Recitals
Second round: Performance.
First and Second place winners may register for the Second round of competition to any of available recital venues, incl. Crescendo Competition TV channel
First place winners who achieved the top scores and demonstrated an exceptional achievements receive special invitation to participate in Gala Concert in Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall & Invitation to International Program
- Saturday, January 18, 2025, 1:00 pm at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall Register now
- Saturday, January 18, 2025, 7:30 pm at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall Register now
- Sunday, January 26, 2025, 1:00 pm at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall Register now
- Sunday, January 26, 2025, 7:30 pm at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall Register now
- Saturday, February 1, 2025, 1:00 pm at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall Register now
- Saturday, February 1, 2025, 7:30 pm at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall Register now
- Sunday, February 2, 2025, 1:00 pm at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall Register now
- Sunday, February 2, 2025, 7:30 pm at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall Register now
- Saturday, February 15, 2025, 1:00 pm at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall Register now
- Saturday, February 15, 2025, 7:30 pm at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall Register now
- Saturday, February 22, 2025, 1:00 pm at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall Register now
- Saturday, February 22, 2025, 7:30 pm at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall Register now
- Sunday, February 23, 2025, 1:00 pm at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall Register now
- Sunday, February 23, 2025, 7:30 pm at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall Register now
- Sunday, March 15, 2025, 3:00 pm at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall – Gala Concert (by special invitation for selected winners) Register now
- Saturday, March 30, 2025, 11:00 am Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center Register now
- Saturday, March 30, 2025, 3:00 pm Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center Register now
Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center,129 West 67th Street, New York, NY 10023, March 30, 2025.
Harvard University,John Knowles Paine Concert Hall at Harvard University, 3 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA USA. TBA
Rockport Performance Art Center,37 Main Street, Rockport, MA 01966. June 1, 2025 .
Harvard University,John Knowles Paine Concert Hall at Harvard University, 3 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA, TBA
Aga Khan Museum concert hall, 77 Wynford Drive, Toronto, Ontario M3C 1K1. June 8, 2025.
The German Society of Pennsylvania, 611 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, PA 19123, Saturday March 8, 2025. Registration deadline March 1, 2025.
Alger house of the War Memorial, Alger house of the War Memorial 32 Lake Shore Rd., Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236.TBA
Crescendo TV channel on-line recitals, Sunday, March 23, 2025. Deadline for registration is March 29, 2025.
Repertoire requirements
Contestants must select one composition from the following musical periods: Baroque, Classical, Romantic or Contemporary. Performance length is strictly limited to 6 minutes. For more information click here General Information
At the Second Round of competition participants are required to play the SAME piece that they performed earlier at the First round. Changing repertoire is not permitted.
Spaces are limited. A recital will be closed once capacity is reached.
- Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall (for selected students only):
- Rockport Music Performance Art Center
Recital Fees for Weill Recital and Zankel Halls at Carnegie Hall includes: venue, stage crew Carnegie Hall personnel labor, security, ushers, audio system, preparation and publishing of legal Playbill*, protocol, backstage crew, insurance, winner’s Certificate with holder.
Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center
A Solo recital fee is $215 USD; Duets, Trios and chamber groups $95 per artist.
Free admission.
For more information please contact Mr. Dizhou Zhao [email protected]
A Solo recital fee is $215 USD; Duets, trios and chamber groups $110 USD per artist.
Free admission.
- Crescendo TV channel
$150 per solo or ensemble
- The German Society of Pennsylvania
$195 for solo. $25 for each additional entry (e.q.duets, trios, chamber group). Recital Fee includes 4 complimentary tickets for family members.
For more information please contact Ms. Olga Bondarchuk-Huque [email protected]
How to submit payments
- To make payment via PayPal login in to your account and make payment to [email protected].
- Checks or money orders should be mailed to: Crescendo International Competitions, Inc., 9 North Main Street, Suite 4, Marlboro, New Jersey 07746.
How to get to Carnegie Hall?
1.“Practice, practice, practice”
2 Performing artists arrive 30-45 min prior to the curtain time for check-in at the backstage entrance located on 161 West 56th Street, New York, New York 10019. To minimize traffic at the backstage entrance, we kindly ask only one adult accompany young performers to security office.
3. Crescendo competition staff members escort artists to the back stage for brief practice at the backstage practice rooms.
4, Please be advised that …
Attention High School Students:
Crescendo Competitions is a non-profit non-commercial organization that operates exclusively for educational purposes.
Students who have participated in Crescendo International Competition for five (5) years may qualify for a Letter of Recommendation for College/ University.
Letters of Recommendation from Crescendo International Competition are accepted at all Colleges and Universities across the USA.