The 8th Rivers Awards Composition Competition 2019
—— Regulations—— I. General ProvisionsThe Rivers Awards Composition Competition aims to promote extensive exchange between Chinese and Western music, encouraging innovative and explorative composition for Chinese and Western musical instruments, and build a high-end platform to introduce outstanding original musical works to the public. II. OrganizationHost: Shanghai Conservatory of Music(SHCM)Organizer: The Composition Department of Shanghai…
2019 International Trombone Festival Composers Workshop – Call for Scores
2019, International Trombone Festival, Composers Workshop, Call for scores The International Trombone Festival is excited to sponsor the third annual COMPOSERS WORKSHOP, to be held at Ball State University, in conjunction with the ITF. July 10-13, 2019 Featuring coaching and master classes with composers including: LAUREN BERNOFSKY FRANK GULINO TOM ZUGGER And performances of accepted…
2019 1st Shanghai International Chamber Opera Composition Competition
1st Shanghai International Chamber Opera Composition Competition 2019 Rules I. Aims :Shanghai International Chamber Opera Composition Compitition aims to offer an internatonal platform which encourages young composers involved in the creative process of composing music and promotes outstanding original operas. II. InstitutionsHost: Shanghai Conservatory of MusicOrganizers: Shanghai New Music Week,Shanghai Music Art Development Center for Collaborative…
15th “PABLO SOROZABAL” INTERNATIONAL STRING QUARTET COMPOSITION COMPETITION
15th “PABLO SOROZABAL” INTERNATIONAL STRING QUARTET COMPOSITION COMPETITION The Gipuzkoa provincial authority together with the Basque-Navarrese composers’ association “Musikagileak” is organising the 15th “Pablo Sorozabal” International String Quartet Composition Competition. The aim of the competition is to foster composition for string quartets by encouraging younger composers to write original works. – The competition is open…
Final reminder: Call for Works for the Asian Composers Showcase 2019
Asian Composers Showcase 2019 Open Call for Scores The Asian Composers Showcase was launched in 2013 by the Goethe-Institut together with the Tongyeong International Music Festival (TIMF), to promote the composition of New Music in North East Asia. For six years now, a total of twenty-five compositions by promising young composers have been premiered at…
Listen to This Year’s 50 International Rostrum of Composers Selections Now Until 14 October 2018
From now until 14 October 2018, the International Rostrum of Composers (IRC) has made audio streams available for all the compositions that were featured during this important gathering of radio programmers from around the world. On the IRC’s web page, Listen, Vote, Win, site visitors will have an opportunity not only to listen to each…
Isao Matsushita (1951-2018)
We were very sad to learn of the recent passing, on 16 September 2018, of Japanese composer and conductor Isao Matsushita, who also served as president of the Asian Composers League as well as president of the Japan Federation of Composers, and has been a fixture on the international contemporary music scene for over four…
Call for Works: Asian Composers Showcase 2019
Asian Composers Showcase 2019 Open Call for Scores The Asian Composers Showcase was launched in 2013 by the Goethe-Institut together with the Tongyeong International Music Festival (TIMF), to promote the composition of New Music in North East Asia. For six years now, a total of twenty-five compositions by promising young composers have been premiered at…
Tomoko Fukui and George Kentros Elected to the ISCM Executive Committee
Japanese composer Tomoko Fukui and Swedish violinist George Kentros were newly elected to the Executive Committee of the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) during the penultimate ISCM General Assembly held in the ballroom of the Merchantel Beijing during the 2018 ISCM World New Music Days hosted by the Beijing Modern Music Festival in Beijing, China. The Executive Committee (ExCom) consists of…
Michael Seltenreich Wins the 2018 ISCM Young Composer Award
Israeli-born, USA-based composer Michael Seltenreich has been selected as the recipient of the 2018 ISCM Young Composers Award for his 2010 flute-clarinet-violin-‘cello-piano-percussion sextet Sparks & Flares which was performed by the Ensemble Tempus Loquendi under the direction of Jiao Yang at the Central Conservatory of Music’s Prince Mansion Concert Hall during the 2018 ISCM World New…