2017 The 6th China – ASEAN Music festival experience summary
Since its launch in 2012, China-ASEAN Music Week has been successfully held for four sessions with the opportunities of time vouchsafed by Heaven,advantages of situation afforded by the Earth, The union arising from the accord of Men. Today, is by the original performances and seminars with small scale, low music group participation at home and…
AART STROOTMAN WINS GAUDEAMUS AWARD 2017
“Aart Strootman is completely original, he makes inventions in the field of sound that are particularly inspiring. He approaches composition with exceptional freshness and re-discover the sound of each instrument in an ensemble to the finest detail. A performer, an improviser, an inventor, a unique composer.” Read more…
KLANGSPUREN 2017
NOCH FRAGEN? ANY QUESTIONS? – that is the ambiguous, slightly mischievous motto of the 24th installment of KLANGSPUREN. On the one hand rather than getting too comfortable with the existing situation the idea is to engage in an ongoing critical examination of new music in terms of its ties to reality and views of the…
Der Mauricio Kagel Musikpreis
Der Mauricio Kagel Musikpreis geht in diesem Jahr an den dänischen, in Berlin lebenden Komponisten und Installationskünstler Simon Steen-Andersen. Die Kunststiftung NRW vergibt den mit 50.000,- € dotierten Preis alle zwei Jahre an Musikerinnen und Musiker, die im Sinne des großen deutsch-argentinischen Komponisten Mauricio Kagel interdisziplinär arbeiten, nach neuen künstlerischen Ausdrucksformen suchen und neue Aspekte…
ACUSMATICA
Ascoltare lo Spazio / Ascoltare il Tempo The rules and conditions of three different call for works dedicated to acousmatic music are available. No participation fee is required. Deadline: 31st August 2017 Read more…
the International Composition Competition Vittorio Fellegara
Associazione “Musica Aperta” of Bergamo and the Fellegara Competition promoting Comittee are pleased to send you the leaflet of the International Composition Competition “Vittorio Fellegara” – Third Edition 2017, organized by Musica Aperta and dedicated to works for classic piano Trio (violin, cello and piano). The deadline for the competition is October 10, 2017. Read…
New Saxophone Quartets! – Keuris Quartet
Gaudeamus invites young composers (35 years or younger) worldwide to write a new saxophone quartet for the Keuris Quartet. Send a composition sketch with a maximum length of one minute before August 1. We would like to receive sheet music / PDF and a midi file. Read more..
Call for new notes for the Robot Toy Piano
Robot Toy Piano – Phyllis Chen / Ranjit Bhatnagar Gaudeamus invites young composers (35 years or younger) worldwide to write new notes for the Robot Toy Piano of Phyllis Chen and Ranjit Bhatnagar. We invite you to write a sketch of 30-60” seconds. We ask you to send a score in PDF-format and a midi-file…
Call for new composition for the carillon
Gaudeamus and carillonneur/carillonist Malgosia Fiebig invite young composers (35 years or younger) worldwide to write a new composition for the carillon of the world-famous Dom Tower in Utrecht (The Netherlands). Malgosia Fiebig is a carillonneur/carillonist in the cities of Utrecht and Nijmegen and a big advocate for new compositions for carillon.Deadline: before 1 August 2017….
Gaudeamus Award 2018
Only five composers younger than 30 years will be eligible for the Award. The categories and ensembles for 2018 are announced! Large ensemble: Asko|Schönberg | Insomnio | Ensemble Modelo62 Electric ensemble: Ensemble Klang Small vocal ensemble: Silbersee Harp solo (+electronics): Miriam Overlach Piano+electronics: Saskia Lankhoorn Open Category: Music installations or works for any other instrumentation,…