There is a fairly long tradition of young musicians taking the stage with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and making their debut in the role of soloist or singer with the orchestra The competition now takes place for the twentieth time and the application deadline is up to and including 15 October 2024.
The competition takes place in two rounds and is open to students aged 30 and under who study instrumentation or singing at an independent school level and are Icelandic citizens or foreign nationals who have lived in Iceland for at least one year. In the first round, participants are evaluated according to the video recordings submitted and subsequently 8-10 competitors are invited to the second round where the participants perform a solo for the jury.
All applicants are asked to familiarize themselves with it competition rules a well-but-electronic application form can be accessed below The competition's contact person is the project manager of the department of music of LHÍ Sunna Rán Stefánsdóttir (sunnaran@lhi.is).