Founded to connect young musicians with the international music community, ENKOR International Music Competition provides a global platform where performers are heard and evaluated by distinguished artists, teachers, and professionals from around the world.
The ENKOR Jury Board includes over 500 musicians and educators from more than 70 countries across six continents, forming one of the largest international juries in the field of music competitions.
Performances are evaluated through submitted recordings, allowing musicians from across the world to participate and be heard by a truly international panel of experts.
Over the past decade, ENKOR laureates have gone on to win major international competitions, receive prestigious career grants, and perform on leading concert stages worldwide.
ENKOR Alumni
Internationally acclaimed violinist, Grand Prize winner of the 2020 Concert Artists Guild Competition, recipient of the 2021 Avery Fisher Career Grant and the 2022 Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award. A BBC New Generation Artist (2022–24), she performs widely as a soloist and chamber musician in the United States and Europe.
American violinist who gained international recognition after winning 2nd Prize and both Audience Awards at the 2024 Queen Elisabeth Competition. He is a recipient of the 2025 Avery Fisher Career Grant and previously won 1st Prize and the Audience Award at the 2019 Leopold Mozart International Violin Competition.
Young Steinway Artist and 2018 Gilmore Young Artist, Elliot Wuu is a graduate of The Juilliard School and has appeared in major venues including Carnegie Hall. He is also a recipient of the Salon de Virtuosi 2021 Career Grant and was a finalist in the 2025 American Pianists Awards.
American pianist who won First Prize and Best Chopin Prize at the 2016 MTNA National Competition and First Prize at the 2021 Los Angeles International Liszt Competition. He has performed at Carnegie Hall and has been featured on NPR’s From the Top.
Internationally recognized Polish percussionist and winner of 2nd Prize at the 2019 Geneva International Music Competition, where she also received the Yamaha Special Young Artists Prize. She performs widely as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral artist, and made her debut as a soloist at the Lucerne Festival in 2019.
American oboist and full-merit Kovner Fellow at The Juilliard School, winner of the 2024 International Double Reed Society Norma Hooks Competition and the 2023 Yamaha Young Performing Artist Competition. He has performed with the National Symphony Orchestra, New World Symphony and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and appeared at Carnegie Hall as Principal Oboe of the New York String Orchestra Seminar.
Australian cellist and a student of Clive Greensmith at the Colburn School in Los Angeles. He won Third Prize and the Special Prize for Best Haydn Concerto at the 2022 Grand Prix Emanuel Feuermann and has also been associated with the Verbier Festival.
ENKOR Adjudicating System
The ENKOR Competition Committee appoints all jury members and oversees the evaluation process.
Each judge evaluates the performances independently using a unified scoring system. The scores from all judges are then averaged to determine the final award level.
To ensure impartiality, the jury receives only the performance recordings. Biographies, teachers’ names, previous awards, and other identifying details are not included in the materials provided to the judges.
In cases of potential conflict of interest, a juror does not evaluate the respective competitor.
Awards are granted solely on the basis of the submitted recordings.
The large international jury panel, combined with our structured evaluation system, ensures a fair and balanced assessment of artistic level and technical proficiency while giving young musicians the opportunity to be heard by leading performers, teachers, and professionals in the international music community.
