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Georges Aperghis wins BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award

The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Contemporary Music category goes in this eighth edition to Georges Aperghis for reinventing musical theater and taking it in entirely new directions. “He has opened up a unique path in the territory of musical theater employing new scenic devices whereby everything becomes music, starting from the…

The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award

The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Contemporary Music distinguishes composers, conductors and performers who have demonstrated exceptional attainments in the classical music of the 20th and 21st centuries. The Contemporary Music award will consist of € 400.000, a diploma and a commemorative artwork. The closing date for submissions is June 30, 2016, at…

34. Rassegna di Nuova Musica

34. Rassegna di Nuova Musica Teatro Lauro Rossi – Macerata 11 12 13 14 aprile 2016 Works by György Ligeti, Franco Donatoni, Conlon Nancarrow, Helmut Lachenmann and Stefano Scodanibbio. Read more…

Livorno Music Festival

From the 22th of August to the 7th of September 2016, 11 Master Classes will be held by internationally renowned performers and professors from the most prestigious Music Institutions, such as the Royal Academy of Music, London; the Conservatoire National Supérieur of Paris; the Hochschule für Musik in Basel, in Cologne, in Freibourg and Berne….

the Ninth Competition of Electro-acoustic Composition

The Foundation Destellos, call for works for the Ninth Competition of Electro-acoustic Composition, open to composers of any nationality, age and gender. The objectives of this competition are the promotion and development of the artistic creation in relation with new technologies. Likewise, it is an intention of the Foundation Destellos to stimulate the creativity of…

IX. International Accordion Composition Competition “Francisco Escudero”

Hauspoz Euskal Herriko Akordoei Elkartea calls for the IX. International Composition Competition “Francisco Escudero”.      – The objective of the contest is to promote the creation of pieces for solo accordion and for accordion in chamber music.      – A unique category with works composed for solo accordion and for chamber music with accordion which length…

MATA festival NYC 11 – 16 april 2016 New York.

MATA, Founded by Philip Glass, Eleonor Sandresky, and Lisa Bielawa in 1996, presents a week-long festival of music by composers under age forty each spring in New York City. Each festival presents up to thirty works by young composers, at least three to four of which are newly commissioned. Read more..

Toronto International Electroacoustic Symposium 10-13 August 2016

The Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC), New Adventures in Sound Art (NAISA) and the Canadian Music Centre (CMC) are pleased to announce the 10th edition of the Toronto International Electroacoustic Symposium (TIES), and delighted to welcome multifaceted artist John Oswald as Keynote Speaker this year. Governor General award-winning and prolific media artist, composer and saxophonist, John…

International Festival of Electroacoustic Music

Composers, regardless their age and nationality are invited to submit their works of electro-acoustic music, electroacoustic music and video, Video Mapping. Guidelines for submission of works: Deadline for receipt of entries will Date: July 1 2016 They will participate works composed after January 2008 The duration of the work will be between 5 and 15…

Composition competition organised by Orchestre national d’Île-de-France

Theme : to compose “The Migrant’s Tale” for orchestra This 5th competition is opened to composers under 33 years old on January 1st 2017, from any country and enrolled in composition and/or orchestration training program in the European Union within the five last years. Applicants must write two movements, two minutes each, of a five…