Italian Music Awards
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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.

piano

  • A.M.A. Calabria international piano competition.
Catanzaro
  • "Arcangelo Speranza" European piano competition
Taranto, Puglia
  • "A. Scriabin" international piano competition
Grosetto, Tuscany
  • "Fryderyk Chopin "Young Pianists" competition
Rome
  • "Pausilypon" piano competition
Naples, conservatory.
  • International Busoni piano competition
Bolzano

violin

  • National competition for interpretation of the Mozart violin concerti
Parma
  • "A.Curci" international violin competition
Naples
  • Ave Maria Prize Award www.avemaria.mono.net - Stresa

guitar

  • Michele Pittaluga International Classical Guitar Competition
    Michele Pittaluga International Classical Guitar Competition
    The "Michele Pittaluga" International Classical Guitar Competition is an annual music competition for young classical guitarists held in Alessandria, Italy. It was founded in 1968 and has earned an international reputation, entering membership of the World Federation of International Music...

Alessandria
Alessandria
-Monuments:* The Citadel * The church of Santa Maria di Castello * The church of Santa Maria del Carmine * Palazzo Ghilini * Università del Piemonte Orientale-Museums:* The Marengo Battle Museum...

, Piedmont
Piedmont
Piedmont is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,402 square kilometres and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital of Piedmont is Turin. The main local language is Piedmontese. Occitan is also spoken by a minority in the Occitan Valleys situated in the Provinces of...

  • International guitar competition
Nuoro, Sardinia

miscellaneous instrumental/voice

  • Hyperion competition for performance; piano, guitar, strings, voice
Ciampino, Roma
  • Val Tidone International Music Competitions
Various disciplines: composition, performance on piano, 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
  • Concorso Internazionale di Interpretazione di Musica Contemporanea “Fernando Mencherini”
Cagli (PU)
Prizes for performance of contemporary music by Fernando Mencherini

Chamber music

  • International Carlo Evasio Soliva competition for piano and chamber music
Casale Monferrato
Casale Monferrato
Casale Monferrato, population 36,058, is a town and comune in the Piedmont region of north-west Italy, part of the province of Alessandria. It is situated about 60 km east of Turin on the right bank of the Po, where the river runs at the foot of the Montferrato hills. Beyond the river lies the...


  • City of Chieri International Chamber music competition
Chieri, Piedmont
  • "Trieste Trio" International competition for chamber music groups with piano.
Trieste
  • "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
  • "Sandro Fuga" National Competition for Chamber Music Composition
Music conservatory, Torino
  • "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)

Vocal

  • "Ave Maria Price Award" competition for all www.avemaria.mono.net in Stresa :Stresa
  • International competition for Verdian voices
Busseto, Parma
  • "Tito Schipa" international opera competition for young singers
Lecce
  • "Anselmo Colzani" international opera competition
Budrio (Bologna)
  • "Adriano Belli" competition for new opera
Spoleto
  • "Maria Callas" competition, "New voices for Verdi"
Parma
  • International polyphonic competition (for choirs)
Arezzo

Miscellaneous

  • City of Chieri International music competition
Wind Instruments
Chieri, Piedmont
  • MusicDocFest prize for films about music
Rome
  • "A. Toscanini" international conducting competition
Parma
  • "Antonio Pedrotti" International Conducting Competition
Trento
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