Students should consult literature produced by the individual funding organisations for complete and up-to-date information & for relevant application forms.

ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DI SANTA CECILIA
Competition on the occasion of the year 2000 for an original composition for chorus and orchestra (or instrumental ensemble of min. 20 instruments, 12-25 mins. long) based on specified text. Compositions must be unpublished and not previously performed. Deadline Nov. Open to musicians of any nationality under age 35.
Further information from Website: www.santacecilia.it
Address: via Vittoria 6 –00187 Rome, Italy.
Tel: 0039 06 328171 Fax: 0039 06 3611402

AIC MOSTLY MODERN COMPOSITION COMPETITION
Open to composers of any nationality.
Contact: Association of Irish Composers, Copyright House, Pembroke Row,
Dublin 2, Ireland.
Email: info@composers.ie Website: www.composers.ie

GUIDO D'AREZZO INTERNATIONAL COMPOSITION COMPETITION
Open to composers of all nationalities & ages. Composition for choir (mixed, male, femaale or vocal ensemble up to a maximum of 16 voices) and for choir with instruments (1 or more up to a maximum of 4 instrumentalists by choice). Closing date: March. Application fee.
Contact: Fondazione Guido d'Arezzo, Corso Italia 102, I-52100 Arezzo, Italy.
Tel: +39 0575 356203 Fax: +39 0575 324735 Email: fondguid@nots.it

BMV MUSICA VIVA COMPOSITION PRIZE
Closing date: 1 October.
Contact: Udo Zimmermann, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Büro musica viva, BMW Kompositionpreis der musica viva, Rundfunkplatz 1, 80300 Munchen, Germany.
Tel: +49 89 5900 2231 Fax: +49 89 5900 3827
Email: larissa.kowal-wolk@BR-mail.de

AGO/ECS PUBLISHING AWARD IN CHORAL COMPOSITION
For unpublished work for SATB and organ, duration 6-8 minutes. Prizes=$2000,publication & performance.
Contact: American Guild of Organists, 475 Riverside Drive, Suite 1260,
NY 10115, USA.
Tel: +1 212 870 2310 Fax: +1 212 870 2163 Email: info@agohq.org

ALFREDO CASELLA INTERNATIONAL COMPOSITION CONTEST
Open to those aged 35 and under. Closing date: 1 October.
Contact: Accademia Musicale Chigiano, Via di Citta 89, I-53100 Siena, Italy.
Tel: +39 0577 22091 Fax: +39 0577 288124 Email: stampa@chigiana.it

EDVARD GRIEG MEMORIAL COMPETITION FOR COMPOSERS
Closing date: 1 February. First prize=1500 NOK.
Contact: The Oslo Grieg Society, Gaustadveien 4b, N-0372 Oslo, Norway.
Tel: +47 22 493630 Fax: +47 22 492311 Email: per@griegselskapet.org

EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR COMPOSERS (ITALY)
No age limit, all nationalities. Annual competition. Deadline: March.
Contact: Michael Yasenak, 226E Second Street, Suite 5D, New York, NY 10009, USA.
Tel: +1 212 387 0111 Fax: +1 212 2140701 Email: iblanyc@aol.com

FRIBOURG INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION IN COMPOSITION OF SACRED MUSIC
Biennial, open to any age or nationality. 1st prize=8000 SF + performance at the Fribourg Festival of Sacred Music.
Contact: Nicole Renevey, Administrator, Case Postale 292, CH-1701 Fribourg, Switzerland.
Tel: +41 26 322 4800 Fax: +41 26 322 8331 Email: office@fms-fribourg.ch

THE GENESIS PRIZES FOR OPERA
Open to composers of any nationality under the age of 40. Composer & librettist teams submit ideas for original one act music theatre works.
Contact: Harriet Capaldi, Administrator, PO Box 32815, London N1 1GE.
Tel/Fax: 020 7288 1741 Email: operaprize@genesisfoundation org.uk
Website: www.genesisfoundation.org.uk

ARTHUR HONNEGGER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE
Contact: Fondation de France, 40 Av Hoche, F-75008 Paris, France.
Tel: +33 1 44 213100 Fax: +33 1 44 213101

CITTA DI PESCARA INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF COMPOSITION
Open to composers born after 31 December 1967. Aims to promote New Consonant Music and pedagogic music. Prize=750 euros. Deadline = December .
Contact: Kamerton, Citta di Pescara 13, I-65131 Pescara Fontanelle, Italy
Fax: +39 085 496 1982 Email: kamerton@kamerton.com

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF COMPOSING BIENNALE NEUE MUSIK HANNOVER
Biennial. Open to composers of any nationality. Deadline for submissions, which must not have been performed or published, is 15th Mar.
Details: Hannoversche Gesellschaft fur Neue Musik, Warmbuchenstr. 16, D-30159 Hannover, Germany.
Tel: +49 511 30 68 5312 Fax: +49 511 30 68 533
Email: mail@biennale-hannover.de
Website: www.biennale-hannover.de

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR MUSICAL COMPOSITION
Biennial, open to composers of any age and from any country, for orchestral or chamber music composition. Closing date 30th April.
Details: Dr. Dugulin, Grants Management Officer, Palazzo Municipale, Piazza dell’Unita D’Italia 4, Trieste, I-34121, Italy.
Tel: 390 040 366030/040 310500 Fax: 390 040 636969

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF COMPOSITION “2 AGOSTO”
Open to musicians of all nationalities, not older than 41. 1st Prize = E 5,000. Closing date early May.
Contact: The Secretary, C/- Teatro Testoni, Via Matteotti 16, 40129 Bologna, Italy.
Tel: +39 051 415 3718 (10am - 1pm) Fax:: +39 051 415 3777
Email: info@concorso2agosto.it
Website: www.concorso2agosto.it

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED COMPOSERS
Triennial. 1st prize = c.Kc 10,000.
Contact: SONS - Czech Blind United, Karlinské nám 12, CZ-186 03 Praha 8,
Czech Republic.
Tel: +420 2 2481 7393 Fax: +420 2 2481 8398 Email: sons_zahr@braillnet.cz

INTERNATIONAL AWARD OF MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS CIUTAT DE TARRAGONA
Composition must be unpublished, unperformed and not previously awarded a prize. 1st prize = 1,500,000 ptas.
Contact: c/o Ajuntament de Tarragona, Registre General, Plaça del la Font 1, E-43003 Tarragona, Spain.
Tel: +34 977 250923 Fax: +34 977 296118 Email: ajtargna@tinet.fut.es

INTERNATIONAL COMPOSERS' COMPETITION: In Memoriam Zoltan Kodaly
Contact: Marta Vandulek, Administrator, Andrassy ut 89, H-1062, Budapest, Hungary.
Tel: +36 1 342 8448 Fax: +36 1 322 9647 Email: kodalyzm@mail.matav.hu

INTERNATION COMPETITION FOR WOMEN COMPOSERS
Contact: Ursula Pawlak or Juliane Huber, GEDOK, PO Box 101324, D-68013 Mannheim, Germany.
Tel: +49 621 861631 Fax: +49 621 4329717
Email: upawlak@aol.com or jojuhuber@t-online.de

INTERNATIONAL CONTEST FOR ORGAN COMPOSITIONS
Closing date: May. 1st prize = 2500 euros
Contact: Kreisstadt Saarlouis, Kulturamt, Grüne Baum Strasse, Saarlouiser Orgeltage, Postfach 2260, D-66740 Saarlouis, Germany.
Tel: +49 6831 40529 Fax: +49 6831 123260

INTERNATIONAL GAUDEAMUS MUSIC WEEK
Orchestral, choir and chamber music. Works may already have been performed but must have been composed not more than 3 years ago. .
Contact: Gaudeamus Foundation, Swammerdamstraat 38, NL-1091 RV Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Tel: +31 20 694 7349 Fax: +31 20 694 7258 Email: info@gaudsamus.nl

INTERNATIONAL NEW CHAMBER OPERA COMPETITION
Open to composers of all nationalities aged 35 and under. For unpublished and unperformed chamber operas with librettos in Italian, German, English, French or Spanish.
Contact: Claudio Lepore, manager or Paola Sarcina, assistant, Teatro Lirico Sperimentale di Spoleto, Piazza G Bovio 1, I-06049 Spoleto, Italy.
Tel: +39 0743 221645/220440 Fax: +39 0743 222930
Email: teatrolirico@mail.caribusiness.it

IRINO PRIZE INTERNATIONAL COMPOSERS COMPETITION
Open to composers aged 40 and under. Works for orchestra which have not been performed and have not recieved any prizes. Maximum duration 20 minutes. Applicants must provide score and application form. Closing date 30 April. Prize = 650,000 yen and world premier by New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra.
Contact: The Irino Prize Foundation, c/- Japan Music Life Seminar, Yoshiro Irino Institute of Music, 5-22-2 Matsubara, Setagaya-ku, Tokto 156, Japan.
Tel: +81 3 332 30646 Fax: +81 3 332 55468
Email: jml-irinopz@nyc.odn.ne.jp

KAZIMIERZ SEROCKI 8TH INTERNATIONAL COMPOSERS COMPETITION
Biennial open to all composers. More than one score per composer is permitted. Only compositions for orchestra (20-55 players) without soloist. Entry fee. Main prize=US$5,000.
Contact: Grazyna Dziura, executive secretary, Polish Society for Contemporary Music, ISCM Polish Section, U1 Mazowiecka 11, PL-00 052 Warsaw, Poland.
Tel: +48 22 8276981 Fax: +48 22 8277804.

LADISLAV KUBIK INTERNATIONAL PRIZE IN COMPOSITION
Competition open to all nationalities under age 35 on 31st May and submissions must be scored for any combination of instruments for between 2 and 10 performers. Closing date 31st May.
Address: School of Music, Florida State University, Tallahassee,
Florida 32306-1180, USA.

LUXEMBOURG INTERNATIONAL COMPOSITION PRIZE
Open to composers of any nationality. New compositions for the Luxembourg Sinfonietta. Compositions judged by an international jury. Submitted scores screened by the judges and 6 selected for performance at the Final Concert.
Contact: Marcel Wengler, Artistic Director, ISCM Luxembourg Section, LGNM, PO Box 828, 2018 Luxembourg.
Tel: +353 225821 Fax: +353 225823
Email: 1gnm@1gnm.lu or info@luxembourg-sinfonietta.lu

MUSICAL COMPOSITION COMPETITION
Open to composers aged under 40. Symphonic works. Entry fee = 90 euros. 1st prize = 5500 euros.
Contact: Olivier Laval, Administrator, Secrétariat, 3 bis, Rue Léonel de Moustier, F-25000 Besancon, France.
Tel: +33 381 250585 Fax: +33 381 815215
Email: contact@festival-besancon.com

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COMPOSERS USA YOUNG COMPOSERS' COMPETITION
Annual. Entries by 30 October. Ages 18-30. 1st prize=$200 & performances in Los Angeles.
Contact: Marshall Bialosky, President, PO Box 49256, Barrington Station, Los Angeles, CA 90049, USA.
Tel: +1 310 5418213 Fax: +1 310 4551413 Email: bia@flash.net

NEW CHAMBER OPERA COMPETITION 'ORPHEUS'
Open to applicants under 35 on December 31. Libretti in Italian, German, English, French or Spanish.
Contact: Claudio Lepore, General Manager, Teatro Lirico Sperimentale di Spoleto "A Belli", Piazza G Biovio 1, 06049 Spoleto (PG), Italy.
Tel: +39 7 4322 1645/0440 Fax: +39 7 4322 2930
Email: teatrolirico@mail.caribusiness.it

GOFFREDO PETRASSI INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR COMPOSERS
Triennial. No age limit. For unpublished symphonic compositions. 1st prize= (The Goffredo Petrassi Award) tba, publishing contract and diploma.
Contact: c/o Fondazione Arturo Toscanini, Via G Tartini 13, I-43100 Parma, Italy.
Tel: +39 0521 274421 Fax: +39 0521 272134
Email: segreteria@fondazione-toscanini.it

PRIX ARS ELECTRONICA-INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR CYBERARTS
Annual competition. Prizes in category Digital Musics: 1 Golden Nica (5000 euros/US$8970); 2 awards of distinction (5000 euros each); up to 12 honorary mentions. Application form available via email.
Contact: ORF/Prix Ars Electronica, Europaplatz 3, A-4021 Linz, Austria.
Tel: +43 732 6900 ext 24227 Fax: +43 732 6900 ext 24270
Email: info@prixars.orf.at

OMAHA SYMPHONY GUILD INTERNATIONAL NEW MUSIC COMPETITION
Annual, open to composers over age 25 with unpublished compositions never performed by professional orchestra. 1st prize = US$3,000 + premiere performance. Entry fee. Closing date 15th April.
Details: Ms Kimberly Mettenbrink, Volunteer Co-ordinator, 1605 Haward Street, Omaha, NE, 68102, USA.
Tel: 1 402 3423836 Fax: 1 402 3423819
Email: bravo@omahasymphony.org
Website: www.omahasymphony.org

SONIC CIRCUITS
Annual competition for works involving electronic technology. Chosen works form part of caravan of curated works which travels the world, receiving multiple performances at various venues.
Contact: Philip Blackburn, Program Director, ACF-SC 332 Minnesota Street E-145, Saint Paul, MN 55101-1300, USA
Tel: +1 651 2281407 Fax: +1 651 2917978
Email: pblackburn@composersforum.org

THE TORU TAKEMITSU COMPOSITION AWARD
Open to composers under the age of 35. A cash award will be presented to the winner and a performance of the winning entry will take place at the Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall. Deadlines: Sept.
Details: Toru Takemitsu Composition Award, Tokyo Opera City Cultural Foundation, 3-20-2 Nishi-Shinjuku, Skinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-1403, Japan.
Tel: +81 3 5353-0770 Fax:+81 3 5353-0771
Website: http://www.tokoyooperacity-cf.or.jp Email: info@toccf.com

KURT WEILL PRIZE
Bienneal. Closing date April. Awarded for distinguished scholarship in 20th C music theatre, including opera. Work must have been published within 2 years prior to the deadline. Prize=$2500 for books, $500 for articles.
Contact: 7Carolyn Weber, director of programme admin. 7 East 20th Street, New York, NY 10003-1106, USA.
Tel: +1 212 505 5240 Fax: +1 212 353 9663 Email: kwfinfo@kwf.org

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