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.
2014/06/20 Fourth BabelScores® Reading Panel 2014
2014/06/20 After the success of the last three Reading Panels BabelScores® is launching the Call for Works for the Fourth BabelScores® Reading Panel 2014. BabelScores® continue looking for the most creative and innovative composers from all over the world to build a global quality catalog with important contemporary music pieces. read more….
2014/10/10 35th Young Composer Competition 2014
2014/10/10 35th Young Composer Competition 2014. Frederic Mompou International Award. The musical formation this year is for Flute, viola and harp. read more …
2015/02/26-03/03 7th edition of the Montreal/New Music International Festival 2015 (MNM)
2015/02/26-07/03 7th edition of the Montreal/New Music International Festival 2015 (MNM) : Montréal – Canada. A major event for contemporary music aficianados, the Montreal/New Music International Festival 2015 (MNM) will offer 30 concerts and public events, plus after-hour shows, Youth performances and conferences. read more… (former edition)
2014/08/31 MÚSICA VIVA 2014 Sound Walk installation
2014/08/31 MÚSICA VIVA 2014 Sound Walk installation Miso Music Portugal and the Música Viva Festival 2014 announce an international CALL for electroacoustic miniatures to make part of the MÚSICA VIVA 2014 Sound Walk installation. The call is directed to composers of all ages and nationalities. The aim of the call is the creation of electroacoustic…
2014/09/30 15th International Electroacoustic Composition Competition MÚSICA VIVA 2014
The works submitted for the competition shall be electroacoustic pieces, composed and recorded in studio. They are to be projected by loudspeakers in concert, without any intervention of live sound sources. They may include a maximum of eight channels and must have duration between 5 and 15 minutes. The competition is open to composers of…
Carl von Ossietzky Competition
In 2014 the Institute of Music of the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg announces the annual competition for compositions for piano solo, piano four-hands, or two pianos with (two players). The repertoire of contemporary compositions that has been established by this competition through the past years is meant to be extended with compositions for this…
impuls . International Composition Competition Composers for 2015
At a final meeting in April 2013 a jury consisting both of composers and musicians selected five composers: Wojtek Blecharz (*1981, Poland), Ashley Fure (*1982, USA), Marco Momi (*1978, Italy), Brigitta Muntendorf (*1982, Germany), Davor Branimir Vincze (*1983, Croatia).These composers will take part in the upcoming impuls Composition Workshop in Vienna and Graz with Klangforum…
2014/05/15 Search for New Music by Women Composers
The International Alliance of Women in Music announces its annual competition Search for New Music by Women Composers. This international competition includes nine different prize categories ranging from chamber and orchestral works to electro-acoustic media, improvisation, and sound installation. Each prize has its own monetary award. Membership in IAWM is required to enter, but contestants…
“Franco Donatoni” International Meeting for Young Composers
The jury of the third edition of the composition contest Incontri Internazionali per giovani compositori “Franco Donatoni” made up of Beat Furrer, Sandro Gorli, Michael Jarrell, Bruno Mantovani and Alessandro Solbiati – completed its evaluation on February 3rd 2013 and announced the names of the winners: Maurizio Azzan (Torino, Italy), Huck Hodge (Seattle, United States),…
2014/05/30 Feeding Music
International Composition Contest – Musical Creativity Takes on Social and Environmental Themes. Expo 2015’s Italian Pavilion announces the international composition competition Feeding Music – Music for EXPO 2015. A project by Divertimento Ensemble. The competition is open to composers of all nationalities, born since January 1st, 1974. The original score of an existing musical piece…