Following the Preliminary round of Competition, on April 25 the names of the 84 pianists who will take part in the 17th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition in October 2015 in Warsaw were announced. For the first time in the history of the Competition, fans were able to follow the Preliminary Round in every corner of…Continue Reading Participants In 2015 Chopin Competition Announced
The Karol Szymanowski International Composers Competition is organized by the Karol Szymanowski Music Society in collaboration with the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice. The subject of this year’s 2nd edition of the competition is a piece for symphony orchestra with a required duration of 10 – 20 min. The competition is open to…Continue Reading Szymanowski Composers Competition
DEADLINE: MAY 15 The purpose of the Chopin Foundation Scholarship Program is to support and encourage young, talented American pianists through up to four years of preparation for the National Chopin Piano Competition of the US, which is held in Miami, Florida, every five years. Up to ten (10) renewable scholarships of $1,000 are awarded each year on…Continue Reading Chopin Fdn Scholarship for Young Pianists
APPLY BY AUG. 31 The 5th Grażyna Bacewicz International Composer Competition, held in Łódź, Poland in September 2015, has been announced. Organized by the Grażyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Academy of Music in Łódź and the Arthur Rubinstein Łódź Philharmonic, the subject of this year’s competition is a work for: instrument solo and string orchestra with the option of using…Continue Reading Bacewicz Composer Competition
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