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.
Foundation Destellos announce the results of the Fourth International Competition of Electroacoustic Composition and Visual-music
The Foundation Destellos announce the results of the Fourth International Competition of Electroacoustic Composition and Visual-music The First Prize was given in ex-æquo to : “Magic” by Panayiotis Kokoras (Greece) and “Golden bowls” by David Hindmarch (United Kingdom) ….read more
American string quartet Kronos Quartet and American poet and musician Patti Smith receive Polar Music Prize
The Polar Music Prize was presented today for the 20th year and this year’s Laureates, the American string quartet Kronos Quartet and American poet and musician Patti Smith received prize money to the amount of one million Swedish kronor by his Majesty the King of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall. ….read more
Julian Scordato winner of the first edition of the composition competition “Disklavier Plus”
Julian Scordato winner of the first edition of the composition competition “Disklavier Plus” with his work “Axon” (for disklavier and live-electronics, 2011) is selected by by a jury of Christina Viola Oorebeek, Wim de Ruiter, Robert van Heumen, Wouter Snoei en Henk Heuvelmans and will be performed on September 8th in the Museum Speelklok in…
Prize winners CHENGDU CHINA 6th SUN RIVER PRIZE Students New Composition Competition
Prize winners CHENGDU CHINA 6th SUN RIVER PRIZE Students New Composition Competition, Chengdu, PR China, 2010 ….read more
Final Prizes Announced at the conclusion of the 6th Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition! Monash University
Final Prizes Announced at the conclusion of the 6th Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition! Monash University Grand Prize: Amaryllis Quartett, Musica Viva Australia Prize: Kelemen Kvartett ….read more
Results of the, TANSMAN 2010 – VIII International Competition of Musical Personalities Composers Competition
Results of the, TANSMAN 2010 – VIII International Competition of Musical Personalities Composers Competition from 1st to 5th prize: Dusty Rusty Hush by Ond?ej Ad�mek, Czech, cveti?, ku?ica…/la lugubre gondola by Marko Nikodijevi?, Serbia/Germany, Concerto per mandolino e orchestra by Federico Gardella, Italy, St�rr by Irene Buckley, Ireland, Un R�ve Long Et Joyeux by Carlo…
The winners of the 2011 Brass Initiative Composition Search are…
the winners of the 2011 Brass Initiative Composition Search are…Adam Jones , J. Clay Gonzalez , Alex Siever, Roger May , Andrew Hoole , Peter Knight , Chris Bassett, Dave Wolfson, Isamu Tachihara, Roger Zare, Rich Byrd, Tyler Capp ….read more
Toru Takemitsu Composition Award 2011
Mr.Salvatore Sciarrino, judge of the Toru Takemitsu Composition Award 2011, has chosen the following 4 orchestral works out of 120 entries from 39 countries eligibly accepted by 30 September 2010.. These four nominated works will be performed on 18 January 2012 at the Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall : Takemitsu Memorial ….read more
Richard Rijnvos has been awarded the prestigious Matthijs Vermeulen Prize 2011
Richard Rijnvos has been awarded the prestigious Matthijs Vermeulen Prize 2011 for his song cycle Die Kammersängerin. The prize will be presented on 22 June 2011 during a Holland Festival production in the Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ (Amsterdam). The concert will feature a fully staged performance of the award winning work by Marijje van Stalen…
58 th International Rostrum of Composers
acchina per scoppiare Pagliacci (2010) for orchestra by Italian composer Francesco FILIDEI (born 1973) and Abismo al Abismo (2011), an electroacoustic piece by young Argentinean composer Juan Pablo NICOLETTI (born 1983) are the works selected by radio music producers participating in the 58 th International Rostrum of Composers (IRC) held at the ORF Funkhaus in…