The World Federation of International Music Competitions (WFIMC) is an organization based in Geneva, Switzerland that maintains a network of the internationally recognized organisations that aim to discover the most promising young talents in classical music through public competition. [1] It was founded in 1957, and now 120 of the world's leading music competitions are members of the federation.
ARD International Music Competition, Munich 
Budapest International Music Competition, (Cello, Conducting & Piano) Franz Liszt International Piano 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 [2] Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia International Composition Competition, Rome 
Carl Flesch International Violin Competition, London [3] (last held in 1992)
Jean Sibelius International Violin Competition, Helsinki 
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky International Music Competition (piano, violin, cello, singing), Moscow (retracted in 2022) Grand Prix de Chartres Alessandro Casagrande International Piano Competition, Terni 
Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, Tel Aviv 
Grand Prix Maria Callas, Athens 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 
Sydney International Piano Competition 
Vaclav Huml International Violin Competition, Zagreb 
Fritz Kreisler International Violin Competition, Vienna Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors, Katowice London String Quartet Competition Ludwig Spohr International Violin Competition, Freiburg 
William Kapell International Piano Competition, College Park Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition
Carl Nielsen International Music Competition (violin, organ, flute, clarinet), Odense Cleveland International Piano Competition 
Dr. Luis Sigall International Music Competition (piano, violin, cello, guitar, singing), Viña del Mar Michele Pittaluga International Classical Guitar Competition, Alessandria Verviers International Singing Competition Arturo Toscanini – Goffredo Petrassi International Conducting and Composition Competition, Parma Francisco Tárrega International Guitar Competition, Benicàssim Géza Anda International Piano Competition, Zürich 
Kobe International Flute Competition Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition [5] Helsinki Pilar Bayona International Piano Competition, Zaragoza (disbanded after the 2001 edition)
Dublin International Piano Competition Franz Schubert and Modern Music International Music Competition, Graz [6] Trapani International Chamber Music Competition USA International Harp Competition, Bloomington Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart International Music Competition, Salzburg Paolo Borciani International String Quartet Competition, Reggio Emilia 
UNISA International Music Competition, Pretoria 
Cidade do Porto International Piano Competition
International Franz Liszt Piano Competition, Utrecht Odense International Organ Competition Antonio Pedretti International Conducting Competition, Trento José Iturbi International Piano Competition, Valencia Leopold Mozart International Violin Competition, Augsburg Markneukirchen International Instrumental Competition
Queen Sonja International Music Competition, Oslo 
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 International Joseph Joachim Violin Competition, Hannover [7] Città di Porcia International Music Competition (brass instruments) "Ciutat de Tarragona" International Award for Musical Composition Franz Schubert International Piano Competition, Dortmund Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition
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 Honens International Piano Competition, Calgary Hamamatsu International Piano Competition Trio di Trieste International Chamber Music Competition Alexander Girardi International Singing Competition, Coburg 
Luxembourg International Percussion Competition
George Enescu International Piano Competition, Bucharest London International Piano Competition
Tbilisi International Piano Competition Cadaqués Orchestra International Conducting Competition 
International Competition for Young Pianists in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz, Kyiv Montreal International Musical Competition (piano, violin, singing) Premio Jaén International Piano Competition 
Michael Hill International Violin Competition, Auckland [8] Città di Brescia International Violin Competition Sendai International Music Competition (violin, piano) Weimar International Music Competition (Franz Liszt – piano, Joseph Joachim – chamber music)
Isang Yun Competition, Tongyeong Lyon International Chamber Music Competition Pablo Casals International Cello Competitionm Kronberg Saint-Maurice International Organ Competition
China International Piano Competition, Xiamen EPTA – Svetislav Stančić International Piano Competition, Zagreb TROMP International Music Competition, Eindhoven Max Rostal International Viola and Violin Competition, Berlin 
Swedish International Duo Competition, Katrineholm 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 (piano, violin, singing), Seoul Telekom – Ludwig van Beethoven International Piano Competition, Bonn Wilhelm Stenhammar International Music Competition (for singers), Norrköping 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 International Violin Competition Henri Marteau, Lichtenberg and Hof [12] International J. M. Sperger Competition for Double Bass, Ludwigslust [13] Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition, Trondheim [14] RNCM James Mottram International Piano Competition, Manchester International Grand Prix of Romania ”Trophaeum Artis Cantorum”, Bucharest China Shenzhen International Piano Concerto Competition, [17] Shenzhen Takamatsu International Piano Competition, Takamatsu [18] Top of the World International Piano Competition, Tromsø [19] International Edvard Grieg Piano Competition, Bergen [24] Schoenfeld International String Competition, Harbin [25] 
International Piano Competition - Istanbul Orchestra'Sion, Istanbul [26] Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition, Kennett Square [27] Primrose International Viola Competition, Los Angeles [28] Princess Astrid International Music Competition, Trondheim [29] Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition, Bamberg [30] Zhuhai International Mozart Competition, Zhuhai [31] The Gurwitz International Piano Competition, Texas [32] International Luciano Berio Composition Competition, Rome Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition, Shanghai 
Singapore International Violin Competition, [33] Singapore Éva Marton International Singing Competition, Budapest International Stanisław Moniuszko Vocal Competition (Międzynarodowy Konkurs Wokalny im. Stanisława Moniuszki), Warsaw DHF World Harp Competition, Utrecht The Azrelli Music Prizes, Toronto Santa Cecilia Piano Competition, Porto Concurso Internacional de Piano Compositores de España (CIPCE), Las Rozas de Madrid International Ettore Pozzoli Piano Competition, Seregno [35] Odesa International Violin Competition, [36] Odesa Ipea International Percussion Competition, Shanghai Olga Kern International Piano Competition, [37] Albuquerque International Conducting Competition Rotterdam, [38] Rotterdam Bartók World Competition, [39] Budapest 
Lithuanian International Professional Music Competitions, [40] Vilnius 
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