Travel: international early music competitions

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.