Every year, a system involving local juries from member sections of the ISCM selects the works to be performed at the WNMD Festival. There are of course also a wide variety of other competitions for composers and musicians, and some of the most relevant ones are listed here.
The second edition of the Keuris Composers Contest
The second edition of the Keuris Composers Contest will take place in May 2016. We invite composers to participate with compositions for 1) youth symphony orchestra or 2) ensemble (clarinet, cello and piano). The compositions should be accessible, nowadays, playable by and written for youth. All participating compositions will be anonymously judged. Six nominated pieces…
10th Bucharest International JAZZ Competition 2016
10th Bucharest International JAZZ Competition 2017 @ EUROPAfest for instrumentalists and vocalists 100 % jazz & more…competition, concerts, jam sessions, jazz workshops…Bucharest International JAZZ Competition is ranked among the first 3 jazz competitions in Europe. Date: 13 – 20 May 2017. The band’s leader can be older than 40 years. Prizes: 7.000 Euro Deadline: 10th…
15º Concorso Internazionale di Composizione ed Esecuzione “Don Vincenzo Vitti”
The fourth edition celebrates the 80th anniversary of the death of Ottorino Respighi (1936 – 2016). The task of the competition is to compose a Cantata concertante for mezzosoprano, violin and piano (length between 8 up to 12 minutes). Deadline: 30 april 2016. Read more…
The FLORENCE INTERNATIONAL CHOIR FESTIVAL
The FLORENCE INTERNATIONAL CHOIR FESTIVAL is enhanced by a prestigious new initiative. A choral composition competition that will see the famous Maestro Ennio Morricone, honarary Academy Award winner, act as Chairman of an International Jury of eminent composers. The best composition will be the obligatory piece in the category M – Modern and Contemporary Music…
International Composition Competition … a Camillo Togni
The competition is open to musicians of all nationalities, with no age restrictions. It will be completed by December 2016 and will end with a public concert at which the final scores will be performed by dèdalo ensemble. The concert will be followed by the prize-giving ceremony. Deadline is June 20, 2016 Read more..
The Fourth International Edison Denisov Young Composers Competition
The Fourth International Edison Denisov Young Composers Competition is dedicated to the memory of Edison Denisov, the outstanding modern composer, the founder of the new Russian composers school, the prominent public figure, who established the new Russian music in the world musical space. The competition is open to composers of any nationality, who were born…
Toru Takemitsu Composition Award 2018
Compositions for orchestra in any format except concerto, within the following instrumentation and to be performed with one conductor.Scores that have been published, performed in public concert or commercially recorded are not eligible. Deadline Friday, 29 September 2017.Read more…
Academy of composition Philippe Manoury
Call for applications for the Academy of composition Philippe Manoury / festival Musica which will take place from 19th September to 1st October 2016 in Strasbourg (France) in partnership with the Music Academy of the High School of Arts of the Rhine (HEAR), the Conservatory, the University of Strasbourg and Labex Gream. This Academy offers…
Biennale College – Music 3rd edition
Call for works Biennale College – Music 3rd edition The aim of the Biennale College – Music project is to promote and support the production of up to 4 micro-budget musical theatre chamber works based on a comical, surreal and/or playful theme, lasting no longer than 25 minutes each, for an ensemble of 8 instruments…
CALL FOR SCORES RISUONANZE 2018
Associazione Culturale TKE is calling for pieces to be performed at the “Risuonanze 2018 – incontri di nuove musiche” Festival, which will take place in Friuli Venezia Giulia region – Italy. The Call is open to composers of any nationality and age. Pieces should be written or the specified instruments and chamber groups; use of…