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EMCY Member Competitions: National

Participation in these competitions is usually reserved for nationals or residents of the respective country. This often includes schools abroad, students at conservatoires or ex-patriates, however, so do check with the individual competitions.

Austria
Österreichische Jugendmusikwettbewerbe Prima la Musica
KlassikPreis.Österreich Gradus ad Parnassum
podium.jazz.pop.rock...

Belgium
Dexia Classics

Croatia
HDGPP-Competitions of the United Music and Dance Teachers

Czech Republic
National Radio Competition of the Czech Republic ‘Concertino Praga’

France
Concours d’excellence-Confédération Musicale de France

Germany
Jugend musiziert

Italy
Rassegne Nazionali d’Archi ‘Mario Benvenuti’
Concorso Nazionale Biennale di Violino ‘Premio città di Vittorio Veneto’

Lithuania
National Balys Dvarionas Piano and String Competition

Luxembourg
Concours Luxembourgeois pour Jeunes Solistes (UGDA) including European Competition for Young Soloists

F.Y.R. of Macedonia
Competition of the United Music and Dance Teachers of Macedonia

Norway
Ungdommens Musikkmesterskap (Norwegian Music Competition for Youth)

Portugal
Prémio Jovens Músicos

Slovakia
EMCY Slovakia

Slovenia
TEMSIG-Slovenian Music Competition for Youth

Spain
Concurso Permanente de Jóvenes Intérpretes

Switzerland
Schweizerischer Jugendmusikwettbewerb
Wettbewerb Jazz, Rock, Pop (Schweizerischer Jugendmusikwettbewerb - SJMW)

EMCY Member Competitions: International

These competitions are open to participants from all over the world. (The city in which they take place is listed in brackets.) Many include categories which change every year so be sure to subscribe to our Newsletters to keep informed about opportunities for your instrument!

Czech Republic
International Radio Competition for Young Musicians ‘Concertino Praga’ (Prague)
International Smetana Piano Competition (Pilsen)

Estonia
International Competition of Young Pianists dedicated to the Work of Fryderyk Chopin (Narva)

Europe
Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists

Germany
Anna Amalia Competition for Young Guitarists (Weimar)
Ettlingen International Competition for Young Pianists (Ettlingen)
International Competition for Violin, Kloster Schöntal (Schöntal)
International Franz Liszt Competition for Young Pianists (Weimar)
International Louis Spohr Competition for Young Violinists (Weimar)

Italy
Adriatic Music Competition (Ancona)

Lithuania
International Balys Dvarionas Competition for Young Pianists and Violinists (Vilnius)
International Jascha Heifetz Competition for Violinists (Vilnius)

F.Y.R. of Macedonia
International Competition for Young Musicians ‘Ohrid Pearls’ (Ohrid)

Netherlands
Charles Hennen Concours, International Chamber Music Competition for Strings (Heerlen)

Poland
International Competition for Young Pianists Arthur Rubinstein in memoriam (Bydgoszcz)
International Competition for Young Violinists K. Lipinski and H. Wieniawski (Lublin)
Witold Lutoslawski International Cello Competition (Warsaw)

Russia
International Competition for Young Pianists ‘A Step Towards Mastery’ (St. Petersburg)
International Russian Rotary Children Music Competition (Moscow)
Moscow International David Oistrakh Violin Competition (Moscow)
Mravinsky International Competition for Youth (St. Petersburg)

Serbia
International Competition of Young Musicians ‘Petar Konjovic’ (Belgrade)

Slovakia
International Piano Competition Košice (Košice)

Slovenia
International Competition for Violin and Viola, Festival Bled (Bled)

Spain
International Piano Competition (San Sebastián)

Ukraine
International Competition for Young Pianists in memory of Vladimir Horowitz (Kiev)
International Vladimir Krainev Young Pianists Competition (Kharkov)