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prima la musica - Voice
Next edition
No future edition is announced on the official pages we could check.
Overview
Austria's main youth music competition, with state competitions in each federal state and a national final; categories rotate by year and voice (Gesang) was included in 2026, also in the PLUS groups for young people aiming at professional study. Open to young musicians from Austria, South Tyrol and Liechtenstein and others resident in Austria.
- Organiser
- MUSIK DER JUGEND (Austrian federal states' youth music competitions, national office in Linz)
- Instruments
- Voice, Other instruments and chamber music by year
- Category
- Opera & general voice, Other ensembles
- Rotating
- Categories change every year
Next edition's instrument not announced - Age limits
- 2026 solo: age groups A (up to 7) to IV (17-19); voice also V (20-21) and PLUS groups III-V (14-21); age on 31 August 2025
Rules & repertoire
Registration & fee
Online at musikderjugend.at; no registration fee (2026 deadline 15 December 2025).
Rounds & time limits
- State competition (Landeswettbewerb), February-March
- Federal competition (Bundeswettbewerb) for qualifying age groups, May-June
Repertoire
Voice: per round at least four classical pieces of different epochs and styles, at least one song and one aria, from memory; two different programmes of 15-20 minutes.
Jury & prizes
Jury
Not published on the official pages we could check.Prizes
- State: 1st prize with distinction / 1st / 2nd / 3rd
- Federal: Gold / Silver / Bronze by points
- Special prizes (e.g. prima Komponistinnen)
Past editions
- 2026 — State rounds February-March 2026; federal round 22 May - 6 June 2026, Eisenstadt (Burgenland) source
Summarised from official sources, last checked 10 Nov 2026. Main source