- The Queen Elisabeth Concours in Brussels, Belgium - a competition for classical music performers.
- Tchaikovsky International Competition
- The Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, held by the Van Cliburn Foundation. Van Cliburn himself was a winner of the Tchaikovsky.
- Guido Cantelli conducting competition (see winner Eliahu Inbal).
- Bartok-Kabalevsky-Prokofieff Piano Competition
- Kingsville International Piano Concerto Competition
- CyberSing 2004: international web-based art song competition: http://www.lottelehmann.org/cybersing2004/
- BBC Singer of the World Competition http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/singeroftheworld03/