List of classical music competitions

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>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=comp2016>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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>Template:Cite web</ref>
• International Shostakovich Chamber Music Competition (Moscow, Russia)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, held in Melbourne, Australia, every four years<ref name=comp2016/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Choral/voice

International Tchaikovsky Competition

• Australian Singing Competition (Sydney, Australia)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Bampton Classical Opera Young Singers' Competition (UK)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• BBC Singer of the World competition (Cardiff, Wales)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Boris Christoff International Competition for Young Singers (Sofia, Bulgaria)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Concurs Internacional de Cant Francesc Viñas (Barcelona, Spain)
• International opera competition Lazar Jovanović (Belgrade, Serbia)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition (Leipzig, Germany)
• Neue Stimmen International Singing Competition (Gütersloh, Germany)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• International Stanisław Moniuszko Vocal Competition (Warsaw, Poland)
• International Stasys Šimkus choir competition (Klaipėda, Lithuania)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• International Tchaikovsky Competition (Moscow, Russia)
• International Vocal Competition 's-Hertogenbosch ('s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands)
• Joan Sutherland & Richard Bonynge Bel Canto Award<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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

International Composers Festival

• Gaudeamus International Composers Award (Netherlands)<ref>Template:Cite journalTemplate:Dead link</ref>
• George Enescu International Competition (Composition section) (Bucharest, Romania)<ref name=enescu>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Masterprize International Composing Competition<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Sir Georg Solti International Conductors' Competition (Germany)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• The Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors (Poland)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Tokyo International Music Competition for Conducting (Japan)

General/mixed

Mykola Lysenko International Music Competition

• 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>Template:Cite web</ref>
• International Joseph Joachim Violin Competition Hanover
• International Performers Competition Brno (Brno, Czech Republic)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Leos Janacek International Competition (Brno, Czech Republic)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Montreal International Music Competition (Montreal, Canada)
• Mykola Lysenko International Music Competition (Kyiv, Ukraine)
• Queen Elisabeth Music Competition (Brussels, Belgium)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• TROMP international music competition & Festival (Eindhoven, Netherlands)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Frauchi International Competition and Festival (Moscow, Russia)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Piano/keyboard

• Anton Rubinstein Competition (Dresden, Germany)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition (Tel Aviv, Israel)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Ciutat de Carlet International Piano Competition (Valencia, Spain)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Clara Haskil International Piano Competition (Vevey, Switzerland)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Cleveland International Piano Competition (Cleveland, US)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Concours Géza Anda (Zurich, Switzerland)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Dallas International Piano Competition (Dallas, US)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• The Dranoff International Two Piano Foundation (Dallas, US)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Epinal International Piano Competition (Epinal, France)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• EPTA - International Piano Competition Svetislav Stančić (Zagreb, Croatia)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition (Bolzano, Italy)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• George Enescu International Competition (Piano section) (Bucharest, Romania)<ref name="enescu" />
• Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition (Salt Lake City, US)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Hamamatsu International Piano Competition (Hamamatsu, JP)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Hilton Head International Piano Competition (Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, US)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Honens International Piano Competition (Calgary, Canada)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• International Chopin Piano Competition (Poland)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• International Ettore Pozzoli Piano Competition (Seregno, Italy)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• International Franz Liszt Piano Competition (Utrecht, Netherlands)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition (organ; Leipzig, Germany)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs (Paris, France)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• International Tchaikovsky Competition (Russia)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• ISANGYUN Competition (Tongyeong, South Korea)<ref name="isangyuncompetition1">Template:Cite web</ref>
• José Iturbi International Piano Competition (Los Angeles, US)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Kissingen Piano Olympics (Kissinger Klavierolymp, Bad Kissingen, Germany)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Lagny-sur-Marne International Piano Competition (Lagny, France)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Leeds International Pianoforte Competition (Leeds, UK)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Maria Canals International Music Competition (Barcelona, Spain)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Mykola Lysenko International Music Competition (Kyiv, Ukraine)
• International Paderewski Piano Competition (Bydgoszcz, Poland)
• Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition (Santander, Spain)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Panama International Piano Competition (Panama City, Panama)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Peabody Mason International Piano Competition (Boston, US)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Petr Eben International Organ Competition (Opava, Czech Republic)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Pilar Bayona Piano Competition (Spain)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Queen Elisabeth Music Competition (Belgium)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Ricard Viñes International Piano Competition (Lleida, Spain)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Sendai International Music Competition (Sendai, Japan)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• St Albans International Organ Competition (St Albans, UK)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Sussex International Piano Competition (Worthing, UK)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Sydney International Piano Competition (Sydney, Australia)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Valencia International Piano Competition Prize Iturbi (Valencia, Spain)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (Fort Worth, US)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• World International Piano Competition (Santa Fe, US)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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">Template:Cite web</ref>
• International Brahms Competition (Pörtschach am Wörthersee, Austria)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists (Richmond, VA, US in 2021)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Woodwind instruments

• BBC Young Musician of the Year (UK)
• Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition (Indiana, US)
• Gregynog Young Musicians Competition (Wales, UK)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition (Leipzig, Germany)
• International Russian Rotary Children Music Competition (Russia)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians (Moscow, Russia)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Jeunesses Musicales International (Various)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• New York International Piano Competition (New York, US)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Prague Spring International Music Competition (Prague, Czech Republic)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Sydney Eisteddfod (Sydney, Australia)

Young musicians

• ABC Young Performers Awards (Sydney, Australia)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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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External links

• List of Classical Music Competitions at MusicaNeo
• Directory of International Piano Competitions
• Musicalchairs.info List of Competitions
• ClassicalNet: Festivals, Competitions, Concerts & Concert Venues
• World Federation of International Music Competitions
• List of all flute laureates