The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards
The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards seek to recognize and encourage world-class research and artistic creation, prizing contributions of particular significance and/or practical impact in one or more fields. Honors in basic, natural and social sciences, and technology are joined in this award family by a category devoted to the recognition of excellence in…
COMPOSIT
COMPOSIT is an international summer festival for composers of contemporary music taking place June 28-July 6th in Rieti, Italy. Internationally renown faculty guide and instruct participants through lessons and masterclasses on specialized topics. Composit is an opportunity for composers from around the world to engage with contemporary music, foster their personal artistic path and realize each…
Swiss Contemporary Music Festival Forum Wallis call for acousmatic works
Swiss Contemporary Music Festival Forum Wallis announces a call for acousmatic works to be programmed during our 2015 festival. Submission deadline 20 MAR 2015, 10am MET. No Entry Fee. No age limit. Up to 2 works/composer. The selected pieces will be played during 1 concert in Schloss Leuk 21-25 May 2015, presenting a selection of…
OrkesterkamP Music Festival & School
OrkesterkamP Music Festival & School offers an intensive professional performance experience. Students perform orchestra and chamber music repertoire side-by-side with their teacher from professional institutions or orchestras form all Europe. OrkesterkamP is open to dedicated musicians of any age. Application deadline: 15th February 2015. Read more…
The International Summer Course for Composers, SYNTHETIS 2015
The International Summer Course for Composers, SYNTHETIS 2015, is a fee-based programme where participants selected by the organizer attend workshops, lectures and individual lessons conducted in English by Zhou Long, Martijn Padding, Simon Steen-Andersen, Philippe Manoury and Paweł Hendrich, as well as concerts, presentations and other events included in the schedule. Application deadline: April 30th,…
Edwin van der Heide to be city Bonn sound artist
The Beethovenstiftung für Kunst und Kultur der Bundesstadt Bonn (Beethoven Foundation for Art and Culture of the Federal City of Bonn) has announced the appointment of Dutch artist Edwin van der Heide to be city sound artist bonn 2015. In the framework of the project bonn hoeren, the only one of its kind world-wide, the…
International Jurgenson Competition for Young Composers
The Eighth International Jurgenson Competition for Young Composers has been organized by Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory, the Centre for Contemporary Music (Moscow) and the Jurgenson Charity Foundation. Open to: composers born after 15 February 1979. Deadline 2015/02/15. a composition either for an ensemble of soloists or for voice and an ensemble of soloists (from 6…
2nd International competition for harpsichordists and composers 2015
2nd International competition for harpsichordists and composers 2015 will take place from May 26 – 30th 2015. The Foundation Annelie de Man organizes in cooperation with the Orgelpark in Amsterdam Netherlands a competition for composers and harpsichordists to promote and support contemporary harpsichord repertoire. We are very happy to announce the six finalists for the…
temp’óra is issuing a new call for projects
In order to promote recently composed music scores, temp’óra is issuing a call for projects, period 2016-2017. It is aimed at composers and ensembles (instrumental and/or vocal) involved mainly in contemporary music. Applications form must be returned by 30 July 2015. Results: 30 September 2015. Directions for entries of projects to temp’óra (must be followed…
Arizona Pro Arte’s competition
One to five (1-5) compositions will be selected and be performed on Arizona Pro Arte’s September 19th, 2015 concert at the Tempe Center for the Arts in Tempe, Arizona with original choreography and dancers by ELEVATE DanceWorks. Submissions may consist of any combination of standard orchestral instruments up to eight (8) performers plus prerecorded tape/audio…