Washington International Competition (FMMC)

ዋሽንግተን ዲ.ሲ., አሜሪካ

ቀጣዩ እትም

እትም: 2027
ቀናት: 22-23 May 2027
ቦታ: Washington, D.C. and College Park, Maryland
የምዝገባ ማብቂያ ቀን: 15 February 2027, 23:59 ET
ክፍያ: USD 50

አጠቃላይ እይታ

Competition of the Friday Morning Music Club Foundation in Washington, D.C., rotating between piano, strings and voice (strings 2025, voice 2026, piano 2027). Applicants must not be under professional management.

አዘጋጅ: Friday Morning Music Club Foundation
መሣሪያዎች: ፒያኖ, ቫዮሊን, ቪዮላ, ቼሎ, ድምፅ
ምድብ: ሶሎ ፒያኖ, ሶሎ ቫዮሊን, ሶሎ ቪዮላ, ሶሎ ቼሎ, ኦፔራና አጠቃላይ ድምፅ
በየእትሙ የሚቀያየር: Rotates piano / strings / voice; 2027: piano
ቀጣዩ እትም፦ ፒያኖ
የዕድሜ ገደቦች: Piano: 18-30 as of 22 May 2027
Strings: 18 to 30 as of the competition date
Voice: 18-32 as of 23 May 2026

ደንቦች & የሚቀርቡ ሥራዎች

ምዝገባ & ክፍያ

Apply on Acceptd between 15 September 2026 and 15 February 2027, 23:59 Eastern time. All nationalities, age 18–30 on 22 May 2027. Supply proof of age. Prior first-prize winners, current pupils of a judge and pianists under professional management are ineligible.
Fee $50. Request hardship assistance at wicpiano@fmmc.org at least 72 hours before the deadline. The public rules do not list recommendation letters.

ዙሮች & የጊዜ ገደቦች

Submitted repertoire list · at least 60 minutes

Prepare all five components: a substantial Baroque piece composed by 1750, a complete Classical sonata composed 1750–1825, a major Romantic work, a modern or contemporary work from the 20th/21st century, and one free-choice piece up to 10 minutes. Prepare multi-movement pieces in full.
At least one selection must be by a living composer, a woman composer or a composer of Black, Asian, Middle Eastern, Native American or Latin American heritage. No foreign objects inside the piano mechanism.

Video preliminary · up to 35 minutes

Choose a representative subset from the submitted list. Record each movement with one camera in an unedited take. Remove applicant and school identifiers from recordings and filenames. Up to 4 GB per file. MP4, MPEG, MPG, MOV, AVI, WMV, M4V, FLV, WEBM, MKV and M2V are accepted.

Semifinal · 22 May and final · 23 May

Be ready to perform the entire submitted repertoire at both live stages. The public rules give no distinct stage durations or selection sequence. Up to 16 semifinalists, notified by the end of March. The semifinal is at George Washington University and the final at the Clarice Performing Arts Center in College Park.

የሚቀርቡ ሥራዎች

Play all repertoire from memory. The video section contains a stray 2026 deadline, while the opening notice and regulations give 15 February 2027. The regulations set that deadline at 23:59 ET.

ምንጭ፦ Official 2027 rules · Acceptd application

ዳኞች & ሽልማቶች

ዳኞች

Piano: Lucille Chung
Piano: Orli Shaham
Piano: Robert Weirich
Strings: Tai Murray (violin)
Strings: Yura Lee (violin and viola)
Strings: Matthew Zalkind (cello)

ሽልማቶች

Piano: USD 22,000 in total prizes
Piano: Performance awards including an appearance with the FMMC Avanti Orchestra
Strings: First Prize per instrument (violin, viola, cello): USD 10,000 each
Strings: Second Prize: USD 5,000
Strings: Third Prize: USD 3,000
Strings: Fourth Prize: USD 1,000
Strings: Audience Prize: USD 1,000
Strings: Performance Awards incl. appearances with the FMMC Avanti Orchestra
Voice: 1st USD 10,000
Voice: 2nd USD 5,000
Voice: 3rd USD 3,000
Voice: Audience prize USD 1,000
Voice: Finalist prizes USD 1,000 each

ያለፉ እትሞች

2026 — Voice · Washington, D.C. (semifinals) and Fairfax, Virginia (finals) ምንጭ
1st Michelle Mariposa (mezzo-soprano, Philippines); 2nd Carolina Sullivan (soprano, USA); 3rd Minki Hong (baritone, South Korea)
2025 — Strings · Washington, D.C. (semifinals 23-24 May, final 25 May 2025) ምንጭ
1st (violin): Coco Mi (USA); 1st (viola): Yizilin Liang (China); 1st (cello): Saebom Lee (South Korea); 2nd: Ayano Nakamura (USA, viola); 3rd: Daniel Rafimayeri (USA, violin); 4th: Brandon Leonard (USA, cello); Audience Prize: Daniel Rafimayeri (USA, violin)

ከይፋዊ ምንጮች ተጠቃሎ የቀረበ፤ ለመጨረሻ ጊዜ የተረጋገጠው፦ ኖቬም 14 2026። ዋና ምንጭ