2025 Radda Rise International Vocal Competition

The 2025 Radda Rise International Vocal Competition is dedicated to fostering the musical growth of rising musicians through unique educational opportunities.

In addition to prizes worth over $6,000, we’re passionate about providing an experience through which musicians can further their musical careers.

Every applicant will receive a video Radda Review of their competition recordings before they’re sent to the jurors and have the option to resubmit new recordings after learning from their feedback.

Additionally, each applicant will receive a custom biography in English or revisions of their current biography, a private mentorship session with the competition director, and video comments from each juror.

After the competition, applicants will have additional educational opportunities such as cash prizes, custom-built websites, potential ongoing mentorship with the jurors and director, and discounted Radda Reviews.

The Radda Rise International Vocal Competition is open to vocalists of all voice types and nationalities. Applicants must be within one of the following age ranges at the time of submitting the competition application:

- Category 1: Between 9-12 years old

- Category 2: Between 13-15 years old

- Category 3: Between 16-18 years old

- Category 4: 19 years old and older

Every applicant is required to submit the following repertoire within the recommended timeframes. Applicants may submit pieces that are longer than these timeframes, but the jurors may not listen to the entire submission beyond these timeframes:

- Category 1: Two contrasting solo songs up to 7 minutes (Classical and/or Musical Theatre, Any Language)

- Category 2: Two contrasting solo songs up to 10 minutes (Classical and/or Musical Theatre, Any Language)

- Category 3: Two or three contrasting solo songs up to 12 minutes (Classical and/or Musical Theatre, Any Language)

- Category 4: Three contrasting solo songs up to 15 minutes (At least one song must be in a language other than English, and at least one song must be within the Musical Theatre genre.)

It is acceptable to use recordings recorded prior to this competition recorded within a year of the competition deadline.