- 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 inclassical music through publiccompetition . It was founded in 1957, and now 120 of the world's leading music competitions are members of the federation.Member organizations
Members include:
* International Violin Competition "Fritz Kreisler", Austria
*Queen Elisabeth Music Competition , Belgium
* International Violin Competition "Jean Sibelius", Finland
* International Violin Competition "Premio Paganini", Italy
*Michele Pittaluga International Classical Guitar Competition , Italy
*Sendai International Music Competition , Japan
*International Franz Liszt Piano Competition , The Netherlands
*Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition , Poland
*International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition , Poland
*International Tchaikovsky Competition , Russia
*Jose Iturbi International Piano Competition , Spain
* Maria Canals International Musical Execution Competition, Spain
*Geneva International Music Competition , Switzerland
*Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition , USA
*Cleveland International Piano Competition , USA
*Van Cliburn International Piano Competition , USA
*William Kapell International Piano Competition , USA
* [http://www.premioborciani.org International String Quartet Competition] "Premio Paolo Borciani " -Reggio Emilia ,Italy
*Prague Spring International Music Festival , Czech republicee also
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List of classical music competitions West Australian Pianists Competition http://www.touch88.com.au/~wapc/Piano Competitions include:
Australia: Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia
Austria: International Piano Competition "L. van Beethoven";"Mozart" International Competition
Belgium: "Queen Elisabeth of Belgium" International Music Competition - piano
Bulgaria: International Jeunesses Musicales Competition - Belgrade
Canada: Honens International Piano Competition;Montreal International Musical Competition (MIMC) Piano
Czechoslovakia: Prague Spring International Music Competition
England:London International Piano Competition
France:Orleans International Piano Competition - repertory from 1900 up to now;International Piano Competition;Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud International Contest;Martial Solal Competition - piano-jazz
Germany: "Robert-Schumann" International Competition for Pianists and Singers;ARD International Music Competition Munich;International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition;International FRANZ LISZT Piano Competition;International Schubert-Competition for Piano;International Music Competition of the ARD
Georgia: Tbilisi International Piano Competition
Greece: "Maria Callas Grand Prize" for pianists
Hungary: Liszt Bartók International Piano Competition
Ireland: AXA Dublin International Piano Competition
Israel: Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition
Italy: "Alessandro Casagrande" International Piano Competition;"G.B. Viotti" International Music Competition;"Ferruccio Busoni" International Piano Competition
Japan: Sendai International Music Competition;Hamamatsu International Piano Competition
Lithuania: "M.K. Ciurlionis" International Piano and Organ Competition 2007
Netherlands: International Franz Liszt Piano Competition
Poland: International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition
Portugal: City of Porto International Music Competition;Vianna da Motta International Music Competition
Romania: "George Enescu" International Competition
Russia: International Tchaikovsky Competition;International "Prokofiev" Competition
Scotland: Scottish International Piano Competition
Slovakia: "J.N. Hummel" International Piano Competition
South Africa: Unisa International Piano Competition
South Korea: Gyeongnam International Music Competition (piano)
Spain:"Paloma O'Shea" Santander International Piano Competition;INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION PRIZE "JAÉN";"Maria Canals" Barcelona International Musical Execution Competition;"José Iturbi" International Piano Competition;"Pilar Bayona" International Piano Competition
Switzerland: Géza Anda International Piano Competition;Geneva International Music Competition;Clara Haskil International Piano Competition
Ukraine:International Competition for Young Pianists in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz. [http://www.horowitzv.org]
USA: Van Cliburn International Piano Competition;Cleveland International Piano Competition;Gina Bachauer International Artists Piano Competition;University of Maryland - William Kapell International Piano Competition
External links
* [http://www.fmcim.org/www/en/?Welcome World Federation of International Music Competitions]
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