Birth of the French Musical Competition October 20th 1979 was created as an association (1901 Law), the CONCOURS MUSICAL DE FRANCE. Presided and organized by her founder, the pianist GINETTE GAUBERT Commander of French Order of Merit Great Officer of Public Encouragement Arts - Sciences - French Departement Officer Silver Decoration of Humanitarian Great Prize Chevalier of Merit in Belgian and Spain In order to: “DEVELOPPE THE MUSICAL ART OF YOUNG TALENTS ON PUBLIC CONCERTS”  (J. O. 11/ 03/ 79/ 8880 NC)
	Since 1979 CMF orgainses Eliminatories in several towns in France, founding candidates of any age and any level. The Final is planed in Paris in its area. From 1979 to 1986, CMF was divided in 2 sections : Piano and Singing. But since then, the quickly increasing number of pianists candidates has forced the organiser committee to kee : the piano section only. Eliminatory Town Range Organised every second years - until 1990 - CMF has chosen a selection of towns divided over the national territory for eliminatories : -      MARSEILLE -      LYON -      PARIS -      STRASBOURG -      PAU -      NICE -      NANTES So as to get closer the candidates living far from the main cities and stimulate the piano teachers who very often make a deserving work, CMF organises eliminatories in smaller places : -      EMBRUN -      THIERS -      MENTON -      VERTOU -      ROCHEFORT -      POMPIGNAN -      SERRES-CASTET -      CASTELNAUDARY - CAMBRAI C.M.F. : From Europ to the World CMF's fame has very quickly reached borders as well the pianists (English, Italians, Japaneses, German, Greeks...), who have taken to the eliminatories and to the final. From 1990, the competition commitee has extended its action to Swizerland (Lausanne). But since1995, that CMF has made possible this extension to Europ and though world : - ITALY (Gallicano - Asti) - CANADA (Toronto - Montréal) Added between 1996 and 1998 : - SPAIN (Girona) - BELGIUM (Liège) In 1999, eliminatories extende to Eastern Europ : - LATVIA (Riga) - POLAND (Cracow) In 2008 - UKRAINE (Odessa) In 2010 - PORTUGAL (Lisbon) In 2010 - RUSSIA (Nijni-Novgorod) - UEA (New York) The USA are part of the program of 2001 including Boston which should welcome new candidates. Spain éliminatories (Girona) Honorary Committee J.-C. GAUDIN, Senator - Mayor of Marseille. Professor R. VIGOUROUX, Senator of the Bouches-du-Rhône. H. HEUGEL Director of the Ecole Normale de Musique of Paris A. GUIOT, Professor at the CNSM of Paris S. GUT, Composer J. OKAZAKI, Pianist B. TARQUINI, Lyric Singer C. BOLLING, Pianist Composer M. CONSTANTIN, President of the International Academy of Lutèce J. DIEVAL, Pianist Composer H. GALLI, Pianist Composer S. WOJTAS, Pianist, Director of the ENM of Cracow M. CZEREWKO, Pianist, Professor at the Musical High School of Cracow P. REACH, Pianist D. VISVIKIS, Composer L. J. ADAM LITZLER, Pianist. - The Late - - C. MAURANNE - C. FLOUTARD - - G. MOUNIER - P. PETIT - - A. DARCO - - R. TARQUINI - - I. JAUMILLOT - - O. MESSIAEN - - P. BARBIZET - and - J. P. CHAMANT - G. GAUBERT, J. DIEVAL, M. SOLAL and M. OBADIA Active Committee G. GAUBERT  -  J. BAROTTO  -  M. GAUBERT-CHEMOUL  - P. BELTRA  -  S. CHEMOUL. In charge of the data processing : G. TOMAS. Top