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William C. Byrd Young Artist Competition
Annual competition in Flint, Michigan, rotating through categories for piano, strings, voice, and winds and brass.
www.byrdartists.com
International chamber music event held in Sanguinetto, near Verona, Italy.
www.zinetticompetition.org
Sendai International Music Competition
Triennial violin and piano competition held at the Sendai City Youth Cultural Center in Japan. Includes audition guidelines/venues and application information.
www.simc.jp
International Paulo Cello Competition
Helsinki, Finland event offers rules, schedule, participants, tickets, application form, cash prizes, history, archives, and contact information. [English and Finnish]
www.cellocompetitionpaulo.org
Tibor Varga International Violin Competition
Held each summer in Switzerland. Site includes a history of the competition, program information, rules and regulations.
www.concours-violon.ch
International Young Musician Competition
Event in Barletta, Italy offers divisions for piano, other solo instruments, chamber music and composition. With links to auditions, schedule, rules, entry fees, prizes, and application form.
www.culturaemusica.it
World Federation of International Music Competitions
Organization founded in Geneva, Switzerland in 1951 offers worldwide database of classical performance competitions searchable by city, sponsoring organization, and name of winner. With downloadable yearbook [PDF].www.wfimc.org
BBC Young Musician of the Year
Biennial competition, with link to applications and results of previous events.
www.bbc.co.uk
Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions
Event held annually at fifteen locations in the US and Canada, followed by finals in New York for cash prizes. Eligibility requirements, judges, and applications.
www.metoperafamily.org
BBC Cardiff Singer of the World
Competition for young opera singers established in 1983 and held every other year in Wales, with scheduled performer, past winners, and ticket information.
www.bbc.co.uk
Bartok-Kabalevsky-Prokofiev International Piano Competition and Festival
Page from Radford University in Virginia documents current and past competitions, sponsored by the IBLA Foundation in New York.
music.asp.radford.edu
Annual competition for pianists, vocalists, instrumentalists and composers with no age limit, held at Ragusa-Ibla, Sicily. [English and Italian]
www.ibla.org
International Concert Alliance
Hosting mid-year music competitions in New York City in several categories, for cash prizes and Manhattan concert appearances. Dates, applications, and news, with judge profiles and donation information.
www.concertalliance.org
Sponsoring the International Chopin Youth Competition and the Adult Amateur Competition, with links to past and future events.
chopinsocietyofhouston.org
International Singing Contest Francisco Viñas
Opera competition held in Barcelona, Spain. Site includes rules, official prize listing, and an online registration form.
www.francisco-vinas.com