- William C. Byrd Young Artist Competition - http://www.byrdartists.com
- Annual competition in Flint, Michigan, rotating through categories for piano, strings, voice, and winds and brass.
- Zinetti Competition - http://www.zinetticompetition.org/uk/
- International chamber music event held in Sanguinetto, near Verona, Italy.
- Sendai International Music Competition - http://www.simc.jp/index-e.html
- Triennial violin and piano competition held at the Sendai City Youth Cultural Center in Japan. Includes audition guidelines/venues and application information.
- International Paulo Cello Competition - http://www.cellocompetitionpaulo.org/
- Helsinki, Finland event offers rules, schedule, participants, tickets, application form, cash prizes, history, archives, and contact information. [English and Finnish]
- Tibor Varga International Violin Competition - http://www.concours-violon.ch/e/default.asp
- Held each summer in Switzerland. History of the competition, program information, rules and regulations.
- International Young Musician Competition - http://www.culturaemusica.it/cittadibarlettaeng.html
- Event in Barletta, Italy offers divisions for piano, other solo instruments, chamber music and composition. With links to auditions, schedule, rules, entry fees, prizes, and application form.
- World Federation of International Music Competitions - http://www.wfimc.org/
- Organization founded in Geneva, Switzerland in 1951 offers worldwide database of classical performance competitions searchable by city, sponsoring organization, and name of winner. With downloadable yearbook [PDF].
- BBC Young Musician of the Year - http://www.bbc.co.uk/youngmusician/
- Biennial competition, with link to applications and results of previous events.
- Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions - http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/auditions/national/
- Event held annually at fifteen locations in the US and Canada, followed by finals in New York for cash prizes. Eligibility requirements, judges, and applications.
- BBC Cardiff Singer of the World - http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/cardiffsinger05/
- Competition for young opera singers established in 1983 and held every other year in Wales, with scheduled performer, past winners, and ticket information.
- Bartok-Kabalevsky-Prokofiev International Piano Competition and Festival - http://music.asp.radford.edu/festivals/bartok/bartok.htm
- Page from Radford University in Virginia documents current and past competitions, sponsored by the IBLA Foundation in New York.
- IBLA Grand Prize - http://www.ibla.org/
- Annual competition for pianists, vocalists, instrumentalists and composers with no age limit, held at Ragusa-Ibla, Sicily. [English and Italian]
- International Concert Alliance - http://www.concertalliance.org
- Hosting mid-year music competitions in New York City in several categories, for cash prizes and Manhattan concert appearances. Dates, applications, and news, with judge profiles and donation information.
- Chopin Society of Houston - http://chopinsocietyofhouston.org/
- Sponsoring the International Chopin Youth Competition and the Adult Amateur Competition, with links to past and future events.
- International Singing Contest Francisco Viñas - http://www.francisco-vinas.com/eng/
- Opera competition held in Barcelona, Spain. Site includes rules, official prize listing, and an online registration form.
- International Music Competitions of the Val Tidone - http://www.valtidone-competitions.com/
- Annual event judging piano, accordion, chamber music and composition at the Val Tidone castles outside Milan, Italy.
- Tansman Competition - http://www.tansman.lodz.pl/
- International competition held in Lodz, Poland, named for 19th century Polish composer Alexsander Tansman. Categories for clarinet, piano, violin, cello, and guitar. [English and Polish]
- Kathleen Ferrier Singing Awards - http://www.ferrierawards.org.uk/
- Held each April at Wigmore Hall in London, to benefit memorial scholarship fund named for the British lyric contralto.
- Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium - http://www.cmireb.be/
- Competitions for violinists, pianists, composers and singers held in Brussels.
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