Competitions in Hungary and abroad
Bartók World Competition (piano, Violin, String Quartet, Composition)
Liszt Academy's Bartók World Competition is organised for piano in 2025. For more information, application and repertoire please visit bartokworldcompetition.com.
Launched in 2017, the event is member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions (WFIMC), and is supervised by international juries varying year by year. It is built around the most characteristic strands of the Bartók oeuvre, violin, piano, chamber music (string quartet) and composition, in a six-year cycle. The instrumental competitions are organized every other year, with composer competitions in between, which always tie into the forthcoming instrumental category.
Éva Marton International Singing Competition
Liszt Academy launched the Éva Marton International Singing Competition, also member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions (WFIMC), in 2014 and it is held in every even years, next time in 2026. It offers unique opportunity for young classical singers to establish or to enhance their international recognition, as members of the international jury are world-renowned opera/concert managers and singers. Éva Marton KS, one of the world's leading sopranos and professor at the Liszt Academy, is the head of the panel each year.
Competition databases:
www.wfimc.org/member-competitions
www.musicalchairs.info/competitions
emcy.org/competitions-calendar
Vocal:
The Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition
3–12 June 2024, Helsinki (Finland)
Ages: born in 1992 or later
Application deadline: 4 January 2024
mirjamhelin.fi
International Singing Competition "The Great Lyric Voices of Africa"
11–13 April 2024, Paris (France)
Application dealine: 31 January 2024
https://lesgrandesvoixlyriquesnoires.com/
Vocal competition databases:
www.musicalchairs.info/voice/competitions
www.operabase.com/competitions/en
www.noa.org/competitions
gfpa.ngo/international-events/competitions
mixed:
Tunbridge Wells International Music Competition
piano • winds • strings
1–5 May 2024
Application deadline: 12 February 2024
twimc.org.uk
4. International Music Competition Musica Goritiensis
violin • cello • piano • voice
23–28 April 2024, Gorizia (Italy)
Application deadline: 10 March 2024
www.musicagoritiensis.eu
73rd ARD International Music Competition Munich 2024
wind quintet • voice • oboe • violoncello
Application deadline: March 28, 2024
www.ard-musikwettbewerb.de
Royal Over-Seas League’s International Music Competition
Singing • Solo Wind and Brass • Solo Strings • Solo Keyboard • String Ensembles • Mixed Ensembles
Age limit: 30
Application deadline: 4 January 2024, 5pm
app.getacceptd.com/rosl
George Enescu International Competition 2024
17 May – 10 June 2024, Romania
Application deadline: 10 May 2024 (cello, violin, piano), 30 June 2024 (composition)
concurs.festivalenescu.ro
4th International Festival MUSIC ACADEMY FORTE 2024 – Competition
Piano • Guitar • Vocal (Classical, Contemporary) • Strings (Violin, Viola, Cello, Double bass) • Woodwinds (Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon) • Brass (Trumpet, French Horn, Trombone, Tuba)
Application deadline: 15 May 2024
musicacademy.be
Köster-Prize 2025
Task: Development of a new 60-minute music project with an interdisciplinary and performative aspect.
Theme: Reality - Illusion - Vision
Application deadline: 31 May 2024
www.realtime-bremen.de
Strings:
Arthur Grumiaux International Violin Competition
9–14 April 2024, Belgium (Royal Conservatory of Brussels)
Age limit: 21 years old
Application deadline: 14 January 2024
www.agivc.eu
Massimo Marin International Violin Competition 2024
8–11 February 2024, Pinerolo (Italy) and online
Application deadline: 20 January 2024
www.concorsomarin.it
concorsomarin[at]gmail.com
I. Grunewald International Music Competition
Violin, viola: 6–11 March 2024
Cello, double bass: 1–6 March 2024
Application period: 31 December 2023 – 31 Januar 2024
grunewald-competition.com
20th Khachaturian International Competition / Violin
June 2024, Yerevan (Armenia)
Application deadline: 1 March 2024
khachaturian-competition.com/hy/competitions/violin2024
21st International Georg Philipp Telemann Violin Competition
22–24 June 2024, Poznań (Poland)
The competition is for students born later than 31 December 2005.
Application deadline: 15 March 2024
www.telemann.art.pl
V. Ilona Fehér International Violin Competition
4–14 July, 2024, Budapest (Hungary)
Application deadline: 20 April 2024
fesztivalakademia.hu/en/v-ilona-feher-international-violin-competition
8th Antonio Janigro Senior Cello Competition
14-20 September 2024, Zagreb (Croatia)
Cellists born in 1991 or younger may apply.
Application deadline: 1 May 2024
www.muvac.com
International Cello Competition
6–12 September 2024, Bratislava (Slovakia)
Jury: Jozef Podhoranský – Chairman (Slovakia), Georg Baich (Austria), Stanisław Firlej (Poland), Jiří Hanousek (Czech Republic), Ľudovít Kanta (Slovakia/Japan), Michal Kaňka (Czech Republic), Csaba Onczay (Hungary)
Application deadline: 15 May 2024
www.vsmu.sk/htf/medzinarodna-violoncelova-sutaz-2024/international-cello-competition-2024
Pablo Casals International Award for young cellists
16 November 2024, Tarragona (Spain)
Age limit: cellists born after 31 December 2002
Application deadline: 17 May 2024
www.paucasals.org/en/pablo-casals-international-award
6th Oskar Nedbal International Viola Competition
3–6 October 2024, Prague
Application deadline: 2 July 2024
www.violacompetition.com
Musical Chairs:
Violin: www.musicalchairs.info/violin/competitions
Viola: www.musicalchairs.info/viola/competitions
Cello: www.musicalchairs.info/cello/competitions
Double bass: www.musicalchairs.info/double-bass/competitions
Piano:
Borderland Chopin International Competition
22–25 May 2024, El Paso (University of Texas)
Application deadline: 15 February 2024
Ages: 18–35
www.borderlandchopincompetition.com
Piano Academy International “Gülsin ONAY” Piano Festival and Competition
10–12 May 2024
Application deadline: 1 March 2024
www.adspianofestival.com
International Competition for Young Pianists «Merci, Maestro!»
10–14 April 2024, Brussels (Belgium)
Application deadline: 1 March 2024
www.mercimaestro.be
4th Amadeus Competition
9–14 April 2024, Dogana Veneta (Italy)
Application deadline: 10 March 2024
www.amadeuscompetition.com
Lyon International Piano Competition 2024
2–6 July 2024
Registration period: 1 January – 1 April 2024
gpipl.fr
International Piano Competition – Saint Paul Trois Châteaux
22–27 April 2024, France
Application deadline: 1 April 2024
www.ville-saintpaultroischateaux.fr/second-concours-international-de-piano-second-international-piano-competition
International Vítězslav Novák Piano Competition
3–5 May 2024, Kamenice nad Lipou (Czech Republic)
Application deadline: 5 April 2024
More information and application form HERE.
Rona Sala Gallo Monza International Piano Competition
29 September – 5 October 2024, Monza (Italy)
Application period: 1 April – 30 May 2024
www.concorsosalagallo.it
19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition
October 2025, Warsaw (Poland)
Application period: 2 September – 15 December 2024
Competition link
Piano competition databases:
www.musicalchairs.info/piano/competitions
www.pianocompetitions.com
www.pianotea.com/the-most-important-piano-competitions-in-the-world
Harpsichord:
International Harpsichord Competition Gianni Gambi 2024
14–16 March 2024 (Pesaro, Italy)
Application deadline: 23 February 2024
www.conservatoriorossini.it
4th International Harpsichord Competition of Milan
7–9 July 2024, Sala Capitolare del Bergognone
Jury: Lorenzo Ghielmi, Jörg Halubek, Menno van Delft, Christine Schornsheim, Maurizio Croci
Application deadline: 29 February 2024, 12 p.m
milanoartemusica.com/progetti
Organ:
www.musicalchairs.info/organ/competitions
Guitar:
Groningen Guitar Competition and Festival
19–24 February 2024
Application deadline: 19 January 2024
www.dutchguitarfoundation.com
Accordion:
VIth International Accordion Competition
15-16 May 2024, Solec Kujawski (Poland)
Application deadline: 12 April 2024
www.psm.soleckujawski.pl
www.musicalchairs.info/accordion/competitions
Winds:
7th Jozef Cieplucha International Academic Oboe and Bassoon Competition
6–8 MY 2024, Łódź (Poland)
Application deadline: 10 March 2024
www.amuz.lodz.pl
3. Werner Pirchner Preis 2024 – International Competition for Wind-Instruments
4–6 October 2024, Innsbruck (Austria)
Application deadline: 1 May 2024
www.konstirol.at/erfolge/werner-pirchner-preis
Ljubljana Festival International Competition – Brass Quintets and Quartets
24 February – 1 March 2025
Application period: 15 March 2024 – 15 September 2024
ljubljanafestival.si/en/competition-brass-quartets-quintets
Flute: www.musicalchairs.info/flute/competitions
Oboe: www.musicalchairs.info/oboe/competitions
Clarinet: www.musicalchairs.info/clarinet/competitions
Bassoon: www.musicalchairs.info/bassoon/competitions
Saxophone: www.musicalchairs.info/saxophone/competitions
Trumpet: www.musicalchairs.info/trumpet/competitions
Horn: www.musicalchairs.info/french-horn/competitions
Trombone: www.musicalchairs.info/trombone/competitions
Tuba: www.musicalchairs.info/tuba/competitions
Chamber music:
19th Lyon International Chamber Music Competition – String Quartet
23–26 April 2024
Application deadline: 15 January 2024, 23:59
www.cimcl.fr/index-en
22th International Competition “Premio Trio di Trieste”
1st round: online 29 June 2024, 2nd round: 7–11 September 2024., Trieste (Italy)
Application deadline: 15 June 2024
www.acmtrioditrieste.it/il-premio-trio-di-trieste-2024
12th International Chamber Music Competition Franz Schubert und die Musik der Moderne
8–15 February 2025, Graz (University of Music and Performing Arts)
Categories: Lied (evaluated as a duo), Piano Trio, Piano Duo
Age limit: born after 15 February 1989
Application period: 1 July 2024 – 24 September 2024
schubert.kug.ac.at
Chamber music competitions:
www.musicalchairs.info/chamber-music/competitions
Early music:
York International Young Artists Competition
13 July 2024, York (England)
Application deadline: 15 January 2024, 23:59 GMT
www.yorkcomp.ncem.co.uk
Choir / choir conducting:
www.musicalchairs.info/vocal-chamber/competitions
Orchestra / Orchestral conducting:
www.musicalchairs.info/conductor/competitions
Composition:
13th edition of the Generation Competition
Application deadline: 31 January 2024
www.mhflj.cz/en/announcement-of-generation-2024/
Loadbang's 2024 International Composition Competition
Application deadline: 1 March 2024
www.loadbang.com/composition-competition
International Composition Competition for Piano Trio
Age limit: 38 years
Application deadline: 27 March 2024
schubert.kug.ac.at
9th International Composition Prize – SEM 2024
Application deadline: 30 April 2024
www.internationalcompositionprize.it
1. Internationalen Wettbewerb für Liedkomposition Friedrich Schiller
Application deadline: 31 May 2024
www.schillertrieste.it
The fifth Hangzhou Contemporary Music Festival “Artinno Award” International Orchestra Composition Competition
There is no limit on the nationality or age of the composer.
Each person may submit only one orchestral work (non-concerto).
Application deadline: 15 July 2024
en.remusik.org
5th Basel Composition Competition
Application deadline: 13 September 2024
www.baselcompetition.com
6th International Mauricio Kagel Composition Competition
Application deadline: 20 September 2024
mauricio-kagel-composition-competition.com
Jazz:
Jazz in the Park Competition 2024
5–7 July 2024, Cluj-Napoca (Romania)
www.jazzinthepark.ro/competition
Bucharest International JAZZ Competition 2024
5–13 July 2024
Application deadline: 1 March 2024
www.jmevents.ro
JAZZ COMP GRAZ – 5th Triennial Competition for Modern Jazz Composition
Application deadline: 15 February 2024
Age limit: 31 years (14 November 1993)
jazz.kug.ac.at