Students should consult literature produced by the individual funding organisations for complete and up-to-date information & for relevant application forms.

ARD INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION FOR STRING QUARTETS
Open to string quartets 17-35 (total age under 121) . 1st prize=DM32,000. Deadline: July 1.
Contact: Internationaler Musikwettbewerb Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich D-80300, Germany.
Tel: +49 89 5900-2471 or -3573 Email: ard.conc@br-mail.de

BABENREUTH INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL COMPETITION
Open to string quartets whose individuals are under 36. 1st prize = DM 5,000 + concert. Deadline: 30 Sept.
Contact: Kulturförderverein Babenreuth eV, Wettbewerbsbüro, Birkenallee 51, Babenreuth 91088, Germany.
Tel: +49 91 31 88 39-0 Fax: -22

BANFF INTERNATIONAL STRING QUARTET COMPETITION
For players under age 35. 1st prize = Can$20,000, custom-made bows, recital tour, offer of Banff Centre Residency and CD production. Deadline 1st Mar.
Address: Banff Centre for the Arts, PO Box 1020, Banff, Alberta, TOL OCO, Canada.
Tel: +1 403 762 6213 Fax: +1 403 762 6338

CALTANISSETTA INTERNATIONAL MUSIC CONTEST FOR CHAMBER MUSIC
Open to instrumental duos, or ensembles with average age 35. 1st prize = Lire 7,000,000. Deadline 31st October. Address: Provincia di Corso Umberto 84, Insituto Musicale, ‘V. Bellini’, I-93100, Caltanissetta, Italy.
Tel: +39 934 26803 Fax: +39 934 22998

CARMEL CHAMBER MUSIC COMPETITION
Contact: Amy Anderson, President, PO Box 221458, Carmel, CA 93922, USA. Tel/Fax: +1 831 625 2212
Email: chambermusicmb@earthlink.net

CHAMBER MUSIC IN YELLOW SPRINGS
Open to ensembles of 3-6 players, average age under 30. 1st prize = $US2,500. Closing date early Jan.
Address: PO Box 448, Yellow Springs, OH 45387-0448, USA.
Tel: +1 937 767-2912 Fax: +1 937 767-7699 Email: mtwhite@wright.edu

COMPETITION FOR MUSIC LOVERS
Open to violinists, cellists and chamber ensembles (2-5 members) over age 25. Prizes of concerts. Competition in Cannes closing date mid-Jan. Competition in Paris closing date mid-Feb.
Address: Concours Europeen pour les Melamanes, C/o 32 rue Carnot, 92100 Boulogne, France.
Tel: +33 1-46048002 Fax: +33 1-47120924 Email: rebessiscem@minitel.net

CONCOURS INTERNATIONAL DE MUSIQUE DE CHAMBRE
For strings with wind instruments, under average age 36. 1st prize = FF100,000. Deadline mid-Sept.
Contact: Christiane de Bayser, Rue du Dôme 8, Paris F-75116, France.
Tel:+33 1 47047638 Fax: +33 1 470 273503
Email: ufam@wanadoo.fr Website: www.infoservice.fr/ufam

EDWARD MIRZOYAN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
For string ensembles and orchestras with 12-28 members. Grand prize = US$10,000. Closing date 1st Mar., for competition in May.
Contact: 4-4 Azatoutian Street, Yerevan 375037, Armenia.
Tel: +374 2-254493 Fax: +374 2-151431 Email: nbart@arminco.com

FESTIVAL VAN VLAADEREN-BRUGGE COMPETITION
For early music ensembles, average age under 31. Prize BF200,000 Closing date mid-Apr. for competition in Aug. Contact: C. Mansionstraat 30, B-8000 Bruges, Belgium.
Tel: +32 50-33 22 83 Fax; +32 50-34 52 04
Email: music-antiqua@unicall.be Website: www.musica.antiqua.com

FISCHOFF NATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC COMPETITION
For ensembles of 3-6 members, with average age under 31. 1st prize = US$5,000 + possible tour. Closing date early Mar. for competition in May.
Contact: Ann Divine, PO Box 1303, South Blend, IN 46624, USA.
Tel: +1 219 237-4871 Fax: +1 219 237-4599
Email: adivine@fischoff.org

G.B.VIOTTI INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC COMPETITION
Open to string and piano ensembles (individuals aged under 33). 1st prize= ITL15,000,000. Deadline: 15 August.
Contact: Casella Postale 127, Vercelli I-13100, Italy.
Tel: +39 0161 252667 Fax: +39 0161 255575
Email: gbviotti@net4u.it Website: www.concorsoviotti.it

VITTORIO GUI INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC COMPETITION
Open to string trios, quartets and quintets with average age under 33. 1st prize = ITL15,000 + concert tour. Deadline: early Sept.
Contact: Cotella Omelta, Assiciazione Concorsi e Rassegne Musicali, Teatro Comunale di Firenze, Via Solferino 15, Florence I-50123, Italy.
Tel/Fax: +39 055 2779446 Email: acerm@firenze.net
Website: www.firenze.net/premiogui

INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC COMPETITION FOR STRING/PIANO ENSEMBLES
Open to ensembles whose members are under 34. Prizes total = NLG30,000. Deadline: 30 Jan.
Contact: Stichting Charles Hennen Coucours, P/a Music school Heerlen, Wilhelminaplein 24, Heerlen 6411 KW,
The Netherlands. Tel: +31 45 5 71-5277 Fax: -7218
Website: www.chc.nl

INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC COMPETITION ‘PALMA D’ORO’
For violin and piano, and cello and piano duos under age 46. 1st prize = ITL2,000,000. Deadline early Aug.
Address: Associazione di Cultura Musicale, Via Brunenghi 21, Finale Ligure, I-17024, Italy.
Tel: +39 19-692 135-680 277 Fax -680 404

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF FRENCH MUSIC
For chamber ensembles of 2+ players. 1st prize = FF25,000. Deadline mid-Sept.
Contact: Desire N’Kaoua, 28 Rue de la Paix, Bois d’Arcy, F-78390, France. Tel: +33 1 34 603096

INTERNATIONAL STRING QUARTET COMPETITION
For quartets with total age under 136. Deadline May.
Contact: The Secretary, c/- Ente Triennal degli Strumenti ad Arco, Corso Matteotti 17, 26100 Cremonia, Italy.
Tel/Fax: +39 407372-21454/-463165

INTERNATIONAL STRING QUARTET COMPETITION
1st Prize=19,000 euros, 2nd Prize=13,800 euros, 3rd Prize=6,600 euros. Further details & application forms from: Premio Paolo Borciani, c/- Teatro Municipale Valli, Piazza Martiri del 7 luglio, I-42100 Reggio Emilia.
Tel: 0039 0522 458511 Email: premioborciani@iteatri.re.it
Website: http://premioborciani.iteatri.re.it

INTERNATIONAL STRING QUARTET COMPETITION OF BORDEAUX
For string ensembles with average age under 24. Deadline mid-May.
Contact: Madame Bensa, Keizersgracht 293b, 1016EW Amsterdam,
The Netherlands.

INTERNATIONAL VAN WASSENDER COMPETITION
For baroque ensembles, aged individually 18-28. Closing date 31st May, for competition mid-Nov.
Contact: Impulse Art Management, Willemsparkweg 114, NL-1071, HN Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Fax: +31 20 6754061 Email: friedman@xs4all.nl

INTERNATIONAL WOLFGANG JACOBI COMPETITION FOR 20TH CENTURY CHAMBER MUSIC
Competition for students at European music colleges and conservatoires or young musicians at the beginning of their careers.
Contact: Dorothee Gobel, Manaing Director, Buch-and Kulturmanagement Dorothee Gobel, Ruffinistrasse 21, D-80637 Munchen, Germany.
Tel: +49 89 167 88 33 Fax: +49 89 13 92 90 64
Email: Do.goebel@t-online.de

KUHMO INTERNATIONAL TRIO COMPETITION
Open to string and piano trios. One round only and all accepted candidates give almost full-length concert. Apart from obligatory Beethoven trio, contestants free to choose repertoire for remainder of concert lasting 50-75 mins. Total aggregate age of musicians not to exceed 90 years. Max. 8 trios invited. Prizes: 1st = FIM45,000, 2nd = FIM30,000, 3rd FIM15,000 + all 3 winners invited to appear at Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival.
Address: Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, Fredrikinkatu 77 A 2-4, FIN-00100 Helsinki, Finland.
Tel: +358 9 493 867 Fax: +358 9 493 956
Email: ritva.eerola@kajak.fi Website: www.kuhmofestival.fi

LONDON INTERNATIONAL STRING QUARTET COMPETITION
The Competition is open to all nationalities provided the age of each musician in the quartet is under 35 years on 5th April 2009. The application form, documents and recordings must be returned to the Competition Administrator, LSQF, 41 Belmont Lane, Stanmore HA7 2PU, UK on or before 30th September 2008.

Website: www.playquartet.com/lic-aboutN.shtml

MAX REGER INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR CHAMBER MUSIC
For quartets. 1st prize = DM40,000. Deadline mid-June.
Contact: Wolfgang Marschner, C/- Raddatz Concerts, Burgunderstrasse 4,
Freiburg D-79104, Germany.

Early Music Ensembles

VAN WASSENAER COMPETITION 2002
Competition for early music ensembles, 2-5 October in the Hague, the Netherlands.
For application forms: fax +31 20 6 227118
Further information: www.Wassenaer.nl/concours.htm

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