Every year in May, the Queen Elisabeth Competition organises an international competition for classically trained musicians, aged between 18 and 30 years (32 years for voice). In successive years, the Competition focuses on pianists, cellists, singers and violinists.

As the 2020 Piano Competition had to be postponed to 2021, the following cello, voice and violin competitions have also been postponed. Exceptionally, the upper age limit for candidates has been raised by one year, in order not to disadvantage the young musicians preparing for the sessions of 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.

The candidates have to apply online on this website. The applications for the 2023 Voice Competition are closed. The applications for Violin 2024 will open in autumn 2023.

We hope to welcome you in Brussels for one of our future competitions!