Rules & Regulations - Premier Music International Competition - PMIC

Premier Music International Competition welcomes applications from all over the world to participate in our online competition.

Competition categories are: Instrument / Voice Solo or Chamber Music / Band or Songwriting

The applicants for Solo category will be competing in the appropriate age group(s) and in the appropriate instrument groups:

(strings/plucked/percussion/brass/woodwind/piano/voice) and genres (classsical or jazz)

or depending on experience and genre for Chamber music/band applicants.

There is no age limit imposed.

+ to perform Western culture music - classical, pop/rock, jazz

+ Only non-professionals are allowed to apply.

Professional musicians are not allowed to enter including music higher education students, including those who are currently undergoing Non-degree, Bachelors, Masters, PhD or equivalent diploma studies! In cases such as these, please visit our sibling site PMIC Pro for entering the competition!

+ songwriters should submit one recent work - composed in 2022 or later.

Applicants will be judged based on age and experience (duration of study of their instrument/voice) their instrument category and genre.

Premier Music International Competition can only accept one application per instrument.

Applicants are required to submit a second application should they wish to play more than one piece of music (same instrument) or to compete in another instrument category.

Applicants who fail to submit their video(s) before the video submission deadline (15 May 2024) will be disqualified.

Classical, Jazz, Pop/Rock,

Instruments: strings (violin, viola, cello, double bass), piano, harp, guitar  (accoustic, electric, bass), ukulele, percussion (both melodic, such as marimba, vibraphone, xylophone, timpani and rhythmic; drum kit/set, snare drum, etc.), woodwinds (recorder, flute, oboe, saxophone, clarinet, cor anglais), brass (trumpet, French horn, trombone).

If your instrument is not listed above then please contact us.

Repertoire requirement: One piece of music/song that is reflective of the applicant's current level of performance in any style of music.

Applicants are required to submit a public or unlisted link of a YouTube or Vimeo video recording of their performance.

One piece of music per application is allowed - minimum duration of 60 seconds and maximum duration of 10 minutes.

Incomplete applications or those not including the required documents will not be taken into consideration.

Music Scores (optional): Participants may submit electronic copies of their scores along with their application. Please do not send any sheet music through post.

Sheet music/scores are not mandatory.  

Memorization (optional): Playing by heart is not mandatory although our jury generally favours performances that are memorized.

The jury's decision is completely independent, impartial, strives to be fair and will be final.

The jury will provide all applicants with detailed feedback of their performance along with marking criterias.

The judges' students cannot take part in the competition!

The jury will distinguish performances separately in the 3 different genres (classical, jazz, pop/rock,) and separate them according to age categories.

The jury will also consider the duration of study of each applicant on their instrument/voice.

Junior 1.:  6 years old (or younger) - 8 years old

Junior 2:  9 years old - 11 years old

Young 1:  12 years old - 14 years old

Young 2:  15 years old - 17 years old

Adult: 18 years old and older applicants

Age categories are to be understood that the applicant reached their birthday until 15. May. 2024.

The jury will distinguish performances separately in the 3 different genres (classical, jazz, pop/rock) and they will distinguish according to the experience of the applicant playing music and performing music with each other.

Chamber music/band applications are welcome in all sorts of chamber music formations (duo, trio, quartett, band, etc.) with maximum five participating members.

An unedited video of the performance has to be forwarded to PMIC as a Youtube or Vimeo unlisted or public link. Failure to provide a working link will lead to disqualification.

Videos edited (cut, or manipulated) to alter the performance will not be accepted and will lead to disqualification.

The applicant has to announce their name(s) and the title/composer of the piece at the beginning of the video.

Please make sure that the video is set to 'Public' or 'Unlisted' on Youtube or Vimeo. Private links on Youtube will not be accepted.

It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that the video link is in a working condition. Submission of unopenable links will be disqualified.

Professional quality recording is not mandatory, however, the sound must be clearly audible.

* Each participant will receive a digital certificate and written feedback of their performance.

All certificates will be sent via email to the registered email address.

* There will be winners in each category and they will receive a special certificate of recognition.

* As mentioned, there will be prizes including Gold, Silver, Bronze and special prizes in each category.

There might also be one or more overall winner(s) who will be awarded the main 'PMIC Platinum' place.

* A few selected winners will be chosen for whom free audio mixing/mastering will be provided courtesy of dBmastering, and the songs can even be published on streaming platforms.

* Recognition of Teacher/Tutor/Institution certificates may be received if there is a request.

* In addition, the winners of the competition will have their videos highlighted on our social media channels and website.

You are required to pay in full the fee of the PMIC competition before filling out the application form.

Please note down the order/transcation number of your payment as you will have to provide us with the number when filling out the application form.

Your payment will be completed and processed by PayPal.