The 4th New Talent British International Youth Music Competition and Festival has received 406 entries from 28 countries!
The Prize List can be found here.
New Talent Interview Series is taking place right now and can be watched here.
Held ONLINE in light of the global Covid-19 development
The 5th New Talent British International Youth Music Competition and Festival will take place in the summer of 2022.
Strings | Piano | Voice | Woodwind and Brass | Speech
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Prizes include:
The Royal Academy of Music Prize (adjudicated by the Principal of the Royal Academy of Music – Professor Jonathan Freeman-Attwood)
Total £2100 cash prizes, 1-1 masterclasses and invitation to perform at Royal Academy of Music
What We Offer
The 4th New Talent British International Youth Music Competition is organised by Amy Yuan Academy in association with British Music Society. The Royal Academy of Music is an Official Partner Institution. This year’s competition will be held online due to the restrictions posted by the Covid-19 development.
The Competition aims to offer young people the opportunity to showcase their musical talents, a forum to exchange ideas with young musicians from other countries and cultures and to receive impartial feedback, encouragement and assessment of their performances by UK’s top music professors and educators.
In light of the global impact of Covid-19, we also hope that this competition will serve as a platform where people come together to celebrate their mutual love of music and feel supported and inspired that music will always bring light to our lives and lift us as we find our way through difficult times.
We offer New Talent Talks 2021 which is a series of talks hosted by members of our Jury Panel and other guest speakers. These talks are free of charge for participating Competition candidates and took place online during the week beginning 16th August 2021 and the rebroadcasts are still going on this week.
We are keeping the #NEWTALENTLIVECHATS running this year and adding #NEWTALENTTAKEOVER to the fun. It is a series of live interviews and Instagram takeovers, hosted by our previous competition award winners. They will be talking about/sharing the challenges and opportunities they faced for the past year, their dreams and hopes for the future as well as some practice and recording tips. These interviews and takeovers will be available on our media channels for everyone to watch and get involved with, without any obligation to enter for the Competition. Please click here for playback videos of the live chats! Please visit our Instagram for all of our social media interactions!
Who Can Take Part
We welcome entries from young musicians and actors of all levels and nationalities between the age of 4 to 30, who learn or play musical instruments, sing or act in an amateur, educational or professional capacity.