World Classical Music Awards

An online, video-only competition open to instrumentalists, singers and conductors of any age — you film a performance, upload the link, and a season's results are published a few weeks after the deadline. There is no travel and no live round.

The category system is the substance here. Nine age divisions run from six years old to 26-plus, with video length capped at five minutes for ages 6–11, ten minutes for 12–17 and fifteen minutes for 18 and over; repertoire is free within those limits. Alongside the age divisions sit period categories — Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern — and specialist ones for chamber music, composition, conducting, opera and musicals, etudes, concertos, choir and ensemble, national music, film and game music, music video, arrangement and full CD album. Most take a single piece or movement up to fifteen minutes. You may enter several categories at once if your repertoire allows.

This is pay-to-enter, and the fee scales: £65 for one category, £120 for two, £170 for three, £220 for four. You submit a video link and, optionally, a photo for publication if you place.

Be clear-eyed about what is not published. The application and category pages state no prize — cash, certificate, concert or otherwise — and set out no judging criteria. What the pages promise concretely is entry, results and possible publication of your photo. Season 4 of 2026 closes 21 November, with results on 11 December.