Italian Music Awards

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. The list, below, divided by area of interest; that is, classical, jazz, opera, instrumental, etc. Most of the competitions listed are annual affairs. Where possible, the competition name is linked to an external site, or an email address is provided where further details should be available.

Classical music

piano

* [http://www.amacalabria.org website "A.M.A. Calabria" international piano competition.] :Catanzaro :[e-mail]

* "Arcangelo Speranza" European piano competition:Taranto, Puglia:+39.099.7303972 tel :[phone] fax

* [http://www.gol.grosseto.it/scriabin "A. Scriabin" international piano competition] :Grosetto, Tuscany:[e-mail]

* [http://www.chopinroma.it/albo.htm "Fryderyk Chopin "Young Pianists" competition] :Rome:[e-mail]

* [http://www.sanpietroamajella.it/ "Pausilypon" piano competition] : Naples, conservatory.

* [http://www.concorsobusoni.it/ International Busoni piano competition] :Bolzano

violin

* [http://www.fondazionetoscanini.it National competition for interpretation of the Mozart violin concerti] :Parma:[e-mail]

* [http://www.fondazionecurci.it "A.Curci" international violin competition] :Naples

guitar

* Michele Pittaluga International Classical Guitar Competition :Alessandria, Piedmont:http://www.pittaluga.org :[e-mail]

* [http://www.barrioscompetition.com International guitar competition] :Nuoro, Sardinia :[e-mail]

miscellaneous instrumental/voice

* [http://www.choruslineclub.it Hyperion competition for performance; piano, guitar, strings, voice] :Ciampino, Roma:[e-mail]

* [http://www.valtidone-competitions.com/ Val Tidone international music competitions] :Various disciplines: composition, performance on piano, guitar, accordion, chamber music. :Piacenza

* [http://www.culturaemusica.it/cittadibarletta.html International "City of Barletta Young Musicians" competition] :Barletta, :Prizes for performance: piano, guitar, chamber music ensemble, wind instruments.

* [http://www.associazioneaulos.com International clarinet competition] :Bari

* [http://www.concorsoviotti.it/Concorso.html "Gianbattista Viotti" International music competition] :performance awards for voice, piano:Vercelli

* [http://www.fernandomencherini.com/ Concorso Internazionale di Interpretazione di Musica Contemporanea “Fernando Mencherini”] : Cagli (PU): Prizes for performance of contemporary music by Fernando Mencherini

Chamber music

* [http://digilander.libero.it/soliva/soliva/ International Carlo Evasio Soliva competition for piano and chamber music] :Casale Monferrato:[e-mail]

* [http://www.ccpiemontese.it/concorso2004.htm City of Chieri International Chamber music competition] :Chieri, Piedmont

* "Trieste Trio" International competition for chamber music groups with piano.:Trieste:[e-mail]

* [http://www.premiogui.it/ "Vittorio Gui" international chamber music competition] :Florence

* [http://www.premioborciani.org "Paolo Borciani" international string quartet competition] :Reggio Emilia

* [http://www.musicamera-trapani.it International chamber music competition] :A. Scontrino music conservatory:Trapani

Composition

* [http://www.dedaloensemble.it/concorso/concorso.htm International Composition Competition in memory of Camillo Togni] :Brescia :[e-mail]

* [http://www.sandrofuga.it/ "Sandro Fuga" National Competition for Chamber Music Composition] :Music conservatory, Torino:[e-mail]

* "Valentino Bucchi" Prize: Words and Music for the Peoples' Unity:Rome, International Composition Competition

* [http://www.fondazione-toscanini.org "G. Petrassi" International Competition for Composers] :Parma

*"Egidio Carella" composition competition:Stradella (PV) :[e-mail] and [e-mail]

Vocal

* [http://www.fondazione-toscanini.org/ International competition for Verdian voices] :Busseto, Parma,

* [http://www.concorsotitoschipa.it/ "Tito Schipa" international opera competition for young singers] :Lecce

* [http://www.teatrodibudrio.com/ "Anselmo Colzani" international opera competition] :Budrio (Bologna):[e-mail]

* [http://www.tls-belli.it/concorso.ita.htm "Adriano Belli" competition for new opera] :Spoleto

* [http://www.giuseppeverdi.it/page.asp?IDCategoria=167&IDSezione=668&ID=20223 "Maria Callas" competition, "New voices for Verdi"] :Parma

* [http://www.polifonico.org/ International polyphonic competition (for choirs)] :Arezzo

Jazz

* [http://www.barganews.com/bargajazz International competition for jazz arranging and composition] :Barga, (LU):[e-mail]

Miscellaneous

* [http://www.docfest.it/musicdocfest/progetto_eng.html 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..."[e-mail]

* [http://www.fondazione-toscanini.org "A. Toscanini" international conducting competition] :Parma

* [http://www.ishost.net/concorsopedrotti "Antonio Pedrotti" International Conducting Competition] :Trento

References

*World Federation of International Music Competitions