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International Singing Competition of Mikulas Schneider-Trnavsky
Next edition
No future edition is announced on the official pages we could check.
Overview
Biennial international singing competition in Trnava, Slovakia, in two age categories with three rounds each, covering opera, oratorio and song repertoire including works by Mikulas Schneider-Trnavsky.
- Organiser
- Hudobne centrum (Music Centre Slovakia) - per competition pages on hc.sk; organiser not named explicitly on the rules page
- Instruments
- Voice
- Category
- Opera & general voice
- Age limits
- 2023 rules: Category 1 women born after 1 Jan 1999 / men after 1 Jan 1997; Category 2 women born after 1 Jan 1990 / men after 1 Jan 1987
Rules & repertoire
Registration & fee
Application form plus proof of non-refundable fee (2023: EUR 50 category 1, EUR 75 category 2).
Rounds & time limits
- Round 1
- Round 2
- Round 3 (final), followed by laureates' concert
Repertoire
Category 1 includes a folk song of the competitor's country, a 17th/18th-century piece and a Romantic art song, and a Schneider-Trnavsky song in round 3; Category 2 includes opera/oratorio arias from various periods, 20th/21st-century songs and songs from a Slavonic composer's cycle (2023 rules).
Jury & prizes
Jury
- Eva Blahova (chair, Slovakia)
- Mihailo Arsenski
- Wiktor Bockman
- Peter Dvorsky
- Ariane Hollaender-Calix
- Atilla Kiss
- Jozef Kundlak
- Tadeusz Pszonka
- Martina Zadro
Prizes
- Category 1: EUR 2,000 / 1,500 / 1,000
- Category 2: EUR 3,000 / 2,000 / 1,500
- Numerous special prizes (concert engagements, opera house and festival invitations)
Past editions
- 2025 — Trnava (winners' concert 24 May 2025, Jan Palarik Theatre) source
Grand Prize: Leily Alina Schofer (Germany); 3rd Grand Prize: Marija Zalac (Croatia); 2nd Prize: Benedykt Szostok (Poland); 3rd Prize: Piotr Bujnowski (Poland), Vilem Cupak (Czech Republic), Lukasz Miarka (Poland)
Summarised from official sources, last checked 10 Nov 2026. Main source