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Princess Astrid International Music Competition
Next edition
No future edition is announced on the official pages we could check.
Overview
Norway's longest-running music competition (founded 1953), held every two years in Trondheim and alternating between violin and orchestral conducting; fully international since 2012.
- Organiser
- Trondheim Symfoniorkester & Opera (TSO)
- Instruments
- Violin, Conducting
- Category
- Solo violin, Orchestral conducting
- Rotating
- Alternates violin / orchestral conducting; next edition not announced
Next edition's instrument not announced - Age limits
- below 35 at the time of the competition
Rules & repertoire
Registration & fee
Application via the competition website (applications opened January 2026).
Rounds & time limits
- Violin: Final: concerto with Trondheim Symphony Orchestra
- Conducting: Pre-selection from applications
- Conducting: Public competition rounds with the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra
- Conducting: Final concert: three finalists
Repertoire
2024 final: concerto movements with the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra (e.g. Prokofiev 1, Brahms, Sibelius).
Jury & prizes
Jury
- David Grimal (jury leader, 2024)
Prizes
- Violin: Finn Audun Oftedal Memorial Scholarship for the best Norwegian candidate
- Conducting: 1st prize: NOK 200,000, a concert engagement with TSO and mentorship with chief conductor Adam Hickox
- Conducting: 2nd prize: NOK 50,000
- Conducting: 3rd prize: NOK 25,000
- Conducting: Finn Audun Oftedal Memorial Scholarship: NOK 10,000 for the best Norwegian candidate
Past editions
Summarised from official sources, last checked 11 Nov 2026. Main source