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COMpetitiA Musical America Guide to Top Competitionsons February 2018 Editor’s Note Competitions: Necessary evil? Heart-breaking? Star-making? Life changing? Political football? Yes. And, controversial though they may be, competitions are increasing not only in number, but in scope. Among the many issues discussed in our interview with Benjamin Woodroffe, secretary general of the World Federation of International Music Competitions (WFIMC), some of the bigger competitions are not only choosing the best and the brightest, but also booking them, training them, and managing them. Woodroffe describes, for instance, the International Franz Liszt Competition in Utrecht, Netherlands, which offers its winners professional mentorship over a three-year period, covering everything from agent representation to media training to stagecraft to website production to contractual business training. A Musical America Guide to Top WFIMC, which is based in Switzerland, boasts a membership, mostly European, of 125 music competitions in 40 countries. Piano competitions prevail, at 33 percent of the total; up next are the multiple or alternating discipline events, followed by violin competitions. The fastest growing category is conducting. The primary requirement for COMpetitions membership in WFIMC is that your competition be international in scope—that applicants from all over the world are eligible to apply. The 2018 Guide to Music Competitions is our biggest to date, with 80 entries culled from the hundreds listed in our data base. (That’s up from the 53 with which we started this Guide, in 2015.) For each one, we listed everything from their Twitter handles to the names of the jury members, entry fees, prizes (including management, performances, and recordings, where applicable), deadlines, frequency, disciplines, semi-final and final dates, and eligibility. So, whether you are (or your student is) a singer, composer, wind player, organist, pianist, chamber ensemble, string player, or conductor, you’re bound to find the right competition in the right time and the right place for you. Regards, Susan Elliott Editor, Special Reports

Cover photo credit: Rolston String Quartet, First Prize, 2016 Banff International String Quartet Competition (Luri Lee , violin; Jeff Dryda, violin; Hezekiah Leung, viola; Jonathan Lo, cello). PHOTO: Tianxiao Zhang. A musical america Guide to Top Competitions musicalamerica.com • February 2018 Musical America: What are the top three competition Competition disciplines among WFIMC members? Benjamin Woodroffe: Looking at the membership Insights from the Horse’s Mouth today, 33 percent are piano competitions, 11 percent are violin competitions, and 23 percent are multidiscipline, An interview with Benjamin Woodroffe meaning, for instance, Germany’s ARD Competition and secretary general of the World Federation Belgium’s Queen Elisabeth, which change disciplines of International Music Competitions (WFIMC) either each year or have several at the same time.

As secretary general of the Geneva-based World Federation of Inter- national Music Competitions (WFIMC), Benjamin Woodroffe coordi- nates the operations of 125 music competitions in 40 countries. In 2017 alone, WFIMC’s members held about 60 competitions averaging 225 applicants each, many of them fresh out of conservatory. A native of Australia, Woodroffe, 47, studied By John Fleming architecture, French literature, and art history at the University of Adelaide. Before coming to the Federation, he served as general man- John Fleming, a regular ager of the Melbourne International Chamber contributor to Musical Music Competition from 2005 to 2015. Frequency of competitions among WFIMC members. Source: World Federation of International Music America, is president of the Competitions. Music Critics Association of WFIMC celebrated its 60th anniversary in De- North America. He writes cember, also the month that Musical Ameri- MA: Are there trends in competition disciplines? for Classical Voice North Benjamin Woodroffe, secretary ca caught up with Woodroffe to discuss the general of the World Federation of BW: In the last five years, there has been a trend toward conducting competitions. America, Opera, and others. For 22 years, he changing landscape of international music International Music Competitions. And that’s coming from orchestras themselves. Trondheim in Norway is the most covered the Florida music scene as performing arts PHOTO: Raphaelle Mueller. competitions. critic with the Tampa Bay Times. recent, and we also have them in Armenia, France, and Italy. We don’t have one yet in North America, but watch this space.

MA: Geographically, are there growth areas for competitions? MA: What are competitions looking for in musicians these days? MA: Performance opportunities for young musicians are hard to come by, with BW: We’ve seen it recently in China. The city of Harbin, for instance, has made BW: More than virtuosic talent, competitions reflect what is required of a or without competition wins. a major push to become a center for music. They’ve performing musician today. They are looking for artists—true, rounded, whole BW: That’s one reason why competitions are organizing more engagements, built incredible concert and opera houses, and musicians. actively working with festivals and venues and concert programmers to secure established competitions such as the Schoenfeld laureate opportunities in advance, so that when the final rounds are over, there’s International String Competition. MA: Why join the WFIMC? a guaranteed calendar for the winners. Our members are brokering more of these BW: First of all, it’s a stamp of artistic and operational credibility [see member- appearances themselves, rather than agents, although some have agreements ship guidelines]. You’re joining a like-minded group of competitions. You have with particular agents. to prove that you’re sustainable and on-going, and that you have a clear focus and operate fairly. And you join because we represent you and advocate on your MA: What about mentoring and management? behalf. We work with festivals, we work with agents, we have a large network BW: Obviously, the larger competitions can afford a greater degree of that. available to members. For example, the International Franz Liszt Competition in I often say the Federation has 125 different children. Each competition Utrecht [Netherlands] offers laureates a three-year coor- has a very different niche, a different sense of purpose, a different sense of dinated professional mentorship program, which covers place, a different business model, and they are different ages. There is no everything from agent representation to media training to cookie-cutter model. stagecraft to website production to contractual business training. MA: What’s the biggest cash prize in international music competitions? BW: The Honens Piano Competition has the top MA: In choosing laureates, does the Federation have specific voting rules? prize, of $100,000 Canadian, plus three years of BW: Every competition has its own rules and its own voting system. For us, The Harbin Grand Theater, site of the Schoenfeld International String Competition. engagements. The Cliburn is close behind, with the crucial requirement is that the system is understood by everyone—jury, $50,000 for the gold medalist and a similar commit- candidates, audience. MA: Are you at a competition every week? ment to engagements for three years. BW: I can’t get to every one; in 2017 there were almost 60 and the bulk were But competitions are about so much more than the MA: What are your feelings about teachers as jurors and judging their own in May and September. Many of our competitions are connected with academic cash prize. These days, they’re all-encompassing, with students or students of colleagues? institutions, so venue access and support often drive the timetable. The other outreach events that send candidates into schools. The BW: Okay, I’m going to be really honest. If there’s one topic we spend the most factor that drives competition scheduling is orchestra availability. [All members’ ultimate value for the laureates is the engagements and time on, it would be this. final rounds must be with orchestra.] the mentoring and the introductions that come from Certain members say they will never have a teacher on the jury; others participating. say there are some very good teachers who know how to behave and it would

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions musicalamerica.com • February 2018 Competition Insights from the Horse’s Mouth An interview with Benjamin Woodroffe secretary general of the World Federation of International Music Competitions (WFIMC) be a pity to say no them automatically. The Federation recommends that MA: Do you receive formal complaints about competitions? MA: How can a competition avoid a cutthroat atmosphere? teachers not be allowed to vote for their students, and we ask all jurors to BW: Not many. Since I arrived, I’ve received two questions from candidates who BW: It is up to us to build a platform and put the right framework in place so declare their interest before the event begins. But every member manages have taken part in Federation competitions, and both were about operational that these candidates are treated with respect in the same way you would treat its implementation of [these guidelines]. The Federation is not a police matters, not artistic. a concert artist. They’re given adequate rehearsal time. They’re given access to organization. instruments. They’re given host families to stay with. They’re given transportation. By the way, the trend is shifting more toward a performing-artist jury than MA: How important is the screening jury, the pre-competition jury? It might be They’re treated as an artist, not as Competitor No. 24. teacher juries. Also, remember that every competition is operating in a different more important than the regular jury. Most of our competitions, even the preliminary rounds, are performed place, in a different culture, in a different way of thinking. Some evaluate before a very healthy audience, not just a row of austere jurors in the back of candidates with scores from, say, 1 to 10; others use a yes or no voting system. a hall, and many performances are streamed.

MA: Numerical scoring can seem pretty complicated. Is a yes-no system MA: Streaming competitions seems to have become more prevalent. simpler? BW: It’s a reflection of two things. Competitions are an amazing human-interest BW: Personally, I prefer it. Do you want this candidate to advance to the story; young artists are throwing themselves into repertoire that we all know. next round—yes or no? Federation members use both. But it’s up to every And it’s live, so the unexpected can happen—the brilliant performance that competition. The most important thing is that voting is anonymous, and only surprises. the results are then shared with the jury. MA: Are there leading examples of competitions and streaming? MA: How do you prevent certain jurors from overly influencing the process? BW: I’m careful not to favor one competition over BW: It is a clear policy of the federation that discussion between jurors is the other, but take the 2017 Cliburn. I was there forbidden. in Fort Worth, and they partnered with Medici. tv and invested heavily in streaming. In 2018, the Winners of the Fifteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, June 10, 2017. Left MA: What about bias in favor of musicians in competitions in their home to right: silver medalist Kenneth Broberg, of the U.S.; gold medalist Yekwon Sunwoo of Leeds Piano Competition is partnering with Medici, countries? South Korea; and bronze medalist Daniel Hsu, of the U.S. after receiving their awards at the and not only streaming the competition but also Fifteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition held at Bass Performance Hall in Fort BW: They have a huge hometown advantage with the audience, all the cheering Worth, Texas. PHOTO: Ralph Lauer. parts of the auditions. The Rubenstein in Tel Aviv and so forth, but I think that in terms of performance they’re under more pres- streamed their competition. The Queen Elisabeth sure to play even better than normal, to win for the home team. Sometimes be- BW: You’re absolutely right. The trend now is to have a very significant screening has a longstanding streaming partnership, and the ing the local candidate for finalist gets you more interest, and if you’re prepared jury. Ideally, they are traveling to listen to the candidates in different cities around competition in Montreal also streams. A lot of our to say what you need to say musically at the right time in the right place, you the world—the same set of ears is hearing candidates in different places. competitions are doing this, but they’re doing it in can take off. different ways.

MA: It can be heartbreaking when candidates travel halfway around the world and then are eliminated after the first round. Maybe they’re terrific musicians Membership requirements who had a bad day. Is there any way around that, or is it just a fact of competi- for World Federation of tion life? BW: There has been a shift in the last 10 years to let candidates perform more International Music Competitions than once, for this very reason. The first voting may take place after the first two WFIMC members must: rounds, to give the artists a chance to settle in, to acclimatize, to iron themselves ß Be an international music competition of musical out. The federation is also pushing for the candidate to have more choice of performance or composition on a professional level; program and repertoire. ß Be of enduring nature and schedule regularly recurring I know in Melbourne, if we were flying a string quartet from Germany to competitions; Australia we were not going to let them play just once and then put them on a ß Pursue solely artistic and cultural objectives, none plane and send them home. They all played two rounds and candidates were designed to produce commercial gain; invited to stay until the end of the competition so they were able to listen and ß Be open to participants of all nationalities, ethnic origins, take their measure against other quartets. Yeah, competitions are about the religions, and of both genders; jury and so forth, but they are also about the personal discovery of finding ß yourself as a musician. Offer all participants optimum and equal practice, rehearsal, and performance conditions during each stage of the competition; ß Excuse no participant from an early round of a competition; ß Present a final round with orchestra, unless the competition’s discipline makes this requirement unsuitable; ß support the mission and objectives of the Federation.

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions musicalamerica.com • February 2018 The following listings were drawn from the 2018 Musical America Worldwide database. Competitions Note that the majority have first-prize monies of $10,000 and over. AGO/ECS Publishing Award in Choral Composition...... 7 International Franz Liszt Piano Competition...... 31 The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in International FRANZ LISZT Piano Competition the Performing Arts...... 7 Weimar-Bayreuth...... 32 The Azrieli Music Prizes...... 8 Long Thibaud Crespin International Competition...... 32 Gina Bachauer International Artist Piano Competition...... 9 Lyon International Chamber Music Competition...... 33 Barlow Endowment for Music Composition—Prize Competition...... 10 M-Prize Chamber Arts Competition...... 34 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World...... 10 The Mahler Competition...... 34 International Telekom Beethoven Competition Bonn...... 11 Eleanor Mccollum Competition...... 35 International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition ...... 12 Monte Carlo Piano Masters...... 35 William C. Byrd Young Artist Competition...... 12 National Association of Teachers of Singing Competitions...... 36 The 1st International Chopin Competition on The Walter W. Naumburg Foundation...... 37 period Instruments...... 13 Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Music Composition...... 37 National Chopin Piano Competition of the USA...... 14 NEP Call for Scores...... 38 Cleveland International Piano Competition...... 14 The New York International Piano Competition...... 38 Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition and Festival...... 15 The 12th International Oboe Competition of Japan 2018 Sixteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition...... 16 o in Toky ...... 39 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition...... 16 The 10th Osaka International Chamber Music Competition...... 40 Concours Musical International de Montréal—CMIM...... 17 PianoArts...... 40 Thomas and Evon Cooper International Competition...... 18 Queen Elisabeth Competition—Belgium – Brussels...... 41 Discover National Chamber Music Competition...... 18 The Queen Sonja International Music Competition...... 42 BRAVO TO OUR VIOLIN 2016 PRIZEWINNERS Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition...... 19 Rapido!® A 14-Day Composition Contest...... 42 BOMSORI KIM AYANA TSUJI MINAMI YOSHIDA Fleischmann International Trophy Competition...... 20 The 16th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano ND ST RD Forte International Music Competition...... 20 master Competition...... 43 2 PRIZE 1 PRIZE 3 PRIZE TAM LAN TRUONG PHOTOGRAPHY Geneva International Music Competition...... 21 Schoenfeld International String Competition (or SISC)...... 44 The 16th International Edvard Grieg Piano Competition ...... 21 Franz Schubert and Modern Music...... 45 International Music Competition Harbin ...... 22 Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition...... 45 The Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition...... 23 The Solti Foundation U.S...... 46 Michael Hill International Violin Competition...... 23 Sphinx Competition...... 46 2019 Hilton Head International Piano Competition...... 24 Stulberg International String Competition...... 47 ELIGIBILITY Honens International Piano Competition...... 25 Toru Takemitsu Composition Award 2018...... 47 Born 1990 or later International Violin Competition of Indianapolis...... 26 Rosalyn Tureck International Bach Competition...... 48 52nd International Vocal Competition ’s-Hertogenbosch...... 27 34th Valsesia Musica International Competition 2018...... 48 TRANSPORTATION Jensen Foundation Vocal Competition...... 27 VSA International Young Soloists...... 49 AND ACCOMMODATION Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover...... 28 Wideman International Piano Competition...... 49 FROM MAY 26 TO JUNE 6 provided by the CMIM Kerikeri International Piano Competition (New Zealand)...... 28 16th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition...... 50 FINALS & GALA IX Fritz Kreisler Violin Competition...... 29 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition...... 50 CONCOURSMONTREAL.CA with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal The Kuleshov International Piano Festival and Competition...... 29 Wigmore Hall/Independent Opera The Lotte Lenya Competition...... 30 international Song Competition...... 51 The Gerda Lissner Foundation in Association Young Concert Artists International Auditions...... 51 with the Liederkranz Foundation...... 31

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions musicalamerica.com • February 2018 AGO/ECS PUBLISHING AWARD IN THE AMERICAN PRIZE NATIONAL NONPROFIT CHORAL COMPOSITION COMPETITIONS IN THE PERFORMING ARTS

The competition seeks outstanding compositions ELIGIBILITY The American Prize provides evaluation, recognition, DETAILS for SATB chorus and organ in which the organ plays The competition is open to all composers except and reward to America’s finest performing artist Travel covered? No a distinctive and significant role; requirements vary AGO/ECS past winners. Membership in the AGO is ensembles and composers based on recorded Frequency Annual for each competition. There is a $2000 cash prize not required. performances. No age limits. The American Prize has First prize Less than $10,000 and publication by ECS Publishing. awarded over $50,000 in cash prizes since 2010. Smallest prize Less than $5,000 ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Organ • SATB chorus Additional prize Performances MAIN OFFICE 25 Hamilton Drive, Suite 100 DETAILS Jury chair David Katz 475 Riverside Drive, Suite 1260 The Opera Cottage Jury size 1 to 5 New York, NY 10115 Travel covered? No Danbury, CT 06811 Frequency Biennial Application fee $45 UNITED STATES UNITED STATES Application deadline June 30, 2018 212-870-2310 First prize Less than $10,000 203-746-2694 email website Jury chair(s) Not provided email website Application notes Jury size 1 to 5 Final deadline for composers, chamber musicians, Application deadline July 1, 2018 ELIGIBILITY instrumental soloists, classical vocalists and pianists Open to all U.S. citizens, regardless of age or is April 30, 2018; for conductors, ensembles, stage Application notes domicile. Separate categories for professional, Deadline subject to change. directors, arts administrators, and American music college/university, community, and high school age performance is June 30, 2018. COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? solo musicians and ensembles. ✖ Not open to the public SEMIFINALS & FINALS (live rounds) ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES The American Prize judges recorded performances Conducting • Piano • Strings • Voice • Orchestra only, submitted via online links or on disc. • Chorus • Band • Opera or Music Theater Company COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? ✖ Not open to the public Social links

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions musicalamerica.com • February 2018 THE AZRIELI MUSIC PRIZES The biennial Azrieli Music Prizes (AMP) offer opportunities for the creation, performance, recording, and celebration of new orchestral Jewish music by awarding two $50,000 prizes: the Jury chair Azrieli international Azrieli Prize for recent existing works Aaron Jay Kernis, Composition Faculty, Yale University and the Azrieli Commission for the creation of a Additional jurors Music Prizes new work of Jewish music. Boris Brott, Music Director, Brott Music Festival Creating, performing and celebrating and McGill Chamber Orchestra; Neil Levin, Artistic MAIN OFFICE Director, Milken Archive of Jewish Music; Steven excellence in new Jewish music 22 St. Clair Avenue West, Suite 202 Mercurio, Conductor, past Music Director, Spoleto Toronto, ON M4T 2S3 Festival; Ana Sokolovic, Composition Faculty, CANADA University of Montreal 416-322-5928 Jury size 1 to 5 email website Application deadline November 5, 2017 ELIGIBILITY Application notes The Azrieli Prize is open to the international music Submission deadlines for the 2020 AMP award cycle community. Works on a Jewish theme can be will be announced in February 2019. nominated by individuals and institutions of all nationalities, faiths, backgrounds, and affiliations, FINALS (live rounds) and submitted to the AMP Jury through the open Winner’s Gala Concert held biennially in mid- call for scores. Work may have been premiered October on even years in Montreal, CA. The 2018 within 10 years of the award date, but must not AMP Gala Concert will take place October 15, have a significant performance history, and must 2018 at Maison Symphonique de Montréal with not have been commercially recorded. the McGill Chamber Orchestra and soloists Rachel Mercer (cello) and Erica Goodman (harp) under The Azrieli Commission is open to Canadian com- guest conductor Yoav Talmi. posers with the aim of encouraging creative and critical engagement with the question, “What is COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? Jewish Music?” It is awarded to a Canadian com- ✖ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed poser who proposes a response that displays the ✔ Finals ✖ Finals streamed utmost creativity, artistry and musical excellence. PAST COMPETITION WINNERS The winning score and proposal are chosen by an The 2016 Azrieli Commission: Brian Current for his international panel of experts. Seven Heavenly Halls Congratulations to our 2018 winners: The 2016 Azrieli Prize: Wlad Marhulets for his ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Composition Klezmer Clarinet Concerto Kelly-Marie Murphy, Azrieli Commission DETAILS The 2018 Azrieli Commission: Kelly-Marie Murphy for a and Avner Dorman, Azrieli Prize. double-concerto for cello, harp and orchestra inspired Travel covered? Yes Each receives $50,000, a world premiere by Sephardic Music from across the diaspora. Frequency Biennial gala performance and a professional First prize $10,000 to $50,000 Social links recording of their prize-winning work. Additional prizes Performances, Recording A musical america Guide to Top Competitions musicalamerica.com • February 2018 GINA BACHAUER INTERNATIONAL GINA BACHAUER INTERNATIONAL ARTIST PIANO COMPETITION, cont’d ARTIST PIANO COMPETITION Germany; Douglas Humpherys, USA; Daejin Kim, COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? Korea; Gabriel Kwok, Hong Kong; Ursula Oppens, US; ✔ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed The Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition ELIGIBILITY Artists ages 19-32 Logan Skelton, US ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed was the first competition to use a single elimination Jury size 6 to 10 Social links format. All Bachauer competitors perform in two ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Piano Application fee $200 separate rounds and, as there are no requirements DETAILS Application deadline October 15, 2017 of repertory, competitors are free to display their Travel covered? No SEMIFINALS (live rounds) artistry and virtuosity. Frequency Quadrennial June 18-19, 2018, Rose Wagner Performing Arts MAIN OFFICE First prize $10,000 to $50,000 Center, Salt Lake City, UT Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation Smallest prize Less than $5,000 FINALS (live rounds) 138 West Broadway, Suite 220 Additional prizes June 22-23, 2018, Abravanel Hall, Salt Lake City, UT. Salt Lake City, UT 84101 Performances, Recording Finals take place with the Utah Symphony. UNITED STATES Jury chair(s) Not provided 801-297-4250 Additional jurors email website Natalya Antonova, Russia/USA; Angela Cheng, Canada; Jane Coop, Canada; Bernd Goetzke,

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A musical america Guide to Top Competitions musicalamerica.com • February 2018 BARLOW ENDOWMENT FOR MUSIC COMPOSITION— BBC CARDIFF PRIZE COMPETITION SINGER OF THE WORLD

The 2018 winning composer receives a $12,000 ELIGIBILITY BBC Cardiff Singer of the World is known throughout ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Voice commission for a major new work of nine to 12 There are no restrictions with regard to musical the classical music world as one of the premiere minutes for SATB unaccompanied choir. The work style, nationality, age, gender, race, religion, or showcases for young professional singers at DETAILS is performed by consortium of choirs: BYU Singers political persuasion. The only limitations are: 1) the start of their careers. It is broadcast on BBC Travel covered? Yes (Utah), Seraphic Fire (Florida), and The Crossing composers who have won the Barlow Prize in the Television, Radio and online, and can be seen and Frequency Annual (Pennsylvania). previous five years will not be considered; and 2) heard throughout the world. First prize $10,000 to $50,000 members of the Barlow Boards are not eligible. Smallest prize Less than $5,000 MAIN OFFICE MAIN OFFICE Additional prize Performances A-501 HFAC ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Composition BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Jury chair Brigham Young University Music Department Room E4113 David Pountney CBE, Artistic Director, Welsh Provo, UT 84602 DETAILS BBC Cymru Wales National Opera UNITED STATES Travel covered? No Broadcasting House Jury size 1 to 5 801-422-2818 Frequency Annual Llandaff Application deadline June 30, 2018 email website First prize $12,000 Cardiff CF5 2YQ Additional prize Performances Wales Application notes Jury chair(s) Not provided UNITED KINGDOM The BBC reserves the right to extend the closing Jury size 6 to 10 +44 303 0802855 date. Application deadline June 1, 2018 email website SEMIFINALS (live rounds) Application notes ELIGIBILITY Main Prize Preliminary Rounds: This deadline is a RECEIPT deadline, NOT mailing Open to singers of any nationality, at the beginning Four concerts June 16-19, 2019, St. David’s Hall, deadline. of their professional careers, who will have probably Cardiff, Wales, UK Song Prize Preliminary Rounds: FINALS (live rounds) studied at a conservatory of music or equivalent. Entrants must have been born between June 23, Four recitals June 15-17, 2019, Royal Welsh College Notification of winners will be announced on the of Music and Drama, Cardiff, Wales, UK website and Facebook by September 15 annually. 1986, and June 14, 2001. FINALS (live rounds) COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? Main Prize Final: June 22, 2019 ✖ Not open to the public St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, Wales, UK Social links Song Prize Final: June 20, 2019 St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, Wales, UK COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? ✔ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed Social links

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 10 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 INTERNATIONAL TELEKOM BEETHOVEN COMPETITION BONN

The Competition focuses on works by Beethoven ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Piano from every phase of his creative life, along with PIANOARTS 2018 NORTH AMERICAN COMPETITION & MUSIC FESTIVAL compositions by his predecessors, contemporaries, DETAILS and successors. Candidates may add works of Travel covered? Yes Frequency Biennial MAY 30 - JUNE 5, 2018 their choosing to the compulsory program. Next MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN First prize €10,000 to €50,000 competition will take place in December 2020. For pianists of any nationality, ages 16-21, Smallest prize €5,000 to €10,000 living or studying full-time in North America MAIN OFFICE Additional prize Performances c/o Beethovenfest Bonn Jury chair 10 SEMIFINALISTS • OVER $27,000 IN PRIZES Kurt-Schumacher-Str. 3 Prof. Pavel Gililov, Artistic Director and Chairman of CONCERTS • PIANOARTS FELLOWSHIPS Carmen Knoll performing with MSO during World-Renowned Jury 53113 Bonn the Jury North American Competition Awards Concert Photography: Woodrow Leung John Perry, Ann Schein, Joyce Yang GERMANY Jury size 6 to 10 +49 228 181 11 181 Application deadline May 15, 2020 APPLICATION: FEB. 9, 2018 / DVD SUBMISSION: FEB. 23, 2018 Associate email website Finals Repertory requirements and schedule: Conductor SEMIFINALS (live rounds) with www.PianoArts.org • [email protected] Yaniv Dinur ELIGIBILITY Rounds I-III will take place at the Telekom Zentrale in 414-962-3055 Pianists from all nations, as well as stateless persons, Bonn, Germany who are between 18 and 32 years old at the time of the competition are eligible. COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed th ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed 9 International Franz Liszt Piano Competition Weimar-Bayreuth Social links 30 October – 10 November 2018

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A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 11 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 INTERNATIONAL HANS GABOR BELVEDERE WILLIAM C. BYRD SINGING COMPETITION YOUNG ARTIST COMPETITION

Since 1982 the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Metropolian Opera New York, Executive Director, The William C. Byrd Young Artist Competition was ELIGIBILITY Singing Competition has been one of the world’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program; started by William C. Byrd, conductor of the Flint Contestants cannot have an agent. Instrumentalists best networked singing competitions with Olga Kapanina, Opera Bolshoi Moscow, Casting Di- Symphony Orchestra, for the purpose of helping must be younger than 31 on the day of the Byrd qualifying rounds in more than 70 cities worldwide rector; Constanze Könemann, Staatsoper Hamburg, launch careers for young musicians. Following his Competition, and vocalists must be younger than 35 each year. The singers are judged by a jury of Operndirektorin; Zigmars Liepinš, Latvian National untimely death, the St. Cecilia Society of Flint, MI, on the day of the Competition. artistic and casting directors from the world’s most Opera and Ballet Riga, General Director; Joan Mata- has continued to sponsor the annual competition. prestigious opera houses. bosch, Teatro Real Madrid, Artistic Director; Chris- ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Piano MAIN OFFICE toph Meyer, Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf DETAILS MAIN OFFICE - Duisburg; Generalintendant; Hein Mulders, Aalto c/o Flint Institute of Music Seidengasse 32/3/52 1025 East Kearsley Street Travel covered? No Theater und Philharmonie Essen, Intendant; Björn Frequency Annual 1070 Vienna Peters, Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden - Semperoper Flint, MI 48503 AUSTRIA UNITED STATES First prize Less than $10,000 Künstlerischer Betriebsdirektor; Christoph Seuferle, Smallest prize Less than $5,000 +43-664-24 36 797 Deutsche Oper Berlin, Operndirektor; Alard von 810-964-9399 or 810-793-0538 email website email website Additional prize Performances Rohr. A pro just classics / Festliche Operngala der Jury chair(s) Not provided ELIGIBILITY Deutschen AIDS-Stiftung, Geschäftsführer / Künstl. Jury size 1 to 5 Singers (males/females) born in or after 1986 of all Leiter; Michael Williams, Cape Town Opera, Manag- Application fee $75 nationalities are invited to enter the competition. ing Director; Diane Zola, Houston Grand Opera, Application deadline January 7, 2019 See the rules on our website for more details. Director of Artistic Administration Jury size 11 or more SEMIFINALS (live rounds) ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Voice Application fee €42 registration fee; March 2, 2019 (day), Flint Institute of Music, Flint, MI DETAILS €168 finals fee FINALS (live rounds) Travel covered? No Application deadline May 1, 2017 March 2, 2019 (evening), Flint Institute of Music, Frequency Annual SEMIFINALS (live rounds) Flint, MI First prize Less than €10,000 Enrollment: 1st rounds & semifinals from Additional prize Performances COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? June 3-10, 2018 at Dzintari Concert Hall, Jurmala, ✔ ✖ Jury chair Semifinals Semifinals streamed Latvia ✔ ✖ John Mordler, Opera Monte Carlo, Artistic Director Finals Finals streamed (retired) FINALS (live rounds) Additional jurors Finals with orchestra on June 10, 2018 at Dzintari David Agler, Wexford Festival Opera, Artistic Di- Concert Hall, Jurmala, Latvia rector; Dmitrij Bertman, Helikon Opera Moscow, COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? Artistic Director; Heribert Germeshausen, Theater ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed Dortmund, Opernintendant; David Gowland, Royal ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed Opera House Covent Garden, Artistic Director, Jette Parker Young Artists Programme; Michael Heaston, Social links

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 12 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 THE 1ST INTERNATIONAL CHOPIN COMPETITION ON PERIOD INSTRUMENTS

The aspiration to revive the authentic sound of our brilliant composer’s music, which has borne fruit in the form of this unique event, is one of the fundamental ideas behind the work of The Fryderyk ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Piano Chopin Institute. DETAILS MAIN OFFICE Travel covered? Yes The Fryderyk Chopin Institute Frequency Annual Tamka 43 First prize €10,000 to €50,000 00-355 Warszawa Smallest prize €5,000 to €10,000 POLAND Jury chair(s) Not provided 224416101 Additional jurors email website Claire Chevallier; Nikolai Demidenko; Nelson Goerner; Tobias Koch; Alexei Lubimov; Janusz ELIGIBILITY Olejniczak; Ewa Poblocka; Andreas Staier; Wojciech Pianists representing a professional level of Switala; Dang Thai Son performance, aged 18 to 34 at the beginning of the Jury size 11 or more Competition. Application fee €50 Application deadline May 1, 2018 Application notes Applications submitted by mail must be postmarked no later than May 1, 2018. Acceptance of the completed application will be confirmed by the Institute. SEMIFINALS (live rounds) September 8-10, 2018, Warsaw Philharmonic FINALS (live rounds) September 12-13, 2018, Warsaw Philharmonic COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed Social links

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 13 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 NATIONAL CHOPIN PIANO COMPETITION OF THE USA CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION

The National Chopin Piano Competition (NCPC) is ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Piano Twenty-seven of the world’s most promising young DETAILS open to U.S. pianists exclusively. It has been held concert pianists perform in multiple rounds for the Travel covered? Yes every five years since 1975, always in Miami, FL, and DETAILS chance to appear with The Cleveland Orchestra Frequency Quadrennial follows closely the rules of the International Chopin Travel covered? No in Severance Hall, more than $170,00 in prizes, First prize $10,000 to $50,000 Competition in Warsaw, Poland. Its top winners go Frequency Quinquennial (every management services, a CD recording, and NY Additional prizes on to the Warsaw Competition automatically. five years) debut. A concurrent festival offers concerts, films, Performances, Management, Recording First prize More than $50,000 concert talks, and panel discussions. Jury chair(s) Not provided MAIN OFFICE Smallest prize Less than $5,000 Jury size 6 to 10 1440 79th Street Causeway, Suite 117 Additional prizes MAIN OFFICE Application fee TBA Miami, FL 33141 Performances, Recording 20600 Chagrin Boulevard, Suite 1110 Application deadline December 1, 2019 UNITED STATES Jury chair Shaker Heights, OH 44122 305-868-0624 Kevin Kenner, faculty member of the Frost School of UNITED STATES FINALS (live rounds) TBA email website Music at the University of Miami, FL 216-707-5397 Additional jurors TBA email website COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? ✔ ✔ ELIGIBILITY Jury size 6 to 10 Semifinals Semifinals streamed ✔ ✔ The National Chopin Piano Competition is open to Application fee $100 ELIGIBILITY Pianists ages 18-30 Finals Finals streamed U.S. pianists exclusively. Eligibility is determined Application deadline November 4, 2019 by the requirements of the International Chopin ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Piano Social links Competition in Warsaw. SEMIFINALS (live rounds) February 22-27, 2020, Miami-Dade County Auditorium, Miami, FL 52nd International Jury Dame Kiri Te Kanawa soprano FINALS (live rounds) Vocal Competition +\UQH=LQaV]Pǅ mezzo-soprano February 29 and March 1, 2020, Miami-Dade County Opera | Oratorio Andrew Watts countertenor Auditorium, Miami, FL Zizheng Yu tenor | Ningbo University China 7-15 September 2018 Robert Holl bass | composer COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? ’s-Hertogenbosch Joel Ethan Fried Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed Netherlands Eline de Kat Opéra de Monte-Carlo ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed Jesús Iglesias Noriega Dutch National Opera Evamaria Wieser Salzburger Festspiele Social links More than € 40,000 prize money plus engagements

Preliminary Rounds 05 & 06 February 2018 ·è}KǍ 17 & 18 February 2018 · Amsterdam 14 & 15 April 2018 · Ningbo 25 & 26 May 2018 · ’s-Hertogenbosch 23 June 2018 · Sulmona Auditions also via YouTube www.ivc.nu

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 14 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 CLIBURN INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR PIANO COMPETITION AND FESTIVAL

Quadrennial international competition for 13- to 17- ELIGIBILITY year-old pianists held in Dallas, TX, on the campus Applications for the 2019 Junior Competition, as of SMU and at Meyerson Symphony Center. All well as full requirements for candidates, will be performances webcast live and on demand. Final available at Cliburn.org beginning March 1, 2018. rounds with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Applicants must have been born between June 8, 2001, and May 31, 2006. MAIN OFFICE 201 Main Street, Suite 100 ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Piano Fort Worth, TX 76102 UNITED STATES DETAILS 817-738-6536 Travel covered? Yes email website Frequency Annual First prize $10,000 to $50,000 Smallest prize Less than $5,000 Jury chair Alessio Bax, pianist Jury size 6 to 10 Application deadline January 10, 2019 SEMI FINALS May 31-June 6, 2019, preliminary, quarterfinal, and semifinal rounds, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX FINALS (live rounds) June 8, 2019, Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, TX MICHAEL HILL INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed VIOLIN COMPETITION Social links JUNE 2019. NEW ZEALAND The world’s best emerging violin talent in the world’s most unique location. Airfares provided for semi-finalists | Application deadline 15 November 2018 violincompetition.co.nz

2017 winner Ioana Cristina Goicea, Romania Photo by Sheena Haywood

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 15 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 SIXTEENTH VAN CLIBURN CONCERT ARTISTS GUILD INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION VICTOR ELMALEH COMPETITION

May 28 - June 12, 2021. Quadrennial international ELIGIBILITY The annual CAG Victor Elmaleh Competition is ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES Piano • Strings • Voice • piano competition held at Bass Performance Hall Age 18 to 30; first-prize winners of previous Cliburn open to instrumentalists and chamber ensembles All solo instruments and in Fort Worth, TX. Cash awards: $50,000; $25,000; Competitions are not eligible to compete. performing classical and non-traditional repertoire. chamber ensembles $15,000. Winners also receive three years of CAG offers comprehensive management services comprehensive artist management services and ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Piano including concert bookings, commissions, record- DETAILS Travel covered? No tour booking, professional recording, publicity DETAILS ing, and marketing and publicity support. Winners Frequency Annual services, more. Entire competition is professionally Frequency Quadrennial are presented at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall. First prize $5,000 web-streamed. First prize $50,000 MAIN OFFICE Additional prizes Smallest prize Less than $5,000 MAIN OFFICE 850 Seventh Avenue, PH-A Performances, Management Additional prizes 201 Main Street, Suite 100 New York, NY 10019 Jury chair Not provided Performances, Management, Recording Fort Worth, TX 76102 UNITED STATES Jury size 6 to 10 Jury chair(s) Not provided UNITED STATES 212-333-5200 Application fee $125 Jury size 6 to 10 817-738-6536 email website Application deadline April 14, 2018 email website Application deadline October 15, 2020 ELIGIBILITY Application notes FINALS (live rounds) Suggested age limit for individual singers and vocal The 2018 competition is open only to piano, Piano: June 9-12, 2021, Bass Performance Hall, Fort ensembles is 35, maximum 40; for instrumentalists strings and voice. Early-bird deadline is March 31 Worth, TX and instrumental ensembles it is 30, maximum (save $25 on the application fee). COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? 35. Applicants over suggested age limits must SEMIFINALS (live rounds) ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed state why they feel they are in the early stages of a October 2018, New York City professional career. Applicants with North American ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed management are not eligible. FINALS (live rounds) October 2018, in New York City Social links Ensembles should have been in existence with the same members for at least 12 months. COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? ✖ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed Social links

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 16 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 CONCOURS MUSICAL INTERNATIONAL DE MONTRÉAL— CONCOURS MUSICAL INTERNATIONAL DE MONTRÉAL—CMIM, cont’d

CMIM Jury chair SEMIFINALS (live rounds) André Bourbeau, président of the jury and President Art Song semifinals, June 1, 2018, Bourgie Concert The CMIM is one of the world’s most highly regarded ELIGIBILITY of CMIM Hall, Montréal, Canada classical music competitions; it is the only one in Voice 2018 age limit: born in 1983 or later; Violin Additional jurors Aria semifinals, June 4-5, Maison symphonique, North America to be held annually and to present 2019: born in 1990 or later; Piano 2020: born in 1990 Édith Bers; Ben Heppner; Soile Isokoski; Warren Montréal, Canada three disciplines (voice, violin, piano) in a three- or later. Jones; François Le Roux; Dame Felicity Lott; Joseph year rotation. Prizes total half-a-million dollars per Rouleau; Dame Kiri te Kanawa FINALS (live rounds) ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES Piano • Voice • Strings cycle and winners benefit from many professional Jury size 6 to 10 Art Song finals, June 3, 2018 Bourgie Concert Hall, Montréal, Canada opportunities. DETAILS Application fee $117 (150$CAD) Aria finals: June 7, 2018, Maison symphonique, Travel covered? Yes Application deadline December 15, 2017** MAIN OFFICE Montréal, Canada Frequency Annual JMC/CMIM offices Application notes First prize $10,000 to $50,000 305 Mont-Royal Avenue East Violin 2019 – To be announced (refer to COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? Smallest prize Less than $5,000 ✔ ✔ Montréal, QC H2T 1P8 concoursmontreal.ca); Voice 2018 – December Semifinals Semifinals streamed Additional prizes ✔ ✔ CANADA 15, 2017** (**The application deadline for 2018 Finals Finals streamed Performances, Management, Recording 514-845-4108 has passed; future applicants are referred to the Social links email website competition website.)

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A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 17 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 THOMAS AND EVON COOPER DISCOVER NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION CHAMBER MUSIC COMPETITION

The Cooper International Competition alternates Additional jurors The Discover National Chamber Music Competition ELIGIBILITY annually between piano and violin. The multi-round Angela Cheng, Professor of Piano, Oberlin Conserva- is designed to provide an educational as well as The competition is open to chamber ensembles of competition, open to the public and live-streamed, tory; Alvin Chow, Professor of Piano, Oberlin Con- a competitive experience for young chamber three to eight musicians in 12th grade and younger. is open to musicians ages 13-18. The competition servatory; Stanislav Ioudenitch, Professor of Piano, ensembles. Overall winning ensembles will each culminates in a final round at Severance Hall, where Oberlin Conservatory; Daejin Kim, Professor of Piano receive a cash prize of $1000 and will perform on a ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES Piano • Strings • Voice the top three competitors perform a full concerto at Korean National University of Arts and Music Di- Winners’ Recital in March. DETAILS with The Cleveland Orchestra. rector of the Changwon Philharmonic Orchestra; Jon MAIN OFFICE Travel covered? No Nakamatsu, international performing and recording Frequency Annual MAIN OFFICE artist and faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory 878 Lyster Road Anna Hoffmann, Program Administrator Highwood, IL, 60040 Additional prize Performances of Music; Roberto Plano, international performing Jury chair(s) Not provided Oberlin Conservatory of Music and recording artist and Assistant Professor of Music UNITED STATES 77 West College Street 847-926-9898 Jury size 1 to 5 in Piano at Boston University; Haewon Song, Profes- Application deadline February 1, 2018 Oberlin, OH 44074 sor of Piano, Oberlin Conservatory; Martino Tirimo, email website UNITED STATES international performing and recording artist FINALS (live rounds) 440-775-8044 Jury size 6 to 10 February 2017, Bennett Gordon Hall, Ravinia email website Application fee $100 Festival, Highland Park, IL ELIGIBILITY Application deadline April 15, 2018 COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? The competition is open to young pianists ages 13 SEMIFINALS (live rounds) ✖ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed to 18 as determined by the competitor’s age as of July 14-16: Semifinals Round I and II, Oberlin ✔ Finals ✖ Finals streamed July 14, 2018, and who have not won one of the top Conservatory, Warner Concert Hall in Oberlin, OH Social links three prizes in a previous Cooper competition. July 17: Concerto Round, Oberlin Conservatory, ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES Warner Concert Hall in Oberlin, OH Piano in even years; violin in odd years July 19: Honors Recital, Oberlin Conservatory, Warner Concert Hall in Oberlin, OH DETAILS Travel covered? No FINALS (live rounds) Frequency Annual July 18: Recital Finals, Oberlin Conservatory, Warner First prize $10,000 to $50,000 Concert Hall in Oberlin, OH Smallest prize Less than $5,000 July 20: Concerto Finals with The Cleveland Additional prize Performances Orchestra, Severance Hall in Cleveland, OH Jury chair (All finals broadcast live on WCLV-104.9 FM) Robert Shannon, Professor of Piano, Oberlin COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? Conservatory ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed Social links

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 18 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 FISCHOFF NATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC COMPETITION

Founded in 1973, the Fischoff National Chamber ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Chamber Music Music Competition encourages young people to pursue chamber music study and performance. DETAILS Each year 49 ensembles of three to six players are Travel covered? No hannover invited to participate in the Junior Division, Senior Frequency Annual String Division, and Senior Wind Divisions. First prize $10,000 to $50,000 Smallest prize Less than $5,000 MAIN OFFICE Additional prize Performances 303 Brownson Hall Jury chair(s) Not provided Notre Dame, IN 46556 Jury size 11 or more UNITED STATES Application fee $40 per person 574-631-0984 Application deadline February 28, 2018 PROMOTING EXCELLENCE email website SEMIFINALS (live rounds) ELIGIBILITY May 11-13, 2018, at the University of Notre Dame, Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover Please click here to see a complete description. South Bend, IN October ��–��, �� FINALS (live rounds) May 13, 2018, at the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN

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A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 19 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 FLEISCHMANN INTERNATIONAL TROPHY COMPETITION FORTE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION

Each year some of the finest adult amateur ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Voice Forte International Music Competition is open to ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES choirs compete for the prestigious Fleischmann piano, strings, woodwinds, brass, and vocalists ages Piano • Strings • Voice • Woodwinds • Brass International Trophy. The selected choirs will also be DETAILS four to 35. scheduled for a range of additional festival activities Travel covered? No DETAILS throughout the week including fringe concerts and Frequency Annual MAIN OFFICE Travel covered? No church and informal performances. First prize Less than €10,000 2733 Cropsey Avenue Frequency Annual Smallest prize Less than €5,000 Brooklyn, NY 11214 First prize Less than $10,000 MAIN OFFICE Additional prize Recording UNITED STATES Smallest prize Less than $5,000 Civic Trust House Jury chair 718-755-2110 Jury chair(s) Not provided 50 Pope’s Quay Maria Gamborg Helbekkmo, Norway email website Jury size 1 to 5 Cork Additional jurors Application fee $140 IRELAND Mark Armstrong, Ireland; Mervyn Cousins, England; ELIGIBILITY Ages 4-35 Application deadline November 5, 2018 +353 21 421 5125 Maria Gamborg Helbekkmo, Norway; Zoltan Pad, email website Hungary; Jean-Claude Wilkens, Belgium Application notes Jury size 1 to 5 Early Bird deadline: Oct. 15; Late Fee deadline: Nov. 10 ELIGIBILITY Application fee €300 SEMIFINALS (live rounds) Open to any choir of international standing (except Application deadline October 31, 2018 specifically children’s choirs); minimum of 20 December, 2018, New York City, details TBA. voices, maximum of 60. Requirements: A program Application notes Competitors can also participate online in the of a cappella music consisting of either three or Application for Fleischmann International Trophy preliminary and semi-final rounds. See website. four contrasting works whose total duration is 10 Competition happens annually on 31st of October FINALS (live rounds) to 12 minutes; a contrasting program of a piece each year. January/February 2019, Carnegie Hall, 154 West composed before 1750, an original work by a living 57th Street, New York, NY composer, and a work by a composer of the choir’s FINALS (live rounds) native country. After final acceptance, a choir may The competition occurs on the Saturday of the COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? not change its program or the order. Festival in Cork’s City Hall, which happens annually ✖ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed on the five days preceding the May Bank Holiday ✔ Finals ✖ Finals streamed weekend. Social links COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? ✖ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed ✔ Finals ✖ Finals streamed Social links

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 20 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 GENEVA THE 16TH INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION EDVARD GRIEG PIANO COMPETITION

Founded in 1939, the Geneva Competition is Jury chairs The competition will take place at Troldhaugen, Jury chair one of the world’s leading international music Joaquín Achúcarro, Spain (piano), Sharon Kam, Israel Grieg’s picturesque home in Bergen, Norway, in Professor Einar Steen-Nøkleberg, Norway competitions. It rotates annually among disciplines (clarinet) September 2018. Competitors will reside with host Additional jurors and aims at discovering, promoting, and supporting Additional jurors families, and those who do not advance to the Jan Jiracek von Arnim, Germany; Leon McCawley, young talented artists, giving them the necessary Piano: Hortense Cartier-Bresson, France; Peter Dono- Second Round and beyond will perform at a paid Great Britain; Ya-Fei Chuang, USA; Christian Ihle tools to launch an international career. hoe, Great Britain; Kei Itoh, Japan; Björn Lehmann, concert in the Bergen area. Hadland, Norway; Noriko Ogawa, Japan; Lilya Germany; Cédric Pescia, Switzerland; Andrei Pisarev, Zilberstein, Germany MAIN OFFICE Russia; Clarinet:Jerry Chae, Korea; Michael Collins, MAIN OFFICE Jury size 6 to 10 Concours de Genève Great Britain; Lorenzo Coppola, Italy; Romain Guyot, KODE Edvard Grieg Museum Troldhaugen Application fee €100 International Music Competition France; Kari Kriikku, Finland; Richard Stolzman, USA Troldhaugveien 65 Application deadline April 20, 2018 Boulevard de Saint-Georges 34 / CP 268 Jury size 6 to 10 NO-5232 Paradis - Bergen 1211 – Genève 8 Application fee €212 NORWAY Application notes SWITZERLAND Application deadline May 4, 2018 +47 55 92 29 92 The application and application fee must arrive by +41 22 328 62 08 email website 23.59 CEST on April 20, 2018. email website Application notes Application deadline above is for piano & clarinet ELIGIBILITY SEMIFINALS (live rounds) ELIGIBILITY competition 2018. The competition is open to pianists of all September 1-4, 2018, Rounds 1 and II, solo piano Candidates born after November 8, 1988. nationalities born in the years 1985-2001. September 5, 2018, Semifinal, solo piano & chamber SEMIFINALS (live rounds) music ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES 2018: Piano • Clarinet Piano: November 4-5, 2018 - Geneva, Switzerland ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Piano Edvard Grieg Museum, Troldhaugen, Bergen, Norway Clarinet: November 11, 2018 - Geneva, Switzerland DETAILS DETAILS FINALS (live rounds) Travel covered? No FINALS (live rounds) Travel covered? No September 9, 2018, Piano soloist with the Bergen Frequency Annual Piano: November 8, 2018 Geneva, Switzerland Frequency Biennial Philharmonic Orchestra (cond. Edward Gardner), First prize $10,000 to $50,000 Clarinet: November 14, 2018, Geneva, Switzerland First prize €10,000 to €50,000 Grieg Hall, Bergen, Norway Smallest prize Less than $5,000 Smallest prize Less than €5,000 Additional prizes COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? Additional prizes COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? Performances, Management, Recording ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed Performances, Recording ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed Social links Social links

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 21 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION HARBIN INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION HARBIN, cont’d

An international competition co-hosted by the ELIGIBILITY Application fee $100 COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? Harbin Municipal Government and Harbin Conser- Instrumentalist applicants must be between 20 and Application deadline TBA ✔ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed vatory of Music for violinists, pianist, and vocalists 34 years old. Vocalist applicants may be up to 36 ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed with a first prize of $50,000 for each category. years old. Application notes The last competition was held January 12-26, 2018. Social links MAIN OFFICE ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES Strings • Voice • Piano New deadlines and dates are TBA. Room 519, Harbin Conservatory of Music 3179 XueZi Avenue, Songbei District DETAILS SEMIFINALS (live rounds) Harbin 150028 Travel covered? Yes TBA at a location in Harbin, China. Please check the CHINA Frequency Annual website for the most up-to-date information. First prize $10,000 to $50,000 +86-0451-5859 7653 FINALS (live rounds) email website Smallest prize $5,000 to $10,000 Jury chair(s) Not provided TBA at a location in Harbin, China. Please check the Jury size 11 or more website.

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The 16th International 1ST PRIZE Edvard Grieg Piano Competition 30 000 EURO September 1–9 • 2018 • Bergen • Norway Edvard Grieg Museum Troldhaugen Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra INTERNATIONAL The foundation Stiftelsen Kristian Gerhard Jebsen SINGING COMPETITION JURY: Einar Steen-Nøkleberg, chairman • Noriko Ogawa • Christian Ihle Hadland FOR YOUNG Ya-Fei Chuang • Lilya Zilberstein • Jan Jiracek Von Arnim • Leon McCawley OPERA SINGERS 2018 Application deadline: April 20 • 2018 about 70 qualifying rounds >> Sign up now at: www.griegcompetition.com worldwide – jury members of the most important opera houses – many engagements – www.belvedere-competition.com final rounds 2018 in Jurmala, Latvia

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 22 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 THE MIRJAM HELIN MICHAEL HILL INTERNATIONAL SINGING COMPETITION INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION

Quinquennial (every five years) international DETAILS The world’s best emerging violin talent in a unique DETAILS voice competition held in Helsinki, Finland. One Travel covered? No world location. Travel covered? Yes of the leading international singing competitions. Frequency Frequency Biennial Designed for outstanding young singers, it is known Quinquennial (every five years) MAIN OFFICE First prize $10,000 to $50,000 for its high standard, exacting repertoire, superb First prize €10,000 to €50,000 PO Box 24657 Smallest prize Less than $5,000 prizes and prestigious Jury. Prizes total €173,000. Smallest prize €5,000 to €10,000 Royal Oak, Auckland 1345 Additional prizes Streamed live online and televised by the Finnish Additional prizes NEW ZEALAND Performances, Recording Broadcasting Company. Performances, Recording +64 9 639-2010 Jury chair Not provided Jury chair email website Additional jurors MAIN OFFICE Jorma Silvasti (tenor), Artistic Director of the Dale Barltrop; James Ehnes; Ning Feng; Isabella van Finnish Cultural Foundation ELIGIBILITY Savonlinna Opera Festival Violinists between the ages of 18-28 Keulen; Anthony Marwood; Wilma Smith. Bulevardi 5A Additional jurors TBA Jury size 6 to 10 PO Box 203 Jury size 6 to 10 ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Strings Application fee $150 FI-00121 Helsinki Application fee None Application deadline November 15, 2018 FINLAND Application deadline November 30, 2018 +358 9 6128 1248 SEMIFINALS (live rounds) email website SEMIFINALS (live rounds) May 31-June 3, 2019, Rounds I and II. Solo and piano May 20-23, 2019, Helsinki Music Center, Helsinki, accompanied work performed by 16 semi-finalists, ELIGIBILITY Finland. Competitors perform a 15-20-minute (max.) Queenstown Memorial Center. Women born in 1989 or later and men born in 1987 recital June 5-6, 2019, Auckland Concert Chamber Rounds or later are eligible to participate in the competition May 24-25, 2019, Helsinki Music Center, Helsinki, III. Mozart string quintets performed by top six semi- in 2019, regardless of nationality. Finland. 16-20 competitors perform a 30-minute finalists. (max.) recital ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Voice FINALS (live rounds) FINALS (live rounds) June 8, 2019, Auckland Town Hall Final Round. May 29, 2019, Helsinki Music Center, Helsinki, FI. Concerti performed by top three finalists. Eight competitors perform two works with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? ✔ ✔ Hannu Lintu. Semifinals Semifinals streamed ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed Social links ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed Social links

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 23 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 2019 HILTON HEAD INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION

First prize winner receives $15,000 US plus recital at Additional jurors Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall; return engagement Bruce Brubaker, Chair, Piano Department, New with Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra and other England Conservatory of Music; Marian Hahn, performance opportunities. Second Prize—$10,000; Singapore Conservatory Chair in Music, Peabody Third prize—$5,000; Medalists (3)—$1000 each; Institute; Gabriel Kwok, Head of Piano Department, Sascha Gorodnitzki Memorial Prize—$1000. Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts; Evans Mirageas, Vice President of Artistic Planning and Compose a 5-minute score MAIN OFFICE Operations for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in just 14 days! Grand prize winner 2 Park Lane, Suite 300/301 (ASO) and The Harry T. Wilks Artistic Director of gets cash prize, Hilton Head Island, SC 29928 Cincinnati Opera; Ronan O’Hora, Head of Keyboard premieres of a new chamber work UNITED STATES Studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama; in major American cities, 843-842-5880 Orli Shaham, pianist. and a commission from the email website Jury size 6 to 10 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra! Application deadline September 30, 2018 www.RapidoCompositionContest.com ELIGIBILITY Pianists ages 18-30 ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Piano SEMIFINALS (live rounds) March 11-16, 2019, Rounds I, II, and III, First DETAILS Presbyterian Church, Hilton Head, SC Travel covered? Yes Frequency Annual FINALS (live rounds) First prize $10,000 to $50,000 March 18, 2019, Round IV, First Presbyterian Church, Smallest prize Less than $5,000 Hilton Head, SC Additional prizes COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? Performances, Recording ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed Jury chair ✔ Finals ✖ Finals streamed Pavlina Dokovska, Coordinator of the Piano Department at Mannes College The New School for Social links Music, New York City

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 24 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION

Canada’s Honens International Piano Competition takes place every three years and awards $100,000 Jurors (CAD) and an Artist Development Program valued Inon Barnatan, Concert pianist, Inaugural Artist-in- at a half-million dollars. Honens prepares its Association, New York Philharmonic 2016 to 2018; Laureates for the rigors and realities of professional Ingrid Fliter, Concert pianist, 2006 Gilmore Award careers in music and creates opportunities for Artist; Annette Josef, Managing Director, Munich growth and exposure. Symphony Orchestra; Wu Han, Co-Artistic Director, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; MAIN OFFICE André Laplante, Concert pianist, 2004 Juno Award 888 10 Street SW winner; Asadour Santourian, Vice President, Artistic Calgary, AB T2P 2X1 Administration and Artistic Advisor, Aspen Music CANADA Festival and School; Minsoo Sohn, 2006 Honens 403-299 0130 Prize Laureate, Professor of Piano, Korean National email website University of Arts; Garrick Ohlsson, Mentor ELIGIBILITY Jury size 6 to 10 Pianists of all nationalities aged 20 to 30 on August SEMIFINALS (live rounds) 30, 2018 may apply. Past Honens Laureates and August 30-September 3, 2018, Jack Singer Concert professionally managed artists are not eligible. Hall at Arts Commons, Calgary, Canada ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Piano FINALS (live rounds) DETAILS September 6-7, 2018, Jack Singer Concert Hall at Travel covered? Yes Arts Commons, Calgary, Canada Frequency Triennial COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? First prize More than $50,000 ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed Smallest prize Less than $5,000 ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed Additional prizes Performances, Management, Recording PAST COMPETITION WINNERS Luca Buratto, piano, 2015; Pavel Kolesnikov, piano, 2012: Georgy Tchaidze, piano, 2009; Minsoo Sohn, piano, 2006; Xiang Zou, piano, 2003. Social links

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 25 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION OF INDIANAPOLIS The 10th Quadrennial Hailed by musicians, media, and critics as one of the world’s most important competitions for launching INTERNATIONAL a professional career in violin, “The Indianapolis” “The Indianapolis” now celebrates its 10th Quadrennial Competition VIOLIN COMPETITION to search the globe for the finest young talents and might well be the propel them onto the concert scene. OF INDIANAPOLIS world’s leading MAIN OFFICE violin competition in 32 East Washington Street, Suite 1320 August 31 – September 16, 2018 terms of cumulative Indianapolis, IN 46204 SEMIFINALS (live rounds) Jaime Laredo, Jury President prizes and career UNITED STATES September 7-10, 2018, Eugene and Marilyn Glick Deadline for application: February 28, 2018 317-637-4574 Indiana History Center, 450 West Ohio Street, development for email website Indianapolis, IN its winners. ELIGIBILITY FINALS (live rounds) Four Decades of Discovery – The Strad Violinists of all nationalities born after September September 12-13, 2018, Classical Finals (with East Leonidas Kavakos 16, 1988 and before August 31, 2002 are invited to Coast Chamber Orchestra):, Howard L. Schrott “The Indianapolis” proudly Clara-Jumi Kang Marco Rizzi participate. Center for the Performing Arts at Butler University, recognizes all of its Stefan Milenkovich Liviu Prunaru 4600 Sunset Avenue, Indianapolis, IN ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Strings distinguished Laureates. David Chan Robin Sharp Bin Huang September 14-15, 2018, Finals (with Indianapolis Augustin Hadelich Dami Kim Sungsic Yang DETAILS Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin, Guest David Kim Svetlin Roussev Yuval Yaron Travel covered? Yes Conductor), Hilbert Circle Theater, 45 Monument Yuriko Naganuma Barnabás Kelemen Frequency Quadrennial Circle, Indianapolis, IN Bella Hristova Ivan Chan Tessa Lark Soyoung Yoon Benjamin Beilman First prize $10,000 to $50,000 COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? Smallest prize Less than $5,000 Jinjoo Cho Nai-Yuan Hu Antal Zalai ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed www.violin.org Andrey Baranov Judith Ingolfsson Additional prizes ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed Performances, Management, Recording Jaakko Kuusisto Susie Park Jury chair PAST COMPETITION WINNERS Haoming Xie Ida Kavafian Jaime Laredo, Jury President Jinjoo Cho (2014) Soovin Kim Pavel Berman Additional jurors Clara Jumi-Kang (2010) Mihaela Martin Chin Kim Ye-Eun Choi Frank Huang Pamela Frank (USA), Rodney Friend (UK), Dong-Suk Augustin Hadelich (2006) Ji Yoon Lee Juliette Kang Kim (South Korea), Cho-Liang Lin (USA), Mihaela Barnabas Kelemen (2002) Alina Pogostkina Andrew Haveron Martin (Romania), Dmitry Sitkovetsky (Russia), Judith Ingolfsson (1998) Simone Lamsma Yoojin Jang Andrés Cárdenes Arnold Steinhardt (USA), Kyoko Takezawa (Japan) Social links Celeste Golden Boyer Annick Roussin Jury size 6 to 10 Yura Lee Virginie Robilliard Sergey Khachatryan Application fee $125 Kyoko Takezawa Ji Young Lim Michiko Kamiya Application deadline February 28, 2018 Martin Beaver Ju-Young Baek Olivier Charlier

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 26 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 52nd INTERNATIONAL VOCAL COMPETITION JENSEN FOUNDATION ’S-HERTOGENBOSCH VOCAL COMPETITION

Sole classical vocal competition in the Netherlands Additional jurors The Jensen Foundation auditions 100 of America’s ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Voice that involves opera and oratorio, as well as art song Dunja Vejzovic, mezzo-soprano; Andrew Watts, most promising young opera singers and chooses for singer/ pianist duos. Much attention paid to countertenor; Zizheng Yu, tenor and senior 12 to perform in its Finals Competition. Singers DETAILS 20th-century and contemporary music. Finals with professor Nanjing Normal University; Robert Holl, compete for more than $40,000 in awards, including Travel covered? No symphony orchestra, master classes, media training, bass | composer; Joel Ethan Fried, artistic director $15,000 for first place. Frequency Annual feedback from jury members, career development, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam; Eline First prize $10,000 to $50,000 accommodation at host families. de Kat, artistic coordinator Opéra de Monte-Carlo; MAIN OFFICE Smallest prize Less than $5,000 Jesús Iglesias Noriega, head of artistic affairs Dutch 220 North Tryon Street Jury chair(s) Not provided MAIN OFFICE National Opera Amsterdam; Evamaria Wieser, Charlotte, NC 28202 Jury size 1 to 5 Prins Bernhardstraat 8 Salzburger Festspiele UNITED STATES Application fee $25 5211 HE ’s-Hertogenbosch Jury size 6 to 10 704-641-4691 Application deadline March 18, 2018 THE NETHERLANDS email website Application fee SEMIFINALS (live rounds) +31736900999 €35 (preliminary rounds), €130 (main competition) email website ELIGIBILITY May 21-24, 2018, Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Application deadlines Singers between the ages of 25 and 35, who have Lexington Avenue, New York, NY ELIGIBILITY March 20-April 25, 2018 (see individual preliminary not placed first, second, or third in a past Jensen The IVC is open to candidates of all nationalities. deadlines below) Competition, are eligible. Applicant must be a FINALS (live rounds) Singers wishing to take part must have completed permanent legal resident of the U.S.; must not May 26, 2018, Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 SEMIFINALS (remaining eligible preliminary Lexington Avenue, New York, NY conservatory training or have reached an equivalent rounds) have been or be contracted for a principal role with level of training. Age limits: born in 1988 or later China: April 14 & 15, Ningbo University; application an OPERA America Budget Level I company or its COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? (ladies); born in 1986 or later (gentlemen). All deadline, March 20, 2018 international equivalent. See website for details. ✖ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed candidates must be at least 18 years of age. Netherlands: May 25 & 26, Theater aan de Parade ✔ Finals ✖ Finals streamed ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES ’s-Hertogenbosch; application deadline, April 25, 2018 Social links Voice • Opera • Oratorio Italy: June 23, 2018, Teatro Maria Caniglia, Sulmona; application deadline, June 1, 2018 DETAILS YouTube or DVD recording: Jury viewing April/May, Travel covered? Yes 2018; application deadline, June 1, 2018 Frequency Annual First prize €10,000 to €50,000 FINALS (live rounds) Smallest prize Less than €5,000 September 7-15, 2018, ’s-Hertogenbosch, Additional prizes Netherlands Performances, Recording COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? Jury chair ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed Social links

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 27 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 JOSEPH JOACHIM KERIKERI INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION HANNOVER (NEW ZEALAND)

Since 1991, Stiftung Niedersachsen has been DETAILS Selection from the general pool of applicants DETAILS presenting the Joseph Joachim International Violin Travel covered? Yes is by video recording. A total of 15 pianists will Travel covered? No Competition Hannover. Winners receive impressive Frequency Triennial compete in Rounds I and II, with four finalists Frequency Biennial monetary prizes, a three-year loan of a Guadagnini First prize More than €50,000 chosen. First prize is NZ$15,000; some assistance First prize $10,000 to $50,000 violin, performance opportunities, and CD recording Smallest prize Less than €5,000 may be available for travel costs; home-stay Smallest prize Less than $5,000 distributed worldwide. Additional prizes accommodation is provided (if required). Jury chair(s) None Performances, Recording Additional jurors MAIN OFFICE Jury chair MAIN OFFICE Soo-Jung Shin, Professor Emeritus, Seoul National Stiftung Niedersachsen Professor Krzysztof Wegrzyn (non-voting) 29 Jennings Road University. South Korea; Phillip Shovk, Lecturer in Künstlerhaus Jury size 6 to 10 RD2 Piano and Accompaniment, Sydney Conservatorium Sophienstraße 2 Application fee €100 Kerikeri 0295 of Music. Australia; Awadagin Pratt, Professor of 30159 Hannover Application deadline May 30, 2018 NEW ZEALAND Piano, College-Conservatory of Music, University of GERMANY email website Cincinnati, USA email website SEMIFINALS (live rounds) Jury size 1 to 5 October 18-21, Hanover University of Music, Drama ELIGIBILITY ELIGIBILITY Contestant must have been born on or after Application fee $123 (US); NZ$175 and Media, Hanover, Germany. Six semifinalists will Application deadline May 14, 2018 JJV Hannover 2018 welcomes violinists of all nations reach the final rounds. September 28, 1990. born between October 27, 1990 and October 13, 2002. Application notes FINALS (live rounds) ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Piano ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Strings Deadline is midnight May 14, 2018, New Zealand October 22-26, Hanover University of Music, Drama time. and Media and NDR Landesfunkhaus, Hanover, Germany. Each finalist will perform first violin in a SEMIFINALS (live rounds) string quintet, as well as a violin concerto with the September 27-29, 2018, Rounds I & II, Turner Center, NDR Radiophilharmonic Orchestra. Kerikeri, New Zealand COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? FINALS (live rounds)** ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed September 30, 2018, Turner Center, Kerikeri ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed **No music should be repeated from any rounds of Social links the competition. COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? ✔ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed ✔ Finals ✖ Finals streamed Social links

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 28 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 IX FRITZ KREISLER VIOLIN COMPETITION THE KULESHOV INTERNATIONAL

The most important violin competition in Austria, DETAILS PIANO FESTIVAL AND COMPETITION organized in Vienna every four years, will take place Travel covered? No September 20-30, 2018, with the Gala Final being Frequency Quadrennial The Kuleshov Festival and Competition is a biennial ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Piano hosted in the beautiful Golden Hall of Vienna’s First prize Less than €10,000 piano competition for high school and college DETAILS Musikverein. The finalists will perform together with Smallest prize Less than €5,000 students ages 15-24 held on the campus of the Travel covered? No the ORF-Radio Symphonic Orchestra conducted by Additional prizes University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond, OK. Frequency Biennial Johannes Wildner. Performances, Recording Participants and audiences enjoy a weekend of First prize Less than $10,000 Jury chair(s) Not provided guest artist recitals, discussions, master classes, and Smallest prize Less than $5,000 MAIN OFFICE Jury size 6 to 10 competition performances. Jury chair PO Box 76 Application fee €70 MAIN OFFICE Sallie Pollack, Associate Professor of Collaborative A-1030 Vienna Application deadline June 15, 2018 AUSTRIA The University of Central Oklahoma Piano, UCO +43 664 2400714 | +43 699 10547442 | +43 699 SEMIFINALS (live rounds) School of Music Additional jurors 17310770 September 20-22, 2018, Round I, eight recitals in 100 North University Drive Petronel Malan, international concert artist ; Eugene email website Haydn Hall, University of Music and Performing Arts, Edmond, OK 73034 Skovorodnikov, international concert artist; Steve Vienna UNITED STATES Betts, Southern Nazarene University ELIGIBILITY September 23-25, 2018, Semifinal, eight recitals in 405-974-5948 Jury size 1 to 5 All young violinists from 14 to 30 years of age. Haydn Hall, University of Music and Performing Arts, email website Application fee $50 Vienna Application deadline January 15, 2018 ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Strings ELIGIBILITY Ages 15-24 FINALS (live rounds) SEMIFINALS (live rounds) September 27, 2018, Final I, two recitals in Brahms February 24, 2018, University of Central Oklahoma, Hall, Musikverein Vienna Edmond, OK September 30, 2018, Gala final, Great Hall (Golden FINALS (live rounds) Hall), Musikverein Vienna February 25, 2018 University of Central Oklahoma, COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? Edmond, OK ✔ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? ✔ Finals ✖ Finals streamed ✔ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed Social links ✔ Finals ✖ Finals streamed

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 29 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 THE LOTTE LENYA COMPETITION

THE THOMAS & EVON A unique international theater singing contest ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Voice that emphasizes wide-ranging repertoire and the acting of songs and arias within a dramatic context. DETAILS COOPER The competition recognizes young singer/actors Travel covered? Yes who are dramatically and musically convincing in Frequency Annual repertoire ranging from opera to contemporary First prize $10,000 to $50,000 INTERNATIONAL Broadway to the works of Kurt Weill. Smallest prize Less than $5,000 Jury chair(s) Not provided MAIN OFFICE Jury size 1 to 5 COMPETITION The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music Application deadline January 22, 2018 7 East 20th Street, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10003 Application notes Piano 2018 July 12-20 UNITED STATES The deadline to submit a video audition for the 212-505-5240 preliminary round is January 22, 2018. email website SEMIFINALS (live rounds) ELIGIBILITY March 8-9, 2018, Manhattan School of Music, New Open to singer/actors of all nationalities, ages York, NY 19–32. FINALS (live rounds) For ages 13-18 April 14, 2018, Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY FIRST PRIZE: $20,000 COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? $40,000 in total cash prizes ✖ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed Finals with The Cleveland Orchestra Social links Broadcast live on WCLV 104.9 FM

APPLICATION DEADLINE: APRIL 15 More information at www.oberlin.edu/cooper

Ryota Yamazaki,

2016 First Prize ROGER MASTROIANNI

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 30 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 THE GERDA LISSNER FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL FRANZ LISZT IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE LIEDERKRANZ FOUNDATION PIANO COMPETITION

Winners are granted awards ranging from $ 1,000 to ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Voice One of the world’s most prestigious piano ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Piano $ 15,000 based upon placement in the competition. competitions, it is also known for the thorough and A total of $100,000 will be awarded in prizes. The DETAILS professional support it offers young musicians. The DETAILS winners concert is May 6, 2018, in Zankel Hall at Travel covered? No Competition is devoted entirely to the piano works Travel covered? Yes Carnegie Hall. Frequency Annual of Franz Liszt. Frequency Triennial First prize $10,000 to $50,000 First prize €10,000 to €50,000 MAIN OFFICE Smallest prize Less than $5,000 MAIN OFFICE Smallest prize $5,000 to $10,000 15 East 65th Street Jury chair Ganzenmarkt 14 Additional prizes New York, NY 10065 Stephen De Maio, President 3512 GD Utrecht Performances, Management, Recording UNITED STATES Jury size 6 to 10 THE NETHERLANDS Jury chair(s) Not provided 212-826-6100 Application deadline +316966144 Jury size 6 to 10 email website March 1, 2018, 5 p.m. EST email website Application deadline May 1, 2019 ELIGIBILITY Application notes ELIGIBILITY SEMIFINALS (live rounds) General Division 21-35 years of age only; Wagnerian Handwritten applications are not accepted. Open to professional pianists between the ages of April 2020 Division 30-45 years of age only. 19 and 29. SEMIFINALS (live rounds) FINALS (live rounds) General Division: April 2-5, 2018; Wagnerian Division April 2020 April 6, 2018, Liederkranz Foundation, 6 East 87th Street, New COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? ✔ ✔ York, NY Semifinals Semifinals streamed ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed FINALS (live rounds) Both Divisions: April 7, 2018, the Liederkranz Social links Foundation, 6 East 87th Street, New York, NY COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? ✖ Not open to the public

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 31 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 INTERNATIONAL FRANZ LISZT PIANO COMPETITION LONG THIBAUD CRESPIN WEIMAR-BAYREUTH INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

Franz Liszt, after whom the competition and the Jury chair The Long Thibaud Crespin International DETAILS University of Music in Weimar is named, always Prof. Gerlinde Otto, Weimar Competition is a piano, violin, and singing Travel covered? No felt obligated to support young artists. He was Additional jurors competition open to young musicians from all over Frequency Annual significantly more than “just” a piano virtuoso and Rolf-Dieter Arens, Germany (from the 2nd round the world. For more than 70 years, it has been a First prize €10,000 to €50,000 composer: He worked over a period in Weimar. onwards); Aquiles delle Vigne, Belgium; Gabriel highlight of the local, national, and international Smallest prize Less than €5,000 Kwok, Hong Kong; Natalia Trull, Russia; Michael season. The 2018 violin competition is taking place Additional prize Performances MAIN OFFICE Wladkowski, France; Makoto Ueno, Japan; Muza under Renaud Capuçon’s artistic direction. Jury chair Hochschule für Musik Rubackyte, Lithuania; Wolfgang Döberlein, Germany Renaud Capuçon, violinist FRANZ LISZT Weimar (1st round) MAIN OFFICE Additional jurors Competition Office Jury size 6 to 10 32 avenue Matignon Kolja Blacher; James Ehnes; Martin Engströem; Platz der Demokratie 2/3 Application fee €100 75008 Paris Liana Gourdjia; Jean-Jacques Kantorow; Guillaume D-99423 Weimar Application deadline March 15, 2018 FRANCE Sutre; Akiko Suwanaï; Yan-Pascal Tortelier; Maxim GERMANY +33 1 42 66 66 80 Vengerov; Qian Zhou. +49 (0)3643 555 150 SEMIFINALS (live rounds) email website Jury size 11 or more email website October 31 - November 3, 2018, Round I, Musikschule ELIGIBILITY Application fee €100 Bayreuth, Richard-Wagner-Saal, Bayreuth, Germany Application deadline March 15, 2018 ELIGIBILITY May 11 - June 11, 2018, Round II, University of Musik The 2018 competition is open to young violinists Pianists of all nationalities up to 31 years old. FRANZ LISZT Weimar, Festsaal Fürstenhaus, Weimar of all nationalities, born after January 1, 1988. FINALS (live rounds) Pre-selections in 10 cities all over the world are ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Piano November 7, 2018, Semifinals, University of Musik November 7, 2018 (recital), November 9, 2018 FRANZ LISZT Weimar, Festsaal Fürstenhaus, Weimar organized before the three final rounds in Paris. (concerto). Auditorium Radio France, Paris, France DETAILS ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES Piano • Strings • Voice Travel covered? No FINALS (live rounds) COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? Frequency Triennial November 9, 2018, with the Staatskapelle Weimar ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed First prize €10,000 to €50,000 conducted by Christian Thielemann, Weimar, ccn ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed Weimarhalle Smallest prize Less than €5,000 Social links Additional prize Performances November 10, 2018, laureate concert, Saal im Gemeindehaus, Bayreuth, Germany COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed Social links

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 32 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 LYON INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC COMPETITION LYON INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC COMPETITION, cont’d

Member of the WFIMC. More than 900 chamber ELIGIBILITY Additional jurors SEMIFINALS (live rounds) artists have taken part to the CIMCL from 2004. All nationalities, artists under 35 years old. Natalia Gutman, cello (Münich); Emmanuel Hondré, April 12, 2018, Piano trio, Université Lumière Lyon 2, Broadcast on France musique radio and streaming concert managing director in Philharmonie (Paris); Lyon, France on NoMadMusic. A large audience follows the ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES Piano • Strings • Voice Sergey Kravchenko, violin (Moscow); Avedis FINALS (live rounds) competition in the most beautiful halls of the Opéra DETAILS Kouyoumdjian, piano (Wien); Niklas Schmidt, cello Auditorium, Université Hall, Lyon. (Hambourg); Susan Tomes, piano (Edinburgh); Jean- April 13, 2018, Piano trio, Université Lumière Lyon 2, Travel covered? No Lyon, France Frequency Annual Marc Phillips-Varjabedian, violin (Paris). MAIN OFFICE Jury size 6 to 10 54 Rue du 1er Mars 1943 First prize €10,000 to €50,000 COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? Application fee €180 ✔ ✖ 69100 Villeurbanne Smallest prize Less than €5,000 Semifinals Semifinals streamed Application deadline January 15, 2018 ✔ ✖ FRANCE Additional prizes Finals Finals streamed Performances, Recording +33 6 52 14 80 45 Application notes Social links email website Jury chair(s) Not provided January (approximately) of each year.

William C. Byrd Young Artist Competition Saturday, March 2, 2019 Auditions 8am ~ 5pm Finals 7pm Flint Institute of Music Flint, Michigan Sponsored by the St. Cecilia Society, DQ$I¿OLDWHRIWKH)OLQW,QVWLWXWHRI0XVLF First Prize - $6,000 and a performance with the Flint Symphony Orchestra Second Prize - $2,500 Plus Three $1,000 Finalist Prizes Application deadline will be January 7, 2019 www.ByrdArtists.com

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 33 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 M-PRIZE CHAMBER ARTS COMPETITION THE MAHLER COMPETITION

The M-Prize aims to identify and showcase the ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES The competition is one of the most important ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Conducting highest caliber of international chamber arts Piano • Strings • Voice • Winds • Open events of its kind anywhere in the world. It has ensembles; provide a world-class performance and (ensembles of any instrumentation/genre) attracted entries from more than 1,600 young DETAILS adjudication platform for the chamber arts; launch conductors of all nationalities. Only 65 candidates Travel covered? Yes and advance the careers of chamber ensembles; DETAILS have been invited to Bamberg to compete and of Frequency Triennial develop the breadth and depth of the chamber arts Travel covered? No those, barely 12 have made it to the finals. First prize €10,000 to €50,000 landscape. Frequency Annual Smallest prize €5,000 to €10,000 First prize More than $50,000 MAIN OFFICE Additional prizes MAIN OFFICE Smallest prize Less than $5,000 Bamberger Symphoniker - Bayerische Performances, Management M-Prize Chamber Arts Competition Additional prize Performances Staatsphilharmonie Jury chair TBA University of Michigan School of Music, Jury chair Not provided Mussstrasse 1 Jury size 11 or more Theatre & Dance Jury size 11 or more D-96047 Bamberg Application deadline October 31, 2018 1100 Baits Drive Application deadline January 15, 2018 GERMANY Ann Arbor, MI 48109 +49 951 964 7100 Application notes UNITED STATES FINALS (live rounds) email website Please check our website for more information. email website May 6, 2018: The M-Prize Winner is announced during the gala concert at Hill Auditorium, Ann ELIGIBILITY SEMIFINALS (live rounds) ELIGIBILITY Arbor, MI. Conductors not older than 35 years on January 1, 2020, Konzerthalle, Bamberg, Germany Junior Division: 18 years and under. Senior Division: 2020. FINALS (live rounds) average age does not exceed 35, with no individual COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? ✔ ✖ 2020, Konzerthalle, Bamberg, Germany member over 40 years of age. Ensembles must have Semifinals Semifinals streamed ✔ ✖ two to 10 members with one member per part. Finals Finals streamed COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? ✔ ✔ Ensembles may not include conductors. Please see Social links Semifinals Semifinals streamed full eligibility requirements on the M-Prize website. ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed Social links

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 34 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 ELEANOR MCCOLLUM COMPETITION MONTE CARLO PIANO MASTERS

The Eleanor McCollum Competition and Concert of DETAILS Reserved to the finalist of the international Frequency Annual Arias is the primary recruitment tool for the Houston Travel covered? Yes competitions. One single final prize. First prize €10,000 to €50,000 Grand Opera Studio. Applicants can be considered Frequency Annual Jury chair(s) Not provided for the HGO Studio, the Competition, or both, and First prize Less than $10,000 MAIN OFFICE Jury size 6 to 10 applicants do not need to be a prize winner to be Smallest prize Less than $5,000 45 rue La Boétie Application fee invited to the Studio. Jurors 75008 Paris €50 (pre-inscription) and for the competition (€150) Patrick Summers, Perryn Leech, and a guest judge FRANCE Application deadline June 1, 2018 MAIN OFFICE Jury size 1 to 5 +330674826280 510 Preston Street Application deadline September 23, 2018 email website SEMIFINALS (live rounds) Houston, TX 77002 October 3-4, 2018, Opéra de Monte Carlo, MC UNITED STATES Application notes ELIGIBILITY 713-546-0227 Applications for the 2018-19 Studio and the For artists up to 40 years old and finalists of the FINALS (live rounds) email website 2018 Eleanor McCollum Competition are closed; international competitions. October 6, 2018, with orchestra, Opéra de Monte Carlo, Monte Carlo applications for the 2019-20 Studio and the 2019 ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES Piano • Strings • Voice ELIGIBILITY Eleanor McCollum Competition will be announced All classical singers of any age and nationality; the COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? in summer of 2018. DETAILS ✔ ✖ application requests that singers over the age of 30 Semifinals Semifinals streamed Travel covered? Yes ✔ ✖ explain why the HGO Studio is the next step in their SEMIFINALS (live rounds) Finals Finals streamed careers. November-December 2018, preliminary auditions in Houston, Cincinnati, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Voice and New York. January 2019, semi-final auditions in FORTY-FIFTH ANNUAL Houston. FINALS (live rounds) Late January 2019, culminating in the Eleanor FISCHOFF McCollum Competition and Concert of Arias on February 1, 2019. NATIONAL CHAMBER COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? ✖ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed MUSIC COMPETITION ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed Social links May 11-13, 2018 DeBartolo Performing Arts Center University of Notre Dame

Entry Deadline: February 28 www.ﬁschoff.org

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 35 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF SINGING COMPETITIONS MAIN OFFICE 9957 Moorings Drive, Suite 401 Jacksonville, FL 32257 Frequency Annual UNITED STATES Cash prizes More than $5,000 904-992-9101 Application deadline December 1, 2018 email website NATS NATIONAL MUSIC THEATER COMPETITION NATS ARTIST AWARDS (NATSAA) As the first national competition for music theater The biennial NATS Artist Awards competition is soloists, winners are finding success on Broadway, designed to assist singers prepared to launch a national tours, and theaters across the country. professional career. ELIGIBILITY ELIGIBILITY All singers age 20-28 as of September 15, 2019. NATSAA Applicant must be at least 21 but not more than NATS Artist Awards 35 years of age as of September 5, 2019; either the Frequency Biennial Competition for Singers applicant or his/her teacher for the last year must Cash prizes More than $14,000 More than $50,000 in prizes; launching be a full or associate member of NATS for at least Application deadline September 15, 2019 careers of classical singers since 1955 one year prior to September 5, 2019. SEMIFINALS and FINALS (live rounds) Frequency Biennial January 2020 (date and location TBA) Cash prizes More than $50,000 NATS NATIONAL STUDENT AUDITIONS Application deadline September 5, 2019 The first national competition Originally for classical repertoire only, auditions for the music theater soloist SEMIFINALS and FINALS (live rounds) have been expanded to music theater and (in even- A competition to stimulate the with more than $14,000 in prizes creation of quality vocal literature A national round of evaluation January 2020 (date and location TBA) numbered years) the Hall Johnson Spirituals. with more than $35,000 in prizes ELIGIBILITY LIVE NATS ART SONG COMPOSITION AWARD JOURNAL The NATS Art Song Composition Award program’s Student singers advance through NATS Regional LEARNING Auditions, which take place at varying times OF SINGING purpose is to stimulate the creation of quality CENTER vocal literature through the cooperation of singer throughout the year. The official journal of NATS A dynamic database of voice and composer. The performance of the first-place since 1944, with a complete and voice science resources Frequency Annual for all levels of learning winning composition will be premiered in 2020. digital library on nats.org Cash prizes More than $35,000 View session recordings online ELIGIBILITY Application deadline April 13, 2018 from past NATS conferences and workshops Competition is open to any composer. The work SEMIFINALS and FINALS (live rounds) must be: a song cycle, group of songs, or extended June 22 and June 24 at the University of Nevada, Las single song approximately 15 minutes in length; for Vegas, as part of the 55th NATS National Conference single voice and piano; to a text written in English, in Las Vegas. for which the composer has secured copyright WWW.NATS.ORG clearance; composed within the last two years (after Social links NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF SINGING Jan. 1, 2017).

2018-NATS-LOGO-AD-6.375x6.875-4C - NATS - Musical America.indd 1 1/10/2018 1:12:32 PM A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 36 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 THE WALTER W. NAUMBURG MICHAEL LUDWIG NEMMERS FOUNDATION PRIZE IN MUSIC COMPOSITION

Prize includes a cash award, two fully subsidized DETAILS In 2003, the Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music ELIGIBILITY New York recitals, and a commissioned work. Travel covered? No at Northwestern University established the Michael Any living classical composer of any nationality may Frequency Quadrennial Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Music Composition, be nominated, preferably by recognized authorities MAIN OFFICE First prize $10,000 to $50,000 a biennial award of $100,000 honoring classical in the field, via email to the Selection Committee 120 Claremont Avenue Smallest prize $5,000 to $10,000 music composers. Northwestern sponsors four at [email protected]. Nominators New York, NY 10027 Additional prize Performances other Nemmers Prizes, in economics, mathematics, must email from their professional affiliations; UNITED STATES Jury chair(s) Not provided medical science, and earth sciences. anonymous nominations are acceptable. The winner 917-493-4040 Jury size 11 or more must be available for a two- to three-week residency email website Application deadline TBA MAIN OFFICE at Northwestern University and able to interact with Bienen School of Music faculty and students. Former or present members of ELIGIBILITY FINALS (live rounds) Northwestern University The competition is open to violinists of every the Northwestern University faculty and employees TBA, early in 2019 Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra are not eligible. nationality. The competitors may not be under the for the Musical Arts age of 18 years or over 31. COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? 70 Arts Circle Drive ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Composition ✔ ✖ Semifinals Semifinals streamed Evanston, IL 60208 ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES Piano • Strings ✔ ✖ Finals Finals streamed UNITED STATES DETAILS email website Travel covered? Yes Frequency Biennial First prize More than $50,000 Additional prize Performances Jury chair(s) Not provided next event Jury size 1 to 5 SEPTEMBER Application deadline February 1, 2018 COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? 2018 ✖ Not open to the public COMPETITION DATES 26 - 30 September 2018 Open to pianists of any nationality born on or after 28 September 1990

ENTRIES CLOSE – 14 May 2018 TOTAL PRIZE POOL NZ$32,000 Judges: Soo-Jung Shin (South Korea), Phillip Shovk (Australia), Awadagin Pratt (USA) New Zealand New Zealand | New | Northland Kerikeri www.kipc.nz

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 37 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 NEP CALL FOR SCORES THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION

Since 1985, the New England Philharmonic has ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Composition A first in the world of competitions and a unique DETAILS been one of few orchestras of its size in the country feature of the NYIPC, no participant is eliminated Travel covered? No with a Composer-in-Residence program that holds DETAILS throughout the competition. The Foundation Frequency Biennial an annual Call for Scores competition, receiving Travel covered? No presents a cash award to each of the contestants First prize $10,000 to $50,000 submissions from around the world. Winning scores Frequency Annual not receiving a major prize. The NYIPC includes Smallest prize Less than $5,000 are performed on one of our season’s programs. First prize None seminars, master classes, ensemble playing, and Additional prize Performances Jury chair(s) Not provided concert and recital appearances. Jury chair Tong Il-Han MAIN OFFICE Jury size 1 to 5 Additional jurors PO Box 231168 Application fee $40 MAIN OFFICE Lydia Artymiw, Ian Hobson, John O’Conor, Esther Boston, MA 02123 Application deadline April 30, 2018 The Stecher and Horowitz Foundation Park, Erik Tawastjerna UNITED STATES 119 West 57th Street, Suite 1401 Jury size 6 to 10 855-463-7445 Application notes New York, NY 10019 The $40 application fee must accompany each score Application fee $150 email website UNITED STATES Application deadline December 4, 2017 submitted. The winner will be announced by June 212-581-8380 ELIGIBILITY 15, 2018. email website COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? Scores will be accepted from emerging composers. ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed Scores should be no longer than 15 minutes in COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? ELIGIBILITY ✖ ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed duration. Concertos, vocal works, and works for Not open to the public Open to pianists of all nationalities. Applicants must string orchestra, woodwind, or brass ensemble are Social links be between the ages of 16 and 21 during the time Social links not eligible. Instrumentation may include up to the of the competition. following: 3 flutes (1 doubling piccolo); 3 oboes (1 doubling English horn); 3 clarinets (1 doubling bass ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Piano clarinet); 3 bassoons (1 doubling contrabassoon); 4 horns, 3 trumpets; 3 trombones (3rd is bass trombone); 1 tuba; 1 timpanist; 3 percussions; harp; piano/celesta; strings.

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 38 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 THE 12TH INTERNATIONAL OBOE COMPETITION OF JAPAN 2018 IN TOKYO

Established by the Sony Music Foundation in 1985, DETAILS this unique competition is solely dedicated to the Travel covered? Yes oboe, with past winners becoming international Frequency Triennial soloists or principals in world-renowned orchestras. First prize $10,000 to $50,000 A member of the World Federation of International Smallest prize Less than $5,000 Music Competitions. Additional prize Performances Jury chair MAIN OFFICE Hansjörg Schellenberger (Oboist, Conductor) Secretariat of THE 12th INTERNATIONAL OBOE Additional jurors COMPETITION OF JAPAN 2018 in Tokyo Maurice Bourgue (Oboist); Ken-ichi Furube (Principal c/o Sony Music Foundation Oboist, New Japan Philharmonic); Gordon Hunt SME-Rokubancho Building (Principal Oboe, London Chamber Orchestra, former 4-5, Rokubancho, Chiyoda-ku Principal Oboe, Philharmonia Orchestra, Conductor); Tokyo 102-8353 Yoshiaki Obata (Professor at Tokyo University of JAPAN the Arts); Dwight Parry (Principal Oboist, Cincinnati +81-3-3515-5261 *Please use email for inquiries Symphony Orchestra); Masaru Yoshida (Principal email website Bassoonist, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, ELIGIBILITY Tokyo) Aged 18-30; anyone born between January 1, 1988, Jury size 6 to 10 and December 31, 2000, is eligible, except for past Application deadline March 13, 2018* first-prize winners of this Competition. – M Application notes H ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Oboe *Application must arrive by this date, Japan time P SEMIFINALS (live rounds) : September 29, 30, 2018, Round I I € October 2-4, 2018, Round II C : II € Tokyo Opera City Recital Hall, Tokyo, Japan W III € M IV € FINALS (live rounds) October 6, 2018, Final Round and Award Ceremony, D : S Kioi Hall, Tokyo, Japan N COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed THE MIRJAM HELIN INTERNATIONAL SINGING COMPETITION P.O.Box 203, FI-00121 Helsinki ∙ Phone: +358 9 6128 1248 ∙ [email protected] ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed www.mirjamhelin.fi

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 39 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 THE 10TH OSAKA PIANOARTS

INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC COMPETITION Finalists have four rehearsals: with second pianist, Jury chair conductor, chamber ensemble, and orchestra prior Joyce Yang, concert pianist The Osaka International Chamber Music DETAILS to performing a full concerto with the Milwaukee Additional jurors Competition has two sections: Section I is for the Travel covered? Yes Symphony Orchestra. Contestants are provided John Perry: concert pianist, professor at Glenn Gould string quartet. Section II is for other groups, such as Frequency Triennial with classes on engaging audiences with concert School; Ann Schein: concert pianist, master teacher, wind ensemble, piano trio, etc. First prize $10,000 to $50,000 conversations. During the concurrent festival, all visiting professor; Jean Barr: professor, chamber Smallest prize $5,000 to $10,000 MAIN OFFICE perform community concerts. music at Eastman School of Music; Jacob Ertl: Additional prizes professor at Nazareth College, Piano Artist; Jeannie 2-2-33, Shiromi Chuo-ku Performances, Recording MAIN OFFICE Osaka, 540-8510 Yu: pianist at Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Jury chair TBA 2642 North Summit Avenue Jury size 6 to 10 JAPAN Additional jurors TBA Milwaukee, WI 53211 81-6-6947-2184 Application fee $125 Jury size 6 to 10 UNITED STATES Application deadline February 9, 2018 email website Application fee None 414-962-3055 ELIGIBILITY Application deadline October 20, 2019 email website Application notes Ensembles of musicians of any nationality whose Preliminary round video submission is due on Application notes ELIGIBILITY February 23, 2018. members are 35 years old or younger. Specific dates TBA For pianists, ages 16-21, of any nationality, living or ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES Strings • Piano studying full time in North America. SEMIFINALS (live rounds) SEMIFINALS & FINALS (live rounds) June 1, 2018, ten pianists perform non-eliminating May, 2020, Izumi Hall, Osaka, Japan ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Piano solo recitals COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? DETAILS June 3, 2018, pianists perform a collaborative recital ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed Travel covered? No with a partner from the Milwaukee Symphony ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed Frequency Biennial Orchestra. First prize $10,000 to $50,000 Social links FINALS (live rounds) Smallest prize Less than $5,000 June 5, 2018, three pianists perform complete Additional prize Performances concertos with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed ✔ Finals ✖ Finals streamed Social links

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 40 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 QUEEN ELISABETH COMPETITION— BELGIUM – BRUSSELS Established in 1951 on the initiative of Her Majesty QUEEN ELISABETH COMPETITION Queen Elisabeth of Belgium as a successor to the Eugène Ysaÿe Competition, the Queen Elisabeth DETAILS Competition very soon became one of the leading Travel covered? Yes international competitions for violinists, pianists, Frequency Annual singers, and, in 2019, violin. First prize More than €50,000 Additional prizes 2019 MAIN OFFICE Performances, Recording Rue aux Laines, 20 Jury chair Mr. Arie Van Lysebeth B-1000 Brussels Jury size 11 or more 29/04 → 25/05/2019 BELGIUM Application fee €100 violin +32 2 213 40 50 Application deadline email website December 6, 2018 (violin) 2020 ELIGIBILITY SEMIFINALS (live rounds) The Queen Elisabeth International Music Voice: May 4-5, 2018 Competition of Belgium is holding sessions Violin: May 6-11, 2019 04 → 30/05/2020 for pianists, violinists, singers, and cellists. This Piano May 4-16, 2020 piano competition is for musicians who have completed Place Flagey, Elsene, Brussels, Belgium their training and who are ready to embark upon an international career. The competition is open FINALS (live rounds) 2021 to candidates of all nationalities, who are aged Voice: May 10-12, 2018 at least 18 and who have not yet reached the Violin: May 20-25, 2019 age of 30 for the instrumental sessions and 32 for Piano: May 25-30, 2020 03 → 29/05/2021 the voice competition. Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium cello ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES Voice • Strings • Piano COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? ✔ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed ✔ Finals ✖ Finals streamed 2022 PAST COMPETITION WINNERS Piano 2013: Boris Giltburg [Israël] 10 → 21/05/2022 Voice 2014: Hwang Sumi [Korea] soprano voice Violin 2015: Lim Ji Young [Korea] Piano 2016: Lukas Vondracek [Czech Republic] Cello 2017: Victor Julien-Laferrière [France] www.qeimc.be — @qeimcbelgium Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium Social links Info : rue aux Laines 20, B-1000 Brussels [Belgium], tel : +32 2 213 40 50 – [email protected]

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 41 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 THE QUEEN SONJA RAPIDO!® INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION 14-DAY COMPOSITION CONTEST

Through exposure to an international jury of DETAILS Rapido!,® a 14-day composition contest, was DETAILS influential figures within the opera world, master Travel covered? No founded by the Atlanta Chamber Players & Travel covered? Yes classes with award-winning professionals, and Frequency Biennial The Antinori Foundation in 2009 to promote Frequency Biennial considerable cash prizes, participation in The Queen First prize $10,000 to $50,000 new chamber music compositions. The contest First prize Less than $10,000 Sonja International Music Competition offers young Smallest prize Less than $5,000 challenges composers of all ages to submit an Smallest prize Less than $5,000 artists a valuable kick-start to their careers. Additional prize Performances original chamber work of four to six minutes Additional prize Performances Jury chair TBA composed in just 14 days, following a specific theme Jury chair MAIN OFFICE Additional jurors TBA and instrumentation. Robert Spano, Music Director, Atlanta Symphony Universitetsgaten 14 Jury size 6 to 10 Orchestra 0164 Oslo Application fee $100 MAIN OFFICE Additional jurors TBA NORWAY Application deadline April 1, 2019 PO Box 5438 Jury size 1 to 5 +47 22 99 21 05 Atlanta, GA 31107 Application fee $40 email website SEMIFINALS (live rounds) UNITED STATES Application deadline May 15, 2018 August 15, 16, 2019, preliminary rounds, the 404-594-3445 ELIGIBILITY Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo, Norway email website Application notes Singers of all nationalities born after January 1, 1987, August 18, 2019, semifinal rounds, the Norwegian June 4-17, 2018 is the competition/submission of can apply to take part in the 2019 Competition. Academy of Music, Oslo, Norway ELIGIBILITY composition. The contest is open to composers of any age and ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Voice FINALS (live rounds) level of experience who are residents or full-time SEMIFINALS (live rounds) August 23, 2019, the Norwegian National Opera & student residents of one of the 50 United States. October-November 2018 Ballet, Oslo, Norway Boston, Dallas, Detroit and West Coast; details TBA ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Mixed Ensemble COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? FINALS (live rounds) ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed January 2019, Atlanta, GA ✔ Finals ✖ Finals streamed COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? Social links ✔ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed ✔ Finals ✖ Finals streamed Social links

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 42 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 MTNA THE 16TH ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN INTERNATIONAL PIANO MASTER COMPETITION

2018–19 Music Teachers National Association With past winners including Daniil Trifonov, DETAILS Kirill Gershtein, and Emanuel Ax, the Rubinstein Travel covered? Yes Student Competitions International Piano Master Competition is among Frequency Triennial The MTNA student competitions provide educational experiences and recognize exceptionally the most prestigious competitions in the world. It First prize $10,000 to $50,000 talented young artists and their teachers in their pursuit of musical excellence. The three-tiered MTNA awards over $120,000 in cash prizes, and provides Smallest prize Less than $5,000 competitions begin at the state level. State first-place winners and representatives advance to an free hotel accommodation; the next competition is Additional prize Performances online-only video submission division competition. Division winners compete in the national finals scheduled for spring 2020. Jury chair at the MTNA National Conference in Spokane, Washington, March 16–20, 2019. Prof. Arie Vardi, Pianist, Conductor, and Piano MAIN OFFICE Pedagogue The competitions are divided into five age groups: Elementary (ages 5–10; composition only), 12 Huberman Street Jury size 11 or more Junior (ages 11–14), Senior (ages 15–18) and Young Artist (ages 19–26) and Tel Aviv 6407510 Application fee $150 Chamber Music (average age 18–26). ISRAEL Application deadline October 1, 2019 Competitions include Composition, Brass, Piano, String, Voice, Woodwind and Chamber Music. 972-3-6856684 email website SEMIFINALS (live rounds) The deadline to apply for the 2018–2019 MTNA student competitions is Spring 2020, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 27 Shaul September 12, 2018. For more information, visit www.MTNA.org ELIGIBILITY Hamelech Blvd, Tel Aviv, Israel The competition is open to pianists of all nationalities. Age limit: 18-32 years of age. FINALS (live rounds) Spring 2020, Charles Bronfman Auditorium, 1 ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Piano Huberman Street, Tel Aviv, Israel COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed 33rd Annual Call for Scores Social links Open now through April 3O NEP will perform winning composition during the 2O18-19 season. For details: www.NEPhilharmonic.org/call-for-scores

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 43 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 SCHOENFELD INTERNATIONAL STRING COMPETITION (OR SISC)

Schoenfeld International String Competition was founded in 2013 in honor of the violinist Alice ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES Schoenfeld and her late sister, the cellist Eleonore Strings • Chamber Music: Piano Trio, Piano Quartet, Schoenfeld, both legendary performers and String Quartet pedagogues. With the support of the Foundation, we continue to build a multifaceted platform DETAILS for gifted violinists, cellists, and chamber music Frequency Biennial performers. First prize $10,000 to $50,000 Smallest prize Less than $5,000 MAIN OFFICE Additional prizes 217 East Magna Avenue Performances, Management, Recording Arcadia, CA 91006 Jury chairs UNITED STATES David Cerone (Violin), David Geringas (Cello) 626-823-5886 Additional jurors TBD email website Jury size 11 or more ELIGIBILITY Application deadline March 31, 2018 Open to competitors from all nations. Previous 1st SEMIFINALS (live rounds) prize winner resubmission will not be accepted. Age Harbin Conservatory of Music, Harbin, China limit: not over 30. FINALS (live rounds) Harbin Concert Hall / Harbin Grand Theatre, Harbin, China COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed Social links

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 44 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 FRANZ SCHUBERT SHANGHAI ISAAC STERN AND MODERN MUSIC INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION

Its uniqueness is the combination of traditional DETAILS The second biennial Shanghai Isaac Stern DETAILS and contemporary music so that not only the Travel covered? No International Violin Competition (SISIVC), Shanghai’s Travel covered? Yes participants but also the audience gets in touch Frequency Triennial world-class violin competition, will be held August Frequency Biennial with both genres. Participants will perform First prize Less than €10,000 10 - September 1, 2018, in Shanghai, China. The First prize More than $50,000 contemporary pieces that are results of composition Additional prizes competition has a grand prize of $100,000 USD. Smallest prize $5,000 to $10,000 competitions established for this event. Performances, Management, Recording Additional prizes Jury chair(s) Not provided MAIN OFFICE Performances, Recording MAIN OFFICE Jury size 6 to 10 No. 1380 Middle Fuxing Road Jury chairs Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Application fee €140-280 Shanghai David Stern & Vera Tsu Weiling Leonhardstraáe 15 Application deadline October 5, 2017 CHINA Additional jurors A-8010 Graz email website Zakhar Bron; Martin Campbell-White; Glenn AUSTRIA SEMIFINALS (live rounds) ELIGIBILITY Dicterow; Augustin Dumay; Daniel Heifetz; +43 316 389-1900 February 24, 25, 2018, Trio for Piano, Violin and Emmanuel Hondré; Sreten Krstic; Weigang Li; email website Violoncello, MUMUTH (House of Music and Music The Competition is open to all participants between the ages 16 and 32. Siqing Lu; Dora Schwarzberg; Philip Setzer; Maxim Drama), Graz, Austria Vengerov; Lina Yu ELIGIBILITY February 25, 2018, Duo for Voice and Piano, Palais Born after February 28, 1982. ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Strings Jury size 11 or more Meran, Graz, Austria Application fee $100 ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES Piano • Strings • Voice February 25, 2018, Lied,Theater im Palais (T.i.P.), Application deadline January 31, 2018 Graz, Austria SEMIFINALS (live rounds) FINALS (live rounds) August 18 - 24, 2018, Shanghai Symphony Hall, February 27, 2018, All configurations, MUMUTH Shanghai, China (House of Music and Music Drama), Graz, Austria FINALS (live rounds) COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? August 30 - September 1, 2018, Shanghai Symphony ✔ ✔ Semifinals Semifinals streamed Hall, Shanghai, China ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? Social links ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed Social links

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 45 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 THE SOLTI FOUNDATION U.S. SPHINX COMPETITION

The foundation was established to honor the ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Conducting The Sphinx Competition offers young Black and DETAILS memory of legendary conductor Sir Georg Solti and Latino classical string players a chance to compete Travel covered? No his dedication to helping young artists. The Solti DETAILS under the guidance of a renowned panel of judges. Frequency Annual Conducting Fellow receives $25,000 and door- Travel covered? No Its primary goals are to encourage, develop, and First prize $10,000 to $50,000 opening introductions, professional mentoring, and Frequency Annual recognize classical music talent in the Black and Smallest prize Less than $5,000 introductions to Lyric Opera of Chicago and Chicago First prize $10,000 to $50,000 Latino communities. Additional prizes Symphony Orchestra. A separate, Solti Foundation Jury chair Performances, Management U.S. Career Assistance Award of varying amounts is Elizabeth Buccheri, Chair, Artistic and Awards MAIN OFFICE Jury chair Not provided also available. Committee 400 Renaissance Center, Suite 2550 Jury size 6 to 10 Jury size 1 to 5 Detroit, MI 48243 Application fee $35 MAIN OFFICE Application deadline January 15, 2018 UNITED STATES Application deadline November 5, 2018 The Solti Foundation U.S. 313-877-9100 x712 1555 Sherman Avenue, Suite 310 SEMIFINALS (live rounds) email website Application notes Evanston, IL 60201 No live rounds sphinx.myreviewroom.com UNITED STATES ELIGIBILITY FINALS (live rounds) The competition is open to Black and Latino string SEMIFINALS (live rounds) 847-448-8329 No live rounds email website players of high school, junior high school, or college January 31, 2019, Detroit, MI age residing in the U.S. COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? FINALS (live rounds) ELIGIBILITY ✖ Not open to the public Applicants must be: A career-ready artist in the field ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Strings February 3, 2019, Detroit, MI of conducting; developing a career as a symphonic/ Social links COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? operatic conductor; a citizen or permanent resident ✔ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed of the U.S.; and no more than 38 years of age as of ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed January 15, 2018. Social links The award will be based on the following: Professional experience in the field of conducting; demonstration of advanced conducting technique; a written proposal for use of the funds (see Application Requirements).

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 46 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 STULBERG INTERNATIONAL STRING COMPETITION TORU TAKEMITSU COMPOSITION AWARD 2018

Established in 1975, the Stulberg is one of the ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Strings Cash award of 3,000,000JPY (about $27,000) each ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Composition longest-standing string competitions in the country. year. The judge may withhold the prize. The com- Its uniqueness stems from its focus on young string DETAILS posers whose works are selected to be performed at DETAILS musicians, its strong reputation, and the high caliber Travel covered? No the final selection will be invited to attend. Travel covered? Yes of judges. Frequency Annual Frequency Annual First prize Less than $10,000 MAIN OFFICE First prize $10,000 to $50,000 MAIN OFFICE Smallest prize Less than $5,000 3-20-2 Nishi Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku Smallest prize Less than $5,000 359 South Kalamazoo Mall, Suite 14 Additional prize Performances Tokyo 163-1403 Jury chair Unsuk Chin Kalamazoo, MI 49007 Jury chair(s) Not provided JAPAN Jury size 1 to 5 UNITED STATES Additional jurors +81 3 5353 0770 Application fee Free 269-343-2776 Aaron Dworkin, Anthony Ross, Scott St. John email website Application deadline September 28, 2018 email website Jury size 1 to 5 Application fee $125 ELIGIBILITY Application notes ELIGIBILITY Application deadline February 1, any year Any person, regardless of nationality, who is not Please submit two copies of the bound score, Open to all students of violin, viola, cello, or double over 35 years old at the end of the year his/her together with a completed entry form. The above bass around the world who are under the age of SEMIFINALS & FINALS (live rounds) application is submitted. deadline is for receipt of both, by 6 p.m., Japan time. 20 on January 1, prior to that year’s competition. May 18, 2018, semifinals (day) and finals (evening), Proof of date of birth will be required if selected as Dalton Center Recital Hall, Western Michigan FINALS (live rounds) a semifinalist. Current students of that year’s judges University, Kalamazoo, MI May 27, 2018, Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall, Tokyo, are not eligible. Japan COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? ✖ ✖ ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed Semifinals Semifinals streamed ✔ Finals ✖ Finals streamed Social links

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 47 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 ROSALYN TURECK 34TH VALSESIA MUSICA INTERNATIONAL BACH COMPETITION INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 2018

The competition welcomes pianists age eight to ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Piano Valsesia Musica Competition (former Viotti Valsesia) DETAILS 28 from the world over who pursue the musical started in 1981 to promote young talented Travel covered? No ideals espoused by the late Rosalyn Tureck. The DETAILS musicians as well as Valsesia, the greenest valley Frequency Annual competition consists of eight categories divided by Travel covered? No in Italy. It is divided in different sections: violin and First prize Less than €10,000 repertoire difficulty. A competitor may compete in Frequency Biennial orchestra, piano, and voice. There is also a junior Smallest prize Less than €5,000 up to three categories and is required to perform a First prize Less than $10,000 contest for piano, strings, and chamber music. Additional prizes contemporary work. Additional prize Performances Performances, Recording Jury chair(s) TBA MAIN OFFICE Jury chair(s) TBA MAIN OFFICE Additional jurors TBA corso Roma, 35 Additional jurors TBA 23 West 73rd street Jury size 1 to 5 I-13019 Varallo (VC) Jury size 1 to 5 New York, NY10023 Application fee $180 ITALY Application fee €100 UNITED STATES Application deadline October 1, 2019 +39 0163 560020 Application deadline April 24, 2018 212-873-6087 email website email website Application notes Application notes Deadline for unedited DVD of repertoire to be ELIGIBILITY The above deadline is for violin and orchestra; the ELIGIBILITY performed is October 15, 2019. Violinists, singers, and pianists from all over the application deadline for piano is August 3, 2018. Ages 8-28, based on the category. world up to 37 years old. SEMIFINALS & FINALS (live rounds) SEMIFINALS (live rounds) November, 2019, New York City, venue TBA ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES Strings • Voice • Piano May 17, 2018, violin and orchestra; September 1-2, COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? 2018, piano, Teatro Civico in Varallo (VC) Italy ✔ ✖ Semifinals Semifinals streamed FINALS (live rounds) ✔ ✖ Finals Finals streamed May 18, 2018, violin and orchestra; September 3, Social links 2018, piano, Teatro Civico in Varallo (VC) Italy COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? ✔ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed ✔ Finals ✖ Finals streamed Social links

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 48 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 VSA INTERNATIONAL YOUNG SOLOISTS WIDEMAN INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION

Each year outstanding young musicians with ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES To encourage and promote young pianists with an DETAILS disabilities from around the world receive the VSA All instruments and genres opportunity to play with an orchestra, give recitals, Travel covered? No International Young Soloists Award, $2,000, and and win cash prizes. Please visit our website for Frequency Annual the opportunity to perform at the John F. Kennedy DETAILS more information on prizes, winner’s recitals, and First prize Less than $10,000 Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. Travel covered? Yes application. Smallest prize Less than $5,000 Frequency Annual Additional prize Performances MAIN OFFICE First prize Less than $10,000 MAIN OFFICE Jury chair 2700 F Street NW Smallest prize Less than $5,000 1200 Meadowbrook Road #39 Lester Senter Wilson, Executive Director Washington, DC 20566 Additional prize Performances Jackson, MS 39206 Jury size 1 to 5 UNITED STATES Jury chair(s) Not provided UNITED STATES Application fee $100 202-416-8822 Jury size 1 to 5 601-946-2063 Application deadline October 12, 2018 email website Application fee $0 email website Application deadline February 7, 2018 SEMIFINALS (live rounds) ELIGIBILITY ELIGIBILITY November 30 and December 1, 2018, Hurley School Musicians with disabilities between the ages of 14-25. FINALS (live rounds) 18 and not older than 28 by December 3, 2018. of Music, Centenary College, Shreveport, LA May 30, 2018, the Kennedy Center, Washington, DC ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Piano FINALS (live rounds) COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? December 2, 2018, Hurley School of Music, ✖ ✖ Semifinals Semifinals streamed Centenary College, Shreveport, LA ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? Social links ✔ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed ✔ Finals ✖ Finals streamed Social links

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 49 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 16TH INTERNATIONAL WIGMORE HALL HENRYK WIENIAWSKI VIOLIN COMPETITION INTERNATIONAL STRING QUARTET COMPETITION

Launched in 1935 and now quinquennial (every five DETAILS The Wigmore Hall International String Quartet ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Strings years), this is the oldest violin competition in the Travel covered? No Competition is one of the best and most prestigious world. Honorary Chairman: Krzysztof Penderecki. Frequency Quinquennial quartet competitions in the world. Held under DETAILS For the preliminary selection live, Maxim Vengerov First prize €10,000 to €50,000 the auspices of Wigmore Hall, the leading venue Travel covered? No will listen to the candidates in different locations in Smallest prize $5,000 to $10,000 for chamber music, the competition attracts the Frequency Triennial Europe, Asia, and North America. Additional prize Performances best young quartets and offers excellent career First prize Less than €10,000 Jury chair(s) Not provided development opportunities to prize winners. Additional prize Performances MAIN OFFICE Jury size 6 to 10 Jury chair Swietoslawska str. 7 Application deadline January 20, 2021 MAIN OFFICE John Gilhooly OBE - Director, Wigmore Hall 61-840 Poznan Wigmore Hall Jury size 6 to 10 POLAND Application notes 36 Wigmore Street Application fee +48 61 8522642, +48 61 8528991 Competition dates, October 8-23, 2021. London W1U 2BP €25 (initial); €35 (if selected) email website UNITED KINGDOM Application deadline October 13, 2017 FINALS (live rounds) +442072588244 ELIGIBILITY October 20-22, 2021, Adam Mickiewicz Auditorium email website SEMIFINALS (live rounds) Open to violin players of all nationalities aged 16 to in Poznan, H. Wieniawski str. 1, Poznan, POLAND April 14, 2018, Wigmore Hall, London, United 28 years ELIGIBILITY Kingdom COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? All members of quartets wishing to apply must be ✔ ✔ ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Strings Semifinals Semifinals streamed under 35 on the date of the finals of the competition FINALS (live rounds) ✔ ✔ Finals Finals streamed to which they are applying. April 15, 2018, Wigmore Hall, London, United Kingdom Social links COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed

A musical america Guide to Top Competitions 50 musicalamerica.com • February 2018 WIGMORE HALL/INDEPENDENT OPERA YOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS INTERNATIONAL SONG COMPETITION INTERNATIONAL AUDITIONS

The competition celebrates the art of the song ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Voice Young Concert Artists Inc. is a nonprofit organiza- DETAILS recital and honors the Lied’s place at the heart of tion dedicated to discovering and developing the Travel covered? No DETAILS the genre. The competition has grown in status and careers of extraordinary classical musicians. The sole Frequency Annual Travel covered? No prestige since its foundation in 1997 and continues criteria are exceptional musicianship, virtuosity, and First prize Less than $10,000 Frequency Biennial to attract international singers and pianists keen to individuality. The musicians compete against a stan- Smallest prize Less than $5,000 First prize Less than €10,000 embark on significant recital careers. dard of excellence not each other. There is no limit Additional prizes Smallest prize Less than €5,000 to the number of winners. Management, Performances, Recording MAIN OFFICE Jury chair Jury chair Wigmore Hall John Gilhooly OBE - Director, Wigmore Hall MAIN OFFICE Susan Wadsworth, Director, Young Concert Artists, Inc. 36 Wigmore Street Jury size 6 to 10 1776 Broadway, Suite 1500 London W1U 2BP Application fee New York, NY 10019 Jury size 11 or more UNITED KINGDOM €25 (initial); €35 (if selected) UNITED STATES Application fee 0207 258 8244 Application deadline March 22, 2019 212-307-6656 $50 early deadline / $85 final deadline email website email website Application deadline June & August, 2018 SEMIFINALS (live rounds) ELIGIBILITY September 10, 2019, Wigmore Hall, London, United ELIGIBILITY Application notes All singers and accompanying pianists must be Kingdom Applicants at the beginning of a musical career, who Early deadline: Friday, June 1, 2018; Final deadline: under 33 on the date of the finals of the competition offer repertoire within the categories listed, provide Friday, August 17, 2018 FINALS (live rounds) to which they are applying. two appropriate letters of recommendation, and are September 12, 2019, Wigmore Hall, London, United not under U.S. management. SEMIFINALS (live rounds) Kingdom November 5, 7, 8, 2018, New York, NY ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? Piano • Strings • Voice • Brass • Woodwinds FINALS (live rounds) ✔ Semifinals ✔ Semifinals streamed • Chamber Ensembles November 11, 2018, New York, NY ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? ✖ Semifinals ✖ Semifinals streamed ✔ Finals ✔ Finals streamed Social links

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