Competitions at Hungary and abroad

Competition databases:

www.wfimc.org/member-competitions
www.musicalchairs.info/competitions
emcy.org/competitions-calendar

Vocal:

11. International singing competition Lav Mirski
Osijek, CROATIA
5–7 May 2023
www.lavmirski.com

9th Mt. Fuji International Opera Competition
28 October – 5 November 2023, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka (Japan)
Application period: 5 January – 1 May 2023
www.suac.ac.jp/opera-en/competition/application/guidelines

Corneille Competition 2023
28 September – 1 October 2023, Rouen (France)
The competition is open to candidates born after 1 January 1993.
Application deadline: 26 June 2023
lepoemeharmonique.fr/en/2021-competition/corneille-competition-2023

mixed:

International open contest of instrumental performers “OPEN ITALY”
Pesaro (Italy), 23–26 April 2023
piano, guitar, strings, winds, percussion, folk music
fiestalonia.net/fest/open-italy

Khachaturian International Competition
6–13 June 2023, Yerevan (Armenia)
piano • violin • cello • conducting • vocal
Application deadline: 30 April 2023
khachaturian-competition.com

Summer Music Competition – Music Academy FORTE
8 July 2023, Brussels (Belgium)
piano • violin • viola • cello • flute • guitar
Age limit: 25 years old
Application deadline: 1 May 2023
musicacademy.be

Strings:

3. International Competition for Young Violinists MINI PAGANINI
23–24 April 2023, Belgrade, SERBIA
Application deadline: 7 April 2023
Application form link: forms.gle
www.facebook.com

Violin Competition Città di Vittorio Veneto Prosecco Doc International Prize
Vittorio Veneto (Italy), 22–27 August 2023
Reserved for violinists with citizenship of one of the Member States of the European Union born no earlier than 1st January 1995
Application deadline: 31 May 2023
www.violinovittorioveneto.it/concorso

Piano:

International Vladimir Horowitz Competition Kyiv – Geneva 2023
12–21 April 2023, Geneva (Switzerland)
Application deadline: 31 January 2023
www.horowitzv.ch

7th Piano Competition for Young Pianists
Brussels, 12– 16 April 2023
Application deadline: 1 March 2023
www.mercimaestro.be

XXIV° International Piano Competition of Friuli Venezia Giulia
2–6 May 2023 (1st and 2nd round), 30 April – 3 May 2024 (3rd round solo and with orchestra)
Sacile (Italy)
Application deadline: 6 March 2023
www.pianofvg.eu/en/competition-2023-24

Lyon International Piano Competition
First round: online; Semi-Final & Final: 4–8 July 2023
Application deadline: 1 April 2023 midnight
gpipl.fr

Northern Lights Piano Festival & Competition
1–20 May 2023
Application deadline: 20 April 2023
www.northernlightspiano.com

XXXIII International Piano Competition Ettore Pozzoli
Seregno (Italy), 26 September – 3 October 2023
Application deadline: 30 April 2023
www.concorsopozzoli.it

Festival ”Isidor Bajić” – piano competition
Novi Sad, 26–29 May 2023
Application period: 15 April – 10 May 2023
fibns.com

XXIV International Competition for Piano “Jurmala 2023”
12 June 2023 – 17 June 2023, Latvia
Application deadline: 16 May 2023
More info: antra.mezale[at]edu.jurmala.lv

2nd International Chopin Competition on Period Instruments
October 2023, Warsaw (Poland)
Application deadline: 1 June 2023
konkursy.nifc.pl/en/miedzynarodowy/konkurs

Carl Filtsch International Piano Competition
Sibiu (Romania), 9–12 July 2023
Age limit: 31
Application deadline: 25 June 2023
filtschpianocompetition.com

22nd Iturbi Piano Prize
31 May – 9 June 2023
pianoiturbi.dival.es/en

Organ:

International Flute Competition
7–13 September 2023, Bratislava (Slovakia)
Application deadline: 15 May 2023
Jury Chairwoman: Clara Nováková (Czech Republic)
Jury Members: Alena Walentin (Great Britain), Ewelina Zawiślak (Poland), František Kantor (Czech Republic), Jorge Salgado Correia (Portugal), István Matuz (Hungary), Dagmar Zsapková (Slovakia)
www.vsmu.sk/htf/medzinarodna-flautova-sutaz/international-flute-competition

9th International Franz Schmidt Organ Competition
12–20 September 2023, Vienna
Application deadline: 18 June 2023
www.orgelwettbewerb.at

Winds:

Concertino Praga 2023
flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, French horn, saxophone, trombone
concertino.czech.radio

14th Michał Spisak International Music Competition
13–22 October, Poland
trumpet • horn • trombone
Age limit: 30 years
Application deadline: 16 June 2023
spisakfestival.palac.art.pl

Chamber music:

XIX. National Dohnányi Ernő Chamber Music Competition
14-15 April 2023
Application deadline: 10 March 2023
Entry fee: 15.000,- Ft/fő
More information and application form HERE.
As each institution may present its programme for a maximum of 70 minutes, please send your participation request to the Chamber Music Department of the Liszt Academy by Monday 27 February 2023 to palagyi.diana[at]zeneakademia.hu.
Please include the following in the email:
- members of the chamber group (name, instrument, year),
- contact person of the group (name, email address),
- number of pieces to be performed (composer, piece, movement, duration).

Choir / choir conducting

International Competition of Choirs “GOLDEN VOICES OF BARCELONA”
9–13 July 2023, Barcelona (Spain)
Application deadline: 30 days before the beginning of the festival
fiestalonia.net

Orchestra / Orchestral conducting:

Composition:

8th International Composition Prize SEM
Symphony Composition Competition
Application deadline: 30 April 2023
www.internationalcompositionprize.it

Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra – Call for Scores
Application deadline: 30 April 2023
www.kco.la/cfs

“Leonardo 4 Music” 2023 Awards for young music composers
Age limit: 16–30 years
Application deadline: 31 May 2023
carano4children.org/leonardo4children-2023

Dante700 – International Competition for Symphonic Composition (II edition)
No age limit
Piece to be composed: symphonic piece (optionally with solo voice and/or live electronics) of maximum 15 minutes duration.
Jury: Anders Hillborg (President), Silvia Colasanti, Mauro Montalbetti, Andrea Rebaudengo, Reza Vali, Alberto Batisti, Paolo Cognetti
Application deadline: 17 July 2023
Application fee: 100 euros
www.lafilharmonie.com/en/dante-700

Composition competition Torre della Quarda
Jury: Beat Furrer, Stefano Gervasoni, Francesco Filidei, Giorgio Colombo Taccani, Paolo Russo
Application deadline: 12 a.m. (Italian time-zone), 15 September 2023
www.ensemblenuovemusiche.eu/en/competition

V International Uuno Klami Composition Competition
Jury: Kalevi Aho (Chairman, Finland), Magnus Lindberg (Finland), Lotta Wennäkoski (Finland), Mats Larsson Gothe (Sweden), Anna-Maria Helsing
Application deadline: 4 December 2023
klamicompetition.fi