World Federation of International Music Competitions

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. It was founded in 1957, and now 120 of the world's leading music competitions are members of the federation.

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

1958

 * 🇪🇸 Maria Canals International Piano Competition, Barcelona
 * 🇫🇷 Besançon International Competition for Young Conductors
 * 🇦🇹 International Beethoven Piano Competition Vienna
 * 🇫🇷 International singing competition of Toulouse

1959

 * 🇳🇱 International Vocal Competition 's-Hertogenbosch

1961

 * 🇩🇪 Robert Schumann International Competition for Pianists and Singers, Zwickau

1963

 * 🇮🇹 Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia International Composition Competition, Rome

1965

 * 🇩🇪 Johann Sebastian Bach International Music Competition, Leipzig
 * 🇬🇧 Leeds International Piano Competition

1968

 * 🇵🇹 José Vianna da Motta International Piano Competition, Lisbon

1969

 * Carl Flesch International Violin Competition, London (last held in 1992)
 * 🇫🇮 Jean Sibelius International Violin Competition, Helsinki

1971

 * 🇷🇺 Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky International Music Competition (piano, violin, cello, singing), Moscow (retracted in 2022)

1973

 * 🇫🇷 Grand Prix de Chartres

1974

 * 🇷🇸 Jeunesses Musicales International Music Competition, Belgrade

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

 * 🇺🇸 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Fort Worth

1978

 * 🇦🇺 Sydney International Piano Competition
 * 🇭🇷 Vaclav Huml International Violin Competition, Zagreb

1979

 * 🇫🇷 Épinal International Piano Competition

1980

 * 🇦🇹 Fritz Kreisler International Violin Competition, Vienna
 * 🇵🇱 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

 * 🇪🇸 Francisco Viñas International Singing Competition, Barcelona
 * 🇺🇸 Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, Salt Lake City

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
 * 🇮🇹 Premio Valentino Bucchi, Rome

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 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

 * 🇮🇪 Dublin International Piano Competition

1990

 * 🇦🇹 Franz Schubert and Modern Music International Music Competition, Graz
 * 🇮🇹 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

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

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

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

2010

 * 🇵🇱 Paderewski International Piano Competition, Bydgoszcz
 * 🇨🇳 Beijing International Music Competition, Beijing
 * 🇯🇵 Gaspar Cassado International Violoncello Competition, Hachioji

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
 * 🇩🇪 International J. M. Sperger Competition for Double Bass, Ludwigslust
 * 🇳🇴 Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition, Trondheim
 * RNCM James Mottram International Piano Competition, Manchester

2013

 * 🇦🇲 Aram Khachaturian International Competition, Yerevan

2014

 * 🇯🇵 Tokyo International Music Competition for Conducting, Tokyo

2015

 * 🇷🇴 International Grand Prix of Romania ”Trophaeum Artis Cantorum”, Bucharest
 * 🇨🇳 China Shenzhen International Piano Concerto Competition, Shenzhen
 * 🇯🇵Takamatsu International Piano Competition, Takamatsu
 * 🇳🇴 Top of the World International Piano Competition, Tromsø

2016

 * 🇭🇰 Hong Kong International Piano Competition, Hong Kong
 * 🇨🇦 Canadian International Organ Competition, Montreal
 * 🇷🇺 Elena Obraztsova International Competition of Young Opera Singers, St Petersburg
 * 🇬🇷 Giorgos Thymis International Piano Competition, Thessaloniki

2017

 * 🇳🇴 International Edvard Grieg Piano Competition, Bergen
 * 🇨🇳 Schoenfeld International String Competition, Harbin
 * 🇹🇷 International Piano Competition - Istanbul Orchestra'Sion, Istanbul
 * 🇺🇸 Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition, Kennett Square
 * 🇺🇸 Primrose International Viola Competition, Los Angeles
 * 🇳🇴 Princess Astrid International Music Competition, Trondheim

2018

 * 🇩🇪 Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition, Bamberg
 * 🇨🇳 Zhuhai International Mozart Competition, Zhuhai
 * 🇺🇸 The Gurwitz International Piano Competition, Texas

2019

 * 🇮🇹 International Luciano Berio Composition Competition, Rome
 * 🇨🇳 Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition, Shanghai
 * 🇸🇬 Singapore International Violin Competition, Singapore
 * 🇭🇺 Éva Marton International Singing Competition, Budapest
 * 🇵🇱 International Stanisław Moniuszko Vocal Competition (Międzynarodowy Konkurs Wokalny im. Stanisława Moniuszki), Warsaw

2020

 * 🇮🇹 The Girolamo Fantini Intertnational Trumpet Competition, Rome
 * 🇩🇪 Debut International Classical Singing Competition, Weikersheim

2021

 * 🇳🇱 DHF World Harp Competition, Utrecht
 * 🇨🇦 The Azrelli Music Prizes, Toronto
 * 🇵🇹 Santa Cecilia Piano Competition, Porto

2022

 * 🇪🇸 Concurso Internacional de Piano Compositores de España (CIPCE), Las Rozas de Madrid
 * 🇮🇹 International Ettore Pozzoli Piano Competition, Seregno
 * 🇺🇦 Odesa International Violin Competition, Odesa
 * 🇨🇳 Ipea International Percussion Competition, Shanghai
 * 🇺🇸 Olga Kern International Piano Competition, Albuquerque
 * 🇳🇱 International Conducting Competition Rotterdam, Rotterdam
 * 🇭🇺 Bartók World Competition, Budapest
 * 🇱🇹 Lithuanian International Professional Music Competitions, Vilnius

2023

 * 🇫🇮 Ilmari Hannikainen Piano Chamber Music Competition; Jyväskylä, Finland
 * Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition; Hastings, UK