Online Music Competition
The North International Music Competition is an online music competition for musicians around the world.
We want to encourage more young musicians to perform and grow. A competition can offer many benefits to our participants and provide a platform where they can feel comfortable competing. We hope that this will help developing a confidence and help musicians realize their dreams and potential. Our purpose is to discover artists of outstanding personality and provide awards which can help to launch international careers.
The aim of this competition is to find performers with a strong artistic personality and stage presence. The emphasis is therefore not on the purely technical aspect of the performance, but also on the artistic charisma of the performer.
The Spring edition of The North International Music Competition 2025 is now OPEN – Apply here!
“The North International Music Competition is a great opportunity for young musicians to develop their skills as performers already at the early stage of their careers. Making music at the highest professional level is not an easy task. Let this wonderful event encourage you for a life-long mission of being passionated and successful professional performers!”
Victoria Borisova-Ollas
Composer
Winner of several National and International Awards
Member of the Board of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music
The Grand Prize Winner Of The North International Music Competition:
Ye-Kyung Hong – Piano
Ye-Kyung Hong demonstrates a remarkable talent for conveying deep emotion through her instrument, seamlessly blending her interpretation with a profound respect for the composer’s intentions.
Participated in Category XI – Piano
Watch Ye-Kyung Hong perform E. Granados : Goyescas No.5
Recent Posts
In January 2024, the IV International Young Stars Music Festival was held, in which the North International Music Competition was assisting in.
From January 18 to 21, 2024, the annual music festival was held in Bursa, Turkey.
The festival is organized by the Academy of Elena Cekic together with the Municipality of Bursa, and included a music competition, master classes as well as concerts.
The North International Music Competition awarded special prizes to our partner ASDAN China
Mingyang Ma
Moyan Lin
Three contestants who won first prize in the 2023 Spring edition has received special prizes and souvenirs. These contestants were submitted by our partner ASDAN China who currently cooperates with top international educational organizations and prestigious universities across the world, with the aim of introducing high quality education resources on subjects such as business, economics, mathematics, physics, chemistry, engineering, information science, biology, leadership, social studies and art into China.
Moyan Lin: III Category – VocalXuehui Lyu: IV Category – Vocal
Mingyang Ma: V Category – Vocal
The North International Music Competition awarded prizes at "The X International Music Festival of The Stockholm International Music Competition" which was held in Stockholm in June 2023
The Stockholm International Music Competition is a yearly event for children and adults who are passionate about classical music. Since its launch, the competition has attracted young musicians from more than 40 countries.
Several children received special prizes from the North International Music Competition:
Angelina Wang – Piano
Maria Emeltchenko – Violin
Manisika Madelyn Alam – Violin
Yufeng Pan – Piano
Xiao Yi Vincent Wang – Piano
Yang Sun – Piano
The North International Music Competition winners participated at the annual music festival in Bursa, Turkey 2023
From March 3 to March 5, 2023, the annual music festival was held in Bursa, Turkey.
The festival is organized by the Academy of Elena Cekic together with the Municipality of Bursa, and included a music competition, master classes as well as charity concerts to help children affected by the earthquake and a gala concert.
This year, about 500 children and professional musicians took part in the festival and among the participants of the festival were the winners of “The North International Music Competition”.
5 participants of the festival in Turkey were awarded with special prizes by “The North International Music Competition”.
Atakan Atasoy & Yağmur Tümer
Mehmet Yağız Beyhan
Ali Keskin
Çinara Manaflı
The North International Music Competition awarded prizes at "The Piano Stars International Piano Festival 2022" in Bursa, Turkey
