Online Preliminary Round (All Categories)

May 15 – June 20 (June 27 for the Artist Award Category)

- Collect contestants' competition videos

June 21 – June 30

- Edit contestants' videos

- Schedule online public screening times for each category

- Appoint and set up the jury panels for each category

July 1

- Announcement of preliminary round results

Offline Finals (Solo and Ensemble Categories) 

(Only qualified finalists will receive an invitation to the finals)

August 7 – August 10

Venue: Lee Foundation Theatre, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), Singapore

Online Finals (Artist Award Category) 

(Only qualified finalists will receive an invitation to the finals)

July 2 – August 2

- Collect finalists' competition videos

August 10

- Announce final results

(The First Prize winner will be invited to hold a Solo Recital at the Lee Foundation Theatre, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) in Singapore, at a later date)

The Nanyang International Music Competition welcomes professional musicians and music enthusiasts from around the world to participate.

Participants are not allowed to participate in more than one category, but can participate in the ensemble and orchestra professional category or the ensemble and orchestra non-professional category at the same time.

Participants will receive an electronic certificate. Participants who win the Gold with Distinction Award in the solo categories will be invited to participate in the offline finals at the Lee Foundation Theatre of the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore (transportation and accommodation not provided).

The professional category is open to participants who have graduated from a music conservatory or are currently studying music-related majors, while the non-professional category is for music enthusiasts who have not received formal training from music institutions. Participants can freely choose which category to enter based on their circumstances, and the category they competed in will be noted on their award certificate. There is no limit on the number of gold awards given in the non-professional category; as long as a participant scores 85 or above, they will receive a gold award, regardless of other participants' scores.

All participants must submit a video. Please refer to the video recording requirements under "Rules".

The video must be submitted before the registration deadline of July 5, 2024 (23:59).

Participants will be guided through the video submission process as part of the application procedure.  

No. The participating video must be captured in one take and not be edited.

Yes, teacher of participants who have been awarded the Gold with Distinction, Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards will receive an “Excellent Teacher Award” certificate. Names of teachers must be provided during registration.  

The competition organising committee will invite notable music professors and artists specialising in Chinese music from Singapore, China, Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR, and Chinese Taiwan to serve as judges. 

 11 Music Conservatories (In no particular order):

- Central Conservatory of Music

- Shanghai Conservatory of Music

- China Conservatory of Music

- Tianjin Conservatory of Music

- Xi'an Conservatory of Music

- Xinghai Conservatory of Music

- Shenyang Conservatory of Music

- Wuhan Conservatory of Music

- Sichuan Conservatory of Music

- Zhejiang Conservatory of Music

- Harbin Conservatory of Music

The registration process is as follows:

1. Register an account

2. Select the competition category, click "Register Now"

3. Fill in your personal basic information, fields marked with an asterisk (*) are required

4. Scan the payment QR code and upload a screenshot as proof of payment

5. Click "Submit"

6. Within 2-8 hours, the "Status" will change to show "Pending Video Upload", you can upload when the status is changed

7. Click "Upload Video", fill in the competition piece information and upload the score (the video must follow the rules, the score file should be named)

8. Click "Submit"