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.
PEER RABEN MUSIC AWARD at SoundTrack_Cologne 14 • August 23. – 27. 2017
In 2017 SoundTrack_Cologne is again awarding a prize for the best music in a short film – the PEER RABEN MUSIC AWARD. Entry deadline for the competition is 2nd July 2017 Read more…
2nd ACC composition Competition
Asia Culture Center Contemporary Music and Performing Arts Festival The 2nd ACC International Composition Competition Dates of Festival: September 22-24, 2017 Submissions and Guideline: Works should be related to Asia (subject, material… etc.) Application Form Composer bio and program note (PDF) Score (PDF) Audio file (if…
The Giga-Hertz Award
The Giga-Hertz Award comprises a total of two special awards for electronic and acousmatic music. Their goal is to initiate and support new projects. Candidates are judged on the basis of a composition not more than five years old and a proposal for a projected work. The focus of the Special Prizes is to honor…
Aarauer International Composition Competition 2017
Within the scope of Mendelssohntage Aarau 2017 jury: Dieter Ammann, Isabel Mundry, Heinz Holliger premiered Sunday, 5 November 2017 | 17:00 clock – Reformed city church Aarau Composition for Romantic symphony orchestra (Mendelssohn’s “Reformation Symphony”) 2 flutes 2 oboes 2 clarinets 2 bassoons 2 horns 3 trombones 2 trumpets Timpani Strings Mezzosopran or baritone (when…
Tenth Competition of Electro-acoustic Composition
The Foundation Destellos, call for works for the Tenth Competition of Electro-acoustic Composition, this year with the new category Visual music. This year will be attributed three first prizes of an amount of 600 American dollars each, in the categories: A. Acousmatic music B. Mixed media C. Visual music electro-acoustic Deadline : May 20th. 2017…
the “Sounds of Silences” international competition of musical composition for the moving image.
The aim of the competition is to stimulate musical creativity in its interaction with the audiovisual media, particularly for the reinterpretation of historical silent films and the creation of new soundtracks for them, with a special concern for timbre in instrumental, electronic and electroacoustic music of today. In the preliminary stage of the competition entrants…
Uncaged::Conlon Robot Keyboard Prize 2017
This year, for the first time, Gaudeamus collaborates with the UnCaged Toy Piano (US) and Conlon Foundation (NL) on a joint call for submissions for the 2017 Robot Keyboard Prize. We are seeking adventurous compositions for Ranjit Bhatnagar’s midi-controlled Robot Toy Piano, for which we encourage innovative ways of integrating electronics. The prize for 1st…
KAZIMIERZ SEROCKI 15TH INTERNATIONAL COMPOSERS’ COMPETITION 2017 COMPETITION
The competition is open to composers of all ages and nationalities. 2. More than one score per composer is permitted. 3. It is possible to submit works already performed and/or awarded in other competitions, excluding compositions already published. Only compositions for chamber ensemble of 3 to 5 instruments (chosen from the list below), without conductor….
The 14th Pablo Sorozabal International Musical Composition Contest
The Gipuzkoa Provincial Council announces the 14th Pablo Sorozabal international Musical Composition Contest. The words should be written for string quartet. The style and technique of the work shall be open. The Contest is open to all composers born after 1 January 1982 of any nationality and from anywhere. The composition shall not be…
composition contest for the creation of a participative piece for amateur singers
The Orchestre des Pays de Savoie and the Orchestre d’Auvergne are organizing a composition contest for the creation of a participative piece for amateur singers. This will be a short piece for string orchestra and amateur singers. This contest is inviting composers of all nationalities and aged up to 40 years old at the due…