Competitions

Gaudeamus Award 2016 The categories for 2016 have been announced. Registration for the Gaudeamus Award 2016 starts 1 August 2015 (till September 30). If you would like to apply for the Gaudeamus Award 2016, please read the setup and terms & conditions thoroughly. The ensembles: Amsterdam Sinfonietta, String ensemble of 4 to 14 players. Amplification…

ensemble mise-en (www.mise-en.org) is very excited to announce a call for scores for mise-en music festival 2016! Last year, we received 737 submissions by 602 composers from 51 countries, and we ended up programming 34 pieces at our annual mise-en music festival 2015 (festival.mise-en.org/2015). As the call for scores required, all composers attended the festival…

The 2016 Boulogne-Billancourt Music Composition Competition “Composing for young musicians” Together with the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional (CRR), the City of Boulogne-Billancourt is organizing a Contemporary Music Pedagogical Composition Competition open to young composers of all nations, up to the age of 35 at the date of January 1st, 2016. The final round will take…

The 2016 Boulogne-Billancourt Contemporary Music Performance Competition “A century of Music” (1916-2016) up to the age of 32 (at the date of January 1st 2016), in the following categories: oboe / bassoon-fagott / accordion /guitar. a Contemporary Music Performance Competition (works composed between 1916 and 2016). The competition will include two rounds taking place November…

27th EUROPEAN MUSIC COMPETITION Città di Moncalieri Royal Castle of Moncalieri 26th – 31st October 2015 1. The European Music Competition (EMC) is open to young musicians of all nationalities. Entries no later than October 1st 2015. read more…

Leibniz’ Harmonies Competition for composers of any age in the following categories: 1. Orchestra (2222 – 2221 – timp, 2 percussion, harp, strings), duration 10-15 minutes. 2. Ensemble of traditional Chinese and Western instruments (pipa, zheng, sheng, erhu, fl, cl, pi, perc*, acc, vl, vcl, db): trio to tutti, at least one Chinese instrument, maximum…

25th International Review of Composers – Belgrade 30th September – 5th October 2016 Call for scores is open to composers, performers, artistic associations, national societies of authors regardless of the age and nationality Compositions should fall into four categories and must have been composed during the last three years: Deadline: 1st October 2015 Read more..

Orchestre national d’Île-de-France launches the fourth composition competition 2016 Applicants must write two movements, two minutes each, of a five movements Heroic Fantasy for orchestra. Applications will be closed on September 1st 2015. The selected candidates will compose the three others movements of this Fantasyin five movements before December 1st 2015. The public Finale round…