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Messina International Clarinet Competition - Italy
Next edition
No future edition is announced on the official pages we could check.
Overview
An orchestral-excerpt-focused clarinet competition ('Working in the Orchestra') with categories for principal and bass clarinet, a video pre-selection, live elimination, semi-final and a final with the Teatro Vittorio Emanuele Orchestra.
- Organiser
- Ente Autonomo Regionale Teatro di Messina
- Instruments
- Clarinet (principal), Bass clarinet
- Category
- Solo clarinet
- Age limits
- Clarinetists of any nationality born after 1 January 1987.
Rules & repertoire
Registration & fee
deadline: 5 September 2025 (2025 edition)
fee: EUR 80.00
howToApply: Online form on the official website, or downloadable signed paper form; upload signed form, ID, biography (max 1,400 characters), photo, proof of payment and pre-selection video.
Rounds & time limits
- Pre-selection (video)
- Elimination (live)
- Semi-final
- Final with orchestra
Repertoire
Not published on the official pages we could check.Jury & prizes
Jury
Not published on the official pages we could check.Prizes
- Each category awards a prize and a solo concert in the 2026 concert season at the Teatro Vittorio Emanuele, with reimbursement of expenses only. No cash amounts stated.
Past editions
- 2025 — Messina, Teatro Vittorio Emanuele source
Summarised from official sources, last checked 10 Nov 2026. Main source