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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…

12th SUN RIVER PRIZE Students’ New Music Composition Competition Chengdu, P.R. China, 2016

The competition of this year is chamber music, and the establishment of music instruments to be selected of 1-9 instrumentalists combined willingly and the same instrument is not more than 4. (Without any electronic instrument, equipment and computer) The composition should be under 12 minutes. Qualifications 1. All students (without any restrictions on nationalities, regions…

Live-electronic Composition Contest – Concours de Bourges 2016

Composers are invited to write a short study of 2 to 4 minutes maximum. The electroacoustic device is represented by the software P-Soft supplied byMusInfo. The composers whose studies are chosen will receive a commission from the Opus Centrum ensemble who collaborates with MusInfo. They will be invited to write a full length composition that…

Queen Elisabeth competition 2017

In 2017, the Queen Elisabeth competition is holding for the first time in its history a competition devoted to CELLISTS! Application deadline : 11 January 2017 Candidates must be born after 31 December 1986 The rules, as well as the online application form, will be available on www.qeimc.be as from September 2016 Read more…