The 9th National Chopin Piano Competition of the U.S. will take place from February 20-March 1, 2015 in Miami, Florida. Initiated in 1975, and held in Miami every five years, the National Chopin Piano Competition is designed to offer performance opportunities and financial support for young American pianists and to enable Prize Winners to take…Continue Reading Nat’l Chopin Competition In Florida
It’s rare for music critics to be invited to compete for prizes but this year they’ll finally have a chance to do so in the first edition of the Kropka [Period] Competition recently announced by the Meakultura Foundation. The Competition is open to all interested in writing about music—professional publicists, journalists, part-time writers and bloggers—and…Continue Reading Competition for Music Critics
The theme of this year’s edition of the Tadeusz Ochlewski Composers’ Competition is an original composition for small orchestra inspired by Polish folk music. The difficulty of the composition should correspond to the technical capabilities of an orchestra at a secondary level music school. The competition theme is related to the 2014 Year of Kolberg….Continue Reading Ochlewski Composers’ Competition
To be held from August 8-14, 2014, the Transatlantyk Festival Poznań is a festival of ideas. Perhaps the most important of them is to give young talents an entrée into an international career. Therefore, for the fourth time, the Festival announces two prestigious composition competitions: the Transatlantyk Film Music Competition and Transatlantyk Instant Composition Contest. The Transatlantyk Film Music Competition is intended…Continue Reading Transatlantyk Calls All Young Composers
Paderewski Festival Youth Piano Competition – Paso Robles, CA The Board of Directors of the Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles invites piano teachers in California’s Central Coast counties of San Luis Obispo, Monterey and Santa Barbara to encourage their talented young pianists to submit applications for the Festival’s 2014 Youth Piano Competition. The competition is…Continue Reading 2014 US Piano Competition Applications: Due October 3