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International Mozart Competition (Voice)

Salzburg, Austria · Internationaler Mozartwettbewerb

Next edition

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

Overview

A WFIMC-affiliated competition run by Mozarteum University Salzburg in rotating categories; voice is held about every four years. The most recent edition (February 2026) covered violin and piano.

Organiser
Universitat Mozarteum Salzburg
Instruments
Voice, Piano, Violin, Horn, String Quartet (rotating)
Category
Solo piano, Solo violin, Violin in chamber music, Opera & general voice, Horn, String quartet
Rotating
Categories rotate; 2026 was violin and piano, next not announced
Next edition's instrument not announced

Rules & repertoire

Registration & fee

Online via the muvac.com registration page linked from the competition page.

Rounds & time limits

Not published on the official pages we could check.

Repertoire

Not published on the official pages we could check.

Jury & prizes

Jury

Not published on the official pages we could check.

Prizes

  • Total prize money EUR 70,000 across categories
  • Special prizes: IGNM prize for contemporary works, audience prize, Barenreiter Urtext prizes

Past editions

  • 2023 — Salzburg (Voice) source
    1st Santiago Valentin Sanchez Barbadora (Spain); 2nd Chelsea Marilyn Zurfluh (Switzerland); 3rd Daniel Foki (Hungary)
  • 2018 — Salzburg (Voice) source
    1st Anna El-Khashem; 2nd Peter Kellner; 3rd Mojca Bitenc
  • 2014 — Salzburg (Voice) source
    1st Matthias Winckhler (Germany); 2nd Siobhan Stagg (Australia); 3rd Sophie Rennert (Austria)

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