We will open for applications on 1 June 2024

The information below provides an outline of the competition arrangements but competitors should carefully consider the Rules for full details of all entry criteria and conditions of the competition. 

Prizes

The winner of the competition will: receive a cash prize of £1000; have the opportunity to perform a second concerto with the SSO at one of their scheduled concerts in the following season; receive the SIYMC 2021 trophy.

The two runners-up in the Final receive £300 each 

Eligibility

The Competition is open to musicians born between 29 March 2000 and 29 March 2008 who have attained a standard at least equivalent to Grade 8 ABRSM. Please see the Entry Conditions section of the Rules for full details.

Eligible instruments

Piano
Violin
Viola
Cello
Double Bass
Flute
Oboe
Clarinet
Saxophone
Bassoon
Horn
Trumpet
Trombone
Tuba  

Entry recordings

Initial selection will be made from a video recording of candidates’ audition piece(s). Your performance should have been recorded after 1 March 2024 and last no more than 12 minutes from first note to last, inclusive of all tuning or other breaks. You have a free choice to play whatever you think best showcases your talents. You may play from memory or music. Variety in the chosen repertoire is recommended. Performances of each distinct piece must be recorded in one take from a single static camera position with no cuts or edits. They may be solo or accompanied.   Those with the necessary skills may record their own accompaniment on split screen video or audio only.

There is a £50 entry fee which is non-refundable save in limited circumstances (see Rules).

Music choices

You have a free choice in the first two rounds.  In the Final  we will consider other requests but you can be required to play one of the works listed on the approved list appended to the rules and listed here; competitors should only enter if prepared do so.

Your concerto choices

Grieg

Tchaikovsky

Beethoven 3 

VIOLIN:  Brahms; Tchaikovsky; Mozart 5 K.219

VIOLA:  Walton;  Stamitz concerto in D;   Bartok 

CELLO:  Dvorak;  Elgar;  Schumann

DOUBLE BASS:  Dittersdorf 2;  Vanhal;  Koussevitzky

FLUTE:  Mozart K.313;  Ibert;  Khachaturian 

OBOE: Strauss;  Mozart K.314;  Martinu

CLARINET:Mozart K.622;  Finzi;  Weber 1 

SAXOPHONE:    Glazunov;  Richard Rodney Bennett concerto for Stan Getz;  Nyman ‘Where the Bee Dances’

BASSOON:  Mozart K.191;  Weber;  Hummel 

HORN:  Mozart 3 K.447;  Mozart 4 K.495; Strauss 1  

TRUMPET:  Haydn;  Arutiunian;  Hummel 

TROMBONE:  Rimsky-Korsakov;  Grondahl;  Ferdinand David Concertino

TUBA:  Vaughan Williams;  Gregson;  Arutiunian 

The finals venue

The Rules in full

Please make sure you check the rules and entry conditions carefully

Rules