Competition Musica Antiqua (Image Credit: Arne Naert)
On the Travel page of Early Music Today: June-August we take a look at a selection of the many international competitions available for early musicians. Below is an extended list of some of the best competitions currently running that we didn’t have room to include in the magazine.
List of international early music competitions
Biagio Marini Wettbewerb
Neuburg an der Donau (Germany)
Chamber ensembles
www.sommerakademie-neuburg.de/Biagio-Marini-Wettbewerb
Concorso di Musica Antica “La Musica dei Papi”
Pienza (Italy)
Chamber ensembles
www.pietrometastasio.com
Concorso internazionale di Canto Barocco Francesco Provenzale
Naples (Italy)
Solo voice
www.turchini.it
Concorso internazionale di Musica Antica “Premio Fatima Terzo”
Vicenza (Italy)
Rotating disciplines
www.spazioemusica.it
Concorso internazionale di Musica Antica “Premio Selìfa”
San Ginesio (Italy)
Chamber ensembles
www.associazionemusicaleselifa.it
Concours international de chant baroque
Froville (France)
Solo voice
www.concours-chant-baroque.com
Concurso Internacional de Música Antigua
Gijón (Spain)
Chamber ensembles
www.musicaantiguagijon.com
Early Music America Baroque Performance Competition
New York (USA)
Chamber ensembles
www.earlymusic.org/early-music-america-competitions
Grand Prix Bach de Lausanne
Lausanne (Switzerland)
Organ
www.festivalbach.ch/grand-prix-bach-de-lausanne
Handel Aria Competition, Madison Early Music Festival
Madison, WI (USA)
Solo voice
continuingstudies.wisc.edu/lsa/memf
International Competition for Early Music
Yamanashi (Japan)
Rotating disciplines
homepage2.nifty.com/eterna/en
International Competition Musica Antiqua
Brugge/Bruges (Belgium)
Rotating disciplines
www.mafestival.be/EN/programme/competitions
International Early Music Vocal Competition “Canticum Gaudium”
Poznań (Poland)
Solo voice
poznanfestival.pl/en/konkurs-wokalny
International Singing Competition for Baroque Opera “Pietro Antonio Cesti”
Innsbruck (Austria)
Solo voice
www.altemusik.at/en/singing-competition
Internationaler Giulio Perotti Gesangswettbewerb
Ueckermünde (Germany)
Solo voice
www.internationaler-perotti-gesangswettbewerb.de
Internationaler Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Wettbewerb
Leipzig (Germany)
Rotating disciplines
www.bach-leipzig.de
Internationaler Telemann-Wettbewerb
Magdeburg (Germany)
Chamber ensembles
www.telemann.org/veranstaltungen/telemannwettbewerb.html
Internationaal Van Wassenaer Concours
Various cities (Netherlands)
Chamber ensembles
www.vanwassenaerconcours.nl
Internationaler H.I.F. Biber Wettbewerb
Sankt Florian (Austria)
Solo instrument, chamber ensemble
www.fiorimusicali-biberwettbewerb.com
Jurow International Harpsichord Performance Competition
Various cities (USA)
Solo harpsichord
historicalkeyboardsociety.org/?page_id=13
La Stravaganza Baroque Chamber Music Competition
Cluj-Napoca (Romania)
Chamber ensembles
www.amgd.ro
National Flute Association Baroque Flute Artist Competition
Various cities (USA)
Baroque flute
www.nfaonline.org/Annual-Convention/Competitions
Nordic Young Early Music Ensemble Competition
Various cities (Scandinavia)
Chamber ensembles
www.nordem.org
Premio Bonporti
Rovereto (Italy)
Rotating disciplines
premiobonporti.wordpress.com
Rosalyn Tureck International Bach Competition for Young Pianists
New York (USA)
Piano
tureckbachcompetition.sharepoint.com
Westfield Center for Historical Keyboard Studies International Competition
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (USA)
Rotating disciplines (keyboards only)
westfield.org/competition
If you’d like to read more about early music competitions abroad, and much more, find out how to get a copy of EMT June-August here.
