2018
514-845-4108 Performances, Management, Recording
has passed; future applicants are referred to the Social links
email website competition website.)
GINA BACHAUER
INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS
PIANO COMPETITION
-81(ŧ
BBC CARDIFF SINGER OF THE WORLD 2019

Two Explosive Weeks
36 Competitors
APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN
Final Round with Utah Symphony
Deadline end of June 2018
Over $100,000 in Prizes
For details go to bbc.co.uk/cardiffsinger
Bachauer.com
Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center & Abravanel Hall
Tickets available at ArtSaltLake.org / 801.355.ARTS

THOMAS AND EVON COOPER DISCOVER NATIONAL
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION CHAMBER MUSIC COMPETITION
The Cooper International Competition alternates Additional jurors The Discover National Chamber Music Competition ELIGIBILITY
annually between piano and violin. The multi-round Angela Cheng, Professor of Piano, Oberlin Conserva- is designed to provide an educational as well as The competition is open to chamber ensembles of
competition, open to the public and live-streamed, tory; Alvin Chow, Professor of Piano, Oberlin Con- a competitive experience for young chamber three to eight musicians in 12th grade and younger.
is open to musicians ages 13-18. The competition servatory; Stanislav Ioudenitch, Professor of Piano, ensembles. Overall winning ensembles will each
culminates in a final round at Severance Hall, where Oberlin Conservatory; Daejin Kim, Professor of Piano receive a cash prize of $1000 and will perform on a ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES Piano • Strings • Voice
the top three competitors perform a full concerto at Korean National University of Arts and Music Di- Winners’ Recital in March. DETAILS
with The Cleveland Orchestra. rector of the Changwon Philharmonic Orchestra; Jon Travel covered? No
Nakamatsu, international performing and recording MAIN OFFICE
MAIN OFFICE 878 Lyster Road Frequency Annual
artist and faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory Additional prize Performances
Anna Hoffmann, Program Administrator of Music; Roberto Plano, international performing Highwood, IL, 60040
Oberlin Conservatory of Music UNITED STATES Jury chair(s) Not provided
and recording artist and Assistant Professor of Music Jury size 1 to 5
77 West College Street in Piano at Boston University; Haewon Song, Profes- 847-926-9898
Oberlin, OH 44074 email website Application deadline February 1, 2018
sor of Piano, Oberlin Conservatory; Martino Tirimo,
UNITED STATES international performing and recording artist FINALS (live rounds)
440-775-8044 Jury size 6 to 10 February 2017, Bennett Gordon Hall, Ravinia
email website Application fee $100 Festival, Highland Park, IL
ELIGIBILITY Application deadline April 15, 2018 COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
The competition is open to young pianists ages 13 SEMIFINALS (live rounds) ✖ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed
to 18 as determined by the competitor’s age as of July 14-16: Semifinals Round I and II, Oberlin ✔ Finals ✖ Finals streamed
July 14, 2018, and who have not won one of the top Conservatory, Warner Concert Hall in Oberlin, OH
three prizes in a previous Cooper competition. Social links
July 17: Concerto Round, Oberlin Conservatory,
ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES Warner Concert Hall in Oberlin, OH
Piano in even years; violin in odd years July 19: Honors Recital, Oberlin Conservatory,
Warner Concert Hall in Oberlin, OH
DETAILS
Travel covered? No FINALS (live rounds)
Frequency Annual July 18: Recital Finals, Oberlin Conservatory, Warner
First prize $10,000 to $50,000 Concert Hall in Oberlin, OH
Smallest prize Less than $5,000 July 20: Concerto Finals with The Cleveland
Additional prize Performances Orchestra, Severance Hall in Cleveland, OH
Jury chair (All finals broadcast live on WCLV-104.9 FM)
Robert Shannon, Professor of Piano, Oberlin COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
Conservatory ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed
Social links

FISCHOFF NATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC COMPETITION
Founded in 1973, the Fischoff National Chamber ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Chamber Music
Music Competition encourages young people to
pursue chamber music study and performance. DETAILS
Each year 49 ensembles of three to six players are Travel covered? No hannover
invited to participate in the Junior Division, Senior Frequency Annual

String Division, and Senior Wind Divisions. First prize $10,000 to $50,000
MAIN OFFICE Additional prize Performances
303 Brownson Hall Jury chair(s) Not provided
Notre Dame, IN 46556 Jury size 11 or more
UNITED STATES
574-631-0984
Application fee
Application deadline
$40 per person
February 28, 2018 PROMOTING EXCELLENCE
email website
ELIGIBILITY May 11-13, 2018, at the University of Notre Dame, Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover
Please click here to see a complete description. South Bend, IN October ��–��, ��
May 13, 2018, at the University of Notre Dame,
South Bend, IN
The three gold medalists from each division will June 2020
perform in a Grand Prize Concert immediately
The 10th NYIPC New York City
following the awards ceremony. New York International Ages 16–21
COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? Piano Competition®

• No elimination of any contestant Ensemble Prizes
Social links $6,000
throughout the Competition 1st Prize $10,000
Best performance of
• Open to pianists of all nationalities 2nd Prize $6,000
commissioned work
• Prizes and Awards totaling $50,000 3rd Prize $3,000 $1,500
4th Prize $2,000
• Concert and Recital Appearances Finalist Award to each of
the remaining contestants
• Seminars and Master Classes $1,000
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FLEISCHMANN INTERNATIONAL TROPHY COMPETITION FORTE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION
Each year some of the finest adult amateur ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Voice Forte International Music Competition is open to ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES
choirs compete for the prestigious Fleischmann piano, strings, woodwinds, brass, and vocalists ages Piano • Strings • Voice • Woodwinds • Brass
International Trophy. The selected choirs will also be DETAILS four to 35.
scheduled for a range of additional festival activities Travel covered? No DETAILS
throughout the week including fringe concerts and Frequency Annual MAIN OFFICE Travel covered? No
church and informal performances. First prize Less than €10,000 2733 Cropsey Avenue Frequency Annual
Smallest prize Less than €5,000 Brooklyn, NY 11214 First prize Less than $10,000
MAIN OFFICE Additional prize Recording UNITED STATES Smallest prize Less than $5,000
Civic Trust House Jury chair 718-755-2110 Jury chair(s) Not provided
50 Pope’s Quay Maria Gamborg Helbekkmo, Norway email website Jury size 1 to 5
Cork Additional jurors Application fee $140
IRELAND Mark Armstrong, Ireland; Mervyn Cousins, England; ELIGIBILITY Ages 4-35 Application deadline November 5, 2018
+353 21 421 5125 Maria Gamborg Helbekkmo, Norway; Zoltan Pad,
email website Hungary; Jean-Claude Wilkens, Belgium Application notes
Jury size 1 to 5 Early Bird deadline: Oct. 15; Late Fee deadline: Nov. 10
ELIGIBILITY Application fee €300
Open to any choir of international standing (except SEMIFINALS (live rounds)
Application deadline October 31, 2018 December, 2018, New York City, details TBA.
specifically children’s choirs); minimum of 20
voices, maximum of 60. Requirements: A program Application notes Competitors can also participate online in the
of a cappella music consisting of either three or Application for Fleischmann International Trophy preliminary and semi-final rounds. See website.
four contrasting works whose total duration is 10 Competition happens annually on 31st of October FINALS (live rounds)
to 12 minutes; a contrasting program of a piece each year. January/February 2019, Carnegie Hall, 154 West
composed before 1750, an original work by a living 57th Street, New York, NY
composer, and a work by a composer of the choir’s FINALS (live rounds)
native country. After final acceptance, a choir may The competition occurs on the Saturday of the COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
not change its program or the order. Festival in Cork’s City Hall, which happens annually ✖ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed
on the five days preceding the May Bank Holiday ✔ Finals ✖ Finals streamed
weekend.
Social links
✔ Finals ✖ Finals streamed
Social links

GENEVA THE 16TH INTERNATIONAL
INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION EDVARD GRIEG PIANO COMPETITION
Founded in 1939, the Geneva Competition is Jury chairs The competition will take place at Troldhaugen, Jury chair
one of the world’s leading international music Joaquín Achúcarro, Spain (piano), Sharon Kam, Israel Grieg’s picturesque home in Bergen, Norway, in Professor Einar Steen-Nøkleberg, Norway
competitions. It rotates annually among disciplines (clarinet) September 2018. Competitors will reside with host Additional jurors
and aims at discovering, promoting, and supporting Additional jurors families, and those who do not advance to the Jan Jiracek von Arnim, Germany; Leon McCawley,
young talented artists, giving them the necessary Piano: Hortense Cartier-Bresson, France; Peter Dono- Second Round and beyond will perform at a paid Great Britain; Ya-Fei Chuang, USA; Christian Ihle
tools to launch an international career. hoe, Great Britain; Kei Itoh, Japan; Björn Lehmann, concert in the Bergen area. Hadland, Norway; Noriko Ogawa, Japan; Lilya
Germany; Cédric Pescia, Switzerland; Andrei Pisarev, Zilberstein, Germany
MAIN OFFICE Russia; Clarinet:Jerry Chae, Korea; Michael Collins, MAIN OFFICE Jury size 6 to 10
Concours de Genève Great Britain; Lorenzo Coppola, Italy; Romain Guyot, KODE Edvard Grieg Museum Troldhaugen Application fee €100
International Music Competition France; Kari Kriikku, Finland; Richard Stolzman, USA Troldhaugveien 65 Application deadline April 20, 2018
Boulevard de Saint-Georges 34 / CP 268 Jury size 6 to 10 NO-5232 Paradis - Bergen
1211 – Genève 8 Application fee €212 NORWAY Application notes
SWITZERLAND Application deadline May 4, 2018 +47 55 92 29 92 The application and application fee must arrive by
+41 22 328 62 08 email website 23.59 CEST on April 20, 2018.
email website Application notes
Application deadline above is for piano & clarinet ELIGIBILITY SEMIFINALS (live rounds)
ELIGIBILITY competition 2018. The competition is open to pianists of all September 1-4, 2018, Rounds 1 and II, solo piano
Candidates born after November 8, 1988. nationalities born in the years 1985-2001. September 5, 2018, Semifinal, solo piano & chamber
SEMIFINALS (live rounds) music
ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES 2018: Piano • Clarinet Piano: November 4-5, 2018 - Geneva, Switzerland ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Piano Edvard Grieg Museum, Troldhaugen, Bergen, Norway
DETAILS Clarinet: November 11, 2018 - Geneva, Switzerland DETAILS FINALS (live rounds)
Travel covered? No FINALS (live rounds) Travel covered? No September 9, 2018, Piano soloist with the Bergen
Frequency Annual Piano: November 8, 2018 Geneva, Switzerland Frequency Biennial Philharmonic Orchestra (cond. Edward Gardner),
First prize $10,000 to $50,000 Clarinet: November 14, 2018, Geneva, Switzerland First prize €10,000 to €50,000 Grieg Hall, Bergen, Norway
Smallest prize Less than $5,000 Smallest prize Less than €5,000
Additional prizes COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? Additional prizes COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
Performances, Management, Recording ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed Performances, Recording ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed
✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed
Social links Social links

INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION HARBIN INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION HARBIN, cont’d
An international competition co-hosted by the ELIGIBILITY Application fee $100 COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
Harbin Municipal Government and Harbin Conser- Instrumentalist applicants must be between 20 and Application deadline TBA ✔ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed
vatory of Music for violinists, pianist, and vocalists 34 years old. Vocalist applicants may be up to 36 ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed
with a first prize of $50,000 for each category. years old. Application notes
The last competition was held January 12-26, 2018. Social links
MAIN OFFICE ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES Strings • Voice • Piano New deadlines and dates are TBA.
Room 519, Harbin Conservatory of Music
3179 XueZi Avenue, Songbei District DETAILS SEMIFINALS (live rounds)
Harbin 150028 Travel covered? Yes TBA at a location in Harbin, China. Please check the
CHINA Frequency Annual website for the most up-to-date information.
+86-0451-5859 7653 First prize $10,000 to $50,000
Smallest prize $5,000 to $10,000 FINALS (live rounds)
email website TBA at a location in Harbin, China. Please check the
Jury size 11 or more website.
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The 16th International 1ST PRIZE

Edvard Grieg Piano Competition 30 000 EURO
September 1–9 • 2018 • Bergen • Norway

Edvard Grieg Museum Troldhaugen
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
INTERNATIONAL
The foundation Stiftelsen Kristian Gerhard Jebsen SINGING COMPETITION
JURY: Einar Steen-Nøkleberg, chairman • Noriko Ogawa • Christian Ihle Hadland FOR YOUNG
Ya-Fei Chuang • Lilya Zilberstein • Jan Jiracek Von Arnim • Leon McCawley OPERA SINGERS 2018
Application deadline: April 20 • 2018 about 70 qualifying rounds
>> Sign up now at: www.griegcompetition.com worldwide – jury members of the
most important opera houses –
many engagements –
www.belvedere-competition.com final rounds 2018 in Jurmala, Latvia

THE MIRJAM HELIN MICHAEL HILL
INTERNATIONAL SINGING COMPETITION INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION
Quinquennial (every five years) international DETAILS The world’s best emerging violin talent in a unique DETAILS
voice competition held in Helsinki, Finland. One Travel covered? No world location. Travel covered? Yes
of the leading international singing competitions. Frequency Frequency Biennial
Designed for outstanding young singers, it is known Quinquennial (every five years) MAIN OFFICE First prize $10,000 to $50,000
for its high standard, exacting repertoire, superb First prize €10,000 to €50,000 PO Box 24657 Smallest prize Less than $5,000
prizes and prestigious Jury. Prizes total €173,000. Smallest prize €5,000 to €10,000 Royal Oak, Auckland 1345 Additional prizes
Streamed live online and televised by the Finnish Additional prizes NEW ZEALAND Performances, Recording
Broadcasting Company. Performances, Recording +64 9 639-2010 Jury chair Not provided
Jury chair email website Additional jurors
MAIN OFFICE Jorma Silvasti (tenor), Artistic Director of the Dale Barltrop; James Ehnes; Ning Feng; Isabella van
Finnish Cultural Foundation ELIGIBILITY
Savonlinna Opera Festival Violinists between the ages of 18-28 Keulen; Anthony Marwood; Wilma Smith.
Bulevardi 5A Additional jurors TBA Jury size 6 to 10
PO Box 203 Jury size 6 to 10 ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Strings Application fee $150
FI-00121 Helsinki Application fee None Application deadline November 15, 2018
FINLAND Application deadline November 30, 2018
+358 9 6128 1248 SEMIFINALS (live rounds)
email website SEMIFINALS (live rounds) May 31-June 3, 2019, Rounds I and II. Solo and piano
May 20-23, 2019, Helsinki Music Center, Helsinki, accompanied work performed by 16 semi-finalists,
ELIGIBILITY Finland. Competitors perform a 15-20-minute (max.) Queenstown Memorial Center.
Women born in 1989 or later and men born in 1987 recital June 5-6, 2019, Auckland Concert Chamber Rounds
or later are eligible to participate in the competition May 24-25, 2019, Helsinki Music Center, Helsinki, III. Mozart string quintets performed by top six semi-
in 2019, regardless of nationality. Finland. 16-20 competitors perform a 30-minute finalists.
ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Voice (max.) recital
FINALS (live rounds) June 8, 2019, Auckland Town Hall Final Round.
May 29, 2019, Helsinki Music Center, Helsinki, FI. Concerti performed by top three finalists.
Eight competitors perform two works with the
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
Hannu Lintu. ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed
✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed Social links
Social links

2019 HILTON HEAD
INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION
First prize winner receives $15,000 US plus recital at Additional jurors
Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall; return engagement Bruce Brubaker, Chair, Piano Department, New
with Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra and other England Conservatory of Music; Marian Hahn,
performance opportunities. Second Prize—$10,000; Singapore Conservatory Chair in Music, Peabody
Third prize—$5,000; Medalists (3)—$1000 each; Institute; Gabriel Kwok, Head of Piano Department,
Sascha Gorodnitzki Memorial Prize—$1000. Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts; Evans
Mirageas, Vice President of Artistic Planning and
Compose a 5-minute score MAIN OFFICE Operations for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
in just 14 days! Grand prize winner 2 Park Lane, Suite 300/301 (ASO) and The Harry T. Wilks Artistic Director of
gets cash prize, Hilton Head Island, SC 29928 Cincinnati Opera; Ronan O’Hora, Head of Keyboard
premieres of a new chamber work UNITED STATES Studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama;
in major American cities, 843-842-5880 Orli Shaham, pianist.
and a commission from the email website Jury size 6 to 10
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra!
ELIGIBILITY Pianists ages 18-30 Application deadline September 30, 2018
www.RapidoCompositionContest.com
ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Piano SEMIFINALS (live rounds)
March 11-16, 2019, Rounds I, II, and III, First
DETAILS Presbyterian Church, Hilton Head, SC
Travel covered? Yes
Frequency Annual FINALS (live rounds)
First prize $10,000 to $50,000 March 18, 2019, Round IV, First Presbyterian Church,
Smallest prize Less than $5,000 Hilton Head, SC
Additional prizes COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
Performances, Recording ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed
Jury chair ✔ Finals ✖ Finals streamed
Pavlina Dokovska, Coordinator of the Piano
Department at Mannes College The New School for Social links
Music, New York City

HONENS INTERNATIONAL
PIANO COMPETITION
Canada’s Honens International Piano Competition
takes place every three years and awards $100,000 Jurors
(CAD) and an Artist Development Program valued Inon Barnatan, Concert pianist, Inaugural Artist-in-
at a half-million dollars. Honens prepares its Association, New York Philharmonic 2016 to 2018;
Laureates for the rigors and realities of professional Ingrid Fliter, Concert pianist, 2006 Gilmore Award
careers in music and creates opportunities for Artist; Annette Josef, Managing Director, Munich
growth and exposure. Symphony Orchestra; Wu Han, Co-Artistic Director,
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center;
MAIN OFFICE André Laplante, Concert pianist, 2004 Juno Award
888 10 Street SW winner; Asadour Santourian, Vice President, Artistic
Calgary, AB T2P 2X1 Administration and Artistic Advisor, Aspen Music
CANADA Festival and School; Minsoo Sohn, 2006 Honens
403-299 0130 Prize Laureate, Professor of Piano, Korean National
email website University of Arts; Garrick Ohlsson, Mentor
ELIGIBILITY Jury size 6 to 10
Pianists of all nationalities aged 20 to 30 on August SEMIFINALS (live rounds)
30, 2018 may apply. Past Honens Laureates and August 30-September 3, 2018, Jack Singer Concert
professionally managed artists are not eligible. Hall at Arts Commons, Calgary, Canada
ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Piano FINALS (live rounds)
DETAILS September 6-7, 2018, Jack Singer Concert Hall at
Travel covered? Yes Arts Commons, Calgary, Canada
Frequency Triennial COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
First prize More than $50,000 ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed
Smallest prize Less than $5,000 ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed
Additional prizes
Performances, Management, Recording PAST COMPETITION WINNERS
Luca Buratto, piano, 2015;
Pavel Kolesnikov, piano, 2012:
Georgy Tchaidze, piano, 2009;
Minsoo Sohn, piano, 2006;
Xiang Zou, piano, 2003.
Social links

INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN
COMPETITION OF
INDIANAPOLIS The 10th Quadrennial
Hailed by musicians, media, and critics as one of the
world’s most important competitions for launching INTERNATIONAL
VIOLIN COMPETITION
a professional career in violin, “The Indianapolis” “The Indianapolis”
now celebrates its 10th Quadrennial Competition
to search the globe for the finest young talents and
might well be the
propel them onto the concert scene.
OF INDIANAPOLIS world’s leading
violin competition in
MAIN OFFICE
32 East Washington Street, Suite 1320 August 31 – September 16, 2018 terms of cumulative
Indianapolis, IN 46204 SEMIFINALS (live rounds) Jaime Laredo, Jury President
UNITED STATES September 7-10, 2018, Eugene and Marilyn Glick
prizes and career
Deadline for application: February 28, 2018
317-637-4574 Indiana History Center, 450 West Ohio Street, development for
email website Indianapolis, IN its winners.
ELIGIBILITY FINALS (live rounds)
Four Decades of Discovery – The Strad
Violinists of all nationalities born after September September 12-13, 2018, Classical Finals (with East Leonidas Kavakos
16, 1988 and before August 31, 2002 are invited to Coast Chamber Orchestra):, Howard L. Schrott “The Indianapolis” proudly Clara-Jumi Kang Marco Rizzi
participate. Center for the Performing Arts at Butler University, recognizes all of its Stefan Milenkovich Liviu Prunaru
4600 Sunset Avenue, Indianapolis, IN distinguished Laureates. David Chan Robin Sharp Bin Huang
ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Strings September 14-15, 2018, Finals (with Indianapolis Augustin Hadelich Dami Kim Sungsic Yang
DETAILS Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin, Guest David Kim Svetlin Roussev Yuval Yaron
Travel covered? Yes Conductor), Hilbert Circle Theater, 45 Monument Yuriko Naganuma Barnabás Kelemen
Frequency Quadrennial Circle, Indianapolis, IN Bella Hristova Ivan Chan Tessa Lark
First prize $10,000 to $50,000 Soyoung Yoon Benjamin Beilman
COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? Jinjoo Cho Nai-Yuan Hu Antal Zalai
Smallest prize Less than $5,000 ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed
Additional prizes www.violin.org Andrey Baranov Judith Ingolfsson
✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed Jaakko Kuusisto Susie Park
Performances, Management, Recording
Jury chair PAST COMPETITION WINNERS Haoming Xie Ida Kavafian
Jaime Laredo, Jury President Jinjoo Cho (2014) Soovin Kim Pavel Berman
Additional jurors Clara Jumi-Kang (2010)
Mihaela Martin Chin Kim
Pamela Frank (USA), Rodney Friend (UK), Dong-Suk Augustin Hadelich (2006)
Ye-Eun Choi Frank Huang
Ji Yoon Lee Juliette Kang
Kim (South Korea), Cho-Liang Lin (USA), Mihaela Barnabas Kelemen (2002)
Alina Pogostkina Andrew Haveron
Martin (Romania), Dmitry Sitkovetsky (Russia), Judith Ingolfsson (1998)
Simone Lamsma Yoojin Jang Andrés Cárdenes
Arnold Steinhardt (USA), Kyoko Takezawa (Japan) Celeste Golden Boyer Annick Roussin
Jury size 6 to 10 Social links
Yura Lee Virginie Robilliard Sergey Khachatryan
Application fee $125 Kyoko Takezawa Ji Young Lim Michiko Kamiya
Application deadline February 28, 2018 Martin Beaver Ju-Young Baek Olivier Charlier

52nd INTERNATIONAL VOCAL COMPETITION JENSEN FOUNDATION
’S-HERTOGENBOSCH VOCAL COMPETITION
Sole classical vocal competition in the Netherlands Additional jurors The Jensen Foundation auditions 100 of America’s ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Voice
that involves opera and oratorio, as well as art song Dunja Vejzovic, mezzo-soprano; Andrew Watts, most promising young opera singers and chooses
for singer/ pianist duos. Much attention paid to countertenor; Zizheng Yu, tenor and senior 12 to perform in its Finals Competition. Singers DETAILS
20th-century and contemporary music. Finals with professor Nanjing Normal University; Robert Holl, compete for more than $40,000 in awards, including Travel covered? No
symphony orchestra, master classes, media training, bass | composer; Joel Ethan Fried, artistic director $15,000 for first place. Frequency Annual
feedback from jury members, career development, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam; Eline First prize $10,000 to $50,000
accommodation at host families. de Kat, artistic coordinator Opéra de Monte-Carlo; MAIN OFFICE Smallest prize Less than $5,000
Jesús Iglesias Noriega, head of artistic affairs Dutch 220 North Tryon Street Jury chair(s) Not provided
MAIN OFFICE National Opera Amsterdam; Evamaria Wieser, Charlotte, NC 28202 Jury size 1 to 5
Prins Bernhardstraat 8 Salzburger Festspiele UNITED STATES Application fee $25
5211 HE ’s-Hertogenbosch Jury size 6 to 10 704-641-4691 Application deadline March 18, 2018
THE NETHERLANDS Application fee email website
+31736900999 SEMIFINALS (live rounds)
€35 (preliminary rounds), €130 (main competition) ELIGIBILITY May 21-24, 2018, Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55
email website Application deadlines Singers between the ages of 25 and 35, who have Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
ELIGIBILITY March 20-April 25, 2018 (see individual preliminary not placed first, second, or third in a past Jensen
The IVC is open to candidates of all nationalities. deadlines below) Competition, are eligible. Applicant must be a FINALS (live rounds)
Singers wishing to take part must have completed permanent legal resident of the U.S.; must not May 26, 2018, Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55
SEMIFINALS (remaining eligible preliminary Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
conservatory training or have reached an equivalent rounds) have been or be contracted for a principal role with
level of training. Age limits: born in 1988 or later China: April 14 & 15, Ningbo University; application an OPERA America Budget Level I company or its COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
(ladies); born in 1986 or later (gentlemen). All deadline, March 20, 2018 international equivalent. See website for details. ✖ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed
candidates must be at least 18 years of age. Netherlands: May 25 & 26, Theater aan de Parade ✔ Finals ✖ Finals streamed
ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES ’s-Hertogenbosch; application deadline, April 25, 2018 Social links
Voice • Opera • Oratorio Italy: June 23, 2018, Teatro Maria Caniglia, Sulmona;
application deadline, June 1, 2018
DETAILS YouTube or DVD recording: Jury viewing April/May,
Travel covered? Yes 2018; application deadline, June 1, 2018
Frequency Annual
First prize €10,000 to €50,000 FINALS (live rounds)
Smallest prize Less than €5,000 September 7-15, 2018, ’s-Hertogenbosch,
Additional prizes Netherlands
Performances, Recording COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
Jury chair ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed
Social links

JOSEPH JOACHIM KERIKERI INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION
INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION HANNOVER (NEW ZEALAND)
Since 1991, Stiftung Niedersachsen has been DETAILS Selection from the general pool of applicants DETAILS
presenting the Joseph Joachim International Violin Travel covered? Yes is by video recording. A total of 15 pianists will Travel covered? No
Competition Hannover. Winners receive impressive Frequency Triennial compete in Rounds I and II, with four finalists Frequency Biennial
monetary prizes, a three-year loan of a Guadagnini First prize More than €50,000 chosen. First prize is NZ$15,000; some assistance First prize $10,000 to $50,000
violin, performance opportunities, and CD recording Smallest prize Less than €5,000 may be available for travel costs; home-stay Smallest prize Less than $5,000
distributed worldwide. Additional prizes accommodation is provided (if required). Jury chair(s) None
Performances, Recording Additional jurors
MAIN OFFICE Jury chair MAIN OFFICE Soo-Jung Shin, Professor Emeritus, Seoul National
Stiftung Niedersachsen Professor Krzysztof Wegrzyn (non-voting) 29 Jennings Road University. South Korea; Phillip Shovk, Lecturer in
Künstlerhaus Jury size 6 to 10 RD2 Piano and Accompaniment, Sydney Conservatorium
Sophienstraße 2 Application fee €100 Kerikeri 0295 of Music. Australia; Awadagin Pratt, Professor of
30159 Hannover Application deadline May 30, 2018 NEW ZEALAND Piano, College-Conservatory of Music, University of
GERMANY email website Cincinnati, USA
email website SEMIFINALS (live rounds) Jury size 1 to 5
October 18-21, Hanover University of Music, Drama ELIGIBILITY
ELIGIBILITY Contestant must have been born on or after Application fee $123 (US); NZ$175
and Media, Hanover, Germany. Six semifinalists will Application deadline May 14, 2018
JJV Hannover 2018 welcomes violinists of all nations reach the final rounds. September 28, 1990.
born between October 27, 1990 and October 13, 2002. Application notes
FINALS (live rounds) ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Piano
ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Strings Deadline is midnight May 14, 2018, New Zealand
October 22-26, Hanover University of Music, Drama time.
and Media and NDR Landesfunkhaus, Hanover,
Germany. Each finalist will perform first violin in a SEMIFINALS (live rounds)
string quintet, as well as a violin concerto with the September 27-29, 2018, Rounds I & II, Turner Center,
NDR Radiophilharmonic Orchestra. Kerikeri, New Zealand
COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? FINALS (live rounds)**
✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed September 30, 2018, Turner Center, Kerikeri
**No music should be repeated from any rounds of
Social links the competition.
Social links

IX FRITZ KREISLER VIOLIN COMPETITION THE KULESHOV INTERNATIONAL
The most important violin competition in Austria, DETAILS PIANO FESTIVAL AND COMPETITION
organized in Vienna every four years, will take place Travel covered? No
September 20-30, 2018, with the Gala Final being Frequency Quadrennial The Kuleshov Festival and Competition is a biennial ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Piano
hosted in the beautiful Golden Hall of Vienna’s First prize Less than €10,000 piano competition for high school and college
students ages 15-24 held on the campus of the DETAILS
Musikverein. The finalists will perform together with Smallest prize Less than €5,000
University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond, OK. Travel covered? No
the ORF-Radio Symphonic Orchestra conducted by Additional prizes
Participants and audiences enjoy a weekend of Frequency Biennial
Johannes Wildner. Performances, Recording
guest artist recitals, discussions, master classes, and First prize Less than $10,000
MAIN OFFICE competition performances. Smallest prize Less than $5,000
Jury size 6 to 10
PO Box 76 Jury chair
Application fee €70
A-1030 Vienna MAIN OFFICE Sallie Pollack, Associate Professor of Collaborative
Application deadline June 15, 2018
AUSTRIA The University of Central Oklahoma Piano, UCO
+43 664 2400714 | +43 699 10547442 | +43 699 SEMIFINALS (live rounds) School of Music Additional jurors
17310770 September 20-22, 2018, Round I, eight recitals in 100 North University Drive Petronel Malan, international concert artist ; Eugene
email website Haydn Hall, University of Music and Performing Arts, Edmond, OK 73034 Skovorodnikov, international concert artist; Steve
Vienna UNITED STATES Betts, Southern Nazarene University
ELIGIBILITY September 23-25, 2018, Semifinal, eight recitals in 405-974-5948 Jury size 1 to 5
All young violinists from 14 to 30 years of age. Haydn Hall, University of Music and Performing Arts, email website Application fee $50
ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Strings Vienna Application deadline January 15, 2018
ELIGIBILITY Ages 15-24
FINALS (live rounds) SEMIFINALS (live rounds)
September 27, 2018, Final I, two recitals in Brahms February 24, 2018, University of Central Oklahoma,
Hall, Musikverein Vienna Edmond, OK
September 30, 2018, Gala final, Great Hall (Golden
Hall), Musikverein Vienna
February 25, 2018 University of Central Oklahoma,
COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? Edmond, OK
Social links ✔ Finals ✖ Finals streamed

THE LOTTE LENYA COMPETITION
THE THOMAS & EVON A unique international theater singing contest ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Voice
COOPER that emphasizes wide-ranging repertoire and the

acting of songs and arias within a dramatic context.
The competition recognizes young singer/actors
DETAILS
Travel covered? Yes
INTERNATIONAL
who are dramatically and musically convincing in Frequency Annual
repertoire ranging from opera to contemporary First prize $10,000 to $50,000
Broadway to the works of Kurt Weill. Smallest prize Less than $5,000
COMPETITION
MAIN OFFICE Jury size 1 to 5
The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music Application deadline January 22, 2018
7 East 20th Street, 3rd Floor
Application notes
Piano 2018 July 12-20 New York, NY 10003
UNITED STATES The deadline to submit a video audition for the
preliminary round is January 22, 2018.
212-505-5240
email website SEMIFINALS (live rounds)
ELIGIBILITY March 8-9, 2018, Manhattan School of Music, New
Open to singer/actors of all nationalities, ages York, NY
19–32. FINALS (live rounds)
For ages 13-18 April 14, 2018, Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of
Music, Rochester, NY
FIRST PRIZE: $20,000 COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
$40,000 in total cash prizes ✖ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed
Finals with The Cleveland Orchestra Social links
Broadcast live on WCLV 104.9 FM
APPLICATION DEADLINE: APRIL 15

More information at www.oberlin.edu/cooper RO GER MA ST R O I AN N I
Ryota Yamazaki,
2016 First Prize

THE GERDA LISSNER FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL FRANZ LISZT
IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE LIEDERKRANZ FOUNDATION PIANO COMPETITION
Winners are granted awards ranging from $ 1,000 to ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Voice One of the world’s most prestigious piano ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Piano
$ 15,000 based upon placement in the competition. competitions, it is also known for the thorough and
A total of $100,000 will be awarded in prizes. The DETAILS professional support it offers young musicians. The DETAILS
winners concert is May 6, 2018, in Zankel Hall at Travel covered? No Competition is devoted entirely to the piano works Travel covered? Yes
Carnegie Hall. Frequency Annual of Franz Liszt. Frequency Triennial
First prize $10,000 to $50,000 First prize €10,000 to €50,000
MAIN OFFICE Smallest prize Less than $5,000 MAIN OFFICE Smallest prize $5,000 to $10,000
15 East 65th Street Jury chair Ganzenmarkt 14 Additional prizes
New York, NY 10065 Stephen De Maio, President 3512 GD Utrecht Performances, Management, Recording
UNITED STATES Jury size 6 to 10 THE NETHERLANDS Jury chair(s) Not provided
212-826-6100 Application deadline +316966144 Jury size 6 to 10
email website March 1, 2018, 5 p.m. EST email website Application deadline May 1, 2019
ELIGIBILITY Application notes ELIGIBILITY SEMIFINALS (live rounds)
General Division 21-35 years of age only; Wagnerian Handwritten applications are not accepted. Open to professional pianists between the ages of April 2020
Division 30-45 years of age only. 19 and 29.
SEMIFINALS (live rounds) FINALS (live rounds)
General Division: April 2-5, 2018; Wagnerian Division April 2020
April 6, 2018,
Liederkranz Foundation, 6 East 87th Street, New COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
York, NY ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed
Both Divisions: April 7, 2018, the Liederkranz Social links
Foundation, 6 East 87th Street, New York, NY

INTERNATIONAL FRANZ LISZT PIANO COMPETITION LONG THIBAUD CRESPIN
WEIMAR-BAYREUTH INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
Franz Liszt, after whom the competition and the Jury chair The Long Thibaud Crespin International DETAILS
University of Music in Weimar is named, always Prof. Gerlinde Otto, Weimar Competition is a piano, violin, and singing Travel covered? No
felt obligated to support young artists. He was Additional jurors competition open to young musicians from all over Frequency Annual
significantly more than “just” a piano virtuoso and Rolf-Dieter Arens, Germany (from the 2nd round the world. For more than 70 years, it has been a First prize €10,000 to €50,000
composer: He worked over a period in Weimar. onwards); Aquiles delle Vigne, Belgium; Gabriel highlight of the local, national, and international Smallest prize Less than €5,000
Kwok, Hong Kong; Natalia Trull, Russia; Michael season. The 2018 violin competition is taking place Additional prize Performances
MAIN OFFICE Wladkowski, France; Makoto Ueno, Japan; Muza under Renaud Capuçon’s artistic direction. Jury chair
Hochschule für Musik Rubackyte, Lithuania; Wolfgang Döberlein, Germany Renaud Capuçon, violinist
FRANZ LISZT Weimar (1st round) MAIN OFFICE Additional jurors
Competition Office Jury size 6 to 10 32 avenue Matignon Kolja Blacher; James Ehnes; Martin Engströem;
Platz der Demokratie 2/3 Application fee €100 75008 Paris Liana Gourdjia; Jean-Jacques Kantorow; Guillaume
D-99423 Weimar Application deadline March 15, 2018 FRANCE Sutre; Akiko Suwanaï; Yan-Pascal Tortelier; Maxim
GERMANY +33 1 42 66 66 80 Vengerov; Qian Zhou.
+49 (0)3643 555 150 SEMIFINALS (live rounds) email website Jury size 11 or more
email website October 31 - November 3, 2018, Round I, Musikschule Application fee €100
Bayreuth, Richard-Wagner-Saal, Bayreuth, Germany ELIGIBILITY
ELIGIBILITY The 2018 competition is open to young violinists Application deadline March 15, 2018
May 11 - June 11, 2018, Round II, University of Musik
Pianists of all nationalities up to 31 years old. FRANZ LISZT Weimar, Festsaal Fürstenhaus, Weimar of all nationalities, born after January 1, 1988. FINALS (live rounds)
November 7, 2018, Semifinals, University of Musik Pre-selections in 10 cities all over the world are November 7, 2018 (recital), November 9, 2018
ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Piano organized before the three final rounds in Paris.
FRANZ LISZT Weimar, Festsaal Fürstenhaus, Weimar (concerto). Auditorium Radio France, Paris, France
DETAILS ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES Piano • Strings • Voice
Travel covered? No FINALS (live rounds) COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
Frequency Triennial November 9, 2018, with the Staatskapelle Weimar ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed
First prize €10,000 to €50,000 conducted by Christian Thielemann, Weimar, ccn ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed
Smallest prize Less than €5,000 Weimarhalle
November 10, 2018, laureate concert, Saal im Social links
Additional prize Performances
Gemeindehaus, Bayreuth, Germany
Social links

LYON INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC COMPETITION LYON INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC COMPETITION, cont’d
Member of the WFIMC. More than 900 chamber ELIGIBILITY Additional jurors SEMIFINALS (live rounds)
artists have taken part to the CIMCL from 2004. All nationalities, artists under 35 years old. Natalia Gutman, cello (Münich); Emmanuel Hondré, April 12, 2018, Piano trio, Université Lumière Lyon 2,
Broadcast on France musique radio and streaming concert managing director in Philharmonie (Paris); Lyon, France
on NoMadMusic. A large audience follows the ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES Piano • Strings • Voice Sergey Kravchenko, violin (Moscow); Avedis
competition in the most beautiful halls of the Opéra Kouyoumdjian, piano (Wien); Niklas Schmidt, cello FINALS (live rounds)
DETAILS April 13, 2018, Piano trio, Université Lumière Lyon 2,
Auditorium, Université Hall, Lyon. Travel covered? No (Hambourg); Susan Tomes, piano (Edinburgh); Jean-
Marc Phillips-Varjabedian, violin (Paris). Lyon, France
MAIN OFFICE Frequency Annual
First prize €10,000 to €50,000 Jury size 6 to 10 COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
54 Rue du 1er Mars 1943 Application fee €180
69100 Villeurbanne Smallest prize Less than €5,000 ✔ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed
Additional prizes Application deadline January 15, 2018 ✔ Finals ✖ Finals streamed
FRANCE
+33 6 52 14 80 45 Performances, Recording Application notes
Jury chair(s) Social links
email website Not provided January (approximately) of each year.
William C. Byrd
Young Artist Competition
Saturday, March 2, 2019
Auditions 8am ~ 5pm
Finals 7pm
Flint Institute of Music
Flint, Michigan
Sponsored by the St. Cecilia Society,
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First Prize - $6,000 and a performance with the
Flint Symphony Orchestra
Second Prize - $2,500
Plus Three $1,000 Finalist Prizes
Application deadline will be January 7, 2019

www.ByrdArtists.com
M-PRIZE CHAMBER ARTS COMPETITION THE MAHLER COMPETITION
The M-Prize aims to identify and showcase the ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES The competition is one of the most important ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Conducting
highest caliber of international chamber arts Piano • Strings • Voice • Winds • Open events of its kind anywhere in the world. It has
ensembles; provide a world-class performance and (ensembles of any instrumentation/genre) attracted entries from more than 1,600 young DETAILS
adjudication platform for the chamber arts; launch conductors of all nationalities. Only 65 candidates Travel covered? Yes
and advance the careers of chamber ensembles; DETAILS have been invited to Bamberg to compete and of Frequency Triennial
develop the breadth and depth of the chamber arts Travel covered? No those, barely 12 have made it to the finals. First prize €10,000 to €50,000
landscape. Frequency Annual Smallest prize €5,000 to €10,000
First prize More than $50,000 MAIN OFFICE Additional prizes
MAIN OFFICE Smallest prize Less than $5,000 Bamberger Symphoniker - Bayerische Performances, Management
M-Prize Chamber Arts Competition Additional prize Performances Staatsphilharmonie Jury chair TBA
University of Michigan School of Music, Jury chair Not provided Mussstrasse 1 Jury size 11 or more
Theatre & Dance Jury size 11 or more D-96047 Bamberg Application deadline October 31, 2018
1100 Baits Drive Application deadline January 15, 2018 GERMANY
Ann Arbor, MI 48109 +49 951 964 7100 Application notes
UNITED STATES FINALS (live rounds) email website Please check our website for more information.
email website May 6, 2018: The M-Prize Winner is announced
during the gala concert at Hill Auditorium, Ann ELIGIBILITY SEMIFINALS (live rounds)
ELIGIBILITY Arbor, MI. Conductors not older than 35 years on January 1, 2020, Konzerthalle, Bamberg, Germany
Junior Division: 18 years and under. Senior Division: 2020. FINALS (live rounds)
average age does not exceed 35, with no individual COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
✔ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed 2020, Konzerthalle, Bamberg, Germany
member over 40 years of age. Ensembles must have
two to 10 members with one member per part. ✔ Finals ✖ Finals streamed COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
Ensembles may not include conductors. Please see Social links ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed
full eligibility requirements on the M-Prize website. ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed
Social links

ELEANOR MCCOLLUM COMPETITION MONTE CARLO PIANO MASTERS
The Eleanor McCollum Competition and Concert of DETAILS Reserved to the finalist of the international Frequency Annual
Arias is the primary recruitment tool for the Houston Travel covered? Yes competitions. One single final prize. First prize €10,000 to €50,000
Grand Opera Studio. Applicants can be considered Frequency Annual Jury chair(s) Not provided
for the HGO Studio, the Competition, or both, and First prize Less than $10,000 MAIN OFFICE Jury size 6 to 10
applicants do not need to be a prize winner to be Smallest prize Less than $5,000 45 rue La Boétie Application fee
invited to the Studio. Jurors 75008 Paris €50 (pre-inscription) and for the competition (€150)
Patrick Summers, Perryn Leech, and a guest judge FRANCE Application deadline June 1, 2018
MAIN OFFICE Jury size 1 to 5 +330674826280
510 Preston Street Application deadline September 23, 2018 email website SEMIFINALS (live rounds)
Houston, TX 77002 October 3-4, 2018, Opéra de Monte Carlo, MC
UNITED STATES Application notes ELIGIBILITY
713-546-0227 Applications for the 2018-19 Studio and the For artists up to 40 years old and finalists of the FINALS (live rounds)
email website 2018 Eleanor McCollum Competition are closed; international competitions. October 6, 2018, with orchestra, Opéra de Monte
applications for the 2019-20 Studio and the 2019 Carlo, Monte Carlo
ELIGIBILITY ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES Piano • Strings • Voice
Eleanor McCollum Competition will be announced COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
All classical singers of any age and nationality; the in summer of 2018. DETAILS
application requests that singers over the age of 30 ✔ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed
Travel covered? Yes ✔ Finals ✖ Finals streamed
explain why the HGO Studio is the next step in their SEMIFINALS (live rounds)
careers. November-December 2018, preliminary auditions
in Houston, Cincinnati, Los Angeles, Philadelphia,
ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Voice and New York. January 2019, semi-final auditions in
Houston.
FORTY-FIFTH ANNUAL
Late January 2019, culminating in the Eleanor
McCollum Competition and Concert of Arias on
FISCHOFF
February 1, 2019.
NATIONAL CHAMBER
✖ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed MUSIC COMPETITION
Social links May 11-13, 2018
DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
University of Notre Dame
Entry Deadline: February 28

www.fischoff.org

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF TEACHERS OF SINGING
COMPETITIONS
MAIN OFFICE
9957 Moorings Drive, Suite 401
Jacksonville, FL 32257 Frequency Annual
UNITED STATES Cash prizes More than $5,000
904-992-9101 Application deadline December 1, 2018
email website
NATS NATIONAL MUSIC THEATER COMPETITION
NATS ARTIST AWARDS (NATSAA) As the first national competition for music theater
The biennial NATS Artist Awards competition is soloists, winners are finding success on Broadway,
designed to assist singers prepared to launch a national tours, and theaters across the country.
professional career.
ELIGIBILITY
ELIGIBILITY All singers age 20-28 as of September 15, 2019. NATSAA
Applicant must be at least 21 but not more than NATS Artist Awards
35 years of age as of September 5, 2019; either the Frequency Biennial Competition for Singers
applicant or his/her teacher for the last year must Cash prizes More than $14,000 More than $50,000 in prizes; launching
be a full or associate member of NATS for at least Application deadline September 15, 2019 careers of classical singers since 1955
one year prior to September 5, 2019. SEMIFINALS and FINALS (live rounds)
Frequency Biennial January 2020 (date and location TBA)
Cash prizes More than $50,000
NATS NATIONAL STUDENT AUDITIONS The first national competition
Application deadline September 5, 2019
Originally for classical repertoire only, auditions for the music theater soloist
SEMIFINALS and FINALS (live rounds) have been expanded to music theater and (in even- A competition to stimulate the with more than $14,000 in prizes
creation of quality vocal literature A national round of evaluation
January 2020 (date and location TBA) numbered years) the Hall Johnson Spirituals. with more than $35,000 in prizes
ELIGIBILITY LIVE
NATS ART SONG COMPOSITION AWARD
Student singers advance through NATS Regional JOURNAL
The NATS Art Song Composition Award program’s
Auditions, which take place at varying times OF SINGING
LEARNING
purpose is to stimulate the creation of quality
vocal literature through the cooperation of singer throughout the year. The official journal of NATS A dynamic database of voice CENTER
since 1944, with a complete and voice science resources
and composer. The performance of the first-place Frequency Annual
digital library on nats.org for all levels of learning
winning composition will be premiered in 2020. Cash prizes More than $35,000 View session recordings online
ELIGIBILITY Application deadline April 13, 2018 from past NATS conferences
Competition is open to any composer. The work and workshops
SEMIFINALS and FINALS (live rounds)
must be: a song cycle, group of songs, or extended June 22 and June 24 at the University of Nevada, Las
single song approximately 15 minutes in length; for Vegas, as part of the 55th NATS National Conference
single voice and piano; to a text written in English,
for which the composer has secured copyright
in Las Vegas. WWW.NATS.ORG
clearance; composed within the last two years (after Social links NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF SINGING
Jan. 1, 2017).
2018-NATS-LOGO-AD-6.375x6.875-4C - NATS - Musical America.indd 1 1/10/2018 1:12:32 PM
THE WALTER W. NAUMBURG MICHAEL LUDWIG NEMMERS
FOUNDATION PRIZE IN MUSIC COMPOSITION
Prize includes a cash award, two fully subsidized DETAILS In 2003, the Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music ELIGIBILITY
New York recitals, and a commissioned work. Travel covered? No at Northwestern University established the Michael Any living classical composer of any nationality may
Frequency Quadrennial Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Music Composition, be nominated, preferably by recognized authorities
MAIN OFFICE First prize $10,000 to $50,000 a biennial award of $100,000 honoring classical in the field, via email to the Selection Committee
120 Claremont Avenue Smallest prize $5,000 to $10,000 music composers. Northwestern sponsors four at nemmersmusic@northwestern.edu. Nominators
New York, NY 10027 Additional prize Performances other Nemmers Prizes, in economics, mathematics, must email from their professional affiliations;
UNITED STATES Jury chair(s) Not provided medical science, and earth sciences. anonymous nominations are acceptable. The winner
917-493-4040 Jury size 11 or more must be available for a two- to three-week residency
email website Application deadline TBA MAIN OFFICE at Northwestern University and able to interact with
Bienen School of Music faculty and students. Former or present members of
ELIGIBILITY FINALS (live rounds) Northwestern University
The competition is open to violinists of every the Northwestern University faculty and employees
TBA, early in 2019 Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra are not eligible.
nationality. The competitors may not be under the for the Musical Arts
age of 18 years or over 31. COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? 70 Arts Circle Drive ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Composition
✔ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed Evanston, IL 60208
ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES Piano • Strings ✔ Finals ✖ Finals streamed DETAILS
UNITED STATES
email website Travel covered? Yes
Frequency Biennial
First prize More than $50,000
Additional prize Performances
next event Jury size 1 to 5
SEPTEMBER Application deadline February 1, 2018
2018 COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?

COMPETITION DATES
26 - 30 September 2018
Kerikeri | Northland | New Zealand
Open to pianists of any nationality

born on or after 28 September 1990
ENTRIES CLOSE – 14 May 2018

TOTAL PRIZE POOL NZ$32,000
Judges: Soo-Jung Shin (South Korea),
Phillip Shovk (Australia), Awadagin Pratt (USA) New Zealand
www.kipc.nz

NEP CALL FOR SCORES THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION
Since 1985, the New England Philharmonic has ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Composition A first in the world of competitions and a unique DETAILS
been one of few orchestras of its size in the country feature of the NYIPC, no participant is eliminated Travel covered? No
with a Composer-in-Residence program that holds DETAILS throughout the competition. The Foundation Frequency Biennial
an annual Call for Scores competition, receiving Travel covered? No presents a cash award to each of the contestants First prize $10,000 to $50,000
submissions from around the world. Winning scores Frequency Annual not receiving a major prize. The NYIPC includes Smallest prize Less than $5,000
are performed on one of our season’s programs. First prize None seminars, master classes, ensemble playing, and Additional prize Performances
Jury chair(s) Not provided concert and recital appearances. Jury chair Tong Il-Han
MAIN OFFICE Jury size 1 to 5 Additional jurors
PO Box 231168 Application fee $40 MAIN OFFICE Lydia Artymiw, Ian Hobson, John O’Conor, Esther
Boston, MA 02123 Application deadline April 30, 2018 The Stecher and Horowitz Foundation Park, Erik Tawastjerna
UNITED STATES 119 West 57th Street, Suite 1401 Jury size 6 to 10
855-463-7445 Application notes New York, NY 10019
The $40 application fee must accompany each score Application fee $150
email website UNITED STATES Application deadline December 4, 2017
submitted. The winner will be announced by June 212-581-8380
ELIGIBILITY 15, 2018. email website COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
Scores will be accepted from emerging composers. ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed
Scores should be no longer than 15 minutes in COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? ELIGIBILITY
✖ Not open to the public ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed
duration. Concertos, vocal works, and works for Open to pianists of all nationalities. Applicants must
string orchestra, woodwind, or brass ensemble are Social links be between the ages of 16 and 21 during the time Social links
not eligible. Instrumentation may include up to the of the competition.
following: 3 flutes (1 doubling piccolo); 3 oboes (1
doubling English horn); 3 clarinets (1 doubling bass ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Piano
clarinet); 3 bassoons (1 doubling contrabassoon);
4 horns, 3 trumpets; 3 trombones (3rd is bass
trombone); 1 tuba; 1 timpanist; 3 percussions; harp;
piano/celesta; strings.

THE 12TH INTERNATIONAL
OBOE COMPETITION OF JAPAN 2018 IN TOKYO
Established by the Sony Music Foundation in 1985, DETAILS
this unique competition is solely dedicated to the Travel covered? Yes
oboe, with past winners becoming international Frequency Triennial
soloists or principals in world-renowned orchestras. First prize $10,000 to $50,000
A member of the World Federation of International Smallest prize Less than $5,000
Music Competitions. Additional prize Performances
Jury chair
MAIN OFFICE Hansjörg Schellenberger (Oboist, Conductor)
Secretariat of THE 12th INTERNATIONAL OBOE Additional jurors
COMPETITION OF JAPAN 2018 in Tokyo Maurice Bourgue (Oboist); Ken-ichi Furube (Principal
c/o Sony Music Foundation Oboist, New Japan Philharmonic); Gordon Hunt
SME-Rokubancho Building (Principal Oboe, London Chamber Orchestra, former
4-5, Rokubancho, Chiyoda-ku Principal Oboe, Philharmonia Orchestra, Conductor);
Tokyo 102-8353 Yoshiaki Obata (Professor at Tokyo University of
JAPAN the Arts); Dwight Parry (Principal Oboist, Cincinnati
+81-3-3515-5261 *Please use email for inquiries Symphony Orchestra); Masaru Yoshida (Principal
email website Bassoonist, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra,
ELIGIBILITY Tokyo)
Aged 18-30; anyone born between January 1, 1988, Jury size 6 to 10
and December 31, 2000, is eligible, except for past Application deadline March 13, 2018*
first-prize winners of this Competition. 20–29 May 2019
Application notes
*Application must arrive by this date, Japan time
Helsinki
ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Oboe Prizes to be awarded
in both categories:
September 29, 30, 2018, Round I I 30 000 €
Categories: II 20 000 €
October 2-4, 2018, Round II
Women born in 1989 or later III 15 000 €
Tokyo Opera City Recital Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Men born in 1987 or later IV 10 000 €
October 6, 2018, Final Round and Award Ceremony, Deadline for application: Special and
Kioi Hall, Tokyo, Japan 30 November 2018 engagement prizes

✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed THE MIRJAM HELIN INTERNATIONAL SINGING COMPETITION
P.O.Box 203, FI-00121 Helsinki ∙ Phone: +358 9 6128 1248 ∙ info@mirjamhelin.fi
✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed www.mirjamhelin.fi

THE 10TH OSAKA PIANOARTS
INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC COMPETITION Finalists have four rehearsals: with second pianist, Jury chair
conductor, chamber ensemble, and orchestra prior Joyce Yang, concert pianist
The Osaka International Chamber Music DETAILS to performing a full concerto with the Milwaukee Additional jurors
Competition has two sections: Section I is for the Travel covered? Yes Symphony Orchestra. Contestants are provided John Perry: concert pianist, professor at Glenn Gould
string quartet. Section II is for other groups, such as Frequency Triennial with classes on engaging audiences with concert School; Ann Schein: concert pianist, master teacher,
wind ensemble, piano trio, etc. First prize $10,000 to $50,000 conversations. During the concurrent festival, all visiting professor; Jean Barr: professor, chamber
Smallest prize $5,000 to $10,000 perform community concerts. music at Eastman School of Music; Jacob Ertl:
MAIN OFFICE Additional prizes
2-2-33, Shiromi Chuo-ku professor at Nazareth College, Piano Artist; Jeannie
Performances, Recording MAIN OFFICE Yu: pianist at Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Osaka, 540-8510 Jury chair TBA 2642 North Summit Avenue
JAPAN Jury size 6 to 10
Additional jurors TBA Milwaukee, WI 53211 Application fee $125
81-6-6947-2184 Jury size 6 to 10 UNITED STATES
email website Application deadline February 9, 2018
Application fee None 414-962-3055
ELIGIBILITY Application deadline October 20, 2019 email website Application notes
Ensembles of musicians of any nationality whose Preliminary round video submission is due on
Application notes ELIGIBILITY February 23, 2018.
members are 35 years old or younger. Specific dates TBA For pianists, ages 16-21, of any nationality, living or
ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES Strings • Piano studying full time in North America. SEMIFINALS (live rounds)
SEMIFINALS & FINALS (live rounds) June 1, 2018, ten pianists perform non-eliminating
May, 2020, Izumi Hall, Osaka, Japan ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Piano solo recitals
COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? DETAILS June 3, 2018, pianists perform a collaborative recital
✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed Travel covered? No with a partner from the Milwaukee Symphony
✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed Frequency Biennial Orchestra.
First prize $10,000 to $50,000 FINALS (live rounds)
Social links Smallest prize Less than $5,000 June 5, 2018, three pianists perform complete
Additional prize Performances concertos with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.
Social links

QUEEN ELISABETH
COMPETITION—
BELGIUM – BRUSSELS
Established in 1951 on the initiative of Her Majesty QUEEN ELISABETH COMPETITION
Queen Elisabeth of Belgium as a successor to the
Eugène Ysaÿe Competition, the Queen Elisabeth DETAILS
Competition very soon became one of the leading Travel covered? Yes
international competitions for violinists, pianists, Frequency Annual
violin
First prize More than €50,000
singers, and, in 2019, violin.
Additional prizes 2019
29/04 → 25/05/2019
MAIN OFFICE Performances, Recording
Rue aux Laines, 20 Jury chair Mr. Arie Van Lysebeth
B-1000 Brussels Jury size 11 or more
BELGIUM Application fee €100
+32 2 213 40 50 Application deadline
piano
email website December 6, 2018 (violin) 2020
ELIGIBILITY SEMIFINALS (live rounds)
The Queen Elisabeth International Music
Competition of Belgium is holding sessions
Voice: May 4-5, 2018
Violin: May 6-11, 2019 04 → 30/05/2020
for pianists, violinists, singers, and cellists. This Piano May 4-16, 2020
competition is for musicians who have completed Place Flagey, Elsene, Brussels, Belgium
cello
their training and who are ready to embark upon
an international career. The competition is open FINALS (live rounds) 2021
to candidates of all nationalities, who are aged Voice: May 10-12, 2018
03 → 29/05/2021
at least 18 and who have not yet reached the Violin: May 20-25, 2019
age of 30 for the instrumental sessions and 32 for Piano: May 25-30, 2020
the voice competition. Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
voice
ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES Voice • Strings • Piano
2022
PAST COMPETITION WINNERS
Piano 2013: Boris Giltburg [Israël] 10 → 21/05/2022
Voice 2014: Hwang Sumi [Korea] soprano
Violin 2015: Lim Ji Young [Korea]
Piano 2016: Lukas Vondracek [Czech Republic]
Cello 2017: Victor Julien-Laferrière [France] www.qeimc.be — @qeimcbelgium
Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium
Social links Info : rue aux Laines 20, B-1000 Brussels [Belgium], tel : +32 2 213 40 50 – info@qeimc.be

THE QUEEN SONJA RAPIDO!®
INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION 14-DAY COMPOSITION CONTEST
Through exposure to an international jury of DETAILS Rapido!,® a 14-day composition contest, was DETAILS
influential figures within the opera world, master Travel covered? No founded by the Atlanta Chamber Players & Travel covered? Yes
classes with award-winning professionals, and Frequency Biennial The Antinori Foundation in 2009 to promote Frequency Biennial
considerable cash prizes, participation in The Queen First prize $10,000 to $50,000 new chamber music compositions. The contest First prize Less than $10,000
Sonja International Music Competition offers young Smallest prize Less than $5,000 challenges composers of all ages to submit an Smallest prize Less than $5,000
artists a valuable kick-start to their careers. Additional prize Performances original chamber work of four to six minutes Additional prize Performances
Jury chair TBA composed in just 14 days, following a specific theme Jury chair
MAIN OFFICE Additional jurors TBA and instrumentation. Robert Spano, Music Director, Atlanta Symphony
Universitetsgaten 14 Jury size 6 to 10 Orchestra
0164 Oslo Application fee $100 MAIN OFFICE Additional jurors TBA
NORWAY Application deadline April 1, 2019 PO Box 5438 Jury size 1 to 5
+47 22 99 21 05 Atlanta, GA 31107 Application fee $40
email website SEMIFINALS (live rounds) UNITED STATES Application deadline May 15, 2018
August 15, 16, 2019, preliminary rounds, the 404-594-3445
ELIGIBILITY Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo, Norway email website Application notes
Singers of all nationalities born after January 1, 1987, August 18, 2019, semifinal rounds, the Norwegian June 4-17, 2018 is the competition/submission of
can apply to take part in the 2019 Competition. Academy of Music, Oslo, Norway ELIGIBILITY composition.
The contest is open to composers of any age and
ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Voice FINALS (live rounds) level of experience who are residents or full-time SEMIFINALS (live rounds)
August 23, 2019, the Norwegian National Opera & student residents of one of the 50 United States. October-November 2018
Ballet, Oslo, Norway Boston, Dallas, Detroit and West Coast; details TBA
ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Mixed Ensemble
COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? FINALS (live rounds)
✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed January 2019, Atlanta, GA
Social links ✔ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed
Social links

MTNA THE 16TH ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN
INTERNATIONAL PIANO MASTER COMPETITION
2018–19 Music Teachers National Association With past winners including Daniil Trifonov, DETAILS
Student Competitions Kirill Gershtein, and Emanuel Ax, the Rubinstein
International Piano Master Competition is among
Travel covered?
Frequency
Yes
Triennial
The MTNA student competitions provide educational experiences and recognize exceptionally the most prestigious competitions in the world. It First prize $10,000 to $50,000
talented young artists and their teachers in their pursuit of musical excellence. The three-tiered MTNA awards over $120,000 in cash prizes, and provides Smallest prize Less than $5,000
competitions begin at the state level. State first-place winners and representatives advance to an free hotel accommodation; the next competition is Additional prize Performances
online-only video submission division competition. Division winners compete in the national finals scheduled for spring 2020. Jury chair
at the MTNA National Conference in Spokane, Washington, March 16–20, 2019. Prof. Arie Vardi, Pianist, Conductor, and Piano
MAIN OFFICE Pedagogue
The competitions are divided into five age groups: Elementary (ages 5–10; composition only), 12 Huberman Street Jury size 11 or more
Junior (ages 11–14), Senior (ages 15–18) and Young Artist (ages 19–26) and Tel Aviv 6407510 Application fee $150
Chamber Music (average age 18–26). ISRAEL Application deadline October 1, 2019
Competitions include Composition, Brass, Piano, String, Voice, Woodwind and Chamber Music. 972-3-6856684
email website SEMIFINALS (live rounds)
The deadline to apply for the 2018–2019 MTNA student competitions is Spring 2020, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 27 Shaul
September 12, 2018. For more information, visit www.MTNA.org ELIGIBILITY Hamelech Blvd, Tel Aviv, Israel
The competition is open to pianists of all
nationalities. Age limit: 18-32 years of age. FINALS (live rounds)
Spring 2020, Charles Bronfman Auditorium, 1
ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Piano Huberman Street, Tel Aviv, Israel
33rd Annual Call for Scores Social links
Open now through April 3O

NEP will perform
winning composition
during the
2O18-19 season.
For details: www.NEPhilharmonic.org/call-for-scores

SCHOENFELD
INTERNATIONAL STRING
COMPETITION (OR SISC)
Schoenfeld International String Competition was
founded in 2013 in honor of the violinist Alice ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES
Schoenfeld and her late sister, the cellist Eleonore Strings • Chamber Music: Piano Trio, Piano Quartet,
Schoenfeld, both legendary performers and String Quartet
pedagogues. With the support of the Foundation,
we continue to build a multifaceted platform DETAILS
for gifted violinists, cellists, and chamber music Frequency Biennial
performers. First prize $10,000 to $50,000
MAIN OFFICE Additional prizes
217 East Magna Avenue Performances, Management, Recording
Arcadia, CA 91006 Jury chairs
UNITED STATES David Cerone (Violin), David Geringas (Cello)
626-823-5886 Additional jurors TBD
email website Jury size 11 or more
ELIGIBILITY Application deadline March 31, 2018
Open to competitors from all nations. Previous 1st SEMIFINALS (live rounds)
prize winner resubmission will not be accepted. Age Harbin Conservatory of Music, Harbin, China
limit: not over 30.
Harbin Concert Hall / Harbin Grand Theatre, Harbin,
China
Social links

FRANZ SCHUBERT SHANGHAI ISAAC STERN
AND MODERN MUSIC INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION
Its uniqueness is the combination of traditional DETAILS The second biennial Shanghai Isaac Stern DETAILS
and contemporary music so that not only the Travel covered? No International Violin Competition (SISIVC), Shanghai’s Travel covered? Yes
participants but also the audience gets in touch Frequency Triennial world-class violin competition, will be held August Frequency Biennial
with both genres. Participants will perform First prize Less than €10,000 10 - September 1, 2018, in Shanghai, China. The First prize More than $50,000
contemporary pieces that are results of composition Additional prizes competition has a grand prize of $100,000 USD. Smallest prize $5,000 to $10,000
competitions established for this event. Performances, Management, Recording Additional prizes
Jury chair(s) Not provided MAIN OFFICE Performances, Recording
MAIN OFFICE Jury size 6 to 10 No. 1380 Middle Fuxing Road Jury chairs
Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Application fee €140-280 Shanghai David Stern & Vera Tsu Weiling
Leonhardstraáe 15 Application deadline October 5, 2017 CHINA Additional jurors
A-8010 Graz email website Zakhar Bron; Martin Campbell-White; Glenn
AUSTRIA SEMIFINALS (live rounds) Dicterow; Augustin Dumay; Daniel Heifetz;
+43 316 389-1900 February 24, 25, 2018, Trio for Piano, Violin and ELIGIBILITY
The Competition is open to all participants between Emmanuel Hondré; Sreten Krstic; Weigang Li;
email website Violoncello, MUMUTH (House of Music and Music Siqing Lu; Dora Schwarzberg; Philip Setzer; Maxim
Drama), Graz, Austria the ages 16 and 32.
ELIGIBILITY Vengerov; Lina Yu
February 25, 2018, Duo for Voice and Piano, Palais ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Strings Jury size 11 or more
Born after February 28, 1982. Meran, Graz, Austria Application fee $100
ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES Piano • Strings • Voice February 25, 2018, Lied,Theater im Palais (T.i.P.), Application deadline January 31, 2018
Graz, Austria
FINALS (live rounds) August 18 - 24, 2018, Shanghai Symphony Hall,
February 27, 2018, All configurations, MUMUTH Shanghai, China
(House of Music and Music Drama), Graz, Austria
COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? August 30 - September 1, 2018, Shanghai Symphony
✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed Hall, Shanghai, China
Social links ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed
Social links

THE SOLTI FOUNDATION U.S. SPHINX COMPETITION
The foundation was established to honor the ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Conducting The Sphinx Competition offers young Black and DETAILS
memory of legendary conductor Sir Georg Solti and Latino classical string players a chance to compete Travel covered? No
his dedication to helping young artists. The Solti DETAILS under the guidance of a renowned panel of judges. Frequency Annual
Conducting Fellow receives $25,000 and door- Travel covered? No Its primary goals are to encourage, develop, and First prize $10,000 to $50,000
opening introductions, professional mentoring, and Frequency Annual recognize classical music talent in the Black and Smallest prize Less than $5,000
introductions to Lyric Opera of Chicago and Chicago First prize $10,000 to $50,000 Latino communities. Additional prizes
Symphony Orchestra. A separate, Solti Foundation Jury chair Performances, Management
U.S. Career Assistance Award of varying amounts is Elizabeth Buccheri, Chair, Artistic and Awards MAIN OFFICE Jury chair Not provided
also available. Committee 400 Renaissance Center, Suite 2550 Jury size 6 to 10
Jury size 1 to 5 Detroit, MI 48243 Application fee $35
MAIN OFFICE Application deadline January 15, 2018 UNITED STATES Application deadline November 5, 2018
The Solti Foundation U.S. 313-877-9100 x712
1555 Sherman Avenue, Suite 310 SEMIFINALS (live rounds) email website Application notes
Evanston, IL 60201 No live rounds sphinx.myreviewroom.com
UNITED STATES ELIGIBILITY
FINALS (live rounds) The competition is open to Black and Latino string SEMIFINALS (live rounds)
847-448-8329 No live rounds
email website players of high school, junior high school, or college January 31, 2019, Detroit, MI
COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? age residing in the U.S.
ELIGIBILITY FINALS (live rounds)
✖ Not open to the public ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Strings February 3, 2019, Detroit, MI
Applicants must be: A career-ready artist in the field
of conducting; developing a career as a symphonic/ Social links COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
operatic conductor; a citizen or permanent resident ✔ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed
of the U.S.; and no more than 38 years of age as of ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed
January 15, 2018.
Social links
The award will be based on the following:
Professional experience in the field of conducting;
demonstration of advanced conducting technique;
a written proposal for use of the funds (see
Application Requirements).

STULBERG INTERNATIONAL STRING COMPETITION TORU TAKEMITSU COMPOSITION AWARD 2018
Established in 1975, the Stulberg is one of the ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Strings Cash award of 3,000,000JPY (about $27,000) each ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Composition
longest-standing string competitions in the country. year. The judge may withhold the prize. The com-
Its uniqueness stems from its focus on young string DETAILS posers whose works are selected to be performed at DETAILS
musicians, its strong reputation, and the high caliber Travel covered? No the final selection will be invited to attend. Travel covered? Yes
of judges. Frequency Annual Frequency Annual
First prize Less than $10,000 MAIN OFFICE First prize $10,000 to $50,000
MAIN OFFICE Smallest prize Less than $5,000 3-20-2 Nishi Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku Smallest prize Less than $5,000
359 South Kalamazoo Mall, Suite 14 Additional prize Performances Tokyo 163-1403 Jury chair Unsuk Chin
Kalamazoo, MI 49007 Jury chair(s) Not provided JAPAN Jury size 1 to 5
UNITED STATES Additional jurors +81 3 5353 0770 Application fee Free
269-343-2776 Aaron Dworkin, Anthony Ross, Scott St. John email website Application deadline September 28, 2018
email website Jury size 1 to 5
Application fee $125 ELIGIBILITY Application notes
ELIGIBILITY Application deadline February 1, any year Any person, regardless of nationality, who is not Please submit two copies of the bound score,
Open to all students of violin, viola, cello, or double over 35 years old at the end of the year his/her together with a completed entry form. The above
bass around the world who are under the age of SEMIFINALS & FINALS (live rounds) application is submitted. deadline is for receipt of both, by 6 p.m., Japan time.
20 on January 1, prior to that year’s competition. May 18, 2018, semifinals (day) and finals (evening),
Proof of date of birth will be required if selected as Dalton Center Recital Hall, Western Michigan FINALS (live rounds)
a semifinalist. Current students of that year’s judges University, Kalamazoo, MI May 27, 2018, Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall, Tokyo,
are not eligible. Japan
✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed ✖ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed
Social links

ROSALYN TURECK 34TH VALSESIA MUSICA
INTERNATIONAL BACH COMPETITION INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 2018
The competition welcomes pianists age eight to ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Piano Valsesia Musica Competition (former Viotti Valsesia) DETAILS
28 from the world over who pursue the musical started in 1981 to promote young talented Travel covered? No
ideals espoused by the late Rosalyn Tureck. The DETAILS musicians as well as Valsesia, the greenest valley Frequency Annual
competition consists of eight categories divided by Travel covered? No in Italy. It is divided in different sections: violin and First prize Less than €10,000
repertoire difficulty. A competitor may compete in Frequency Biennial orchestra, piano, and voice. There is also a junior Smallest prize Less than €5,000
up to three categories and is required to perform a First prize Less than $10,000 contest for piano, strings, and chamber music. Additional prizes
contemporary work. Additional prize Performances Performances, Recording
Jury chair(s) TBA MAIN OFFICE Jury chair(s) TBA
MAIN OFFICE Additional jurors TBA corso Roma, 35 Additional jurors TBA
23 West 73rd street Jury size 1 to 5 I-13019 Varallo (VC) Jury size 1 to 5
New York, NY10023 Application fee $180 ITALY Application fee €100
UNITED STATES Application deadline October 1, 2019 +39 0163 560020 Application deadline April 24, 2018
212-873-6087 email website
email website Application notes Application notes
Deadline for unedited DVD of repertoire to be ELIGIBILITY The above deadline is for violin and orchestra; the
ELIGIBILITY performed is October 15, 2019. Violinists, singers, and pianists from all over the application deadline for piano is August 3, 2018.
Ages 8-28, based on the category. world up to 37 years old.
SEMIFINALS & FINALS (live rounds) SEMIFINALS (live rounds)
November, 2019, New York City, venue TBA ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES Strings • Voice • Piano May 17, 2018, violin and orchestra; September 1-2,
COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? 2018, piano, Teatro Civico in Varallo (VC) Italy
✔ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed FINALS (live rounds)
✔ Finals ✖ Finals streamed May 18, 2018, violin and orchestra; September 3,
Social links 2018, piano, Teatro Civico in Varallo (VC) Italy
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VSA INTERNATIONAL YOUNG SOLOISTS WIDEMAN INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION
Each year outstanding young musicians with ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES To encourage and promote young pianists with an DETAILS
disabilities from around the world receive the VSA All instruments and genres opportunity to play with an orchestra, give recitals, Travel covered? No
International Young Soloists Award, $2,000, and and win cash prizes. Please visit our website for Frequency Annual
the opportunity to perform at the John F. Kennedy DETAILS more information on prizes, winner’s recitals, and First prize Less than $10,000
Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. Travel covered? Yes application. Smallest prize Less than $5,000
Frequency Annual Additional prize Performances
MAIN OFFICE First prize Less than $10,000 MAIN OFFICE Jury chair
2700 F Street NW Smallest prize Less than $5,000 1200 Meadowbrook Road #39 Lester Senter Wilson, Executive Director
Washington, DC 20566 Additional prize Performances Jackson, MS 39206 Jury size 1 to 5
UNITED STATES Jury chair(s) Not provided UNITED STATES Application fee $100
202-416-8822 Jury size 1 to 5 601-946-2063 Application deadline October 12, 2018
email website Application fee $0 email website
Application deadline February 7, 2018 SEMIFINALS (live rounds)
ELIGIBILITY ELIGIBILITY November 30 and December 1, 2018, Hurley School
Musicians with disabilities between the ages of 14-25. FINALS (live rounds) 18 and not older than 28 by December 3, 2018. of Music, Centenary College, Shreveport, LA
May 30, 2018, the Kennedy Center, Washington, DC
ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Piano FINALS (live rounds)
COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? December 2, 2018, Hurley School of Music,
✖ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed Centenary College, Shreveport, LA
Social links ✔ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed
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16TH INTERNATIONAL WIGMORE HALL
HENRYK WIENIAWSKI VIOLIN COMPETITION INTERNATIONAL STRING QUARTET COMPETITION
Launched in 1935 and now quinquennial (every five DETAILS The Wigmore Hall International String Quartet ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Strings
years), this is the oldest violin competition in the Travel covered? No Competition is one of the best and most prestigious
world. Honorary Chairman: Krzysztof Penderecki. Frequency Quinquennial quartet competitions in the world. Held under DETAILS
For the preliminary selection live, Maxim Vengerov First prize €10,000 to €50,000 the auspices of Wigmore Hall, the leading venue Travel covered? No
will listen to the candidates in different locations in Smallest prize $5,000 to $10,000 for chamber music, the competition attracts the Frequency Triennial
Europe, Asia, and North America. Additional prize Performances best young quartets and offers excellent career First prize Less than €10,000
Jury chair(s) Not provided development opportunities to prize winners. Additional prize Performances
MAIN OFFICE Jury size 6 to 10 Jury chair
Swietoslawska str. 7 Application deadline January 20, 2021 MAIN OFFICE John Gilhooly OBE - Director, Wigmore Hall
61-840 Poznan Wigmore Hall Jury size 6 to 10
POLAND Application notes 36 Wigmore Street Application fee
+48 61 8522642, +48 61 8528991 Competition dates, October 8-23, 2021. London W1U 2BP €25 (initial); €35 (if selected)
email website UNITED KINGDOM Application deadline October 13, 2017
FINALS (live rounds) +442072588244
ELIGIBILITY October 20-22, 2021, Adam Mickiewicz Auditorium email website SEMIFINALS (live rounds)
Open to violin players of all nationalities aged 16 to in Poznan, H. Wieniawski str. 1, Poznan, POLAND April 14, 2018, Wigmore Hall, London, United
28 years ELIGIBILITY Kingdom
COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? All members of quartets wishing to apply must be
ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Strings ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed under 35 on the date of the finals of the competition FINALS (live rounds)
✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed to which they are applying. April 15, 2018, Wigmore Hall, London, United
Kingdom
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WIGMORE HALL/INDEPENDENT OPERA YOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS
INTERNATIONAL SONG COMPETITION INTERNATIONAL AUDITIONS
The competition celebrates the art of the song ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Voice Young Concert Artists Inc. is a nonprofit organiza- DETAILS
recital and honors the Lied’s place at the heart of tion dedicated to discovering and developing the Travel covered? No
the genre. The competition has grown in status and DETAILS
careers of extraordinary classical musicians. The sole Frequency Annual
prestige since its foundation in 1997 and continues Travel covered? No
criteria are exceptional musicianship, virtuosity, and First prize Less than $10,000
to attract international singers and pianists keen to Frequency Biennial
individuality. The musicians compete against a stan- Smallest prize Less than $5,000
embark on significant recital careers. First prize Less than €10,000
dard of excellence not each other. There is no limit Additional prizes
Smallest prize Less than €5,000
to the number of winners. Management, Performances, Recording
MAIN OFFICE Jury chair
Jury chair
Wigmore Hall John Gilhooly OBE - Director, Wigmore Hall MAIN OFFICE Susan Wadsworth, Director, Young Concert Artists, Inc.
36 Wigmore Street Jury size 6 to 10 1776 Broadway, Suite 1500
London W1U 2BP Application fee New York, NY 10019 Jury size 11 or more
UNITED KINGDOM €25 (initial); €35 (if selected) UNITED STATES Application fee
0207 258 8244 Application deadline March 22, 2019 212-307-6656 $50 early deadline / $85 final deadline
email website email website Application deadline June & August, 2018
ELIGIBILITY September 10, 2019, Wigmore Hall, London, United ELIGIBILITY Application notes
All singers and accompanying pianists must be Kingdom Applicants at the beginning of a musical career, who Early deadline: Friday, June 1, 2018; Final deadline:
under 33 on the date of the finals of the competition offer repertoire within the categories listed, provide Friday, August 17, 2018
to which they are applying. FINALS (live rounds)
two appropriate letters of recommendation, and are
September 12, 2019, Wigmore Hall, London, United SEMIFINALS (live rounds)
not under U.S. management.
Kingdom November 5, 7, 8, 2018, New York, NY
ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES
COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? FINALS (live rounds)
Piano • Strings • Voice • Brass • Woodwinds
✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed November 11, 2018, New York, NY
• Chamber Ensembles
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Entry Deadline: February 28

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2018 COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?

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ENTRIES CLOSE – 14 May 2018

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