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Online, United Kingdom
Posted: 08 Oct 2025
Max Bruch International Music Competition
08 Oct - 06 Nov, 2025
The Max Bruch International Music Competition is open to all instruments, voices, conducting, composition, and chamber music…
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Vienna, Austria
Posted: 07 Oct 2025
8th “Vienna New Year's Concert” Int. Music Competition 2025
07 - 31 Oct, 2025
8th “VIENNA NEW YEAR’S CONCERT” INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION 2025 Winners Concert & Award Ceremony at the MUSIKVEREIN…
Closing date:
19 Oct 2025
Online, United Kingdom
Posted: 07 Oct 2025
UK International Music Competition Online
07 - 30 Oct, 2025
UK International Music Competition Online is calling all talented musicians around the world. The competition welcomes all…
Closing date:
30 Oct 2025
Online, United Kingdom
Posted: 07 Oct 2025
Couperin International Music Competition
07 Oct - 06 Nov, 2025
Couperin International Music Competition is an online international music competition that aims to fully challenge the virtuosity…
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Hamilton, Canada
Posted: 06 Oct 2025
HICMF Ontario Call for Scores
06 Oct - 10 Dec, 2025
We at Hamilton International Contemporary Festival invite you to submit your ensemble works to our second call for scores. We are…
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Harvard University, United States
Posted: 05 Oct 2025
The 3rd Australia International Competition
05 Oct - 21 Dec, 2025
The 3rd 2026 Australia International Music Competition (North America Division) is now open for applications. This competition…
Closing date:
01 Dec 2025
Online, United Kingdom
Posted: 02 Oct 2025
World Exceptional Musicians Competition
02 - 20 Oct, 2025
World Exceptional Musicians Competition opens online to all Instruments, Voices, Conducting, Composition, music videos, writings…
Closing date:
20 Oct 2025
Online, United Kingdom
Posted: 01 Oct 2025
World Master Open Music Competition
01 - 16 Oct, 2025
World Master Open Music Competition is a global stage for musicians who dare to go beyond limits. Open to all instruments…
Closing date:
16 Oct 2025
Online, United Kingdom
Posted: 01 Oct 2025
Erik Satie International Music Competition
01 - 21 Oct, 2025
Erik Satie International Music Competition is an online global stage dedicated to celebrating creativity, individuality, and…
Closing date:
21 Oct 2025
Brescia, Italy
Posted: 24 Sep 2025
Franco Margola International Composition Competition
24 Sep - 20 Nov, 2025
The Franco Margola International Composition Competition, promoted by Associazione Artematica, in collaboration with Talent Music…
Closing date:
10 Nov 2025
Grafenegg /
Vienna, Austria
Posted: 22 Sep 2025
"Ink Still Wet" Composer-Conductor Workshop 2026
21 Apr - 22 Aug, 2026
CALL FOR COMPOSITIONS · OLGA NEUWIRTH Create a new orchestral work and premiere it yourself as a conductor with the Tonkünstler…
Closing date:
25 Nov 2025
Online, United Kingdom
Posted: 20 Sep 2025
Mozart International Music Competition UK
20 Sep - 01 Nov, 2025
Mozart International Music Competition UK opens online to all Instruments, Voices, Conducting, Composition and Chamber Music. The…
Closing date:
01 Nov 2025
Online, United Kingdom
Posted: 18 Sep 2025
Debussy International Music Competition
18 Sep - 10 Oct, 2025
Debussy International Music Competition opens online to all Instruments, Voices, Conducting, Composition and Chamber Music. The…
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Online, United Kingdom
Posted: 18 Sep 2025
Best Classical Musicians Awards
18 Sep - 15 Oct, 2025
Best Classical Musicians Awards Open to all instrumentalists, singers, conductors & chamber musicians, and composers of all…
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Online, Italy
Posted: 17 Sep 2025
Concorso internazionale di Composizione "Orazio Michi dell'arpa"
16 Sep - 30 Nov, 2025
Teleion music and culture and the Municipality of Alife (CE – Italy) announce the First Edition of the International…
Closing date:
30 Nov 2025
Online, Poland
Posted: 11 Sep 2025
1st Beethoven Award (free preliminaries)
17 - 31 Oct, 2025
Beethoven Award – International Online Music Competition Applications are now open for the Beethoven Award Autumn 2025 Edition…
Closing date:
17 Oct 2025
Online, United Kingdom
Posted: 11 Sep 2025
9th Georges Bizet International Music Competition
11 Sep - 10 Oct, 2025
Georges Bizet International Music Competition is an online international music competition that aims to fully challenge the…
Closing date:
10 Oct 2025
Online/
Warsaw, Poland
Posted: 10 Sep 2025
Classical Music Stars (Free entry)
10 - 25 Oct, 2025
Free Application until 10 October 2025 AWARDS: ⭐ABSOLUTE WINNERS ⭐FIRST PRIZES with Special Mention ⭐1st, 2nd, 3rd Prizes…
Closing date:
10 Oct 2025
PARIS, France
Posted: 08 Sep 2025
4th Gabriel Fauré Music World Competition and Festival
08 Sep - 30 Dec, 2025
4th Gabriel Fauré Music World Competition and Festival !FREE ENTRY (Preliminary Round)! CASH PRIZES AND CONCERTS. The 4th…
Closing date:
10 Oct 2025
London, United Kingdom
Posted: 04 Sep 2025
WCMA International Music Competition 2025
04 Sep - 01 Dec, 2025
The World Classical Music Masters Association (WCMA) is honoured to announce the Annual International Online Music Competition…
Closing date:
01 Nov 2025
Online/
Warsaw, Poland
Posted: 02 Sep 2025
Bach International Music Competition
25 Oct - 09 Nov, 2025
⭐ FREE ADMISSION until 25 October 2025 The BACH International Music Competition, now in its 6th edition, invites: ⭐ Composers…
Closing date:
25 Oct 2025
Online, Poland
Posted: 01 Sep 2025
Fenix Award International Music Competition (Free entry)
10 - 25 Nov, 2025
⭐FREE ADMISSION until 10 November 2025 FENIX AWARD International Music Competition invites: ⭐Soloist-performers (all…
Closing date:
10 Nov 2025
Sobrio, Switzerland
Posted: 28 Aug 2025
Sobrio Festival International Competition for young Composers
31 Aug 2025 - 25 Apr 2026
The competition was created in collaboration with Vincent Vogel, timpanist with the Berliner Philharmoniker, and the Sobrio…
Closing date:
25 Apr 2026
Taranto, Italy
Posted: 25 Aug 2025
LUIS BACALOV International Composition Competition - 3rd Edition
25 Aug - 31 Dec, 2025
The ICO Magna Grecia Orchestra, in collaboration with Luis Bacalov Association and under the patronage of the Ministry of…
Closing date:
20 Nov 2025
Los Angeles, United States
Posted: 22 Aug 2025
Los Angeles International Online Music Competition
18 Dec 2025 - 30 Jan 2026
The Los Angeles International Online Music Competition is dedicated to creating globabl opportunities to upcoming and already…
Closing date:
30 Jan 2026
Lymington, United Kingdom
Posted: 20 Aug 2025
The 2026 Lawson-May Award for Composition
20 Aug 2025 - 01 Mar 2026
This prestigious award of £3500, generously sponsored by Neil Lawson-May is now in its 6th year and has already attracted over a…
Closing date:
31 Jan 2026
London, United Kingdom
Posted: 08 Aug 2025
Around the Globe International Music Online Competitions 2025
01 Sep 2025 - 05 Jan 2026
Around the Globe International Music Festival 2024 Online Competitions: Piano/
Accordion/
Piano Solo Composition/
Young…
Closing date:
28 Nov 2025
PIACENZA, Italy
Posted: 30 Jul 2025
8° Concorso Internazionale san Colombano for Composers
31 Jul - 26 Oct, 2025
The competition is open to composers of all nationalities aged 18 and over. Prize for the best composition of an original…
Closing date:
10 Oct 2025
Athens, Greece
Posted: 23 Jul 2025
1st International Songwriting Contest
23 Jul 2025 - 16 Oct 2026
Organised by COLIBRI Arts and Music. Regulations: The contest is open to all nationalities and ages One song participatio Free…
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Cavalese (TN), Italy
Posted: 22 Jul 2025
ARS MODI International Piano Competition - First Edition 2025
15 - 16 Nov, 2025
SECTIONS: Soloists-Pianists Section Composers-Pianists Section Special Prize SCHEDULE: Registration Deadline: October 12, 2025…
Closing date:
12 Oct 2025
NEW YORK, United States
Posted: 06 Jul 2025
New York Classical Music Competition 4th Edition
20 Oct - 30 Dec, 2025
NEW YORK CLASSICAL MUSIC COMPETITION 4th EDITION FREE ENTRY - WE DISCOVER YOUR TALENT! INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION WITH RENOWED…
Closing date:
20 Oct 2025
Vienna, Austria
Posted: 29 Jun 2025
4Seasons Vienna International Musician Competition - Summer 2025
29 Jun - 24 Aug, 2025
The 4Seasons Vienna International Musician Competition is an online competition open to musicians of all nationalities…
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Gloucester, United Kingdom
Posted: 28 Jun 2025
The John Sanders Memorial Competition for Young Composers 2026
28 Jun 2025 - 27 Mar 2026
The John Sanders Memorial Competition for Young Composers 2026 28 June 2025 - 27 Mar 2026 A prestigious international competition…
Closing date:
27 Mar 2026
Verona, Italy
Posted: 16 Jun 2025
Premio Amici della Musica di Verona 2025
14 Sep - 23 Nov, 2025
5th edition of the Premio Amici della Musica di Verona, a renowned international competition open to soloists and chamber music…
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Torino, Italy
Posted: 06 Jun 2025
Concorso di Composizione di una Marcia per Banda "Massimo Boario"
06 Jun - 10 Nov, 2025
In commemorazione dei 100 anni di iscrizione a SIAE, della Casa Editrice M. Boario, al fine di favorire ed incrementare la…
Closing date:
10 Nov 2025
Falcade (BL), Italy
Posted: 04 Jun 2025
Composition Competition Dante Moro
01 Nov - 30 Dec, 2025
9th International Composition Competition “Dante Moro” – 2025 Edition Falcade (BL), Italy Application deadline: November 1…
Closing date:
01 Nov 2025
Verona, Italy
Posted: 19 Apr 2025
Premio Amici della Musica di Verona 2025
14 Sep - 23 Nov, 2025
5th edition of the Premio Amici della Musica di Verona, a renowned international competition open to soloists and chamber music…
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Budapest, Hungary
Posted: 07 Feb 2025
Premier Music International Competition Pro - PMIC Pro
07 Feb - 30 Apr, 2025
!!Application deadline for the 4th edition has been extended to 15 May 2025! PMIC Pro is a prestigious annual online music…
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