The Happy Music Festival 2022 is a music competition open to all pianists and violinists, locals or foreigners, in Singapore and overseas. Registration fee is the same for all nationalities.

Contestants based in Singapore will receive their festival gift, physical copies of certificates, and any trophy won delivered to them at no cost.

Contestants based outside of Singapore will have to pay additional fee for shipping of festival gift, physical copies of certificates and any trophy won.

There will be two rounds in this music competition – Semi-Final and Final.

All participants will compete in the first round, the Semi-Final via video submission.

Top performers of each category will enter the Final round, and will perform live-in-person in Singapore

Once you’ve registered, you can start recording and submit your video performance for the Semi-Final round.

Video submission deadline for Semi-Final is on 29th July 2022, 2359 hours.

Final Round Live Performance will take place on 9th September 2022, Friday.

Yes. You can register first.

Register by 30th June 2022 to enjoy early-bird registration rates.

Video submission deadline for Semi-Final is on 29th July 2022, 2359 hours. You can register first and decide your repertoire later.

Yes. The age eligibility for Classical Junior Category (Piano) is for contestants aged 12 years old and below, as of 1st June 2022

If you are 13 years old as of 1st June 2022, you can compete in Classical Intermediate (17 years old and below), or Classical Senior (No Age Limit), and Pop Piano (No Age Limit), and Piano Four Hands (No Age Limit)

Yes. You are welcomed to compete in categories of higher age group. There is no minimum age limit.

Yes. You can register for both Classical and Pop categories. Registration fees of two categories will apply.

A contestant is only allowed to register for a classical category – either Classical Junior, Classical Intermediate, or Classical Senior.

If you compete in two categories, you’ll be presented with two sets of certificates, gifts, and also trophies if you win.

Yes. You can.

For example, you can register for Piano Classical Junior, and Piano Four Hands. You can also register for Violin Classical Intermediate and Two Violins category.

There is no limit on the numbers of students. You are encouraged to send as many students as you deem fit. Your students will benefit greatly from this competition as it will motivate them and build up their stage performance experience. 

If you register at least 3 students, you’ll receive a Teacher Certificate of Recognition. We appreciate you for your hard work and effort in preparing your students for this festival.

Yes, you can. You can register and state your music school as your representative in this competition.

The name of your music school will be printed in your certificate.

If you come in top 3, the name of your music school will be featured on the result page too.

Registration fees payment will be made online, via credit card or debit card payment. You’ll receive an email confirmation once you complete the registration

No. All participants only need to register once, and you don’t need to register and pay another fee again if you enter the Final round.

Yes. You can use a phone or camera to record, as long as the recording is raw, clear, and uninterrupted. The judging will be on the performance of the contestant, not the quality of the recording. Performance recording guidelines will be sent to every contestant upon registration.

No, you cannot. Video submission for Semi-Final of The Happy Music Festival 2022 has to adhere to recording guidelines. Videos which do not adhere to guidelines will be rejected.

You can perform with the music score and will not be penalised. The judging will be based on performance, not memory. You can also choose to play from memory if that helps you perform better.

Yes. Both are okay. 

No official dress code. You’re encouraged to dress well just like you’re performing for a live stage performance. You’re also encouraged to dress according to the piece you’re performing. Bonus marks may be awarded based on dress code and creativity. 

Semi-finals results will be announced on 12th August 2022. More details will be announced nearer the date. Judges decision are final and no appeal is allowed.

Date: 9th September 2022, Friday
Time: To be announced
Venue: Bechstein Music World @ Shenton Way

Piano finalists will be playing on a Full Concert Grand Piano C.Becshtein D282.

All finalists will be given more details to their final round live performance after semi-final results are announced. 

Yes. The public can purchase tickets to attend the Final Round live performance. Ticket details to be announced on a later date.

Final round results will be announced on actual day. Prizes and trophies will also be presented on the same day.

The judges reserves the right not to award certain prizes if no contestants meet the competition standards.

Judges decision are final and no appeal is allowed.

All pieces from classical piano or violin exam syllabus (ABRSM/Trinity/LCM) will be considered under classical categories.

Nope, participants don’t need to submit the music sheet to us. 

Yes. You can perform the same piece for the semi-final and the final round. You can also choose to perform a different piece for the final round, as long as your chosen piece fits the repertoire guideline.

There are no restrictions or age limit for participants of the Piano Four Hands and Two Violin categories.

Both participants can be siblings, parent and child, teacher and student, teacher and teacher… as long as it is 2 persons!

All contestants will receive a Festival Gift and a Physical Hardcopy Certificate. Written feedback of performance will not be provided.

If you come in top 3 of a category, you will be awarded with trophies and cash prizes.

You’ll receive a Physical Hardcopy “Excellent Teaching Certificate” for nurturing an award-winning musician! Your name will also be announced and published together with your student on our result page to recognise you for your dedication and hard work! 

Every contestant’s certificate will feature the name of his/her representative – which can be the teacher, parent, music school, or ownself.

If the contestant come in top 3 of a category, the representative name will also be featured on the result page.

The organising committee of The Happy Music Festival reserves to right to publish any competition video and photographs of any contestant’s performance on websites and other media platforms without payment of compensation to the contestants.