World Federation of International Music Competitions

Member organizations by year of membership

1950s

1957 (Founding members)

• ARD International Music Competition, Munich
• Budapest International Music Competition, Budapest
• Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition, Bolzano
• Frédéric Chopin International Piano Competition, Warsaw
• Geneva International Music Competition, Geneva
• Gian Battista Viotti International Music Competition, Vercelli
• Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition, Poznań
• Marguerite Long - Jacques Thibaud International Piano and Violin Competition, Paris
• Niccolò Paganini International Violin Competition, Genoa
• Prague Spring International Music Festival
• Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition, Brussels

  1958

• Maria Canals International Piano Competition, Barcelona
• Besançon International Competition for Young Conductors
• International Beethoven Piano Competition Vienna
• International singing competition of Toulouse

  1959

• International Vocal Competition 's-Hertogenbosch

  1960s

1961

• Robert Schumann International Competition for Pianists and Singers, Zwickau

  1963

• Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia International Composition Competition, Rome

  1965

• Johann Sebastian Bach International Music Competition, Leipzig
• Leeds International Piano Competition

  1968

• José Vianna da Motta International Piano Competition, Lisbon

  1969

• Jean Sibelius International Violin Competition, Helsinki

  1970s

1971

• Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky International Music Competition, Moscow

  1973

• Grand Prix de Chartres

  1974

• Jeunesses Musicales International Music Competition, Belgrade

  1975

• Alessandro Casagrande International Piano Competition, Terni
• Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, Tel Aviv
• Grand Prix Maria Callas, Athens

  1976

• Alberto Curci International Violin Competition, Naples
• Clara Haskil International Piano Competition, Vevey
• Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition, Santander
• Sion International Violin Competition
• Tibor Varga International Violin Competition, Martigny
• Verdian Voices International Singing Competition, Busseto

  1977

• Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Fort Worth

  1978

• Sydney International Piano Competition
• Vaclav Huml International Violin Competition, Zagreb

  1979

• Épinal International Piano Competition

  1980s

1980

• Fritz Kreisler International Violin Competition, Vienna
• The Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors, Katowice
• London String Quartet Competition
• Ludwig Spohr International Violin Competition, Freiburg
• William Kapell International Piano Competition, College Park

  1981

• Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition
• Carl Nielsen International Music Competition, Odense
• Cleveland International Piano Competition
• Dr. Luis Sigall International Music Competition, Viña del Mar
• Michele Pittaluga International Classical Guitar Competition, Alessandria

  1982

• Verviers International Singing Competition

  1983

• Francisco Viñas International Singing Competition, Barcelona
• Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, Salt Lake City

  1984

• Banff International String Quartet Competition, Banff, Alberta
• International Violin Competition of Indianapolis
• :it:Premio Vittorio Gui|Vittorio Gui International Chamber Music Competition, Florence

  1985

• Rodolfo Lipizer International Violin Competition, Gorizia

  1986

• Arturo Toscanini - Goffredo Petrassi International Conducting and Composition Competition, Parma
• Francisco Tárrega International Guitar Competition, Benicàssim

  1987

• Géza Anda International Piano Competition, Zürich
• Kobe International Flute Competition
• Mirjam Helin International Singing CompetitionHelsinki
• Pilar Bayona International Piano Competition, Zaragoza

  1988

• Bilbao International Singing Competition
• Cologne International Music Competition

  1989

• Dublin International Piano Competition

  1990s

1990

• Franz Schubert and Modern Music International Music Competition, Graz
• Trapani International Chamber Music Competition
• USA International Harp Competition, Bloomington
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart International Music Competition, Salzburg

  1991

• Paolo Borciani International String Quartet Competition, Reggio Emilia
• UNISA International Music Competition, Pretoria

  1992

• Cidade do Porto International Piano Competition
• International Franz Liszt Piano Competition, Utrecht
• Odense International Organ Competition

  1993

• Antonio Pedretti International Conducting Competition, Trente
• José Iturbi International Piano Competition, Valencia
• Leopold Mozart International Violin Competition, Augsburg
• Markneukirchen International Instrumental Competition
• Queen Sonja International Music Competition, Oslo

  1994

• Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis International Piano and Organ Competition, Vilnius
• Scottish International Piano Competition, Glasgow

  1995

• Calgary International Organ Competition
• Dos Hermanas International Clarinet Competition
• Julián Gayarre - Pablo Sarasate International Singing and Violin Competition, Pamplona
• Provincia di Caltanissetta International Chamber Music Competition
• Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition, Hannover

  1996

• Città di Porcia International Music Competition
• "Ciutat de Tarragona" International Award for Musical Composition
• Franz Schubert International Piano Competition, Dortmund
• Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition

  1997

• Jan Nepomuk Hummel International Piano Competition, Bratislava
• Marseille International Opera Competition
• Murray Dranoff International Two Piano Competition, Miami
• Orléans International Piano Competition
• Osaka International Chamber Music Competition
• Sergei Prokofiev International Music Competition, Saint Petersburg

  1998

• Honens International Piano Competition, Calgary
• Hamamatsu International Piano Competition
• Trio di Trieste International Chamber Music Competition

  2000s

2000

• Ville de Paris International Music Competition
• Witold Lutoslawski International Cello Competition, Warsaw

  2001

• Alexander Girardi International Singing Competition, Coburg
• Luxembourg International Percussion Competition

  2002

• George Enescu International Piano Competition, Bucharest
• London International Piano Competition
• Tbilisi International Piano Competition

  2003

• Musashino-Tokyo International Organ Competition
• Mt. Fuji International Opera Competition of Shizuoka, Hamamatsu

  2004

• Cadaqués Orchestra International Conducting Competition
• International Competition for Young Pianists in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz, Kiev
• Montreal International Musical Competition
• Premio Jaén International Piano Competition
• Michael Hill International Violin Competition, Auckland

  2005

• Città di Brescia International Violin Competition
• Sendai International Music Competition
• Weimar International Music Competition

  2006

• Isang Yun Competition, Tongyeong
• Lyon International Chamber Music Competition
• Pablo Casals International Cello Competitionm Kronberg
• Saint-Maurice International Organ Competition

  2007

• China International Piano Competition, Xiamen
• EPTA - Svetislav Stančić International Piano Competition, Zagreb
• TROMP International Music Competition, Eindhoven

  2008

• Max Rostal International Viola and Violin Competition, Berlin
• Swedish International Duo Competition, Katrineholm

  2009

• China International Singing Competition, Ningbo
• China International Violin Competition, Qingdao
• Jeju International Brass Competition
• Maj Lind International Piano Competition, Helsinki
• Rina Sala Gallo International Piano Competition, Monza
• Seoul International Music Competition, Seoul
• Telekom - Ludwig van Beethoven International Piano Competition, Bonn
• Wilhelm Stenhammar International Music Competition, Norrköping

  2010s

2010

• Paderewski International Piano Competition, Bydgoszcz
• Beijing International Music Competition, Beijing
• Gaspar Cassado International Violoncello Competition, Hachioji

  2011

• Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition, Dublin
• The Aeolus International Competition for Wind Instruments, Düsseldorf
• International Oboe Competition of Japan, Karuizawa
• International Chamber Music Competition "Città di Pinerolo", Pinerolo
• BNDES International Piano Competition, Rio de Janeiro
• International Competition of Young Conductors Lovro von Matačić, Zagreb

  2012

• International Violin Competition Henri Marteau, Lichtenberg and Hof
• International J. M. Sperger Competition for Double Bass, Ludwigslust
• Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition, Trondheim

  2013

• Aram Khachaturian International Competition, Yerevan

  2014

• Tokyo International Music Competition for Conducting, Tokyo

  2015

• International Grand Prix of Romania ”Trophaeum Artis Cantorum”, Bucharest
• China Shenzhen International Piano Concerto Competition, Shenzhen
• Takamatsu International Piano Competition, Takamatsu
• Top of the World International Piano Competition, Tromsø

  2016

• Hong Kong International Piano Competition, Hong Kong
• Canadian International Organ Competition, Montreal
• Elena Obraztsova International Competition of Young Opera Singers, St Petersburg
• Giorgos Thymis International Piano Competition, Thessaloniki

  2017

• International Edvard Grieg Piano Competition, Bergen
• Schoenfeld International String Competition, Harbin
• International Piano Competition - Istanbul Orchestra'Sion, Istanbul
• Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition, Kennett Square
• Primrose International Viola Competition, Los Angeles
• Princess Astrid International Music Competition, Trondheim

  2018

• Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition, Bamberg
• Zhuhai International Mozart Competition, Zhuhai

  2019

• International Luciano Berio Composition Competition, Rome
• Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition, Shanghai
• Singapore International Violin Competition, Singapore