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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates European Classical music has long relied on music competitions to provide a public forum that identifies the strongest players and contributes to the establishment of their professional careers. This is a list of current competitions in classical music, with each competition and reference link given only once. Many offer competitions across a range of categories and in these cases they are listed under "General/mixed". Competitions with age restrictions are listed under "Young musicians".
Chamber music
- Asia-Pacific Chamber Music Competition, for piano trios and string quartets, in Melbourne, Australia, every four years<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Franz Schubert and Modern Music Competition, voice and piano duo, piano trio, Graz, Austria, every three years<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
- Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition (Indiana, US)
- International Chamber Music Competition Hamburg for piano trios and string quartets (Hamburg, Germany)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- International Shostakovich Chamber Music Competition (Moscow, Russia)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, held in Melbourne, Australia, every four years<ref name=comp2016/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Choral/voice
- Australian Singing Competition (Sydney, Australia)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Bampton Classical Opera Young Singers' Competition (UK)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- BBC Singer of the World competition (Cardiff, Wales)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Boris Christoff International Competition for Young Singers (Sofia, Bulgaria)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Concurs Internacional de Cant Francesc Viñas (Barcelona, Spain)
- International opera competition Lazar Jovanović (Belgrade, Serbia)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition (Leipzig, Germany)
- Neue Stimmen International Singing Competition (Gütersloh, Germany)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- International Stanisław Moniuszko Vocal Competition (Warsaw, Poland)
- International Stasys Šimkus choir competition (Klaipėda, Lithuania)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- International Tchaikovsky Competition (Moscow, Russia)
- International Vocal Competition 's-Hertogenbosch ('s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands)
- Joan Sutherland & Richard Bonynge Bel Canto Award<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- The Klaudia Taev Competition for Young Opera Singers (Pärnu, Estonia).
- Lexus Song Quest (New Zealand)
- Marilyn Horne Song Competition, competition for classical singers and piano accompanists since 1997.
- Queen Sonja International Music Competition (Oslo, Norway)
Composition
- Gaudeamus International Composers Award (Netherlands)<ref>Template:Cite journalTemplate:Dead link</ref>
- George Enescu International Competition (Composition section) (Bucharest, Romania)<ref name=enescu>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- International Composers Festival, Hastings and Bexhill, East Sussex, United Kingdom<ref name="composersfestival.com-">Home | Composers Festival, accessdate: 4 June 2020</ref>
- International Uuno Klami Composition Competition (Kotka/Kouvola, Finland)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Masterprize International Composing Competition<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Queen Elisabeth Music Competition (Brussels, Belgium)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- 60x60 – International (New York, US)
- Tōru Takemitsu Composition Award (Tokyo, Japan)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Conducting
- Cadaqués Orchestra International Conducting Competition (Spain)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Donatella Flick Conducting Competition (UK)
- Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition (Germany)
- International Besançon Competition for Young Conductors (France)
- Jorma Panula Conducting Competition (Finland)
- Leeds Conductors Competition (UK)
- Nicolai Malko Competition For Young Conductors (Denmark)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Sir Georg Solti International Conductors' Competition (Germany)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- The Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors (Poland)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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General/mixed
- EUROPAfest (Bucharest, Romania)
- Grand maestro international music competition (Toronto, Canada)
- Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition (previously International Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud Competition; Paris, France)
- Nishinihon International Music Competition (Fukuoka, Japan)
- Mykola Lysenko International Music Competition (Kyiv, Ukraine)
- Windsor Festival International String Competition (Windsor, UK)
- Concert Artists Guild Louis and Susan Meisel Prize (New York, US)
Instrumental
- ARD International Music Competition (Munich, Germany)
- Gaudeamus Competition (Netherlands)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- International Joseph Joachim Violin Competition Hanover
- International Performers Competition Brno (Brno, Czech Republic)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Leos Janacek International Competition (Brno, Czech Republic)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Montreal International Music Competition (Montreal, Canada)
- Mykola Lysenko International Music Competition (Kyiv, Ukraine)
- Queen Elisabeth Music Competition (Brussels, Belgium)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- TROMP international music competition & Festival (Eindhoven, Netherlands)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Frauchi International Competition and Festival (Moscow, Russia)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Piano/keyboard
- Anton Rubinstein Competition (Dresden, Germany)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition (Tel Aviv, Israel)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Ciutat de Carlet International Piano Competition (Valencia, Spain)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Clara Haskil International Piano Competition (Vevey, Switzerland)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Cleveland International Piano Competition (Cleveland, US)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Concours Géza Anda (Zurich, Switzerland)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Dallas International Piano Competition (Dallas, US)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- The Dranoff International Two Piano Foundation (Dallas, US)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Epinal International Piano Competition (Epinal, France)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- EPTA - International Piano Competition Svetislav Stančić (Zagreb, Croatia)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition (Bolzano, Italy)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- George Enescu International Competition (Piano section) (Bucharest, Romania)<ref name="enescu" />
- Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition (Salt Lake City, US)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Hamamatsu International Piano Competition (Hamamatsu, JP)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Hilton Head International Piano Competition (Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, US)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Honens International Piano Competition (Calgary, Canada)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- International Chopin Piano Competition (Poland)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- International Ettore Pozzoli Piano Competition (Seregno, Italy)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- International Franz Liszt Piano Competition (Utrecht, Netherlands)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition (organ; Leipzig, Germany)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs (Paris, France)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- International Tchaikovsky Competition (Russia)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- ISANGYUN Competition (Tongyeong, South Korea)<ref name="isangyuncompetition1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- José Iturbi International Piano Competition (Los Angeles, US)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Kissingen Piano Olympics (Kissinger Klavierolymp, Bad Kissingen, Germany)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Lagny-sur-Marne International Piano Competition (Lagny, France)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Leeds International Pianoforte Competition (Leeds, UK)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Maria Canals International Music Competition (Barcelona, Spain)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Mykola Lysenko International Music Competition (Kyiv, Ukraine)
- International Paderewski Piano Competition (Bydgoszcz, Poland)
- Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition (Santander, Spain)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Panama International Piano Competition (Panama City, Panama)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Peabody Mason International Piano Competition (Boston, US)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Petr Eben International Organ Competition (Opava, Czech Republic)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Pilar Bayona Piano Competition (Spain)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Queen Elisabeth Music Competition (Belgium)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Ricard Viñes International Piano Competition (Lleida, Spain)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Sendai International Music Competition (Sendai, Japan)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- St Albans International Organ Competition (St Albans, UK)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Sussex International Piano Competition (Worthing, UK)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Sydney International Piano Competition (Sydney, Australia)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Valencia International Piano Competition Prize Iturbi (Valencia, Spain)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (Fort Worth, US)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- World International Piano Competition (Santa Fe, US)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Silicon Valley Open Doors International Piano Competition (San Francisco, California)
String instruments
- Carl Flesch International Violin Competition (London, UK; 1945–1992)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
- Carl Nielsen International Music Competition (Odense, Denmark)
- Città di Brescia International Violin Competition (Brescia, Italy)
- Dallas International Violin Competition (Dallas, US)
- Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition (Boca Raton, US)
- George Enescu International Competition (Violin, Cello section) (Bucharest, Romania)<ref name=enescu />
- Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition (Poznań, Poland)
- International Arthur Grumiaux Competition for Young Violinists (Brussels, Belgium)<ref name="concoursgrumiaux.be">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- International Brahms Competition (Pörtschach am Wörthersee, Austria)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- International Fritz Kreisler Competition (Vienna, Austria)
- The International Harp Contest in Israel (Jerusalem, Israel)
- International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition (Helsinki, Finland)
- International Tchaikovsky Competition (Moscow, Russia)
- International Violin Competition Henri Marteau (Lichtenberg and Hof, Germany)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- International Violin Competition of Indianapolis (Indianapolis, US)
- International Violin Competition Leopold Mozart in Augsburg (Augsburg, Germany)
- ISANGYUN Competition (Tongyeong, South Korea)<ref name="isangyuncompetition1"/>
- Klein Competition (San Francisco, US)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition (Isle of Man, UK)
- Maurice Vieux International Viola Competition (France)
- Michael Hill International Violin Competition (New Zealand)
- Moscow International David Oistrakh Violin Competition (Moscow, Russia)
- Mstislav Rostropovich International Cello Competition (Paris, France)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Mykola Lysenko International Music Competition (Kyiv, Ukraine)
- Paganini International Competition (Genoa, Italy)
- Primrose International Viola Competition (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
- Queen Elisabeth Music Competition (Belgium)
- Sendai International Music Competition (Sendai, Japan)
- Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition (Shanghai, China)
- Singapore International Violin Competition (Singapore)
- USA International Harp Competition (Bloomington, Indiana, US)
- Windsor Festival International String Competition (Windsor, UK)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists (Richmond, VA, US in 2021)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Woodwind instruments
- BBC Young Musician of the Year (UK)
- Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition (Indiana, US)
- Gregynog Young Musicians Competition (Wales, UK)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition (Leipzig, Germany)
- International Russian Rotary Children Music Competition (Russia)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians (Moscow, Russia)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Jeunesses Musicales International (Various)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- New York International Piano Competition (New York, US)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Prague Spring International Music Competition (Prague, Czech Republic)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Sydney Eisteddfod (Sydney, Australia)
Young musicians
- ABC Young Performers Awards (Sydney, Australia)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Eurovision Young Musicians (Europe)
- International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians (Russia)
- National Youth Music Competition (Cape Town, South Africa)
- Thomas & Evon Cooper International Competition (Oberlin College, US)
See also
- European Union of Music Competitions for Youth
- List of Recipients of the Terence Judd Award
- World Federation of International Music Competitions
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