2015/08/20 OPUS DISSONUS competition

OPUS DISSONUS is proud of offer a new piano composition competition open to composers of any nationality and age.We offer world première of at least 3 works, live recordings and award fees of (BRL) R$ 1000 + special designed trophy for first place, R$ 500 for second an R$ 500 for third place and interviews…

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2015/02/16 Composition Academy/Festival Musica

An interactive course with two professional ensembles in partnership with the Strasbourg Conservatoire, the Haute école des arts du Rhin (HEAR), the University of Strasbourg, Musica festival. ; Composition teacher, Philippe Manoury, Hanspeter Kyburz With the ensembles: Linea (director, Jean-Philippe Wurtz) and Accroche Note. For a period of two weeks, the two teachers’ work with…

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2015/02/06-02/14 Musica Nova Helsinki

Musica nova Helsinki is Finland’s biggest festival of contemporary music and one of the leading events of its kind in Europe. Held every other year, it was launched in 1981 as the Helsinki Biennale. Musica nova presents Finnish listeners with the most interesting new music, comments on topical issues and seeks to build bridges between…

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2015/02/27 Conlon Foundation Residency

In 2015 the Conlon Foundation is starting up a residency program for composers interested in working with the foundation’s Yamaha Disklavier to create an imaginative composition for Disklavier solo with electronics, and/or for combinations with other media, with the option of using a pianist. Using alternative controllers, video, live sampling or the ‘preparation’ of the…

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Curated Place

Curated Place in partnership with Icelandic new music and art festival CYCLE, Pinquins percussion trio (Norway), Kammerkor Sudurlands (Iceland) with British new music Ensemble Psappha are offering composers the opportunity to participate in a new programme and network producing and promoting new music – exploring the boundaries of presentation and performance. Read more…

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2015/04/15 repertoire for young string quartets

In order to create a new repertoire for young string quartets, the Association Piero Farulli announces a competition (PDF Call for Entries) open to all composers of the European Union for creating works of max 15 minutes duration, for string quartet (two violins, viola and cello). The jury will be composed by three distiguished musicians…

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2015/08/15 Mauricio Kagel Composition Competition

Mauricio Kagel Composition Competition is looking for piano pieces by composers younger than 40 years, written for children and young adults which, although limited in their technical difficulty, remain uncompromising in their artistic aim; pieces written with a contemporary compositional technique which offer the young student stimulus, insight and new experiences: experiences about oneself and…

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2015/04/01 Sixth International Competition for Composition for string quartet

The Molinari Quartet is pleased to announce its Sixth International Competition for Composition for string quartet. Composers are invited to submit an original work for string quartet. The best compositions will be played in concert during the Molinari Quartet’s Twentieth and Beyond series to be held in Montreal (Quebec, Canada) during the 2015-2016 season. Read…

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LOOP Festival

2014/11/29-12/06 Initiated in 2008, the LOOP Festival takes place every year around the last week end of November. The concert progam aims at giving a showcase of the diversity of the music in the Belgian French-speaking community. « Loop », as its name suggests, dedicates a large part of its concerts to electronic music (acousmatic…

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