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The International Music Competition "Grand Prize Virtuoso" is open to all nationalities and ages in strings, piano, wind, vocal and chamber music, each discipline is divided into different age categories: Young Musician (8 years old and younger), Junior (9 to 12 years old), Intermediate (13 to 15 years old), Advanced (16 to 18 years old) and Senior (no age limit). Chamber music is divided into three age categories: Group A (under 12 years old), Group B (13-18 years old) and Group C (19 years old and older).


Participants are required to submit video/audio recording materials for the audition. The final selections of winners are based solely on the same recordings submitted. Multiple winners will be chosen in each age category. 


A selected group of winners will receive an invitation to debut at the Solitär Mozarteum in Salzburg (Austria) the birthplace of the 18th-century composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on July 31 and August 1 and or at the Petit Palau del Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona on July 25-27, 2024. The Palau de la Música Catalana is an architectural jewel of Catalan Art Nouveau, the only concert venue in this style to be listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. In this hall the most renowned worldwide artists have performed there such as Arthur Rubinstein, Evgeny Kissin, Itzhak Perlman, Yehudi Menuhin, Joshua Bell, Yo-Yo Ma, Mischa Maisky, Anna Netrebko, Montserrat Caballe...


Winners who receive an invitation to play at the winners' concert, and decide to decline the invitation and not travel, will receive their prize diploma and medal by mail (for free).


Our competition wants to encourage young musicians to perform and grow. We believe that our competition can offer many benefits to our participants, and help to build their confidence and realize their dreams. Our purpose is to discover artists of outstanding personality and provide awards, which can help to launch international careers. 

The aim of our special prizes is to find performers with a strong artistic personality and stage presence. The emphasis is therefore not on the purely technical aspect of the performance, but also on the artistic charisma of the performer. All these concerts and projects are remunerated and part of the competition. 

For more information on the latest concerts and projects, please visit the " Special Prizes" page here.


Special prizes may be granted based on the artistic director recommendations during live performances.


The International Music Competition "Grand Prize Virtuoso" attracted applicants from all over the world (71 countries): Albania, Anguilla, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Cyprus, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, United Kingdom, United States and Vietnam. 


Our competition offers the opportunity to debut in the most important venues in Europe, such as the Elgar Room, Royal Albert Hall (London, UK), Gläserner Saal, Musikverein (Vienna, Austria), Kleine Zaal, Concertgebouw (Amsterdam, Netherlands), Paris National Opera "La Bastille" (Paris, France), Paris Cité de la Musique (Paris, France), Teatro Studio in Parco della Musica (Rome, Italy), BOZAR Palais des Beaux-Arts (Brussels, Belgium) or Wiener Saal, Mozarteun (Salzburg, Austria).


SPECIAL PRIZES

Upcoming Concerts presented by the International Music Competition "Grand Prize Virtuoso"


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CD Special Prize

The International Music Competition "Grand Prize Virtuoso," has produced a CD that was recorded in one of the most important studios in the United States, in Miami (Florida), for the winners of 2019 in Amsterdam, the Cuban duo: Rodrigo Garcia, pianist and Tania Hasse, violinist. This CD will be published by KNS Classical. The CD will have a worldwide distribution: physically and digitally through all digital distribution platforms (Spotify, iTunes, Deezer, Amazon Music, Apple Music, Yandex, Rhapsody, etc.).


The young Israeli cellist, Nahar Eliaz, had the opportunity to make her debut on Tuesday, March 10, 2020, at the Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall, New York. This great young talent, who thanks to our contest, has already given a paid recital at our artistic director's festival "Virtuosos on Stage" on 11 December 2019 in Barcelona.


In New York, Nahar delighted us with an excellent repertoire that included the Beethoven Cello Sonata Op. 5 No. 2, David Popper, Hungarian Rhapsody and Ernest Bloch, Prayer.

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