National Debut Concerto Competition

About the Competition

For 56 years, the YMF National Debut Concerto Competition has provided talented musicians with solo performances with the Debut Orchestra and the National Orchestra Camp, along with a significant cash prize to further their studies. Youth 25 and under are eligible to audition for the annual National Debut Concerto Competition.

A panel of professional musicians and the Conductor of the Debut Orchestra select young musicians to perform a concerto with the Debut Orchestra during the upcoming season. More than 180 renowned musicians have had their earliest solo experience as a winner of this prestigious competition. Awards include a performance opportunity with the Debut Orchestra and honorariums ranging from $500 to $2,000.

Past winners include pianist Edward Auer, soprano Shirley Verrett, guitarist Christopher Parkening, pianist Misha Dichter, New York Philharmonic Concertmaster Glenn Dicterow, cellist Nathaniel Rosen, Boston Symphony Principal Flutist Elizabeth Rowe, and violin soloist Leila Josefowicz.

Eligibility

Instrumentalists and vocalists through age 25 at the time of auditions. All applications will be screened; submission of an application does not guarantee an audition. Special Notes for Previous Winners:

Winners who won while older than 18 may not re-audition.
Previous winners who won while under 18 may not compete again until they are over 18.
All previous winners must skip a year to reapply if the above restrictions do not exclude them.

Auditions/Applications

The application process for this program has concluded

Applicants must submit (3 copies) of a DVD of an entire concerto or solo work from memory. Applicants must audition with an eligible work that is for solo and orchestra. Piano accompaniment on the DVD and at the live auditions is required. Applications and DVDs will be screened by a committee that will invite a limited number of applicants to the live auditions. Applicants will be notified within 2 weeks of the application deadline if they have been selected for the live auditions.

All works must be memorized regardless of genre

Ineligible Works (updated 4/6/2011)

VIOLIN

Bruch: Concerto no. 1

Ligeti: Concerto

Part: Fratres

Prokofiev: Concerto no. 2

Tchaikovsky: Waltz-Scherzo (There is a mistake on the application, the concerto IS eligible this year.)

FLUTE

Mozart: Concerto in D (Please note that the application says G, this is a mistake, the concerto in G IS eligible this year).

TRUMPET

Aratunian: Concerto

PIANO

Beethoven: Concerto no. 1

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 2

2011-2012 Winners Announced

Congratulations to YMF’s 2011-2012 National Debut Concerto Competition winners.

Grand Prize:	Gabriel Campos, clarinet
First Prize:	Yoshika Masuda, cello
Special Recognition:	Vijay Venkatesh, piano
Discovery Prize:	Leah Hansen, cello

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