2024 Young Instrumentalist Prize

The Young Instrumentalist Prize is a concerto competition for advanced level students of orchestral instruments enrolled in a Queensland Secondary School. Finalists are be selected from these submissions and will perform in the YIP Finalists’ Recital: a public performance held at the QSO Studio in South Bank, Brisbane on Saturday 4 May 2024. A winner will be determined from this recital and will be given the opportunity to work with Queensland Symphony Orchestra in 2024. All finalists will receive a combination of cash prizes, mentoring and engagement opportunities with Queensland Symphony Orchestra.

Applications are now closed. Those deemed eligible will be invited to audition in the next 2 weeks.

Tickets for the Young Instrumentalist Prize Finalists' Recital will go on sale in 2024.