Entries.Blind rounds.A result that holds.
Music, concerto, and young-artist competitions — your first posting links to your own entry form for free. Competition OS adds hosted entry forms with media and repertoire, blind jury rounds, rankings, advancement, published results, and finals ticketing.
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Competitions covered
67
Live competition listings
31
Countries
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This is the actual product
The competition office, on one screen.
Real Cadenza workspaces — competition divisions and prize schedules, plus the shared blind jury and results screens. 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 your first competition free with your own entry link; choose Competition OS for hosted entry forms and jury rounds.
Post what you’re actually running.
Pick one, write it in a minute (or let Cadenza draft it), and your first posting is 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
67 open in Competitions
Japan Jazz Pop Piano Competition 2027 – International Jazz & Pop Piano Competition
Japan Jazz Pop Piano Competition
Tokyo 🇯🇵
ViewOlga Kern International Piano Competition
Olga Kern International Piano Competition
Albuquerque
ViewBanff International String Quartet Competition
Banff International String Quartet Competition
Banff
ViewTrondheim International Chamber Music Competition
Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition
Trondheim
ViewLeeds International Piano Competition
Leeds International Piano Competition
Leeds
ViewCleveland International Piano Competition
Cleveland International Piano Competition
Cleveland
ViewRun 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 entries
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 Competition OS at $12,000/yr. Selected competitions may qualify for a private implementation pilot before the year.
Get Competition 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.
Entries open
Post your first competition free with a link to your own entry form. Competition OS adds a branded entry form for media, repertoire, references, and shortlisting.
Post your first 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 with Competition OS. Your first posting with your own entry link is free.
They collect forms. Cadenza runs the jury and the competition.
Acceptd & SlideRoom stop at collecting applications. Cadenza adds the jury, the rounds, and the box office.
From sign-up to open entries, in minutes.
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Post your competition — free
Music, concerto, young-artist, or composition. Write it, or let Cadenza draft it.
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Take entries
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
Your first competition posting links to your own entry form and appears in public discovery.
Post a competition — freeCompetition OS
$12,000 / yr
Hosted applications with media and repertoire, blind jury rounds, rankings, advancement, published results, and finals ticketing.
Get Competition OSPrivate pilot
Custom selected competitions
Selected competitions can arrange a private implementation pilot before their application season.
Talk to us$12,000/yr Competition OS runs the full cycle; selected competitions can arrange a private implementation pilot.
First competition posting free with your own entry link · Competition OS adds hosted applications and jury operations · ticketing & donations $0 setup, tickets 7% + $0.99 per order, donations 5% of each gift.
Frequently asked questions
- Is it really free to post?
- Yes. A claimed competition profile, your calendar, and your first competition posting with a link to your own entry form are free — no card required. Competition OS adds hosted applications, blind jury rounds, 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?
- Competition OS ($12,000/yr) runs the full cycle — applications, media, recommendations, prescreening, blind scoring, rounds, rankings, results, and export.
- 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 entries today. Jury fairly this cycle.
Post your competition free with your own entry link. Add Competition OS when you’re ready for hosted entry forms, blind jury rounds, and finals ticketing. No card to start.