Announcement of Boston International Music Competition 2025
The 2025 Boston International Music Competition (BIMC) is recruiting young music talents from around the world. This wonderful music event was founded and organized by several professors from WeStar Academy of Music, Berklee College of Music, New England Conservatory of Music, and Harvard University. BIMC has attracted about 700 music talents of ages 5 to 30 from over 15 countries in the last two years and covered four categories of Voice, Piano, Strings and Other Instruments. BIMC will continue to offer a competition prize budget up to US$20,000, thanks to the WeStar Music Education Foundation. Adult contestants aged 19 to 30 are divided into music-major groups and non-music-major groups. The judges of the competition are composed of world-renowned professors from top music schools and famous musicians. We currently have 22 judges this year.

BIMC is not only an international music competition but also provides a stage for teenagers and young musicians to showcase their talents. The BIMC final competition will be held live in Boston on July 19th, 2025, followed by the winners' concert, awards ceremony, and various masterclasses. This will be a wonderful music festival for young musicians to be together to celebrate their passion and love in music in Boston, a famous cultural and artistic city! The mission of the Boston International Music Competition is to promote the beauty of music, to recruit outstanding musical talents, and to encourage young people to love music and benefit their academic development. We also hope to promote cultural exchange and understanding between different countries and regions.

Whether you are a lover of classical music or an explorer of modern music, you are welcome to participate.

Competition Information
• Preliminary and semi-final: online competition
• Final: online or offline
• Important Dates:
o Preliminary registration deadline and video submission: March 16, 2025
o Semi-finalist announcement: April 7, 2025
o Semi-final registration deadline and video submission: April 27, 2025
o Finalist announcement: May 19, 2025
o Final competition date: July 19, 2025 (Boston)
o Winners Concert and Award Ceremony: July 20, 2025
o BIMC Reception and Celebration Dinner: July 20, 2025
o Multi-instrument music masterclasses: July 21, 2025
o Music School and Ivy League School Exploration Tours: July 22-23, 2025

Competition Categories
The Boston International Music Competition includes four major categories:
1. Vocal
2. Piano
3. Strings
4. Other-instrument category: brass instruments, flute, oboe, drum set, Chinese drum, jazz drum and other percussion instruments, guitar, saxophone, keyboard, marimba, harp, and oriental instruments such as guzheng, pipa, Chinese zither, Hulusi, erhu, etc.

Age categories: Participants should be between 5 and 30 years old as of March 16th, 2025
A - Primary school Group (5-10 years old)
B - Junior students Group (11-14 years old)
C - Senior students Gorup (15-18 years old)
D1 - Young Artists Group (19-30 years old): Non-music majors
D2 - Young Artists Group (19-30 years old): Music majors

Awards: BIMC is divided into 20 competition groups according to competition categories and ages, and each competition group selects the following awards
• Gold Award: $1000 for D2 music major group, $300 for other non-music major groups
• Total budget for competition prizes: $20,000
• Awards: Gold Award, Silver Award, Bronze Award, Best Stage Performance Award, Outstanding Achievement Award, Excellent Achievement Award, Honorable Award
• Music teachers or training institutions of gold, silver, bronze and the best stage performance award winners will receive certificates of excellent music education awards

Boston International Music Competition is actively recruiting worldwide
The Boston International Music Competition (BIMC) is a music event with the participation of music elites from more than 15 countries, providing a platform for young music talents to showcase their talents. Teenagers and young musicians from all over the world are welcome to participate, let's enjoy music and show our talents together! For more details, please visit www.BIMC.us