http://www.tyagaraja-chicago.org Focuses on popularizing Carnatic music in the United States. http://www.angelfire.com/folk/4corners Welcomes fiddlers of all ages to the 28th annual contest, which will be held the last weekend in July at McGee Park, Farmington, New Mexico. http://www.gliim.com/ Offering year-round competitions and critiques of videotaped amateur musical performances. All instruments and voice welcome. http://space.tin.it/musica/libollan From the castles of the Val Tidone, the competitions include piano, accordion, chamber music and composition. http://www.afn.org/~afn39483/piano.html A large directory of competitions from around the world. http://www.ferrierawards.org.uk/ Britain's most prestigious singing awards. Includes information about Kathleen Ferrier, the competition, the fund and past winners. http://www.fiddlecontest.com Held the third full week of June in Weiser, Idaho, USA. The best fiddle players in the world compete for top honors. http://www.printempsguitare.be/index_eng.htm Founded in 1985, the objective of this non-profit association is to give the guitar a place within the family of major solo instruments. An international competition takes place every two years in Belgium. http://www.concours-reine-elisabeth.be/ Created in 1951, this event very quickly became one of the leading international competitions for violinists, pianists, composers and, more recently, singers. http://www.saipc.org/ Held every third year, highly skilled pianists between the ages of 20 and 32 compete in San Antonio, Texas. All competition events are free and open to the public. http://www.sanremoclassico.it/esrclass.htm International piano competition in Sanremo, Italy, November 5th-10th, 2001. Entry deadline is October 15th. Site includes an overview of the program, prizes, rules, performances and accommodations. Available in Italian and English. http://www.stonalink.atfreeweb.com/asp_scripts/default.asp Includes more than 5000 competitions for musicians of all styles and genres. You must fill out a registration form to access the database. http://www.tansman.lodz.pl/ International competition of musical personalities in Poland. http://www.cliburn.org/ Host of the world famous Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. http://amsa-wpc.org Annual international competition held in Cincinnati, Ohio. Sponsored and supported by the American Music Scholarship Association. http://www.ldn-ipc.dircon.co.uk/ Triennial competition inaugurated in 1986. http://www.mmv.cityline.ru/tchaikovsky/ A documentary exposition of the 39 year old competition in Moscow. 1998.07.00 http://www.HarmonicaContest.com/ This annual contest and festival takes place in early August in the remote mountain village of Yellow Pine, Idaho, USA. It comes with music, vendors, camping and beautiful scenery.