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First Prize- and then?

A view on Competitions from 25 years ago- by Renate Ronnefeld

Meanings, not just Words

A conversation with opera legend Sherrill Milnes

Every voice is unique

An interview with Cai Jingwen, winner at the Ningbo intl. Vocal Competition

Ambassador Programme

Classeek now offers open application for young artists

Heart and Face of the Federation

Remembering Renate Ronnefeld (1932-2023)

Grand Finale in Ningbo

Last WFIMC Competition of the year ends on a very high note

Trombone spectacular at the Citta di Porcia Competition

Launy Grøndahl and Nino Rota at the orchestra finals

Spectacular Voices in Hamamatsu

Mt. Fuji International Opera Competition of Shizuoka announces its winners

Violinist Bohdan Luts wins the 2023 Concours Long-Thibaud

Kyubin Chung wins the 2023 ISANGYUN Competition

The South Korean competition has become increasingly popular since Yunchan Lim won First Prize in 2019

The James Mottram is back in Manchester

Finalists perform with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Shenzhen holds its 2023 Piano Concerto Competition

China´s “international city of Piano” announces the winners of CSIPCC´s 5° Edition

More vocal highlights- this time from Seoul, South Korea

The 2023 Seoul International Music Competition ends on a high note with outstanding singers

Record numbers again at the Concours de Genève

Winners are announced at the 2023 Flute Edition

Jong-Jie Yin wins the Gold Baton in Katowice

Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition is commemorating the 70th anniversary of the passing of its namesake conductor and patron

Great Artistic Spectrum at the 2024 Azrieli Music Prizes

Four outstanding composers from around the globe were named the 2024 laureates by the Azrieli Foundation.

Erlkönig in Dortmund

Schubert and Schumann Lieder at the International Schubert Competition

CIPCE 2023: Focus on Manuel de Falla

The International Piano Competition Compositores de España announces their winners

Fairytales and Melancholy

The changing realities at the ARD Competition in Munich

2003-2023: The ISANGYUN Competition is celebrating its 20th Anniversary

Over the years, Tongyeong has developed greatly from a sleepy seaside town to a new cultural Mecca in South Korea

Lyric Highlights at ´s-Hertogenbosch

Four duos, consisting of a singer and a pianist, had qualified for the final on Sunday 15 October in the Verkadefabriek in 's-Hertogenbosch

World Class Oboe Playing in Tokyo

Winners and prizes

Highly Percussive

The IPEA Percussion Competition in Shanghai is back!