Application:
The 75th Gian Battista Viotti International Music Competition 2025 is open to singers of all nationalities who were born after 18 October 1992.
The application form completed in all its parts must be sent no later than July 13, 2025.
How to apply
Candidates can apply for the Viotti Competition by application online. They only need to register to the Viotti Music Competition website and they will receive an email confirming the successful registration and containing a link to their personal page. Here the candidates can fill in the application form and attach documents and files.
Materials required
The application must be sent together with:
1. The application form filled in all its parts and signed by the candidate.
2. A copy of the applicant’s passport or equivalent document that contains their name, nationality and birthday. Upload formats: .jpeg or .pdf.
3. A curriculum vitae written in Italian or English in discursive form (max. 800 characters; please do not use accented letters in the online data field) containing details of musical and artistic education, performances and prizes won at other Competitions.
4. One or more recent artistic photographs free of copyright. Upload formats .jpeg files 300 dpi, longest side 10 cm.
5. The musical program for the competition including: author, title of the Aria, Opera, act;.
6. The digital recording for the preliminary selection;
7. The entrance fee *.
The entrance fee for the Competition, amounting to EUR 120, must be paid by bank transfer (all bank charges shall be borne by the applicant) to:
SOCIETÀ DEL QUARTETTO
Bank: Banca di Asti (Agenzia 1 di Vercelli)
Piazza Zumaglini, 16 – 13100 VERCELLI (Italia)
IBAN: IT03T0608510009000010500915
BIC (SWIFT code): CASRIT22
NB: in the case of bank transfer from abroad please indicate the BIC code together with the IBAN code.
* The applicants shall send to the Competition’s Office a copy of the proof of payment of the application fee. Failure to enclose such a receipt will invalidate the application. Under no circumstances will entrance fee be refunded.
Those candidates whose application form is incomplete and whose entrance fee is unpaid within the set time limit should not be allowed to compete.
Awards:
1st Prize – € 10.000
2nd Prize – € 6.000
3rd Prize – € 4.000
Repertoire:
First round with piano (maximum duration 12 minutes)
Candidates will perform a program of two opera arias of their choice from the six presented.
Semifinal with piano (minimum duration 10 minutes – maximum 15 minutes)
A recital program of the candidate’s choice consisting of pieces other than those performed in the first round.
The recital program must not contain more than two pieces by the same author. At least one of the pieces must be an Opera Aria.
Each candidate shall choose the order of performance of his/her program.
Final with orchestra
The candidate will sing a program of two opera arias chosen by the jury from among those presented.
The submitted program may be modified on the page of the online application form no later than 10 September 2025. The Competition Secretariat, if necessary, may ask candidates for a copy of the score of some of the proposed music.
More information: https://www.concorsoviotti.it/en/about_us_home/