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ABLAZE Records calls for scores/recordings
ABLAZE Records announces a call for scores/recordings of composers of new orchestral, chamber, vocal and electronics music for a wide variety of performance, recording and publishing opportunities. To see our full listing of opportunities with closing dates of FEBRUARY 1, 2017, Read more…
Read MoreCommission new works by Australian and New Zealand Composers – Funding available
Australasian rights management organisation APRA AMCOS is offering A$100,000 in grants for the commissioning of new works by Australian and New Zealand composers through the Art Music Fund. Applications are now being accepted from composers, and close on 21 February, 2017. What does that mean for you?As a presenter or programmer of art music, you have the opportunity…
Read MoreOpen call for sets out to select one new sound installation
Open call for sets out to select one new sound installation (using sound as its primary medium, but which may or may not involve other media) and to present it during the 29th edition of the contemporary music festival Music Biennale Zagreb (from 21 until 29 April 2017). The open call is open for artists…
Read MoreThe Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at MASS MoCA
The Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at MASS MoCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art) is a three-week residency and musical utopia for innovative composers and performers dedicated entirely to adventurous contemporary music and is located in the beautiful Berkshire mountains in western Massachusetts. Application Deadline: Weds, January 18, 2017Read more…
Read More2017 Composition Competition of the Fribourg International Festival of Sacred Music
The instrumental work should be inspired by the painting “Vanitas – Still life with skull” (Vanitas – Stillleben mit Totenkopf) by Sebastian Stoskopff (1597-1658) which is part of the Kunstmuseum Basel (Switzerland) collection; a photo of the painting can be found at the end of this brochure. The submitted composition must be exclusively for: •…
Read MoreInternational Composition Competition for Junior String Quartet dedicated to the memory of Piero Farulli
Applications are open for the International Composition Competition for Junior String Quartet dedicated to the memory of Piero Farulli, viola of the legendary Quartetto Italiano and founder of the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole. The aim of the competition is to increase and enrich the virtually non-existent repertoire for young and very young players of…
Read MoreThe Music Biennale Zagreb, 22-29 April, 2017
The Music Biennale Zagreb is an international festival of contemporary music founded in 1961. During the festival’s days, in April every other year Zagreb is transformed into the cultural centre to which composers, music critics, the best musicians, and contemporary music and arts lovers from the region and Europe gravitate. The festival has a strong…
Read MoreFestival Strings Lucerne
the Festival Strings Lucerne are a national and international chamber Orchestra. At 28th and 29th of January we will have two concerts with the composer Sofia Gubaidulina in the KKL Hall in Lucerne. Read more…
Read MoreMusica nova Helsinki
Contemporary art music meets modern electronic at Musica nova Helsinki, February 1–12, 2017 The programme for Finland’s biggest contemporary music event has now been announced Alongside new classical music the festival, under the theme of Open Spaces, will also be focusing more strongly than before on electronic music and avant-garde pop. The chief guests are…
Read Morethe 2017 Robot Keyboard Prize
In 2017, for the first time, the UnCaged Toy Piano (US) and Conlon Foundation (NL) will collaborate on a joint call for submissions for the 2017 Robot Keyboard Prize. For this year’s competition, we are seeking adventurous new works for Ranjit Bhatnagar’s midi-controlled Robot Toy Piano. Innovative ways of integrating electronics are encouraged, but not…
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