The World Federation of International Music Competitions (WFIMC) is an organization based in Geneva, Switzerland that maintains a network of the internationally recognized organisations that aim to discover the most promising young talents in classical music through public competition.[1] It was founded in 1957, and now 120 of the world's leading music competitions are members of the federation.
ARD International Music Competition, Munich
Budapest International Music Competition, (Cello, Conducting & Piano) Franz Liszt International Piano Competition, Budapest
Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition, Bolzano
Frédéric Chopin International Piano Competition, Warsaw
Geneva International Music Competition, Geneva Gian Battista Viotti International Music Competition, Vercelli Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition, Poznań
Marguerite Long – Jacques Thibaud International Piano and Violin Competition, Paris Niccolò Paganini International Violin Competition, Genoa
Prague Spring International Music Festival
Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition, Brussels[2]
Maria Canals International Piano Competition, Barcelona Besançon International Competition for Young Conductors
International Beethoven Piano Competition Vienna International singing competition of Toulouse Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia International Composition Competition, Rome Johann Sebastian Bach International Music Competition, Leipzig
Leeds International Piano Competition
Jean Sibelius International Violin Competition, Helsinki Grand Prix de Chartres Alessandro Casagrande International Piano Competition, Terni
Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, Tel Aviv
Grand Prix Maria Callas, Athens Alberto Curci International Violin Competition, Naples Clara Haskil International Piano Competition, Vevey Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition, Santander Sion International Violin Competition Tibor Varga International Violin Competition, Martigny Verdian Voices International Singing Competition, Busseto
Sydney International Piano Competition
Vaclav Huml International Violin Competition, Zagreb Fritz Kreisler International Violin Competition, Vienna Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors, Katowice London String Quartet Competition Ludwig Spohr International Violin Competition, Freiburg
William Kapell International Piano Competition, College Park Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition
Carl Nielsen International Music Competition (violin, organ, flute, clarinet), Odense Cleveland International Piano Competition
Dr. Luis Sigall International Music Competition (piano, violin, cello, guitar, singing), Viña del Mar Michele Pittaluga International Classical Guitar Competition, Alessandria Verviers International Singing Competition Francisco Viñas International Singing Competition, Barcelona Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, Salt Lake City
Banff International String Quartet Competition, Banff, Alberta International Violin Competition of Indianapolis Vittorio Gui International Chamber Music Competition, Florence Arturo Toscanini – Goffredo Petrassi International Conducting and Composition Competition, Parma Francisco Tárrega International Guitar Competition, Benicàssim Géza Anda International Piano Competition, Zürich 
Kobe International Flute Competition Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition[5] Helsinki Pilar Bayona International Piano Competition, Zaragoza (disbanded after the 2001 edition) Bilbao International Singing Competition Cologne International Music Competition (violin, piano, singing)
Dublin International Piano Competition Franz Schubert and Modern Music International Music Competition, Graz[6] Trapani International Chamber Music Competition USA International Harp Competition, Bloomington Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart International Music Competition, Salzburg Paolo Borciani International String Quartet Competition, Reggio Emilia 
UNISA International Music Competition, Pretoria
Cidade do Porto International Piano Competition
International Franz Liszt Piano Competition, Utrecht Odense International Organ Competition Antonio Pedretti International Conducting Competition, Trento José Iturbi International Piano Competition, Valencia Leopold Mozart International Violin Competition, Augsburg Markneukirchen International Instrumental Competition
Queen Sonja International Music Competition, Oslo
Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis International Piano and Organ Competition, Vilnius Scottish International Piano Competition, Glasgow Calgary International Organ Competition Dos Hermanas International Clarinet Competition Julián Gayarre – Pablo Sarasate International Singing and Violin Competition, Pamplona Provincia di Caltanissetta International Chamber Music Competition International Joseph Joachim Violin Competition, Hannover[7] Città di Porcia International Music Competition (brass instruments) "Ciutat de Tarragona" International Award for Musical Composition Franz Schubert International Piano Competition, Dortmund Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition
Jan Nepomuk Hummel International Piano Competition, Bratislava Marseille International Opera Competition Murray Dranoff International Two Piano Competition, Miami Orléans International Piano Competition Osaka International Chamber Music Competition Honens International Piano Competition, Calgary Hamamatsu International Piano Competition Trio di Trieste International Chamber Music Competition Ville de Paris International Music Competition Witold Lutoslawski International Cello Competition, Warsaw Alexander Girardi International Singing Competition, Coburg
Luxembourg International Percussion Competition
George Enescu International Piano Competition, Bucharest London International Piano Competition
Tbilisi International Piano Competition Musashino-Tokyo International Organ Competition Mt. Fuji International Opera Competition of Shizuoka, Hamamatsu Cadaqués Orchestra International Conducting Competition
International Competition for Young Pianists in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz, Kyiv Montreal International Musical Competition (piano, violin, singing) Premio Jaén International Piano Competition
Michael Hill International Violin Competition, Auckland[8] Città di Brescia International Violin Competition Sendai International Music Competition (violin, piano) Weimar International Music Competition (Franz Liszt – piano, Joseph Joachim – chamber music) Lyon International Chamber Music Competition Pablo Casals International Cello Competitionm Kronberg Saint-Maurice International Organ Competition
China International Piano Competition, Xiamen EPTA – Svetislav Stančić International Piano Competition, Zagreb TROMP International Music Competition, Eindhoven Max Rostal International Viola and Violin Competition, Berlin
Swedish International Duo Competition, Katrineholm China International Singing Competition, Ningbo China International Violin Competition, Qingdao Maj Lind International Piano Competition, Helsinki Rina Sala Gallo International Piano Competition, Monza Telekom – Ludwig van Beethoven International Piano Competition, Bonn Wilhelm Stenhammar International Music Competition (for singers), Norrköping Paderewski International Piano Competition, Bydgoszcz[9] Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition, Dublin The Aeolus International Competition for Wind Instruments, Düsseldorf International Oboe Competition of Japan, Karuizawa International Chamber Music Competition "Città di Pinerolo", Pinerolo
BNDES International Piano Competition, Rio de Janeiro International Competition of Young Conductors Lovro von Matačić, Zagreb International Violin Competition Henri Marteau, Lichtenberg and Hof[12] International Grand Prix of Romania ”Trophaeum Artis Cantorum”, Bucharest
Hong Kong International Piano Competition, Hong Kong[20] International Edvard Grieg Piano Competition, Bergen[24] Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition, Kennett Square[27] Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition, Bamberg[30] International Luciano Berio Composition Competition, Rome Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition, Shanghai
Singapore International Violin Competition,[33] Singapore Éva Marton International Singing Competition, Budapest International Stanisław Moniuszko Vocal Competition (Międzynarodowy Konkurs Wokalny im. Stanisława Moniuszki), Warsaw The Girolamo Fantini Intertnational Trumpet Competition, Rome Debut International Classical Singing Competition,[34] Weikersheim DHF World Harp Competition, Utrecht The Azrelli Music Prizes, Toronto Santa Cecilia Piano Competition, Porto Concurso Internacional de Piano Compositores de España (CIPCE), Las Rozas de Madrid International Ettore Pozzoli Piano Competition, Seregno[35] Odesa International Violin Competition,[36] Odesa Ipea International Percussion Competition, Shanghai Olga Kern International Piano Competition,[37] Albuquerque International Conducting Competition Rotterdam,[38] Rotterdam Bartók World Competition,[39] Budapest Lithuanian International Professional Music Competitions,[40] Vilnius Ilmari Hannikainen Piano Chamber Music Competition;[41] Jyväskylä, Finland
Aram Khachaturian International Competition,