Competitions

Compositions for orchestra in any format except concerto, within the following instrumentation and to be performed with one conductor. Toshi Ichiyanagi (Japan) Application deadline: 30 September 2015, Scores that have been published, performed in public concert or commercially recorded are not eligible. Read more…

The Biennale College – Music 2015 project will select 23 young instrumentalists aged 28 and under, to constitute a chamber orchestra for the 59th International Festival of Contemporary Music of the Biennale di Venezia, directed by Ivan Fedele. This orchestra, conducted by M° Michele Carulli, will perform the following programme on October 11th 2015 at…

The Ensemble intercontemporain, created in 1976 by Pierre Boulez, directed by Matthias Pintscher and based at the Philharmonie de Paris, organises an assistant conductors audition. The deadline for the registration procedure has changed : the applications file must be sent before 13 April 2015. Read more…

The submitted work shall be an original composition for four-octave carillon (tenor C to C4), with two-octave pedal board (C-C2). The composition may be a solo, a duet for one carillon or a work for carillon with one or more other instrument or chorus. Submitted composition must be postmarked no later than July 31, 2015…

The Polar Music Prize 2015 is awarded to percussionist Evelyn Glennie from Aberdeen, Scotland. Evelyn Glennie, who has been deaf since the age of twelve, has a mission to teach the world to listen. Also awarded to Emmylou Harris from Birmingham, Alabama. No one in the history of popular music has harmonised like Emmylou Harris.…

Worldwide Competition for New Opera and Music Theatre – Call for Entries The competition is for brand new works or those which have been premiered since Summer 2012. Deadline for entries is 30th June 2015. All kinds of works, which demonstrate a new development in the genre, be it in score, text and/or staging, can…

Italy Percussive Arts Society announces: the 13th edition of “Italy Percussion Competition” from 15th to 20th September 2015 for Marimba, Vibraphone,Timpani, Snare Drum, Drum Set & Composition. Deadline for the application is: 30th May. Read more…

2015 Call For Scores Project Description; One to five (1-5) compositions will be selected and be performed on Arizona Pro Arte’s September 19th, 2015 concert at the Tempe Center for the Arts in Tempe, Arizona with original choreography and dancers.The deadline for either method of submission (see methods below) is April 3rd, 2015 Read more…

The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards seek to recognize and encourage world-class research and artistic creation, prizing contributions of particular significance and/or practical impact in one or more fields. Honors in basic, natural and social sciences, and technology are joined in this award family by a category devoted to the recognition of excellence in…