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Bartok-Kabalevsky-Prokofiev International Piano Competition and Festival
Page from Radford University in Virginia documents current and past competitions, sponsored by the IBLA Foundation in New York.
http://music.asp.radford.edu/festivals/bartok/bartok.htm
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BBC Cardiff Singer of the World
Competition for young opera singers established in 1983 and held every other year in Wales, with scheduled performer, past winners, and ticket information.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/cardiffsinger05/
BBC Young Musician of the Year
Biennial competition, with link to applications and results of previous events.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/youngmusician/
Sponsoring the International Chopin Youth Competition and the Adult Amateur Competition, with links to past and future events.
http://chopinsocietyofhouston.org/
Annual competition for pianists, vocalists, instrumentalists and composers with no age limit, held at Ragusa-Ibla, Sicily. [English and Italian]
http://www.ibla.org/
International Concert Alliance
Hosting mid-year music competitions in New York City in several categories, for cash prizes and Manhattan concert appearances. Dates, applications, and news, with judge profiles and donation information.
http://www.concertalliance.org
International Music Competitions of the Val Tidone
Annual event judging piano, accordion, chamber music and composition at the Val Tidone castles outside Milan, Italy.
http://www.valtidone-competitions.com/
International Paulo Cello Competition
Helsinki, Finland event offers rules, schedule, participants, tickets, application form, cash prizes, history, archives, and contact information. [English and Finnish]
http://www.cellocompetitionpaulo.org/
International Singing Contest Francisco Viñas
Opera competition held in Barcelona, Spain. Site includes rules, official prize listing, and an online registration form.
http://www.francisco-vinas.com/eng/
International Young Musician Competition
Event in Barletta, Italy offers divisions for piano, other solo instruments, chamber music and composition. With links to auditions, schedule, rules, entry fees, prizes, and application form.
http://www.culturaemusica.it/cittadibarlettaeng.html
Kathleen Ferrier Singing Awards
Held each April at Wigmore Hall in London, to benefit memorial scholarship fund named for the British lyric contralto.
http://www.ferrierawards.org.uk/
Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions
Event held annually at fifteen locations in the US and Canada, followed by finals in New York for cash prizes. Eligibility requirements, judges, and applications.
http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/auditions/national/
Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium
Competitions for violinists, pianists, composers and singers held in Brussels.
http://www.cmireb.be/
Sendai International Music Competition
Triennial violin and piano competition held at the Sendai City Youth Cultural Center in Japan. Includes audition guidelines/venues and application information.
http://www.simc.jp/index-e.html
International competition held in Lodz, Poland, named for 19th century Polish composer Alexsander Tansman. Categories for clarinet, piano, violin, cello, and guitar. [English and Polish]
http://www.tansman.lodz.pl/
Tibor Varga International Violin Competition
Held each summer in Switzerland. History of the competition, program information, rules and regulations.
http://www.concours-violon.ch/e/default.asp
William C. Byrd Young Artist Competition
Annual competition in Flint, Michigan, rotating through categories for piano, strings, voice, and winds and brass.
http://www.byrdartists.com
International chamber music event held in Sanguinetto, near Verona, Italy.
http://www.zinetticompetition.org/uk/