Competitions

The Mercosur Cultural Network reports that the outstanding argentinian composer Alicia Terzian has been awarded the MERCOSUR CULTURAL NETWORK, award for her outstanding work in the field of creation as well as diffusion of contemporary music within the country and around the world. Read more…

The 70th edition of Gaudeamus Muziekweek has come to an end. After the closing concert in TivoliVredenburg on Sunday 11 September the winner of the Gaudeamus Award 2016 was announced. From the hands of director Henk Heuvelmans composer Anthony Vine (1988, USA) received the prestigious award. Vine is now included in the respectable hall of…

Call for Compositions 1st Berlage Saxophone Quartet Composition Competition – for refugee composers We are looking for a contemporary piece for our program “The way to freedom” The program features composers like Arvo Pärt, Erwin Schulhoff and Dmitri Shostakovich, who could not work in freedom due to the political situation in their home country. Read…

The association Ensemble Nuove Musiche is organizing a competition aimed at new compositions; the winning scores will be performed by the Ensemble Nuove Musiche in a concert in the 5th edition of the Festival Internazionale di Musica di Savona, in June 2017. Art. 1 – The competition is open to all nationalities with no age…

ensemble mise-en is very excited to announce a call for scores for mise-en music festival 2017! Deadline: September 15, 2016. The guidelines for the submissions: 1. Applicants may be of any nationality and age. 2. Selected composers must be present at the festival (June 20-25, 2017) in New York City. 3. You may only send…

A new composition competition dedicated to the composer of the Italian National Anthem is launched for young musicians, centered on the identity and spirit of our country. The Competition is open to composers of all nationalities, who on 30 September 2016 are still under the age of 30. Candidates should submit to the jury a…

To mark the 50th anniversary of its foundation, the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto islaunching an international competition for chamber orchestra composition. The competition is open to composers aged under 35 on 22 October 2016. Pieces entered into the competition must: – involve maximum instrumentation of two flutes (one of which may be a…

CALL for Scores by Composers’ Association of Serbia for the 26th International Review of Composers Belgrade, 5–11 October 2017 a) Symphony orchestra (à 3) Duration: up to 15 minutes. b) Women’s choir a cappella/Women’s choir with electronics Women’s choirs and an ensemble of up to five instruments c) Ensemble of 1–9 instruments d) Soprano, mezzo-soprano,…

The Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław would like to invite composers to the International Composers’ Competition of the European Capital of Culture Wrocław 2016. The subject of the Competition is an orchestral composition inspired by Wroclaw’s culture, history or landscape. – The Competition is open to composers of all ages and nationalities; –…