5-Minute Piano Concerto Competition

Music Biennale Zagreb – Croatian Composers’ Society, Berislavićeva 9, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia (Hereinafter: HDS – MBZ) calls for applicants to submit their works for the “5-Minute Piano Concerto” Competition: The competition has set the objective to select ten (10) 5-minute piano concertos which will be premiered at 29th Music Biennale Zagreb, in April 2017, in the Competition finals. Among these 10 finalists, a winner will be chosen by the vote of the jury and the audience, and the composer of the winning piece will receive a commission from Music Biennale Zagreb for a new piano concerto, which will be premiered in April/May 2019 at 30th Music Biennale Zagreb. 5-Minute Piano Concerto Competition is open to all composers, regardless of age, sex or nationality. All submitted pieces must be new works, unpublished and unperformed. Only one application per composer is allowed. Compositions by more than one composer are not eligible for application. Instrumentation: piano solo + ensemble: oboe (including cor Anglais), clarinet (including bass clarinet), trumpet (in C/in Bb), trombone, percussion (1 percussionist – available instruments are: timpani, vibraphone, crotales, gran cassa, piatto sospeso, tamburo militare, temple blocks, frusta), violin, violoncello and double bass. Use of tape and/or live electronics is not permitted. No fee. Deadline: September 23, 2016 Read more…