Rules and Requirements
The Competition
- The Competition is open to all nationalities
- It is fully online
- Has 2 Rounds: First Round and Final Round
- The competition is open to instrument categories such as:
- Strings
- Bowed
- Violin
- Viola
- Cello
- Double Bass
- Bowed
- Strings
- Plucked
- Classical guitar
- Harp
- Plucked
- Keyboard
- piano
- Keyboard
- Classic Vocal
- Popular Vocal
- Ethnic Vocal
- Chamber Music
- Woodwinds
- Flute
- Oboe
- Clarinet
- Bassoon
- Saxophone
- Woodwinds
- Brass
- Trumpet
- Horn
- Brass
- Ethnic instrument
- Percussion
- Xylophone
- Marimba
- Vibraphone
- Ethnic instrument
Schedule
- April 19th – Free Entry Deadline
- April 21st – First Round results
- April 24th – Deadline of the Final Round application and payment of the application fee
- May 1st – Final Round results
Repertoire
- Free repertoire of choice: from Baroque, Classical, Romantic or Contemporary periods
- Duration: up to 25 minutes
- One video required
- The same video can be used in the Final Round
- If the applicant wishes to submit a different video in the Final Round, he/she is welcome
Application
- The application must be submitted before April 19th, 2024, 23:59h
- For the First Round, applicant must submit an application in the page: titled ‘Free Entry’
- For the Final Round, applicant must submit the new application form and proceed the Application fee – €85 (For Chamber music group, the Application fee is €125)
- The deadline for submitting the Final Round application form and the application fee is April 24th, 2024.
- If the applicant wishes to participate in more than one instrument category, he/she should submit a new application form and proceed a new application fee
Video
- Video (only audio is not acceptable) should be sent via YouTube link
- In the video, applicant’s face and hands must be clearly visible (in case of vocalist: the face)
- video must not be edited
- If the video is more than 60 seconds from the required time, the application may be considered invalid