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TENSO Days, the International Festival for Contemporary Choral Music

TENSO Days, the International Festival for Contemporary Choral Music, is a showcase of the very best of chamber choir performances in Europe. Flanders Festival Mechelen and Tenso Network Europe invite all music lovers and practitioners to discover the choral music of the 21st century. This third edition, from the 13th until the 15th of May…

The second edition of the Keuris Composers Contest

The second edition of the Keuris Composers Contest will take place in May 2016. We invite composers to participate with compositions for 1) youth symphony orchestra or 2) ensemble (clarinet, cello and piano). The compositions should be accessible, nowadays, playable by and written for youth. All participating compositions will be anonymously judged. Six nominated pieces…

COMPOSIT July 5-July 13th 2016

COMPOSIT is an international summer festival for composers of contemporary music taking place July 5-July 13th in Rieti, Italy. Internationally renown faculty guide and instruct participants through lessons and masterclasses on specialized topics. The 2016 edition offer a Composition Program and a Live Electronics and Sound Installation Program. Composers from around the world come together…

Ultraschall Berlin 20. – 24. January 2016

Ultraschall Berlin’s new season brings together the usual mix of eclectic and dazzlingly colourful elements from the world of new music. Since the Festival is not obliged to be topical or to première new works, it can focus on essential developments in new music and cast an associative glance at the recent past in order…

10th Bucharest International JAZZ Competition 2016

10th Bucharest International JAZZ Competition 2017 @ EUROPAfest for instrumentalists and vocalists 100 % jazz & more…competition, concerts, jam sessions, jazz workshops…Bucharest International JAZZ Competition is ranked among the first 3 jazz competitions in Europe. Date: 13 – 20 May 2017. The band’s leader can be older than 40 years. Prizes: 7.000 Euro Deadline: 10th…

15º Concorso Internazionale di Composizione ed Esecuzione “Don Vincenzo Vitti”

The fourth edition celebrates the 80th anniversary of the death of Ottorino Respighi (1936 – 2016). The task of the competition is to compose a Cantata concertante for mezzosoprano, violin and piano (length between 8 up to 12 minutes). Deadline: 30 april 2016. Read more…

The FLORENCE INTERNATIONAL CHOIR FESTIVAL

The FLORENCE INTERNATIONAL CHOIR FESTIVAL is enhanced by a prestigious new initiative. A choral composition competition that will see the famous Maestro Ennio Morricone, honarary Academy Award winner, act as Chairman of an International Jury of eminent composers. The best composition will be the obligatory piece in the category M – Modern and Contemporary Music…

International Composition Competition … a Camillo Togni

The competition is open to musicians of all nationalities, with no age restrictions. It will be completed by December 2016 and will end with a public concert at which the final scores will be performed by dèdalo ensemble. The concert will be followed by the prize-giving ceremony. Deadline is June 20, 2016 Read more..

The Fourth International Edison Denisov Young Composers Competition

The Fourth International Edison Denisov Young Composers Competition is dedicated to the memory of Edison Denisov, the outstanding modern composer, the founder of the new Russian composers school, the prominent public figure, who established the new Russian music in the world musical space. The competition is open to composers of any nationality, who were born…

2016 General Artists-in-Residence Program

2016 General Artists-in-Residence Program, supporting the following disciplines: Visual Arts, Architecture, Moving Image, Music Composition/Sound Art, Creative Writing and Landscape/Garden/Ecological Design The application deadline is January 25, 2016 Read more…