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International Competition for Woodwind and Brass Instruments of Oliveira de Azemeis (CIISOA)

Oliveira de Azemeis, Portugal

Next edition

No future edition is announced on the official pages we could check.

Overview

An international competition for woodwind and brass instruments run by the Academia de Musica de Oliveira de Azemeis, with four age categories from Child to Senior. Entrants play a compulsory eliminatory piece and, if they advance, a final.

Organiser
Academia de Musica de Oliveira de Azemeis (AMOA)
Instruments
Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Euphonium, Tuba, Saxophone, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon
Category
Solo flute, Solo oboe, Solo clarinet, Solo bassoon, Solo saxophone, Trumpet & cornet, Horn, Trombone, Tuba & euphonium
Age limits
Child up to 12; Juvenile 13-15; Junior 16-18; Senior 19-25 (age on 7 July 2025)

Rules & repertoire

Registration & fee

Online; 2025 registration 14 April to 14 May 2025; fee 55 to 75 EUR depending on pianist/category.

Rounds & time limits

  • Eliminatory round with compulsory piece
  • Final: free piece (Child up to 4 min, Juvenile up to 7 min; Junior and Senior from an organiser's list)

Repertoire

Not published on the official pages we could check.

Jury & prizes

Jury

Not published on the official pages we could check.

Prizes

  • Senior: 600 / 300 / 200 EUR
  • Junior: 400 / 200 / 150 EUR
  • Juvenile: 300 / 150 / 100 EUR
  • Child: 200 / 120 / 90 EUR
  • Overall category winner EUR 200
  • D. Maria Aldina Fernandes Valente Award EUR 1,500 (EUR 750 woodwind, EUR 750 brass)

Past editions

  • 2025 — Oliveira de Azemeis source

Summarised from official sources, last checked 10 Nov 2026. Main source