Italian music awards

There are a great number of music competitions that offer prizes for performance and composition in both classical and popular music. Prizes may be monetary, but may also be in the form of less tangible things such as scholarships, recording contract, concert performances, a chance to have one's composition published or performed by an orchestra, etc. Some music festivals—even though there may be a "winner"—offer nothing more than exposure on television. That is important for musicians, but not technically a "prize" and those items are not included on this list. Nor are in-house conservatory prizes included—that is, competitions open only to students of the respective conservatory. This list includes competitions that are, generally speaking, open to "all-comers," although some of them impose age limits or residency (in Italy) requirements. 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Classical music

piano

• website A.M.A. Calabria international piano competition.

Catanzaro

info@amacalabria.org

• "Arcangelo Speranza" European piano competition

Taranto, Puglia

+39.099.7303972 tel

+39.099.7303972 fax

• "A. Scriabin" international piano competition

Grosetto, Tuscany

antoniodicristofano@yahoo.it

• "Fryderyk Chopin "Young Pianists" competition

Rome

info@chopinroma.it

• "Pausilypon" piano competition

Naples, conservatory.

• International Busoni piano competition

Bolzano (Bozen)

violin

• National competition for interpretation of the Mozart violin concerti

Parma

emanuela.carraraverdi@fondazionetoscanini.it

• "A.Curci" international violin competition

Naples

guitar

• International "Michele Pittaluga" classical guitar competition

Alessandria

concorso@pittaluga.org

• International guitar gompetition

Nuoro, Sardinia

direzioneartistica@associazionemusicare.com

miscellaneous instrumental/voice

Hyperion competition for performance; piano, guitar, strings, voice

Ciampino, Roma

info@choruslineclub.it

Val Tidone international music competitions

Various disciplines: composition, performance on piano, guitar, accordion, chamber music.

Piacenza

• International "City of Barletta Young Musicians" competition

Barletta,

Prizes for performance: piano, guitar, chamber music ensemble, wind instruments.

International clarinet competition

Bari

• "Gianbattista Viotti" International music competition

performance awards for voice, piano

Vercelli

Chamber music

• International Carlo Evasio Soliva competition for piano and chamber music

Alessandria

soliva@libero.it

• City of Chieri International Chamber music competition

Chieri, Piedmont

• "Trieste Trio" International competition for chamber music groups with piano.

Trieste

info@acmtrioditrieste.it

• "Vittorio Gui" international chamber music competition

Florence

• "Paolo Borciani" international string quartet competition

Reggio Emilia

• International chamber music competition

A. Scontrino music conservatory

Trapani

Composition

• International Composition Competition in memory of Camillo Togni

Brescia

info@dedaloensemble.it

• "Sandro Fuga" National Competition for Chamber Music Composition

Music conservatory, Torino

effeci@sandrofuga.it

• "Valentino Bucchi" Prize: Words and Music for the Peoples' Unity

Rome, International Composition Competition

• "G. Petrassi" International Competition for Composers

Parma

• "Egidio Carella" composition competition

Stradella (PV)

info@tetracordo.com and livboll@tin.it

Vocal

• International competition for Verdian voices

Busseto, Parma,

• "Tito Schipa" international opera competition for young singers

Lecce

• "Anselmo Colzani" international opera competition

Budrio (Bologna)

teatro@comune.budrio.it

• "Adriano Belli" competition for new opera

Spoleto

• "Maria Callas" competition, "New voices for Verdi"

Parma

• International polyphonic competition (for choirs)

Arezzo

Jazz

• International competition for jazz arranging and composition

Barga, (LU)

bargajazz@barganews.com

Miscellaneous

• MusicDocFest prize for films about music

Rome

"... Music: documentaries and films about the world of classical music, biographies of major figures, stories on and about music, documentaries on musical craftsmanship, documentaries on sound experimentation, documentaries on the construction of halls or spaces devoted to music, audio-visuals on exhibitions about music, the history of classical music and ethnomusicology..."

info@docfest.it

• "A. Toscanini" international conducting competition

Parma

• "Antonio Pedrotti" International Conducting Competition

Trento

Reference

World Federation of International Music Competitions