The World Federation of International Music Competitions (WFIMC) is an organization based in Geneva, Switzerland that maintains a network of the internationally recognized organisations that aim to discover the most promising young talents in classical music through public competition.^[1] It was founded in 1957, and now 120 of the world's leading music competitions are members of the federation.

• ARD International Music Competition, Munich
• Budapest International Music Competition, (Cello, Conducting & Piano) Franz Liszt International Piano Competition, Budapest
• Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition, Bolzano
• Frédéric Chopin International Piano Competition, Warsaw
• Geneva International Music Competition, Geneva
• Gian Battista Viotti International Music Competition, Vercelli
• Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition, Poznań
• Marguerite Long – Jacques Thibaud International Piano and Violin Competition, Paris
• Niccolò Paganini International Violin Competition, Genoa
• Prague Spring International Music Festival
• Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition, Brussels^[2]

• Maria Canals International Piano Competition, Barcelona
• Besançon International Competition for Young Conductors
• International Beethoven Piano Competition Vienna
• International singing competition of Toulouse

• International Vocal Competition 's-Hertogenbosch

• Robert Schumann International Competition for Pianists and Singers, Zwickau

• Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia International Composition Competition, Rome

• Johann Sebastian Bach International Music Competition, Leipzig
• Leeds International Piano Competition

• José Vianna da Motta International Piano Competition, Lisbon

• Carl Flesch International Violin Competition, London^[3] (last held in 1992)
• Jean Sibelius International Violin Competition, Helsinki

• Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky International Music Competition (piano, violin, cello, singing), Moscow (retracted in 2022)

• Grand Prix de Chartres

• Jeunesses Musicales International Music Competition, Belgrade

• Alessandro Casagrande International Piano Competition, Terni
• Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, Tel Aviv
• Grand Prix Maria Callas, Athens

• Alberto Curci International Violin Competition, Naples
• Clara Haskil International Piano Competition, Vevey
• Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition, Santander
• Sion International Violin Competition
• Tibor Varga International Violin Competition, Martigny
• Verdian Voices International Singing Competition, Busseto

• Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Fort Worth

• Sydney International Piano Competition
• Vaclav Huml International Violin Competition, Zagreb

• Épinal International Piano Competition

• Fritz Kreisler International Violin Competition, Vienna
• Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors, Katowice
• London String Quartet Competition
• Ludwig Spohr International Violin Competition, Freiburg
• William Kapell International Piano Competition, College Park

• Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition
• Carl Nielsen International Music Competition (violin, organ, flute, clarinet), Odense
• Cleveland International Piano Competition
• Dr. Luis Sigall International Music Competition (piano, violin, cello, guitar, singing), Viña del Mar
• Michele Pittaluga International Classical Guitar Competition, Alessandria

• Verviers International Singing Competition

• Francisco Viñas International Singing Competition, Barcelona
• Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, Salt Lake City

• Banff International String Quartet Competition, Banff, Alberta
• International Violin Competition of Indianapolis
• Vittorio Gui International Chamber Music Competition, Florence

• Rodolfo Lipizer International Violin Competition, Gorizia
• Premio Valentino Bucchi,^[4] Rome

• Arturo Toscanini – Goffredo Petrassi International Conducting and Composition Competition, Parma
• Francisco Tárrega International Guitar Competition, Benicàssim

• Géza Anda International Piano Competition, Zürich
• Kobe International Flute Competition
• Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition^[5]Helsinki
• Pilar Bayona International Piano Competition, Zaragoza (disbanded after the 2001 edition)

• Bilbao International Singing Competition
• Cologne International Music Competition (violin, piano, singing)

• Dublin International Piano Competition

• Franz Schubert and Modern Music International Music Competition, Graz^[6]
• Trapani International Chamber Music Competition
• USA International Harp Competition, Bloomington
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart International Music Competition, Salzburg

• Paolo Borciani International String Quartet Competition, Reggio Emilia
• UNISA International Music Competition, Pretoria

• Cidade do Porto International Piano Competition
• International Franz Liszt Piano Competition, Utrecht
• Odense International Organ Competition

• Antonio Pedretti International Conducting Competition, Trento
• José Iturbi International Piano Competition, Valencia
• Leopold Mozart International Violin Competition, Augsburg
• Markneukirchen International Instrumental Competition
• Queen Sonja International Music Competition, Oslo

• Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis International Piano and Organ Competition, Vilnius
• Scottish International Piano Competition, Glasgow

• Calgary International Organ Competition
• Dos Hermanas International Clarinet Competition
• Julián Gayarre – Pablo Sarasate International Singing and Violin Competition, Pamplona
• Provincia di Caltanissetta International Chamber Music Competition
• International Joseph Joachim Violin Competition, Hannover^[7]

• Città di Porcia International Music Competition (brass instruments)
• "Ciutat de Tarragona" International Award for Musical Composition
• Franz Schubert International Piano Competition, Dortmund
• Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition

• Jan Nepomuk Hummel International Piano Competition, Bratislava
• Marseille International Opera Competition
• Murray Dranoff International Two Piano Competition, Miami
• Orléans International Piano Competition
• Osaka International Chamber Music Competition
• Sergei Prokofiev International Music Competition, Saint Petersburg

• Honens International Piano Competition, Calgary
• Hamamatsu International Piano Competition
• Trio di Trieste International Chamber Music Competition

• Ville de Paris International Music Competition
• Witold Lutoslawski International Cello Competition, Warsaw

• Alexander Girardi International Singing Competition, Coburg
• Luxembourg International Percussion Competition

• George Enescu International Piano Competition, Bucharest
• London International Piano Competition
• Tbilisi International Piano Competition

• Musashino-Tokyo International Organ Competition
• Mt. Fuji International Opera Competition of Shizuoka, Hamamatsu

• Cadaqués Orchestra International Conducting Competition
• International Competition for Young Pianists in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz, Kyiv
• Montreal International Musical Competition (piano, violin, singing)
• Premio Jaén International Piano Competition
• Michael Hill International Violin Competition, Auckland^[8]

• Città di Brescia International Violin Competition
• Sendai International Music Competition (violin, piano)
• Weimar International Music Competition (Franz Liszt – piano, Joseph Joachim – chamber music)

• Isang Yun Competition, Tongyeong
• Lyon International Chamber Music Competition
• Pablo Casals International Cello Competitionm Kronberg
• Saint-Maurice International Organ Competition

• China International Piano Competition, Xiamen
• EPTA – Svetislav Stančić International Piano Competition, Zagreb
• TROMP International Music Competition, Eindhoven

• Max Rostal International Viola and Violin Competition, Berlin
• Swedish International Duo Competition, Katrineholm

• China International Singing Competition, Ningbo
• China International Violin Competition, Qingdao
• Jeju International Brass Competition
• Maj Lind International Piano Competition, Helsinki
• Rina Sala Gallo International Piano Competition, Monza
• Seoul International Music Competition (piano, violin, singing), Seoul
• Telekom – Ludwig van Beethoven International Piano Competition, Bonn
• Wilhelm Stenhammar International Music Competition (for singers), Norrköping

• Paderewski International Piano Competition, Bydgoszcz^[9]
• Beijing International Music Competition, Beijing^[10]
• Gaspar Cassado International Violoncello Competition, Hachioji^[11]

• Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition, Dublin
• The Aeolus International Competition for Wind Instruments, Düsseldorf
• International Oboe Competition of Japan, Karuizawa
• International Chamber Music Competition "Città di Pinerolo", Pinerolo
• BNDES International Piano Competition, Rio de Janeiro
• International Competition of Young Conductors Lovro von Matačić, Zagreb

• International Violin Competition Henri Marteau, Lichtenberg and Hof^[12]
• International J. M. Sperger Competition for Double Bass, Ludwigslust^[13]
• Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition, Trondheim^[14]
• RNCM James Mottram International Piano Competition, Manchester

• Aram Khachaturian International Competition, Yerevan^[15]

• Tokyo International Music Competition for Conducting, Tokyo^[16]

• International Grand Prix of Romania ”Trophaeum Artis Cantorum”, Bucharest
• China Shenzhen International Piano Concerto Competition,^[17] Shenzhen
• Takamatsu International Piano Competition, Takamatsu^[18]
• Top of the World International Piano Competition, Tromsø^[19]

• Hong Kong International Piano Competition, Hong Kong^[20]
• Canadian International Organ Competition, Montreal^[21]
• Elena Obraztsova International Competition of Young Opera Singers, St Petersburg^[22]
• Giorgos Thymis International Piano Competition, Thessaloniki^[23]

• International Edvard Grieg Piano Competition, Bergen^[24]
• Schoenfeld International String Competition, Harbin^[25]
• International Piano Competition - Istanbul Orchestra'Sion, Istanbul^[26]
• Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition, Kennett Square^[27]
• Primrose International Viola Competition, Los Angeles^[28]
• Princess Astrid International Music Competition, Trondheim^[29]

• Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition, Bamberg^[30]
• Zhuhai International Mozart Competition, Zhuhai^[31]
• The Gurwitz International Piano Competition, Texas^[32]

• International Luciano Berio Composition Competition, Rome
• Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition, Shanghai
• Singapore International Violin Competition,^[33] Singapore
• Éva Marton International Singing Competition, Budapest
• International Stanisław Moniuszko Vocal Competition (Międzynarodowy Konkurs Wokalny im. Stanisława Moniuszki), Warsaw

• The Girolamo Fantini Intertnational Trumpet Competition, Rome
• Debut International Classical Singing Competition,^[34] Weikersheim

• DHF World Harp Competition, Utrecht
• The Azrelli Music Prizes, Toronto
• Santa Cecilia Piano Competition, Porto

• Concurso Internacional de Piano Compositores de España (CIPCE), Las Rozas de Madrid
• International Ettore Pozzoli Piano Competition, Seregno^[35]
• Odesa International Violin Competition,^[36] Odesa
• Ipea International Percussion Competition, Shanghai
• Olga Kern International Piano Competition,^[37] Albuquerque
• International Conducting Competition Rotterdam,^[38] Rotterdam
• Bartók World Competition,^[39] Budapest
• Lithuanian International Professional Music Competitions,^[40] Vilnius

• Ilmari Hannikainen Piano Chamber Music Competition;^[41] Jyväskylä, Finland
• Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition; Hastings, UK

• List of classical music competitions

• World Federation of International Music Competitions
• Piano Competitions & Music Competitions at Bakitone International