Montreal International Musical Competition
The Concours musical international de Montréal is an elite-level competition for classical musicians who are interested in pursuing an international career as a professional concert artist. Established in 2001 by the late André Bourbeau and by the late French-Canadian bass Joseph Rouleau, the CMIM features three disciplines - voice, violin and piano - on a rotating basis over a three-year cycle.
The CMIM is composed of four rounds: the preliminary round, the first round, the semi-finals and the finals. Award winners receive prizes and grants valued at over $150,000. The 2024 edition, dedicated to the piano, will be followed by the voice edition in 2025 and the violin edition in 2026.
André Bourbeau was the president of the Competition since its first edition in 2002 and was succeeded by François R. Roy in 2018.
Since May 2004, the CMIM has been a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions.
In September 2023, Chantal Poulin and Shira Gilbert were appointed as Executive Director and Artistic Director of the CMIM.
Editions
2024
The 2024 edition of the CMIM was dedicated to piano. It took place from May 5 to 16 and featured 24 competitors aged 19 to 29 from twelve different countries. For the first time in its history, the competition included a Chamber Music round during the first stage of the semifinal.Canadian pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko won the first prize of the Piano 2024 edition and became the first Canadian laureate of an instrumental edition of the Concours musical international de Montréal.
2023
The twenty-second edition of the CMIM was dedicated to violin. First prize was won by Dmytro Udovychenko.2022
The twenty-first edition of the CMIM was dedicated to voice and featured two divisions - aria and art song. First prize in Aria was won by . First prize in Art Song was won by .Laureates
| Rank | Competitor | Country |
| First | Meredith Wohlgemuth |  United States2021The twentieth edition of the CMIM was dedicated to piano. First prize was won by Su Yeon Kim, from South Korea.2020The COVID-19 confinement and closing of international borders prevented this nineteenth edition of the CMIM to be held. Instead, every day from May 4 to May 18, 2020, from their respective locations, the selected competitors performed short recitals, in anticipation of the competition, which was postponed to 2021.2019The eighteenth edition of the CMIM was dedicated to violin. First prize was won by Hao Zhou.2018The seventeenth edition of the CMIM was dedicated to voice and featured two divisions - aria and art song. First prize in Aria was won by . First prize in Art Song was won by .2017The sixteenth edition of the CMIM was dedicated to piano. The Grand prize was won by .2016The fifteenth edition of the CMIM was dedicated to violin. The Grand Prize was won by Ayana Tsuji.2015The fourteenth edition of the CMIM was dedicated to voice. The Grand Prize was won by Keonwoo Kim.Special prizes
2014The thirteenth edition of the CMIM was dedicated to piano. The Grand Prize was won by Jayson Gillham.Special prizes
2013The twelfth edition of the CMIM was dedicated to violin. The Grand Prize was won by Marc Bouchkov.Special prizes
2012The eleventh edition of the Montreal International Musical Competition was dedicated to voice. The Grand Prize was won by Philippe Sly.Special prizes
2011The tenth edition of the CMIM was dedicated to piano. The Grand Prize was won by Beatrice Rana.Special prizes
2010The ninth edition of the CMIM was dedicated to violin. The Grand Prize was won by Benjamin Beilman.Special prizes
2009The eighth edition of the CMIM was dedicated to voice. The Grand Prize was won by Angela Meade.Special prizes
2008The seventh edition of the CMIM was dedicated to piano. The Grand Prize was won by Nareh Arghamanyan.Special prizes
2007The sixth edition of the CMIM was dedicated to voice. The Grand Prize was won by Marianne Fiset.Special prizes
2006The fifth edition of the CMIM was dedicated to violin. The Grand Prize was won by Jinjoo Cho.Special prizes
2005The fourth edition of the CMIM was dedicated to voice. The Grand Prize was won by Sin Nyung Hwang.Special prizes
2004The third edition of the CMIM was dedicated to piano. The Grand Prize was won by Serhiy Salov.Special prizes
2003The second edition of the CMIM was dedicated to violin. The First Prize was won by Yossif Ivanov.Special prizes
2002The inaugural CMIM was dedicated to voice. The First Prize was won by Measha Brueggergosman.Special prizes
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