PRIZES 2023
MAIN CATEGORY
FIRST PRIZE
30.000 EUROS
25.000€ Prize Câmara Municipal do Porto [+]
Plus
5.000€ Prize Victor Macedo Pinto to support a CD recording with KNS Classical * [+]
Plus
Recital Casa da Música (Porto) – Portugal [+]
Recital Casa de Portugal André Gouveia (Paris) – France [+]
Recital “Hammerklavier concert series KNS Classical* (Barcelona) – Spain [+]
Recital “Festival da Primavera” 2024 (Viseu) – Portugal [+]
* The CD must include a piece by the Portuguese composer Victor Macedo Pinto [+]
SPECIAL PRIZES
International Agency Prize will be awarded to the laureates chosen by the artistic director of KNS Classical to integrate the KNS Agency Emerging Artists [+]
Special Prize Concert with Philharmonic Portuguese Orchestra of season 2024/25 [+]
People’s Choice will be awarded to the most “famous” performance on social media [+]

JUNIOR CATEGORIES
CATEGORY A

CATEGORY B
SPECIAL PRIZES
Prize Best Portuguese JUNIOR B – Recital Paços da Cultura (São João da Madeira) – Portugal [+]

CATEGORIES D, E and F
FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD PRIZES
Diplom, Medal and Didatic Material
Prize Fundação Manuel António da Mota [+]

NOTE
Attribution of the prize under the 2nd article 12.º of CIRS. Prizes don’t involve the temporary or definitive cedence of copyrights.
By participating in the contest, each contestant, in the event of being the winner of its main category, is obligated to sign a written agreement with CMSM, in which they undertake to record a CD album, within one year after winning the Contest, with the record label to be designated by CMSM, and it must include a piece by Victor Coelho de Macedo Pinto and mention the funding provided by FONDATION FAM, which is specifically provided for that end.
The failure to sign the abovementioned contract, within a maximum period of ten days after winning, results in the obligation to return the prize earned to CMSM.
The payment of the prize will be done 15 days after the reception of the original receipt fulfilled by the participant.
All the participants will receive a Diploma of Participation. The prizes may be awarded ex-aequo. In this case the total amount is divided by the number of winners.
The Awards Ceremony will take place during the FINAL CONCERT. All the laureates must be at the Awards Ceremony otherwise they will not receive the respective diploma and prize.