Entries.Blind rounds.A result that holds.
Music, concerto, and young-artist competitions — post free, take applications with media and repertoire, then run the rounds: blind jury scoring, rankings, advancement, published results — and sell tickets to the finals on the same platform.
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Competitions covered
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Live competition listings
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This is the actual product
The competition office, on one screen.
Every screenshot below is a real Cadenza competition workspace — divisions, the prize schedule, and blind adjudication. Not a mockup.
The prize schedule
Prizes recorded like a jury would demand.
First through third, the audience award, and the special prizes — each with rank, value, split rules, and whether the jury may withhold it.
- Cash values and split-allowed rules per prize
- Special and audience awards alongside the mains
- Tied to the edition, so history stays intact
Blind adjudication
Rounds a laureate can trust.
Jurors score by number against weighted criteria; identity is stripped server-side. Advancement carries winners forward round by round with a full audit trail.
- Blind by audition number, enforced at the API
- Weighted criteria and multi-round advancement
- A recorded, re-verifiable performance-order draw
Results
Rankings with the arithmetic shown.
The final leaderboard aggregates every juror’s weighted marks by audition number — and exports for the archive, the press release, and the laureates’ files.
- Weighted aggregate with per-criterion detail
- Unscored entrants listed, never silently dropped
- CSV and PDF for the record
Run your next edition on this.
Post the competition free; pay as you go for the single cycle when entries open.
Post what you’re actually running.
Pick one, write it in a minute (or reply “draft for me”), and it’s live free.
International Competition
Prescreen, rounds, and a jury panel
Post thisConcerto Competition
Solo winners with the orchestra
Post thisYoung-Artist Competition
An emerging-artist division
Post thisInstrumental / Vocal Division
Piano, strings, voice, winds, brass
Post thisChamber-Ensemble Competition
Groups audition and advance together
Post thisConducting Competition
Rounds with a working orchestra
Post thisComposition Competition
Score submissions and blind review
Post thisRegional / Youth Competition
Divisions by age and level
Post thisOpen across the field
156 open in Competitions
Olga Kern International Piano Competition
Olga Kern International Piano Competition
Albuquerque
ViewWeimar International Music Competitions
Weimar International Music CompetitionsIndexed
Weimar
ViewBanff International String Quartet Competition
Banff International String Quartet Competition
Banff
ViewRobert Schumann International Competition
Robert Schumann International CompetitionIndexed
Zwickau
ViewThe Gurwitz International Piano Competition
The Gurwitz International Piano CompetitionIndexed
San Antonio
ViewInternational Telekom Beethoven Competition
International Telekom Beethoven CompetitionIndexed
Bonn
ViewListings tagged Indexed are aggregated from public sources — not Cadenza customers.
Run the jury — not just collect the forms.
Acceptd and Google Forms collect applications and stop. Cadenza runs the rounds to the result.
An illustration of the jury panel — anonymous competitor numbers, scored on the work, not the name.
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Take the application
A branded form with audio/video, repertoire, and references — collected and prescreened in one place.
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Run the rounds
Blind scoring from anywhere, rounds and advancement, rankings, and an auditable trail — semifinals to finals.
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Publish the result
A ranked result, prize decisions, and competitor emails — straight from the dashboard.
The difference
The application platforms collect the forms. Cadenza runs the jury and the competition.
The full cycle runs on Admissions Pro at $12,000/yr — selected competitions may qualify for a private implementation pilot before the year.
See Audition OSThe competitors are already searching.
Cadenza is free for musicians, so students and emerging artists browse competitions by instrument, deadline, and discipline. Post your competition and it surfaces to the ones who fit.
Built for the way a competition actually runs.
Applications open
Post the competition free and take media, repertoire, and references in one place — not across email and Google Forms. A branded form does the intake and shortlisting.
Post a competition — freeRounds & jury scoring
Prescreen, semifinals, finals — run the jury panel with blind scoring, rankings, and advancement on one screen, with an auditable trail instead of a spreadsheet.
Run a jury roundFinal round & results
Publish rankings and prize decisions, then sell audience tickets to the finals on one ledger, with comps and a patron CRM for donors.
See ticketingFor every kind of competition — tuned to how you run it.
International & regional competitions
Strongest fitOpen applications, media and repertoire, blind jury rounds, rankings, advancement, and published results — then sell finals tickets.
Concerto & young-artist competitions
Strongest fitPrescreen and live rounds with a jury panel, scoring, advancement, and a defensible result for the soloist prize.
Composition & conducting competitions
Score submissions or podium rounds with anonymous review and a committee — the whole cycle to the decision.
Chamber & ensemble competitions
Group intake, references, and a panel review committee without a five-figure license.
They collect forms. Cadenza runs the jury and the competition.
Acceptd & SlideRoom are great at collecting applications. Cadenza adds the jury, the rounds, and the box office.
From sign-up to open applications, in minutes.
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Post your competition — free
Music, concerto, young-artist, or composition. Write it, or reply “draft for me”.
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Take applications
Branded form, audio/video, repertoire, and references in one place.
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Jury, rank, sell
Score the rounds blind, advance and rank, publish results — then sell tickets to the finals.
Start free. Pay only when it pays off.
No setup fee, no contract, no auto-renewal — every plan is a fixed one-year term you actively choose to renew.
Free
$0 forever
Claimed festival profile, free program posting, and public discovery.
Post a competition — freeFestival Admissions Pro
$12,000 / yr
The full admissions OS: multi-program applications, media, recommendations, prescreening, jury scoring, decisions, automated reminders, exports, and guided onboarding.
Book a demoPrivate pilot
Custom founding festivals
Selected founding festivals can run a private implementation pilot configured to their real season — any setup fee applies toward the annual plan.
Talk to us$12,000/yr Festival Admissions Pro runs the full season; selected founding festivals can arrange a private implementation pilot.
Also: free festival profile and program posting · ticketing & donations $0 setup, 7% + $0.99 per order · enterprise rollout available by quote.
Frequently asked questions
- Is it really free to post?
- Yes. A claimed competition profile, your calendar, and your first competition posting are free — no card required. Paid plans add the full blind-jury Audition OS, ticketing analytics, and the patron CRM.
- Can we take applications AND run the jury on one platform?
- Yes — that’s the point. Take applications with a branded form, audio/video, and repertoire, then run the jury panel with blind scoring from anywhere, rounds and advancement, rankings, and results — all the way to the prize, with an auditable trail.
- We run one competition cycle a year — what’s the cheapest way?
- Admissions Pro at $12,000/yr runs the full cycle — applications, media, recommendations, prescreening, blind scoring, rounds, rankings, results, and export. Selected competitions may qualify for a private implementation pilot to configure their real workflow first, with any setup fee credited toward the annual plan.
- How is this different from Acceptd or SlideRoom?
- Those collect applications and stop. Cadenza runs the whole cycle — blind jury scoring, rounds, rankings, advancement, and published results — and also sells your finals tickets and keeps your donors in a patron CRM. One platform, not three.
- What does ticketing cost?
- Ticketing is $0 to set up — just 7% + $0.99 per order (5% + $0.99 for paid subscribers), added on top and paid by the buyer. You keep 100% of the face price you set.
- Do we have to sign a contract?
- No. Every paid plan is a fixed one-year term billed once, with renewal reminders before it ends so you decide whether to continue. Nothing auto-renews — when the term is up you choose whether to buy another year, and access continues through the period you already paid for.
Open applications today. Jury fairly this cycle.
Post your competition free — then run the blind jury rounds and sell tickets to the finals when you’re ready. No contract, no card to start.