# List of Italian music awards

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There are a great number of music competitions that offer prizes for performance and composition in both classical and popular music. Prizes may be monetary, but may also be in the form of less tangible things such as scholarships, recording contract, concert performances, a chance to have one's composition published or performed by an orchestra, etc. Some music festivals—even though there may be a "winner"—offer nothing more than exposure on television. That is important for musicians, but not technically a "prize" and those items are not included on this list. Nor are in-house conservatory prizes included—that is, competitions open only to students of the respective conservatory. This list includes competitions that are, generally speaking, open to "all-comers," although some of them impose age limits or residency (in Italy) requirements. The list, below, divided by area of interest; that is, classical, jazz, opera, instrumental, etc. Most of the competitions listed are annual affairs. Where possible, the competition name is linked to an external site, or an email address is provided where further details should be available.

## Popular music

* Italian Music Awards

## Classical music
### piano

* 'International Piano Competition 'Mauro Paolo Monopoli Prize'
Barletta. Puglia International Piano Competition 'Mauro Paolo Monopoli Prize'
* A.M.A. Calabria international piano competition.
    Catanzaro
* "Arcangelo Speranza" European piano competition
    Taranto, Puglia
* "A. Scriabin" international piano competition
    Grosseto, Tuscany
* "Fryderyk Chopin "Young Pianists" competition
    Rome
* "Pausilypon" piano competition
    Naples, conservatory.
* International Busoni piano competition
    Bolzano

### violin

* Dallas International Violin Competition
* National competition for interpretation of the Mozart violin concerti
    Parma
* "A.Curci" international violin competition
    Naples
* Ave Maria Prize Award www.avemaria.mono.net - Stresa

### guitar

* Michele Pittaluga International Classical Guitar Competition
    Alessandria, Piedmont
* International guitar competition
    Nuoro, Sardinia

### miscellaneous instrumental/voice

* Hyperion competition for performance; piano, guitar, strings, voice
    Ciampino, Roma
* Val Tidone International Music Competitions
    Various disciplines: composition, performance on piano, accordion, chamber music.
    Piacenza
* International "City of Barletta Young Musicians" competition
    Barletta,
Website 'Città di Barletta' Young Musician Intl. Competition
    Sections: piano, strings, guitar, chamber music ensemble, wind instruments.
* International clarinet competition
    Bari
* "Gianbattista Viotti" International music competition
    performance awards for voice, piano
    Vercelli
* Concorso Internazionale di Interpretazione di Musica Contemporanea “Fernando Mencherini”
    Cagli (PU)
    Prizes for performance of contemporary music by Fernando Mencherini

### Chamber music

* International Carlo Evasio Soliva competition for piano and chamber music
    Casale Monferrato
* City of Chieri International Chamber music competition
    Chieri, Piedmont
* "Trieste Trio" International competition for chamber music groups with piano.
    Trieste
* "Vittorio Gui" international chamber music competition
    Florence
* "Paolo Borciani" international string quartet competition
    Reggio Emilia
* International chamber music competition
    A. Scontrino music conservatory
    Trapani

### Composition

* 'Città di Barletta' International Composition Competition
    Barletta
Website Città di Barletta Competition
* International Composition Competition in memory of Camillo Togni
    Brescia
* "Sandro Fuga" National Competition for Chamber Music Composition
    Music conservatory, Torino
* "Valentino Bucchi" Prize: Words and Music for the Peoples' Unity
    Rome, International Composition Competition
* "G. Petrassi" International Competition for Composers
    Parma
* "Egidio Carella" composition competition
    Stradella (PV)

## Vocal

* "Ave Maria Price Award" competition for all www.avemaria.mono.net in Stresa :Stresa
* International competition for Verdian voices
    Busseto, Parma
* "Tito Schipa" international opera competition for young singers
    Lecce
* "Anselmo Colzani" international opera competition
    Budrio (Bologna)
* "Adriano Belli" competition for new opera
    Spoleto
* "Maria Callas" competition, "New voices for Verdi"
    Parma
* International polyphonic competition (for choirs)
    Arezzo

## Jazz

* International competition for jazz arranging and composition
    Barga, (LU)

## Miscellaneous

* City of Chieri International music competition
    Wind Instruments
    Chieri, Piedmont
* MusicDocFest prize for films about music
    Rome
* "A. Toscanini" international conducting competition
    Parma
* "Antonio Pedrotti" International Conducting Competition
    Trento