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FIU Concerto Competition
FIU’s annual concerto competition has been going strong since 1996. Will you be part of the tradition?
Concerto Competition Information
Concerto Competition Application Deadline
- Dates announced every year, Competition takes place every November.
General Information
- The Concerto Competition is open to undergraduate and graduate orchestral instrumentalists, pianists, and singers. Students, in consultation with their professor, should prepare one movement from a concerto or in the case of vocalists an aria or other vocal work.
- Each winner will be featured as a soloist the FIU Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition Winners’ Concert in February.
- Participants are strongly encouraged to provide their own pianist at the audition. A pianist can be provided if requested in the application. Students should bring three copies of a piano reduction of their piece for the audition panel. Auditions will not be heard without adjudicator copies.
Eligibility Requirements
- Students must arrange for their own pianist.
- Auditions will be a maximum of 10 minutes.
- All contestants must be prepared to perform at least forty-five (45) minutes before the assigned time.
- Concerto Competition First Place winners from previous years are not eligible to enter the competition.
- Alternates from previous years remain eligible.
Past Winners
Competition Judges
The 2023 judges were Dr. Jon Robertson, Dean of the Lynn University Conservatory of Music, and Jill Arbetter, Executive Director of the Elevar Foundation, who were very impressed with the level of playing of the participants. Our sincere thanks to Michael Klotz for serving as the coordinator of our competition and to the faculty members who worked hard to prepare the students.
Recent judges have included John Stuart, Associate Dean for Cultural and Community Engagement, Executive Director of Miami Beach Urban Studios; Michael Linville, Associate Dean and Director of Chamber Music Activities for the New World Symphony; and Robert H. Smith, co-Founder and co-Executive of the newly launched Josef Gingold Chamber Music Festival of Miami and Assistant Director of the Chopin Foundation of the US.
For Information, contact:
Michael Klotz
Teaching Professor, Viola
FIU Concerto Competition Winner Organizer