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List of classical music competitions

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European Classical music has long relied on music competitions to provide a public forum that identifies the strongest players and contributes to the establishment of their professional careers. This is a list of current competitions in classical music, with each competition and reference link given only once. Many offer competitions across a range of categories and in these cases they are listed under "General/mixed". Competitions with age restrictions are listed under "Young musicians".

Chamber music

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Choral/voice

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Candlelight Master
Young Boy Singing (1650)

Composition

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Laurent de La Hyre
Allegorical Figure of Music

Conducting

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Conductor Tetiana Kalinichenko

General/ mixed

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Instrumental

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Bartolomeo Bettera Still Life with Musical Instruments and Books

Large Ensembles

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Part of the autograph score for Applicatio in C major, BWV 994 by Johann Sebastian Bach

Musicology

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Piano/keyboard

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Piano in the foyer of Tutzing castle
Maurizio Balzola at the piano

String instruments

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Lady Blunt Stradivari violin (1721)

Woodwind instruments

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Bassoon (made by Fox)

Young musicians

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See also

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References

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