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List of classical music competitions

List of classical music competitions

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

Chamber music

Choral/voice

Candlelight Master
Young Boy Singing (1650)
  • Australian Concerto and Vocal Competition (Townsville, Australia)[23]
  • Australian Singing Competition (Sydney, Australia)[24]
  • Barry Alexander International Vocal Competition (US)[25]
  • Bampton Classical Opera Young Singers' Competition (UK)[26]
  • BBC Singer of the World competition (Cardiff, Wales)[27]
  • Boris Christoff International Competition for Young Singers (Sofia, Bulgaria)[28]
  • Concours international de chant de Toulouse (Toulouse, France)
  • Concours International Nei Stemmen (Luxemburg City, Luxemburg)[29]
  • Concurs Internacional de Cant Francesc Viñas (Barcelona, Spain)
  • Concurs Internacional de cant Jaume Aragall (Barcelona, Spain)[30]
  • Elena Obraztsova International Competition for young opera singers (St. Petersburg, Russia)[31]
  • Elizabeth Connell Prize International Singing Competition for Sopranos[32]
  • International Early Music Vocal Competition "Canticum Gaudium", Poznan, Poland[33]
  • International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition (Vienna, Austria)[34]
  • International Hilde Zadek Voice Competition (Vienna, Austria)[35]
  • International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition (Leipzig, Germany)
  • International Singing Competition Neue Stimmen (Gütersloh, Germany)[36]
  • International Stanisław Moniuszko Vocal Competition (Warsaw, Poland)
  • International Stasys Šimkus choir competition (Klaipėda, Lithuania)[37]
  • International Tchaikovsky Competition (Moscow, Russia)
  • International Vocal Competition 's-Hertogenbosch ('s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands)
  • International Voice Competition – Gerda Lissner Foundation (New York, US)[38]
  • International Zdeněk Fibich Competition in interpretation of melodrama[39]
  • The Featured NY. International Singing Competition (New York, US)[40]
  • Jan, Edward, Józefina Reszke Vocal Competition[41]
  • Joan Sutherland & Richard Bonynge Bel Canto Award[42]
  • The Klaudia Taev Competition for Young Opera Singers (Pärnu, Estonia).
  • Lotte Lehman League Art Song Contest[43]
  • Marilyn Horne Song Competition, competition for classical singers and piano accompanists since 1997.
  • Monte-Carlo Music Masters [44]
  • Montserrat Caballe International Singing Competition (Zaragoza, Spain)[45]
  • National Anthem Bicentennial (Fort McHenry, US)[46]
  • Nuovo Canto Opera Competition in Milano[47]
  • NTD International Chinese Vocal Competition (New York) [48]
  • Operalia, The World Opera Competition (Paris, France)
  • Prague Christmas (Prague, Czech Republic)[49]
  • Quebec Music Competition (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) Live and Online[16]
  • Queen Elisabeth Music Competition (Brussels, Belgium)
  • Queen Sonja International Music Competition (Oslo, Norway)
  • Triomphe de l'Art International Music Competition (Brussels, Belgium)[22]
  • Vancouver International Music Competition (Vancouver, Canada)[50]
  • Youth Zeal Music Competition (Helsinki, Finland) "Youth Zeal Music Competition".

Composition

Laurent de La Hyre
Allegorical Figure of Music

Conducting

Conductor Tetiana Kalinichenko

General/ mixed

Instrumental

Bartolomeo Bettera Still Life with Musical Instruments and Books

Large Ensembles

Part of the autograph score for Applicatio in C major, BWV 994 by Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Ictus International Music Competition. (online international competition for bands, orchestras and jazz ensembles)[127]

Musicology

  • Annual Musicology Competition (Worldwide)[128]

Piano/keyboard

Piano in the foyer of Tutzing castle
Maurizio Balzola at the piano

International Music Competition

String instruments

Lady Blunt Stradivari violin (1721)

Woodwind instruments

Bassoon (made by Fox)

Young musicians

See also


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