2025/2026 Competition
2023 BG
3000x2000 Flute 2
Welcome to the National Concerto Competition – New Zealand’s most distinguished classical competition for talented musicians aged 25 years and under. The Competition provides an opportunity to perform, a place to celebrate talent, and a platform to launch national and international careers. The Final of the 2025/2026 National Concerto Competition will be held in the Douglas Lilburn Auditorium, Christchurch Town Hall on Saturday 7th March 2026 at 7.00 p.m. The conductor will be James Judd.
58th National Concerto Competition
Presented by the National Concerto Competition Trust, the National Concerto Competition is held in Christchurch and caters to orchestral instruments and the piano in alternate years.

The National Concerto Competition provides finalists the opportunity to perform their chosen work in a public performance, accompanied by a symphony orchestra. It is a format that has been retained since the Competition’s beginning in 1967 and has provided the launch pad for numerous young Kiwis to establish national and international careers in performance music.