ARD International Music Competition 2024
ARD International Music Competition 2024
September 3 - September 20
The 73rd ARD International Music Competition 2024 in Munich is open for the following categories:
- Wind Quintet
- Voice
- Oboe
- Violoncello
The invitation to participate in this competition is extended to young musicians, who are ready to launch an international career.
The competition is open to musicians of all nations:
- for voice born between 1992 and 2004
- for the categories oboe and violoncello born between 1995 and 2007
- for the category wind quintet: total age maximum 150; single members neither younger than 17 nor older than 35 (on March 28, 2024).
The ARD International Music Competition will be conducted during the period from September 3 to 20, 2024 (including the prizewinners’ concerts).
All auditions are open to the public.
Deadline for registration: March 28, 2024
Four competition rounds are obligatory in all categories. The semi-finals of the categories Violoncello and Voice will be accompanied by the Munich Chamber Orchestra without conductor, the semifinal of the category voice will be accompanied by the Munich Radio Orchestra led by a conductor. A maximum of six oboe player, cellists or ensembles in each category/eight singers will be admitted to the semifinals. The final rounds of the categories Violoncello, Voice and Wind Quintet will be accompanied by the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks led by a conductor. A maximum of three soloists in each category as well as three Wind Quintets will be admitted to the final rounds.
The 73rd ARD International Music Competition in Munich 2024 is presented by the Association of Public Broadcasting Corporations in the Federal Republic of Germany (ARD).
- Bayerischer Rundfunk – Munich
- Hessischer Rundfunk – Frankfurt/Main
- Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk – Leipzig
- Norddeutscher Rundfunk – Hamburg
- Radio Bremen
- Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg – Berlin/Potsdam
- Saarländischer Rundfunk – Saarbrücken
- Südwestrundfunk – Stuttgart/Baden-Baden
- Westdeutscher Rundfunk – Cologne
- Deutsche Welle – Bonn/Berlin
- Deutschlandradio – Berlin/Cologne
