List of international singing competitions for classical music

The list of international singing competitions for classical music includes music competitions for singers competing in the categories of opera aria, operetta, oratorio and song.

Choice and description

The list includes all singing competitions organized by the Fédération Mondiale des Concours Internationanux de Musique (FMCIM), otherwise only if the competition:

• Has at least one category of its own for solo singing in classical music, and
• is open to singers from different institutions, i.e. is not restricted to graduates of a particular music college or the ensemble of a particular opera, and
• is open to international participants, both in terms of citizenship and residence, and
• also has a considerable number of international participants, i.e. the international openness is not just theoretical,
• has already been awarded at least three times, and its
• Was first awarded at least five years ago, and
• is listed in lists of respected classical music competitions in specialist magazines or the like

In the column competition categories only those evaluations are listed and counted that include classical singing. The year in the first award column refers to the year of the first award in the field of classical singing; a competition can have a long tradition in other categories, as in the case of the Reine Elisabeth Concours . The year in the FMCIM column is the date of joining the FMCIM if the host is an FMCIM member.

List of singing competitions

competition	place	country	Initial award	frequency	Competition categories / comments	FMCIM
International Singing Competition "Francisco Viñas"	Barcelona	Spain	1963	Yearly	Two: singing men and singing women, plus special prices.	1983
International singing competition in Bilbao	Bilbao	Spain	1986	Every two years (until 2000 annually)	Two: singing men and singing women, plus special prices.	1988
Concours Reine Elisabeth	Brussels	Belgium	1988	Every four years	A ranking list for women and men together, along with special ratings.	1957
International Komitas competition	Berlin, Prötzel Castle	Germany	??	Yearly		No
International competition of Verdi votes	Busseto	Italy	1960	Yearly	Parma region	No
BBC Cardiff Singer of the World	Cardiff	Great Britain	1983	Every two years	Two: aria and song, men and women together.	No
International Singing Competition "Alexander Girardi"	Coburg	Germany	1992	Every three years	One: opera and operetta, ladies and gentlemen together.	2001
International Schubert Competition Dortmund	Dortmund	Germany	1987 (piano) 2009 (LiedDuo)	Every two years, LiedDuo every four years	A song singer and a pianist together	1995
Competizione dell 'Opera	Dresden	Germany	1996	Yearly	One: ladies and gentlemen together.	No
Concours de Genève	Geneva	Switzerland	1939	Every two years	One: ladies and gentlemen together.	1957
International Chamber Music Competition Franz Schubert and Modern Music	Graz	Austria	1989	Every three years	One: Duo for voice and piano (lied), women and men together.	1990
International Singing Competition New Voices	Gutersloh	Germany	1987	Every two years	One: ladies and gentlemen together.	No
DAS LIED International Song Competition	Heidelberg (previously Berlin )	Germany	2009	Every two years	One: Duo for voice and piano, men and women together.	No
International Mirjam Helin Singing Competition	Helsinki	Finland	1984	Every five years	Two: singing women and singing men.	1987
'S-Hertogenbosch International Singing Competition	's-Hertogenbosch	Netherlands	1954	Yearly	One: opera, lieder and oratorio singing for women and men together.	1959
International Cesti competition	innsbruck	Austria	2010	Yearly	One: Baroque opera, ladies and gentlemen together	No.
International Antonín Dvořák Competition	Karlovy Vary	Czech Republic	1966	Yearly	Three: opera singing women, opera singing men and lieder performance. Plus junior price and special prices.	No
International music competition Cologne	Cologne	Germany	1997	Singing every four years	One: ladies and gentlemen together.	1988
International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition	Leipzig	Germany	1950	Singing every four years	One: ladies and gentlemen together.	1965
Loren Zachary Singing Competition	los Angeles	United States	1973	Yearly	One: singers together.
International Joaquín Rodrigo Competition	Madrid	Spain	2000	Yearly	One: vocals, plus guitar.	2008
Concours International d'Opera de Marseille	Marseille	France	1982	Every two years	One: singing (arias), ladies and gentlemen together.	1997
Tchaikovsky competition	Moscow	Russia	1958	Every four years	Two: singing men and singing women.	1998
ARD international music competition	Munich	Germany	1954	Singing every three years	Two: singing women and singing men.	1957
International Wilhelm Stenhammar Music Competition	Norrkoping	Sweden	2006	Every two years	One: ladies and gentlemen together.	2009
International Ada Sari Competition of Vocal Art	Nowy Sącz	Poland	1985	Every two years	Two: singing ladies and singing gentlemen.	No
International Queen Sonja Music Competition	Oslo	Norway	1995	Every two years	One: ladies and gentlemen together.	1993
Julián Gayarre Singing Competition	Pamplona	Spain	1986	Every two years	One: Singing for women and men. The competition alternates with the international violinist competition "Pablo Sarasate".	1995
Operalia	Changing, based in Paris	France	1993	Yearly	Two: singing (arias) men and singing women.	No
Concorso Internazionale per Giovani Cantanti Lirici Riccardo Zandonai	Riva del Garda	Italy	1980s or 1990s	Yearly	One: ladies and gentlemen together.	No
International singing competition at Rheinsberg Castle Chamber Opera	Rheinsberg north of Berlin	Germany	1991	Yearly	The roles to be cast for all works, approx. 20–30	No
International Mozart Competition	Salzburg	Austria	1975	Every three to four years	Two: singers separated	1990
International Song Art Competition	Stuttgart	Germany	1987	Every three years	Two: song recitation for men and song recitation for women.	No
Toulouse International Singing Competition	Toulouse	France	1954	Every two years (until 1996 annually)	Two: singing (arias) men and singing women.	1958
Gian Battista Viotti International Music Competition	Vercelli	Italy	1950	Yearly	One: singing, ladies and gentlemen together.	1957
Verviers International Singing Competition	Verviers	Belgium	1985	Every two years	One: ladies and gentlemen together.	1982
International Stanisław Moniuszko Singing Competition	Warsaw	Poland	1992	Every three years	One: ladies and gentlemen together.	No
European opera singing competition DEBUT	Weikersheim	Germany	2002	Every two years		No
International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition	Vienna	Austria	1982	Yearly	One or two: opera (sometimes also operetta), men and women together.	No
International Hilde Zadek singing competition	Vienna	Austria	2003	Every two years	One: vocals (songs and arias), ladies and gentlemen together.	No
International Robert Schumann Competition for piano and voice	Zwickau	Germany	1956	Every four years	Two: lecture for women and lecture for men.	1961
Concours International pour chanteurs et pianistes accompagnateurs Nei Stemmen	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	2005	Yearly	One: ladies and gentlemen together.	No

See also

• Music award
• List of music competitions (classical)

literature

• Music competitions for solo singing . In: Oper & Tanz , No. 2003/02, ISSN  0474-2478 .

Web links

• Competitions at the Fédération Mondiale des Concours Internationanux de Musique (English / French)
• The most important singing competitions on Klassik.com
• International Classical & Opera Singing Competitions on vocalist.org (Eng.)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Tenor Viñas Contest. In: tenorvinas.com. Retrieved August 13, 2020 . 
2. ^ Bilbao International Singing Competition. In: bizkaia.eus. Retrieved August 13, 2020 . 
3. ^ Queen Elisabeth Competition. In: queenelisabethcompetition.be. Retrieved August 13, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Komitas 2017. In: komitas-festival.de. Archived from the original on April 1, 2018 ; accessed on April 2, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Concorso Internazionale Voci Verdiane "Città di Busseto"
6. ^ "Alexander Girardi" singing competition at FMCIM . (Retrieved December 10, 2010.)
7. ↑ International Schubert Competition Dortmund -. Retrieved January 15, 2018 (German). 
8. ^ Website of the Competizione dell 'Opera . (Retrieved December 10, 2010.)
9. ↑ List of winners ( Memento of the original from February 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the Concours de Genève. (Retrieved December 10, 2010.) 
10. ^ Website of the international competition "Franz Schubert and Modern Music" at the Art University Graz . (Accessed December 10, 2014.)
11. ↑ Chronicle of the winners on the website of the “New Voices” competition ( memento of the original from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . (Retrieved December 10, 2010.) 
12. ↑ site SONG International Song Competition in Heidelberg.
13. ↑ Website of the Kansainvälinen Mirjam Helin competition  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . (Retrieved December 10, 2010.)  
14. ^ Website of the Internationaal Vocalisten Concours' s-Hertogenbosch ( Memento from June 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), winner of 1954. (Accessed December 10, 2010.)
15. ↑ Website of the International Music Competition Cologne ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . (Retrieved December 10, 2010.) 
16. ↑ Bach Prize Winners since 1950 on the Leipzig website. (Retrieved December 10, 2010.)
17. ^ Finalists and Winners at the National Vocal Competition for Young Opera Singers of the Loren L. Zachary Society . (Retrieved January 20, 2011.)
18. ↑ Website of the Concurso Internacional Joaquín Rodrigo ( Memento of the original from August 19, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . (Retrieved December 10, 2010.) 
19. ↑ Website of the Concours International d'Opera de Marseille ( Memento of the original of November 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . (Retrieved December 10, 2010.) 
20. ^ Prize winner of the ARD International Music Competition (1954–2009) ( Memento from September 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) on the ARD Music Competition website.
21. ↑ [1]  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved August 28, 2013.)  
22. ↑ International Vocal Competition ( Memento of the original from March 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. the Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation. (Accessed January 21, 2011.) 
23. ↑ History ( Memento of the original from July 31, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the Wilhelm Stenhammar Internationell Music Competition. (Retrieved December 10, 2010.) 
24. ^ Website of the Ada Sari competition . (Retrieved December 10, 2010.)
25. ↑ Website of the Queen Sonja International Music Competition ( Memento of the original from December 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. / Dronning Sonja Internasjonale music competitors . (Retrieved December 10, 2010.) 
26. ^ Website of the Concurso Internacional de Canto Julián Gayarre . (Retrieved December 10, 2010.)
27. ↑ Operalia website ( Memento of the original from September 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . (Retrieved December 10, 2010.) 
28. ^ Concorso lirico Riccardo Zandonai . (Accessed June 17, 2020.)
29. ^ Website of the Hugo Wolf Academy . (Retrieved December 10, 2010.)
30. ↑ Website of the Concours International de Chant de Toulouse  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . (Retrieved December 10, 2010.)  
31. ^ Website of the Concorso Internazionale di Musica Viotti / Canto . (Retrieved December 10, 2010.)
32. ↑ Concours International de chant de Verviers in Canal ( Memento of the original of October 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , an event of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie , the Center Culturel Régional de Verviers and the ASBL Concours International de Chant de Verviers . 
33. ↑ Website of the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition (accessed on December 5, 2012.)
34. ^ Website of the Hilde Zadek singing competition at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna . (Retrieved December 10, 2010.)
35. ^ Previous winners of the Robert Schumann Competition in Zwickau. (Retrieved December 10, 2010.)
36. ^ Website of Nei Stemmen in Luxembourg.