European Union of Music Competitions for Youth

The European Union of Music Competitions for Youth (EMCY) is a European umbrella organisation for about fifty national and international music competitions for young people. Founded in the 1960s in order to develop the musical education of young Europeans, EMCY arranges concerts (with and without orchestra), broadcasts, tours, award ceremonies, master classes and courses for competition prize winners throughout Europe.

Every year, thousands of musicians under the age of twenty-five take part in EMCY competitions, and its projects with the European Broadcasting Union reach audiences across Europe. EMCY is a registered association under German law with an elected international board of five representatives, headed since 2012 by chairman Paul Scholer. Its registered office is in Munich, Germany. In 2010 EMCY celebrated its 40th birthday at the General Assembly in Heerlen, Netherlands.

EMCY board

The EMCY board is elected every four years at the general assembly. Current members are:

  • Paul Scholer, Luxembourg (president)
  • Mária Slaninová, Slovakia (vice president for national competitions)
  • Justas Dvarionas, Lithuania (vice president for international competitions)
  • Àngels Civit Fons, Spain (board member for national competitions)
  • Boris Svetiev, Macedonia (board member for international competitions)

EMCY office

The EMCY office is hosted by Jugend musiziert, the German national competition organised by the German Music Council in Munich, Germany. It is run by Sophie Duhnkrack, secretary general of EMCY.

General assembly

The EMCY general assembly gathers, in general, every two years in a different European country at the invitation of an EMCY member competition. The last one was held in Luxembourg in 2018, hosted by the Concours Luxembourgeois pour Jeunes Solistes (UGDA).

General assemblies have been held in:

  • 2002 – Altea (Spain): Juventudes Musicales de España
  • 2004 – Dubrovnik (Croatia): HDGPP (Croatian national competition)
  • 2006 – Saint Petersburg (Russia): Mravinsky International Competition for Youth
  • 2008 – Kiev (Ukraine): International Competition for Young Pianists in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz
  • 2010 – Heerlen (Netherlands): International Charles Hennen Concours
  • 2012 – Ohrid (Macedonia): International Competition for Young Musicians 'Ohrid Pearls'
  • 2014 – Luxembourg: Concours Luxembourgeois pour Jeunes Solistes & European Competition for Young Soloists (and INTER-NATIONAL net_works+)
  • 2016 – Vilnius (Lithuania): National Lithuanian Balys Dvarionas Piano & String Competition, the International Balys Dvarionas Competition for Young Pianists and the International Jascha Heifetz Competition for Violinists (and INTER-NATIONAL net_works+)
  • 2018 – Luxembourg: Concours Luxembourgeois pour Jeunes Solistes & European Competition for Young Soloists (and INTER-NATIONAL net_works+)

Member competitions

National competitions

Participation in these competitions is usually reserved for nationals or residents of the respective country. This often includes schools abroad, students at conservatoires or ex-patriates, however.

  • Österreichischer Jugendmusikwettbewerb prima la musica in Austria
  • podium.jazz.pop.rock... in Austria
  • The Papandopulo Croatian Competition of young musicians in Croatia
  • National Radio Competition of the Czech Republic 'Concertino Praga' in the Czech Republic
  • Oresund Soloist in Denmark / Sweden
  • Concours d'excellence – Confédération Musicale de France in France
  • Jugend musiziert in Germany
  • National Balys Dvarionas Piano and String Competition in Lithuania
  • Concours Luxembourgoise pour Jeunes Solistes (Union Grand-Duc Adolphe (UGDA)) in Luxembourg
  • Competition of the United Music and Dance Teacher of Macedonia in Macedonia
  • Netherlands Violin Competition in the Netherlands
  • Ungdommens Musikkmesterskap (Norwegian Music Competition for Youth) in Norway
  • Prémio Jovens Músicos in Portugal
  • EMCY Slovakia in Slovakia
  • TEMSIG – Slovenian Music Competition for Youth in Slovenia
  • Concurso Permanente de Jóvenes Intérpretes de Juventudes Musicales de España in Spain
  • Schweizerischer Jugendmusikwettbewerb (SJMW)b in Switzerland
  • Jazz, Rock&Pop Switzerland

International competitions

These competitions are open to participants from all over the world. Many include categories which change every year.

Projects

EMCY works to help prize winners in their musical and personal development. Performance and training opportunities throughout Europe are arranged by EMCY, together with its member competitions and partners. These concerts, tours, workshops, and master classes are international meeting points for young musicians.

EMCY also holds conferences for competition organisers (most recently in Barcelona in 2009, Saint Petersburg in 2011, in Ried im Innkreis and Welsin 2012 and in Bratislava in 2013) and music educators on particular themes.

See also
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