Music Competition Guidelines

2024
American Virtuoso
International Music Competition

Winter Edition – Through the Eras

If you have any questions about the AVIMC music competition, please email apply@avimc.org

Dates & Deadlines

Nov. 10, 2024

Early Bird Application Deadline

Jan. 1, 2025

Application Deadline
&
Video Submission Deadline

Feb. 10, 2025

Winners Announcement

General Guidelines

The 2024 AVIMC winter edition: Through the Eras is open to instrumentalists (piano, strings, guitar, woodwind & brass, chamber music) of any nationality.
Contestants will compete in the categories and age groups listed below.
Contestants will compete in only ONE ROUND, it will be virtual by submitting unlisted YouTube links of video performances.
Application Fees (non-refundable)
For Soloists – Early Bird: $100 (by November 10, 2024); Standard: $135 (November 11, 2024 – January 1, 2025);
For chamber ensembles – Early Bird: $120 (by November 10, 2024); Standard: $160 (November 11, 2024 – January 1, 2025);
Contestants may submit their applications with their video links together via the application form or email separately (apply@avimc.org) by January 1, 2025. No late applications or video submissions will be allowed.
All related video link submissions must follow the video guidelines described below. Audio or video file in email attachments will not be accepted.
Contestants will receive comments on performances from the adjudicators.
Incomplete applications or applications with ineligible performance works will not be considered.

Age Groups

Professional Artist Group (Music Major College Students or Professional Musicians), one round
Amateur Artist Group (age 19 and up), one round
Young Artist Group, one round
A. age 15 – 18
B. age 11 – 14
C. age 10 and younger

*The age group in Chamber Music is defined by the average age of all ensemble members

Repertoire

Please Select the Correct Repertoire to participate in, and those works that do not meet the definition of the appropriate category will not be judged.

For Soloist –

Artist Group –

For all categories:

One work from the corresponding music period. Maximum Judging Time: 12 Minutes

Amateur Artist Group & Young Artist Groups –

For all categories:

One work from the corresponding music period. Maximum Judging Time: 12 Minutes

*The Time limit for each level will be adhered strictly. For entries that exceed the maximum time limit, adjudicators will only listen to portions of the submitted repertoire that do not exceed the time limit.

For Chamber Music-

The performance includes but is not limited to the following forms:

Piano four-hands
The instrumental duo, trio, quartet, quintet, etc.
Repertoires for piano and other instruments
The number of ensemble members must be 9 or less

The following performances DO NOT belong to chamber music:

Any concerto does not belong to the chamber music

Artist Group –

One standard or rearranged chamber music repertoire from the corresponding music period. You may choose one movement if the time of multiple movements of the repertoire is beyond the maximum judging time. Maximum Judging Time: 15 minutes

Amateur Artist Group & Young Artist Group –

One chamber music repertoire of your choice from the corresponding music period. Maximum Judging Time: 15 minutes

Video Submission

Video Submission Instructions for AVIMC Music Competition:

All videos must be submitted using the UNLISTED YouTube Links.

The title of each YouTube video should be: category name – age group name – contestant name – composer and repertoire full name, for example, Classical Period – Young Artist Group A – Harry Porter – Schubert Piano Sonata No.13 in A Major, D.664

Click Here to view the Video Submission Instructions

The video must be recorded within 6 months before the application deadline.

Contestants may submit application forms at any time before the video submission. （You may submit your unlisted YouTube links via email at apply@avimc.org later by the deadline after you submit the application)

The Video Submission Deadline is January 1, 2025, at 11:59 PM EST (GMT-5)

Prizes & Awards

1. 2024 AVIMC Winter Edition offers winners recital opportunities in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in NYC, all prize winners will be eligible to attend.
2. Judges will select First-place, Second-place, and Third-place winners as warranted. There will be no ties for First place winners in the same instrument, but ties may be awarded for Second or Third place. Honorable Mentions may be awarded at the adjudicators’ discretion.
3. The Certificate of recognition for teachers.
4. All contestants will receive complimentary masterclass opportunities with adjudicators and can attend all masterclasses in future events.
5. Contestants will have chances to perform for adjudicators in masterclasses.
6. Adjudicators may declare no First, second or third-place winner. All decisions of the competition jury are final.
7. Multiple awards will be given in each category and age group.
8. Selected winners may be promoted to music festivals and concert opportunities in the US and Europe.

Judgement

The results of the AVIMC music competition will be based solely on the videos submitted.
The Jury members are internationally acclaimed musicians.
The Judges’ decision is final. The comments from the jury will be provided.

2022 AVMIC music competition Jury:

Piano

Vladimir Valjarević – faculty of Mannes School of Music

Blair McMillen – faculty of Mannes School of Music

Silvan Negruțiu – faculty of Northern Arizona University

Julia Okruashvili – faculty of Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln

Strings

Oleg Rylatko – concertmaster of the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra

Paula Majerfeld – faculty of New England Conservatory

Akemi Takayama – faculty of Shenandoah University

Philippe Chao – faculty of Texas Tech University School of Music

Daniel Geiss – faculty of the University of Music Mainz

Winds

Chien-Kwan Lin – faculty of Eastman School of Music

Alexander Fiterstein – faculty of The Peabody Institute

Larry Williams – faculty of Washington Adventist University, former faculty of the Peabody Institute

Adria Sternstein Foster – the Principal Flutist of the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra

Voice

Cynthia Clayton – faculty of University of Houston

Carl DuPont – faculty of The Peabody Institute

Claire Galloway – faculty of The Peabody Institute

Gran Wilson – faculty of University of Maryland

KYLE ENGLER – faculty of McDaniel College

Terms & Disclaimer

1. Winners recitals participants are responsible for their own expenses.
2. Parents or legal guardians will be responsible for children under 18 years old, and they must be supervised all the time by their parents or legal guardians during the winners’ recital. The competition is not responsible for any damage or theft during the winners’ recital.
3. American Virtuoso International Music Competition reserves the right to make any changes in the rules, schedules, or other information related to the competition.
4. Contestant grants to American Virtuoso Intentional Music Competition the right to use their name, images, and video recordings for publicity and promotional purposes relating to the competition, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, without further compensation unless prohibited by law. By participating in the competition, contestants automatically waive all rights for any material (financial) remuneration regarding eventual publication and distribution of music video recordings on media publications and the Internet.
5. The American Virtuoso International Music Competition reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any applicant found to be:
(a) violating the American Virtuoso International Music Competition Policy and Competition Rules;
(b) tampering or attempting to tamper with the entry process or the operation of the Competition;
(c) violating the terms of guidelines of the American Virtuoso International Music Competition;
(d) acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person.