2025 National Youth Music Competition
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The National Youth Music Competition (NYMC) was the flagship project of the National Youth Music Foundation (NYMF), a trust chaired by the founder of the competition, the late and deeply missed Michael Maas.
To ensure the sustainable continuation of the NYMC, Aileen Maas, administrator of the competition and Prof Mario Nell, chair of the Stellenbosch university Music Department explored possible ways forward. Aileen has been instrumental in the organisation of the NYMC for over 25 years, and Prof Nell (himself a winner of one of the competition’s earliest editions) has acted as advisor and adjudicator.
The competition is for young musicians between 14 and 19 years of age and it took place in December last year. The competition is intended for young classical musicians who are pianists or orchestral instrumentalists. The purpose of the competition is to: Identify and promote the talent and abilities of young classical musicians, Expose the competitors to the requirements of professional careers as soloists and orchestral musicians and Develop their stage and performing abilities
To ensure the sustainable continuation of the NYMC, Aileen Maas, administrator of the competition and Prof Mario Nell, chair of the Stellenbosch university Music Department explored possible ways forward. Aileen has been instrumental in the organisation of the NYMC for over 25 years, and Prof Nell (himself a winner of one of the competition’s earliest editions) has acted as advisor and adjudicator.
The competition is for young musicians between 14 and 19 years of age and it took place in December last year. The competition is intended for young classical musicians who are pianists or orchestral instrumentalists. The purpose of the competition is to: Identify and promote the talent and abilities of young classical musicians, Expose the competitors to the requirements of professional careers as soloists and orchestral musicians and Develop their stage and performing abilities