 BBC Young Musician of the Year - http://www.bbc.co.uk/youngmusician/ Biennial competition, with link to applications and results of previous events. |
 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World - http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/cardiffsinger05/ Competition for young opera singers established in 1983 and held every other year in Wales, with scheduled performer, past winners, and ticket information. |
 Bartok-Kabalevsky-Prokofiev International Piano Competition and Festival - http://music.asp.radford.edu/festivals/bartok/bartok.htm Page from Radford University in Virginia documents current and past competitions, sponsored by the IBLA Foundation in New York. |
 William C. Byrd Young Artist Competition - http://www.byrdartists.com Annual competition in Flint, Michigan, rotating through categories for piano, strings, voice, and winds and brass. |
 Tansman Competition - http://www.tansman.lodz.pl/ 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] |
 Sendai International Music Competition - http://www.simc.jp/index-e.html Triennial violin and piano competition held at the Sendai City Youth Cultural Center in Japan. Includes audition guidelines/venues and application information. |
 World Federation of International Music Competitions - http://www.wfimc.org/ Organization founded in Geneva, Switzerland in 1951 offers worldwide database of classical performance competitions searchable by city, sponsoring organization, and name of winner. With downloadable yearbook [PDF]. |
 International Singing Contest Francisco ViƱas - http://www.francisco-vinas.com/eng/ Opera competition held in Barcelona, Spain. Site includes rules, official prize listing, and an online registration form. |
 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions - http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/auditions/national/ 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. |
 International Paulo Cello Competition - http://www.cellocompetitionpaulo.org/ Helsinki, Finland event offers rules, schedule, participants, tickets, application form, cash prizes, history, archives, and contact information. [English and Finnish] |
 Chopin Society of Houston - http://chopinsocietyofhouston.org/ Sponsoring the International Chopin Youth Competition and the Adult Amateur Competition, with links to past and future events. |
 International Music Competitions of the Val Tidone - http://www.valtidone-competitions.com/ Annual event judging piano, accordion, chamber music and composition at the Val Tidone castles outside Milan, Italy. |
 Zinetti Competition - http://www.zinetticompetition.org/uk/ International chamber music event held in Sanguinetto, near Verona, Italy. |
 Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium - http://www.cmireb.be/ Competitions for violinists, pianists, composers and singers held in Brussels. |
 Tibor Varga International Violin Competition - http://www.concours-violon.ch/e/default.asp Held each summer in Switzerland. History of the competition, program information, rules and regulations. |
 Kathleen Ferrier Singing Awards - http://www.ferrierawards.org.uk/ Held each April at Wigmore Hall in London, to benefit memorial scholarship fund named for the British lyric contralto. |
 International Concert Alliance - http://www.concertalliance.org 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. |
 International Young Musician Competition - http://www.culturaemusica.it/cittadibarlettaeng.html 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. |
 IBLA Grand Prize - http://www.ibla.org/ Annual competition for pianists, vocalists, instrumentalists and composers with no age limit, held at Ragusa-Ibla, Sicily. [English and Italian] |