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. It was founded in 1957, and now 120 of the world's leading music competitions are members of the federation.
Member organizations by year of membership 1950s 1957 (Founding members) 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
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 Carl Flesch International Violin Competition, London (last held in 1992) Jean Sibelius International Violin Competition, Helsinki
1970s 1971 Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky International Music Competition (piano, violin, cello, singing), Moscow (retracted in 2022)
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 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 (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
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 Vittorio Gui International Chamber Music Competition, Florence
1985 Rodolfo Lipizer International Violin Competition, Gorizia Premio Valentino Bucchi, Rome
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 (disbanded after the 2001 edition)
1988 Bilbao International Singing Competition Cologne International Music Competition (violin, piano, singing)
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, Trento 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 International Joseph Joachim Violin Competition, Hannover
1996 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
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, Kyiv Montreal International Musical Competition (piano, violin, singing) Premio Jaén International Piano Competition Michael Hill International Violin Competition, Auckland
2005 Città di Brescia International Violin Competition Sendai International Music Competition (violin, piano) Weimar International Music Competition (Franz Liszt – piano, Joseph Joachim – chamber music)
2006 Isang Yun Competition, Tongyeong Lyon International Chamber Music Competition Pablo Casals International Cello Competition 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 (piano, violin, singing), Seoul Telekom – Ludwig van Beethoven International Piano Competition, Bonn Wilhelm Stenhammar International Music Competition (for singers), 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 RNCM James Mottram International Piano Competition, Manchester
2013 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 The Gurwitz International Piano Competition, Texas
2019 International Luciano Berio Composition Competition, Rome Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition, Shanghai Singapore International Violin Competition, Singapore Éva Marton International Singing Competition, Budapest International Stanisław Moniuszko Vocal Competition (Międzynarodowy Konkurs Wokalny im. Stanisława Moniuszki), Warsaw
2020s 2020 The Girolamo Fantini Intertnational Trumpet Competition, Rome Debut International Classical Singing Competition, Weikersheim
2021 DHF World Harp Competition, Utrecht The Azrelli Music Prizes, Toronto Santa Cecilia Piano Competition, Porto
2022 Concurso Internacional de Piano Compositores de España (CIPCE), Las Rozas de Madrid International Ettore Pozzoli Piano Competition, Seregno Odesa International Violin Competition, Odesa Ipea International Percussion Competition, Shanghai Olga Kern International Piano Competition, Albuquerque International Conducting Competition Rotterdam, Rotterdam Bartók World Competition, Budapest Lithuanian International Professional Music Competitions, Vilnius
2023 Ilmari Hannikainen Piano Chamber Music Competition; Jyväskylä, Finland Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition; Hastings, UK
2024 Adelaide International Guitar Competition, Adelaide, Australia Stuttgart International Violin Competition, Stuttgart, Germany New Orleans International Piano Competition, New Orleans, USA