Established in 2001 by the late André Bourbeau and by the late French-Canadian bass Joseph Rouleau, the CMIM features three disciplines - voice, violin and piano - on a rotating basis over a three-year cycle.
[2] André Bourbeau was the president of the Competition since its first edition in 2002 and was succeeded by François R. Roy in 2018.
Since May 2004, the CMIM has been a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions.
For the first time in its history, the competition included a Chamber Music round during the first stage of the semifinal.
[5][6] Canadian pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko won the first prize of the Piano 2024 edition and became the first Canadian laureate of an instrumental edition of the Concours musical international de Montréal.
The twenty-first edition of the CMIM was dedicated to voice and featured two divisions - aria and art song.
Sarah Dufresne Hugo Laporte The twentieth edition of the CMIM was dedicated to piano.
Chaeyoung Park Marcel Tadokoro|| Canada Italy Ying Li South Korea France The COVID-19 confinement and closing of international borders prevented this nineteenth edition of the CMIM to be held.
Instead, every day from May 4 to May 18, 2020, from their respective locations, the selected competitors performed short recitals, in anticipation of the competition, which was postponed to 2021.
The seventeenth edition of the CMIM was dedicated to voice and featured two divisions - aria and art song.
The eleventh edition of the Montreal International Musical Competition was dedicated to voice.