World Federation of International Music Competitions
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Chopin Competition final (3rd edition, 1937), one of the founding members of the federation.
The World Federation of International Music Competitions (WFIMC) is an organization based in Geneva, Switzerland that maintains a network of the internationally recognized organisations that aim to discover the most promising young talents in classical music through public competition.[1] It was founded in 1957, and now 120 of the world's leading music competitions are members of the federation.
Member organizations by year of membership[]
1950s[]
1957 (Founding members)[]
ARD International Music Competition, Munich
Budapest International Music Competition, (Cello, Conducting & Piano) Franz Liszt International Piano Competition, Budapest
Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition, Bolzano
Frédéric Chopin International Piano Competition, Warsaw
Geneva International Music Competition, Geneva
Gian Battista Viotti International Music Competition, Vercelli
Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition, Poznań
Marguerite Long – Jacques Thibaud International Piano and Violin Competition, Paris
Niccolò Paganini International Violin Competition, Genoa
Prague Spring International Music Festival
Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition, Brussels[2]
1958[]
Maria Canals International Piano Competition, Barcelona
Besançon International Competition for Young Conductors
International singing competition of Toulouse
1959[]
1960s[]
1961[]
1963[]
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia International Composition Competition, Rome
1965[]
Johann Sebastian Bach International Music Competition, Leipzig
Leeds International Piano Competition
1968[]
1969[]
Carl Flesch International Violin Competition, London[3] (last held in 1992)
Jean Sibelius International Violin Competition, Helsinki
1970s[]
1971[]
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky International Music Competition (piano, violin, cello, singing), Moscow
1973[]
Grand Prix de Chartres
1974[]
1975[]
Alessandro Casagrande International Piano Competition, Terni
Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, Tel Aviv
Grand Prix Maria Callas, Athens
1976[]
Alberto Curci International Violin Competition, Naples
Clara Haskil International Piano Competition, Vevey
Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition, Santander
Sion International Violin Competition
Tibor Varga International Violin Competition, Martigny
Verdian Voices International Singing Competition, Busseto
1977[]
1978[]
Sydney International Piano Competition
Vaclav Huml International Violin Competition, Zagreb
1979[]
1980s[]
1980[]
Fritz Kreisler International Violin Competition, Vienna
The Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors, Katowice
London String Quartet Competition
Ludwig Spohr International Violin Competition, Freiburg
William Kapell International Piano Competition, College Park
1981[]
Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition
Carl Nielsen International Music Competition (violin, organ, flute, clarinet), Odense
Cleveland International Piano Competition
Dr. Luis Sigall International Music Competition (piano, violin, cello, guitar, singing), Viña del Mar
Michele Pittaluga International Classical Guitar Competition, Alessandria
1982[]
Verviers International Singing Competition
1983[]
1984[]
Banff International String Quartet Competition, Banff, Alberta
International Violin Competition of Indianapolis
Vittorio Gui International Chamber Music Competition, Florence
1985[]
Rodolfo Lipizer International Violin Competition, Gorizia
1986[]
Arturo Toscanini – Goffredo Petrassi International Conducting and Composition Competition, Parma
Francisco Tárrega International Guitar Competition, Benicàssim
1987[]
Géza Anda International Piano Competition, Zürich
Kobe International Flute Competition
Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition[4]Helsinki
Pilar Bayona International Piano Competition, Zaragoza (disbanded after the 2001 edition)
1988[]
Bilbao International Singing Competition
Cologne International Music Competition (violin, piano, singing)
1989[]
1990s[]
1990[]
Franz Schubert and Modern Music International Music Competition, Graz[5]
Trapani International Chamber Music Competition
USA International Harp Competition, Bloomington
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart International Music Competition, Salzburg
1991[]
Paolo Borciani International String Quartet Competition, Reggio Emilia
UNISA International Music Competition, Pretoria
1992[]
Cidade do Porto International Piano Competition
International Franz Liszt Piano Competition, Utrecht
Odense International Organ Competition
1993[]
Antonio Pedretti International Conducting Competition, Trento
José Iturbi International Piano Competition, Valencia
Leopold Mozart International Violin Competition, Augsburg
Markneukirchen International Instrumental Competition
Queen Sonja International Music Competition, Oslo
1994[]
Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis International Piano and Organ Competition, Vilnius
Scottish International Piano Competition, Glasgow
1995[]
Calgary International Organ Competition
Dos Hermanas International Clarinet Competition
Julián Gayarre – Pablo Sarasate International Singing and Violin Competition, Pamplona
Provincia di Caltanissetta International Chamber Music Competition
International Joseph Joachim Violin Competition, Hannover[6]
1996[]
Città di Porcia International Music Competition (brass instruments)
"Ciutat de Tarragona" International Award for Musical Composition
Franz Schubert International Piano Competition, Dortmund
Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition
1997[]
Jan Nepomuk Hummel International Piano Competition, Bratislava
Marseille International Opera Competition
Murray Dranoff International Two Piano Competition, Miami
Orléans International Piano Competition
Osaka International Chamber Music Competition
Sergei Prokofiev International Music Competition, Saint Petersburg
1998[]
Honens International Piano Competition, Calgary
Hamamatsu International Piano Competition
Trio di Trieste International Chamber Music Competition
2000s[]
2000[]
Ville de Paris International Music Competition
Witold Lutoslawski International Cello Competition, Warsaw
2001[]
Alexander Girardi International Singing Competition, Coburg
Luxembourg International Percussion Competition
2002[]
George Enescu International Piano Competition, Bucharest
London International Piano Competition
Tbilisi International Piano Competition
2003[]
Musashino-Tokyo International Organ Competition
Mt. Fuji International Opera Competition of Shizuoka, Hamamatsu
2004[]
Cadaqués Orchestra International Conducting Competition
International Competition for Young Pianists in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz, Kyiv
Montreal International Musical Competition (piano, violin, singing)
Premio Jaén International Piano Competition
Michael Hill International Violin Competition, Auckland[7]
2005[]
Città di Brescia International Violin Competition
Sendai International Music Competition (violin, piano)
Weimar International Music Competition (Franz Liszt – piano, Joseph Joachim – chamber music)
2006[]
Isang Yun Competition, Tongyeong
Lyon International Chamber Music Competition
Pablo Casals International Cello Competitionm Kronberg
Saint-Maurice International Organ Competition
2007[]
China International Piano Competition, Xiamen
EPTA – Svetislav Stančić International Piano Competition, Zagreb
TROMP International Music Competition, Eindhoven
2008[]
Max Rostal International Viola and Violin Competition, Berlin
Swedish International Duo Competition, Katrineholm
2009[]
China International Singing Competition, Ningbo
China International Violin Competition, Qingdao
Jeju International Brass Competition
Maj Lind International Piano Competition, Helsinki
Rina Sala Gallo International Piano Competition, Monza
Seoul International Music Competition (piano, violin, singing), Seoul
Telekom – Ludwig van Beethoven International Piano Competition, Bonn
Wilhelm Stenhammar International Music Competition (for singers), Norrköping
2010s[]
2010[]
2011[]
Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition, Dublin
The Aeolus International Competition for Wind Instruments, Düsseldorf
International Oboe Competition of Japan, Karuizawa
International Chamber Music Competition "Città di Pinerolo", Pinerolo
BNDES International Piano Competition, Rio de Janeiro
International Competition of Young Conductors Lovro von Matačić, Zagreb
2012[]
International Violin Competition Henri Marteau, Lichtenberg and Hof[11]
, Ludwigslust[12]
, Trondheim[13]
2013[]
2014[]
2015[]
International Grand Prix of Romania ”Trophaeum Artis Cantorum”, Bucharest
,[16] Shenzhen
, Takamatsu[17]
Top of the World International Piano Competition, Tromsø[18]
2016[]
Hong Kong International Piano Competition, Hong Kong[19]
Canadian International Organ Competition, Montreal[20]
, St Petersburg[21]
, Thessaloniki[22]
2017[]
, Bergen[23]
, Harbin[24]
, Istanbul[25]
, Kennett Square[26]
Primrose International Viola Competition, Los Angeles[27]
, Trondheim[28]
2018[]
Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition, Bamberg[29]
, Zhuhai[30]
International Piano Competition, Texas[31]
2019[]
, Rome
Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition, Shanghai
Singapore International Violin Competition,[32] Singapore
, Budapest
2020s[]
2020[]
, Rome
,[33] Weikersheim
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "World Federation of International Music Competitions – Annual Book 2018". issuu.com. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ "Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition". www.cmireb.be. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ Lisa McCormick (2015). Performing Civility. Cambridge University Press. p. 252. ISBN 978-1-107-10086-2.
- ^ "Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition". www.mirjamhelin.fi. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ "Franz Schubert and Modern Music International Music Competition". schubert.kug.ac.at. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ "Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition". www.jjv-hannover.de. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- ^ "Michael Hill International Violin Competition". www.michaelhillinternationalviolincompetition.com. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ "Paderewski International Piano Competition". konkurspaderewskiego.pl. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ "Beijing International Music Competition". www.bjimc.cn. www.bjimc.cn. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
- ^ "Gaspar Cassado International Violoncello Competition". www.cassado-cello.jp. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ "International Violin Competition Henri Marteau". www.violinwettbewerb-marteau.de. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ "International J. M. Sperger Competition for Double Bass". www.spergerwettbewerb.de. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ "Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition". www.ticc.no. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ "Aram Khachaturian International Competition". www.akhic.am. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ "Tokyo International Music Competition for Conducting". conductingtokyo.org. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ "China Shenzhen International Piano Concerto Competition". www.csipcc.com.cn. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ "Takamatsu International Piano Competition". www.tipc.jp. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ "Top of the World International Piano Competition". topoftheworld.no. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ "Hong Kong International Piano Competition". topoftheworld.no. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ "Canadian International Organ Competition". www.ciocm.org. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ "Elena Obraztsova International Competition of Young Opera Singers". www.obraztsova.org. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ ""Giorgos Thymis" International Piano Competition". www.thymiscompetition.gr. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ "International Edvard Grieg Piano Competition". griegcompetition.com. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ "Schoenfeld International String Competition". schoenfeldcompetition.com. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ "International Piano Competition – Istanbul Orchestra'Sion". www.nds.k12.tr. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ "Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition". longwoodgardens.org. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ "Primrose International Viola Competition". www.primrosecompetition.org. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ "Princess Astrid International Music Competition". www.tso.no. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ "The Mahler Competition". bamberger-symphoniker.de. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ "Zhuhai International Mozart Competition". www.zhmozart.org. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ "HISTORY". musicalbridges.org. musicalbridges.org. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
- ^ "2020 Year Book". issuu.com. WFIMC. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
- ^ "WFIMC YEARBOOK 2021". issuu.com. issuu.com. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
External links[]
Categories:
- International music organizations
- Organisations based in Geneva
- 1957 establishments in Switzerland