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Music
Music competitions
All music competitions open in the CallOpen catalogue today, soonest deadline first.
- Open now
- 43
- Free to apply
- 12
- With a stipend
- 1
- Housing included
- 4
- Travel covered
- 1
- Prize money
- 30
- Closing within 30 days
- 13
- Next deadline
- 30 Oct 2026
No country or region limit in the terms: 34. Limited to named countries or regions: 9. · Data of 26 October 2026 · Each call checked against the organiser’s own page.
Music: other kinds of call
Art competitions: other practices
All open calls here: 43
- 30 Oct 2026
Iberorquestas Juveniles 2026 Awards, Argentina — €1,000 for a Young Performer (12–22) and €5,000 / €3,000 for Youth Ensembles
Secretaría de Cultura de la Nación
ArgentinaCompetitionFree to apply€1,000 (performer); €5,000 / €3,000 (ensembles)
- 30 Oct 2026
Iberorquestas Juveniles 2026 Awards, Chile — €5,000 / €3,000 / €1,000 for Young Performers (12–22) and Youth Choirs and Orchestras
Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y el Patrimonio
ChileCompetitionFree to apply€5,000; €3,000; €1,000 per participating country
- 31 Oct 2026
Call for Scores for Women Composers 2026 — Works for Orchestra and Solo Instrument, Bari
Conservatorio di Musica "Niccolò Piccinni" di Bari
Bari, ItalyCompetitionFree to applyOrchestral performance in 2027
- 1 Nov 2026
Première Competition 2027 — Early Music Ensembles at FestiVita!, Brussels (Theme: Madrid and Spain)
FestiVita! Brussels Early Music Festival
Cercle Royal Gaulois, Brussels, BelgiumCompetitionFree to apply€1,000 + concert; €500 finalist fee
- 1 Nov 2026
Dante Moro International Composition Competition
Dante Moro Composition Competition
Falcade (BL), ItalyCompetitionCash prizes from a €1,500 pool + premiere
- 1 Nov 2026
RED NOTE New Music Festival Composition Competition 2027 — Chamber, Orchestra, Chorus
Illinois State University School of Music
Normal, Illinois, USACompetition$1,000 and a performance at the festival in each category
- 4 Nov 2026
NTSO 2027 Young Composers Competition, Taichung — Orchestral Works with Taiwanese Traditional Elements, NT$300,000 First Prize (ROC Nationals 16–45)
National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra
Taichung, TaiwanCompetitionNT$300,000 / 150,000 / 100,000
- 4 Nov 2026
Nowe Konstelacje 2026 — Composition Competition for Young Polish Composers (Flute and Cello), Premiere at ART MINTAKA Festival Bydgoszcz
Fundacja Polskiej Muzyki Kameralnej ART MINTAKA
Bydgoszcz, PolandCompetition2,000 zł + premiere and recording
- 5 Nov 2026
Supernova 2027 — Klarafestival Competition for Young Belgian Chamber Ensembles
Klarafestival
Namur and Antwerp, Belgium; Belgian tour from Klarafestival 2027CompetitionFree to applyBelgian tour + radio; €1,000 audience
- 5 Nov 2026
FNA Art and Technology Competition 2026 — ARS 3,000,000 First Prize and a Group Show at Palacio Libertad (Argentina)
Fondo Nacional de las Artes
Buenos Aires, ArgentinaCompetitionFree to applyARS 3,000,000 / 2,000,000 / 1,000,000 prizes
- 15 Nov 2026
NeoQuartet 20 for 20 Composition Competition
NeoArte Association
Premiere at Kolonia Artystów, Gdańsk, PolandCompetitionPLN 2,000 / 1,500 / 1,000
- 16 Nov 2026
Rewire × Korzo Sensory-Friendly Concert Commission 2027 — Low-Stimulus New Work for Rewire Festival (The Hague)
Rewire Festival
Korzo / Rewire Festival, The Hague, NetherlandsCompetitionCommission fee + presentation at Rewire 2027
- 22 Nov 2026
CLARINITALY International Composition Competition 2026 — Works for Clarinet
She Lives Association
Rome, ItalyCompetition€1,000 + performance (1st); €500 (2nd)
- 26 Nov 2026
IMSTA Online Songwriting Competition 2026
International Music Software Trade AssociationOnline
CompetitionGrand Prize: software worth $5,000+ (global final)
- 30 Nov 2026
Hong Kong Arts Development Awards 2026 — Award for Young Artist: HK$50,000 in Nine Art Forms (Aged 40 or Under)
Hong Kong Arts Development Council
Hong KongCompetitionFree to applyHK$50,000 per art form (nine awards)
- 30 Nov 2026
Hong Kong Arts Development Awards 2026 — Artist of the Year: HK$100,000 in Nine Art Forms
Hong Kong Arts Development Council
Hong KongCompetitionFree to applyHK$100,000 per art form (nine awards)
- 1 Dec 2026
NEXT SOUND Awards 2026 — Ten $1,000 Prizes for AI-Assisted Music (Singles and LPs), First Single Free
NEXT SOUNDOnline
Competition10 × $1,000 ($10,000 pool)
- 1 Dec 2026
XXV Joan Guinjoan International Prize for Young Composers 2026
Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya
Barcelona, SpainCompetitionFree to apply€4,000 (net) and a premiere by ESMUC
- 10 Dec 2026
ACHROME Ensemble International Call for Scores 2026 (10th Edition)
ACHROME Ensemble
Bergamo and Milan, ItalyCompetitionPerformance, publication, radio broadcast
- 15 Dec 2026
London Classic Piano Competition
Classic Piano International Competition Network
London, United KingdomCompetition€20,000 / €10,000 / €5,000
- 21 Dec 2026
Totem Electroacoustic Competition, 3rd Edition — CAD 2,500 Top Prize, Commissions and Montréal Residency for Works Built from PTC's Invented-Instrument Sound Bank
Productions Totem Contemporain
Montréal, Québec, CanadaCompetitionCAD 2,500 / 1,500 / 1,000 + commissions
- 23 Dec 2026
5th Portus Apostoli International Composition Prize — €4,000 for Solo Harp and String Orchestra, Premiere at Noia Harp Fest 2027
Noia Harp Fest
Noia, Galicia, SpainCompetition€4,000
- 30 Dec 2026
G & A Mamidakis Foundation Art Prize 2027 — €15,000 and a Fully Funded Permanent Outdoor Installation in Crete
G & A Mamidakis Foundation
Minos Palace, Agios Nikolaos, Crete, GreeceCompetition€15,000 + full production and installation costs
- 31 Dec 2026
Muntra Musikanter 150 Years — Male Choir Composition Competition (€30,000 Prize Pool)
Muntra Musikanter
Helsinki, FinlandCompetitionFree to apply€30,000 prize pool + premiere
- 31 Dec 2026
DOK.fest München 2027 — Call for Documentary Films (42nd Edition)
DOK.fest München
Munich, GermanyCompetitionFree to applyVIKTORIA awards €5,000–10,000
- 1 Jan 2027
6th Electronic Music International Composition Competition "Iannis Xenakis"
Contemporary Music Lab, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, GreeceCompetitionPrizes €600 / €400 / €300
- 1 Jan 2027
Yefim Adler Orchestra Toronto Composition Competition 2027 — CA$3,000 + Orchestral Performance for Canadian Composers 35 and Under
Orchestra Toronto
Toronto, CanadaCompetitionCA$3,000 / $750 / $250
- 15 Jan 2027
XLIV Reina Sofía Prize for Musical Composition — €100,000 First Prize (+ €50,000 and €25,000) for an Orchestral Work by Spain-Based Composers
Fundació Ferrer de Música
Barcelona / Madrid, SpainCompetition€100,000 / €50,000 / €25,000
- 30 Jan 2027
Orfeó Català International Choral Composition Competition (6th Edition) — Free, Premiere at the Palau de la Música Catalana
Orfeó Català
Barcelona, SpainCompetitionFree to apply
- 31 Jan 2027
7th Ise-Shima International Composition Competition 2027
Ise-Shima Art Company
Online (organised from Tokyo, Japan); open worldwideCompetition¥100,000 Grand Prize + ~35 Special Prize certificates
- 31 Jan 2027
3rd ISAC International Junior Music Competition 2027 (Ages 3–17)
Ise-Shima Art Company
Organised from Tokyo, Japan; performance video, open worldwideCompetitionGold, Silver, Bronze or Encouragement certificates
- 31 Jan 2027
7th ISAC International Popular & Media Music Composition Competition 2027
Ise-Shima Art Company
Online (organised from Tokyo, Japan); open worldwideCompetition¥100,000 Grand Prize + ~35 Special Prize certificates
- 28 Feb 2027
10th Krzysztof Penderecki International Competition for Young Composers — String Quartet (Main Prize 12,000 PLN + Kraków Premiere 2027)
Polish Composers' Union, Kraków Branch
Kraków, PolandCompetitionMain Prize 12,000 PLN + premiere
- 1 Mar 2027
2nd Aion Digital Art Prize 2026–2027
Aion Laboratory
Online (organised from Ise-Shima, Japan); open worldwideCompetitionGrand Prize ¥50,000
- 1 Mar 2027
21st Bucharest International Jazz Competition 2027 — Bands and Vocalists, EUROPAfest
jmEvents
Bucharest, RomaniaCompetition€10,000 in cash prizes and concert engagements (Grand Prize €1,500)
- 1 Mar 2027
2nd ISAC International Lyric Competition 2027
Ise-Shima Art Company
Worldwide; organised from Tokyo, JapanCompetitionJPY 50,000 Grand Prize + ~35 Special Prize certificates
- 10 Mar 2027
KUG International Composition Competition 2027 — Piano Duo & String Quartet
University of Music and Performing Arts Graz
Graz, AustriaCompetition€5,000
- 21 Mar 2027
A Song for UNIMA! — International Competition for an Anthem Celebrating UNIMA's 2029 Centenary, Performed by a UNIMA Choir in Prague
UNIMA - Union Internationale de la Marionnette
Online submission; performance in Prague, Czechia (June 2029)CompetitionSong performed at UNIMA centenary, Prague 2029
- 31 Mar 2027
Reinhard-Schulz-Preis 2027 for Contemporary Music Journalism — €3,000 for German-Language Music Critics up to 35
Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt
Darmstadt, GermanyCompetition€3,000 + publication opportunities
- 1 Apr 2027
Molinari Quartet 10th International Composition Competition for String Quartet
Quatuor Molinari
Montreal, Quebec, CanadaCompetitionC$4,000 + silkscreen (1st); C$2,500; C$1,000
FAQ
How many of these open calls are free to apply?
Free to apply: 12 of 43. A fee to apply or to take part: 19. Fee not stated by the organiser: 12.
What do these open calls provide?
Out of 43: stipend: 1; housing: 4; travel: 1; production budget: 2; prize money: 30; exhibition: 3.
Can artists from any country apply?
No country or region limit in the terms: 34 of 43. Limited to residents or citizens of named countries or regions: 9 — each card names who may apply.
When is the next deadline?
Iberorquestas Juveniles 2026 Awards, Argentina — €1,000 for a Young Performer (12–22) and €5,000 / €3,000 for Youth Ensembles: 30 October 2026. Closing within 30 days: 13. Open on a rolling basis: 0.