APPLICATION - Costs and Services

The registration fee per group and category is € 250.-. This amount is due on registration and is non-refundable.

The participating group will subsequently be presented with a package fee, which includes all services as shown below. For payment of the package fee until the 31st of October an early bird fee applies. The total early bird package fee contains a reduction of € 30.- per participant.

Please note that due to organizational reasons the participants are required to cooperate with the authorised festival travel partner.

The package fee includes the following services:

• Travel, board and lodging for the 4 days of the festival

• Organization costs for the following festival services, that are not subsidized by public or private sponsors:

  • Opening ceremony in St. Stephen’s Cathedral
  • Two workshops at the University of Music and one additional lecture
  • Two additional concerts in and around Vienna
  • Competition only: one performance before the jury in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein or in the Great Hall of the Konzerthaus and possibly (the best groups only as selected by the jury) a performance during the Gala Winners’ concert in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein or in the Great Hall of the Konzerthaus
  • Celebration only: one performance in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein or in the Great Hall of the Konzerthaus
  • Closing ceremony in the Town Hall by invitation of the Lord Mayor of Vienna
  • Diplomas for every participant for the workshops attended at the University of Music
  • Online presentation of the biography of the group and the exact Festival program

  • Printed Festival program for every participant and conductor
  • Participation certificates for every group and every participant