Application deadlines

Welcome to our comprehensive competition calendar! Use the filter to see only a certain discipline, and check every competition's competition deadline. Please note that while best efforts are made to keep this calendar up to date, dates can change frequently due to the pandemic. We apologize in advance should a date be incorrect.

Applications deadlines All members

December 2025

Dec 31

Wind Quintet

Lyon - Lyon International Chamber Music Competition

France

January 2026

Jan 9

Violin

Poznan - International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition

Poland

Jan 10

Pluridisciplinary

Horn

Tuba

Markneukirchen - International Instrumental Competition

Germany

Jan 15

Voice

Cascais - Cascais Opera International Vocal Competition

Portugal

Jan 31

Piano

Jaén - International Piano Competition Prize Jaén

Spain

Jan 31

Pluridisciplinary

Saxophone

Viola

Belgrade - International Jeunesses Musicales Competition

Serbia

Jan 31

Violin

Lichtenberg/Hof - International Violin Competition Henri Marteau

Germany

February 2026

Feb 1

Piano and Chamber ensembles

Vilnius - Lithuanian International Professional Music Competitions

Lithuania

Feb 1

Flute 2026

Odense - Carl Nielsen International Music Competition

Denmark

Feb 2 - 11

Composition

Jeju - Jeju International Composition Competition

South Korea

Feb 12

Pluridisciplinary

Composition

Geneva - Concours de Genève - International Music Competition

Switzerland

Feb 15 - Mar 27

Pluridisciplinary

Bassoon

Percussion

String Quartet

Organ

Munich - ARD International Music Competition

Germany

Feb 19

Percussion

Eindhoven - TROMP International Percussion Competition Eindhoven

Netherlands

Feb 28

Composition

Roma - Luciano Berio International Composition Competition

Italy

Feb 28

Violin

Indianapolis - International Violin Competition of Indianapolis

USA

March 2026

Mar 1 - Apr 15

Conducting

Birmingham - Evgeny Svetlanov International Conducting Competition

United Kingdom

Mar 1

Piano

New Orleans - New Orleans International Piano Competition

USA

April 2026

Apr 1

Piano

Monza - Rina Sala Gallo International Piano Competition

Italy

Apr 5

Piano

Porto - Santa Cecilia International Competition

Portugal

Apr 10

Conducting

Trondheim - Princess Astrid International Music Competition

Norway

Apr 12

Voice

Daegu International Vocal Music Competition

South Korea

Apr 15

Pluridisciplinary

Piano

Budapest - Budapest International Music Competitions

Hungary

Apr 20

Apr 20

Piano

Barletta - International Piano Competition "Premio Mauro Paolo Monopoli"

Italy

Apr 27

Voice

Budapest - Eva Marton International Singing Competition

Hungary

Apr 30

Pluridisciplinary

Düsseldorf - Aeolus International Competition for Wind Instruments

Germany

May 2026

May 1

Piano

Tbilisi - Tbilisi International Piano Competition

Georgia

May 1

Voice

Hamamatsu - Mt. Fuji International Opera Competition of Shizuoka

Japan

May 10

Multi discipline

Violin

Zhuhai - International Mozart Competition for Young Musicians

China

May 10

Pluridisciplinary

Cello

Violin

Piano

Composition

Bucharest - George Enescu International Competition

Romania

May 13

Piano

Bolzano - Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition

Italy

May 15

Piano

Helsinki International Maj Lind Piano Competition

Finland

May 30

Pluridisciplinary

Trumpet

Horn

Trombone

Brass

Jeju - Jeju International Brass Competition

South Korea

May 31

Flute

Guangzhou - International Flute Competition Guangzhou

China

July 2026

Jul 1

Pluridisciplinary

Violin

Piano

Paris - Concours Long-Thibaud

France

Jul 12

Pluridisciplinary

Voice

Piano

Vercelli - Gian Battista Viotti International Music Competition

Italy

August 2026

Aug 21

Piano

Budapest - Bartók World Competition

Hungary

Aug 31

Guitar

Composition

Alessandria - Michele Pittaluga International Guitar and Composition Competitions "Premio Citta di Alessandria"

Italy

October 2026

Oct 1

Piano

Las Rozas de Madrid - International Piano Competition Spanish Composers

Spain

Oct 1

Percussion

Luxembourg - International Percussion Competition Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Oct 10

Brass

Horn

Trumpet

Trombone

Tuba

Porcia - International Competition "Città di Porcia"

Italy

November 2026

Nov 1

Conducting

Rotterdam- International Conducting Competition Rotterdam

Netherlands

Nov 16 - 29

Brass

Horn

Trumpet

Trombone

Tuba

Porcia - International Competition "Città di Porcia"

Italy

Nov 17

Piano

Fort Worth - Van Cliburn International Piano Competition

USA

Nov 30

Piano

Épinal - Concours International de Piano d'Épinal

France

December 2026

Dec 1

Piano

Sydney - Sydney International Piano Competition

Australia

Dec 4

Piano

Cleveland - Cleveland International Piano Competition

USA

January 2027

Jan 31

Conducting

Parma - Arturo Toscanini International Conducting Competition

Italy

April 2027

Apr 20

Chamber music

Piano Trio

String quartet

Trondheim - Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition and Academy

Norway

May 2027

May 14

Organ

Saint-Maurice - International Organ Competition of Saint-Maurice d'Agaune

Switzerland

May 15

Piano

Xiamen - Xiamen International Piano Competition

China

May 31

Piano

Seregno - International Piano Competition Ettore Pozzoli

Italy

June 2027

Jun 1

Piano

San Antonio - The Gurwitz International Piano Competition

USA

September 2027

Sep 9

Chamber music

Pinerolo/Torino - International Chamber Music Competition "Pinerolo e Torino - Città metropolitana"

Italy

October 2027

Oct 31

Piano

Leeds - Leeds International Piano Competition

United Kingdom

February 2028

Feb 28

Pluridisciplinary

Piano

Voice

Zwickau - "Robert Schumann" International Competition

Germany

March 2028

Mar 1

String quartet

Chamber music

Banff - Banff International String Quartet Competition

Canada

June 2028

Jun 15

Piano

Albuquerque - Olga Kern International Piano Competition

United States