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Competitions
15 cellists selected for 2025 Budapest International Cello Competition
The cellists will compete for a prize pool worth over €40,000 from 8 to 14 September 2025
Winners announced at Vienna’s Violins & Soul Competition
Cash prizes, along with loans of a Stradivari and Jacob Stainer violins, were awarded to the three finalists, who performed salon music repertoire and works by female composers
15 cellists selected for 2025 Budapest International Cello Competition
The cellists will compete for a prize pool worth over €40,000 from 8 to 14 September 2025
Winners announced at Vienna’s Violins & Soul Competition
Cash prizes, along with loans of a Stradivari and Jacob Stainer violins, were awarded to the three finalists, who performed salon music repertoire and works by female composers
Results announced for the 2025 Antonio Mormone International Prize
Dutch violinist Hawijch Elders receives €30,000, artistic management and an album recording opportunity
WATCH: Antonio Mormone International Prize finals – day four
The finalists take turns performing the same sonata on the same historical instrument
WATCH: Antonio Mormone International Prize finals - day three
Violinists Elli Choi and Anna Im take to the stage in chamber music and recital performances
WATCH: Antonio Mormone International Prize finals - day two
Violinists Elli Choi and Hawjich Elders take to the stage in recital and chamber music performances
WATCH: Antonio Mormone International Prize finals - day one
Violinists Anna Im and Hawjich Elders take to the stage in chamber music and recital performances
Prizes awarded at the 6th Tokyo International Viola Competition
The three finalists received JPY1,900,000 in prize money, plus performance opportunities
Finalists announced for the 58th Premio Paganini International Violin Competition
24 violinists have been selected following a live pre-selection process held between April and May in five cities around the world
Winners announced for the 2025 Leonid Kogan International Competition for Young Violinists
Prizes were awarded to young violinists ranging in age from 8 to 22 over four categories
Participants announced for 2025 Trondheim Chamber Music Competition
Ten string quartets will compete at this year’s competition from 23 to 27 September 2025
Results announced for 2025 International Society of Bassists Makers Competition
Double basses were judged on workmanship and tone, in addition to a blind, audience-voted sound-off event
Violinist wins the 2025 Irving M. Klein International String Competition
22-year-old violinist Julia Schilz receives the $5,000 grand prize and performance engagements
Winners announced for the 2025 ISB Double Bass Competition
Prizes were awarded across eight divisions for solo, jazz, and orchestral double bass
Eleven-year-old violinist wins 2025 Andrea Postacchini International Competition
French violinist Eloisa Marie Aubert was named the overall winner of the competition, prevailing over winners of three older age categories
Sendai International Music Competition announces 2025 finalists
Six violinists will perform in the final round from 5–7 June
Winners announced for 2025 Cavatina Intercollegiate Chamber Music Competition
The Tamesis Quartet from Guildhall School of Music and Drama took first prize at this year’s competition held at Wigmore Hall
Results announced for the 2025 Sibelius Violin Competition
Sueye Park took first prize of €30,000, a one-year loan of a Guadagnini violin, plus career development and performance opportunities
Twelve violinists progress to semi-finals of Sendai International Music Competition
The contestants will perform works by Dvořák, Mozart and Brahms in the semi-finals from 30 May to 1 June
Winners announced at the Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition
The Scandinavian ensemble Opus13 took the top prize of €20,000, plus a host of special prizes including a recording and performance opportunities
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