Music promotion award „Goldene Note“

The IMF - International Music Foundation for Highly Gifted Children, founded by Leona König in 2016, supports the musical development of highly gifted children between the ages of 5 and 18. The Vienna-based association aims to make classical music accessible to a wider audience, especially the younger generation. The most talented young musicians in the categories of keyboard instruments, wind instruments as well as string and plucked instruments are sought for the annual "Goldene Note" music promotion prize.

The winners selected by a jury of experts will receive, among other things, a ‘Golden Note’ winner's trophy, a semester of study at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna (MUK), their own episode of the cultural programme ‘Stars & Talents by Leona König’, a performance at the Schubertiades at Atzenbrugg Castle in June or September 2025 and at the Bürgenstock chamber music festival in Switzerland on 6 or 7 June 2025 as well as free use of the famous concert hall at Palais Ehrbar, where classical greats such as Johannes Brahms, Anton Bruckner, Gustav Mahler and Arnold Schönberg have performed, for their own concert or recording.

The MUK is a cooperation partner of the "Goldenen Note".

In 2024, the "Goldene Note" will be awarded for the 8^th time.
Submissions can be sent to office@im-foundation.com by March 10, 2025.

Further information on the call for entries: audition-2025- International Music Association for Highly Gifted Children (im-foundation.com)