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  Taking Part

The Norman Cooper Chamber Music Competition


The Chamber Music Competition has been running since the Festival began. It is open to any chamber ensemble taking part in the Aberdeen International Youth Festival, as well as local young musicians who live or study in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire or Moray.

Past winners include:

Pure Brass (Sam McShane, Tom Poulson, Fraser Russell, Gordon Seith and Mandy Murphy)

Cuarteto Toldra (Alejandro Munoz, Manuel Jesus Cabrera,
Ana González, Carlos González)

The competition can take in all types of music, and was actually won by a Mandolin orchestra a couple of years ago. Past entrants have included the Toronto All Stars Steel Orchestra from Canada.

Monetary first prize


Click here to download the application form
(pdf)

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