kr 50,000 - kr 150,000
No deadline
Sweden
individual
About This Opportunity
Solistpriset is Sweden's premier soloist competition and the Royal Swedish Academy of Music's largest prize for younger musicians, awarded biennially. This national competition is open to singers and instrumentalists in the field of classical music who apply for the Academy's national scholarship auditions. The competition is organized by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in collaboration with Swedish Radio, Berwaldhallen, Music in Southern Sweden, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, and with support from the Rosenborg Gehrman Foundation for Swedish Music, as well as contributions from Malmö Live Concert Hall and Norrbotten Music. The winner receives 150,000 SEK plus performance opportunities including chamber music tours organized by Music in Southern Sweden, a tour with Musica Vitae, and solo performances with major Swedish orchestras including the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Malmö Symphony Orchestra, and a soloist tour with Norrbotten Chamber Orchestra. Two runners-up each receive 50,000 SEK. The competition process includes auditions in September, a semifinal in November at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm where 16 semifinalists compete, and a final in February at Gothenburg Concert Hall where three finalists perform with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, broadcast live on Swedish Radio P2.
Who Can Apply
- Region
- Sweden
- Residency
- Sweden
- Applicants
- individual
Application Details
Stages
- 1 multi_round
Review process
Three-stage competition: initial auditions judged by scholarship juries in September, semifinal with 16 competitors in November judged by the Academy's scholarship committee, and final with 3 finalists performing with symphony orchestra judged by panel of professional musicians and music administrators.
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- Award Amount
- kr 50,000 - kr 150,000
- Application Deadline
- No deadline
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