The 2014 AGBU Sayat Nova International Composition Competition
| The 2014 AGBU Sayat Nova International Composition Competition | |
| Summary: | International Chamber Music Contest |
| Deadline: | 25 November 2014 |
| Date Posted: | 23 April 2014 |
| Details: |
Preserving the Armenian identity and heritage has been AGBU’s central mission since its 1906 founding, and nothing embodies Armenian culture more than its traditional music. For over two decades, promoting the arts has marked one of the cornerstones of AGBU’s work. We are especially proud of our most recent contributions to the field, including the establishment of the Karabakh Chamber Orchestra in 2004, our support of the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra following the days after independence, and our restoration of the Academy of Fine Arts of Gyumri after the devastating earthquake there in 1988. AGBU is deploying efforts to attract the interest of young composers to classical music and the traditional Armenian repertoire. If the encounter between classical musicians, of written tradition, and traditional musicians, of oral tradition, is sometimes difficult, it is all the more richer. Together they create the musical heritage of tomorrow. Hence, the idea of the Sayat Nova composition competition is born, combining modernism, tradition and Armenian inspiration. It aims to discover talented young composers, help them financially, record their works, and diffuse them. The 2014 Sayat Nova competition candidates will have to compose for a chamber ensemble consisting of 3 (three) instrumentalists (piano, cello and duduk) and a woman's voice, mezzo- soprano register (spoken or sung). The duration of the piece must be within 7-10 minutes. the piece must include one quotation, in any form, from a text of Daniel Varoujan in Armenian or translated into a Western language (i.e. English, German, French, Italian, Spanish or Russian). The deadline for submission of works is no later than 25 November 2014. We look forward to the response for our renewed call for applicants to the 2014 Sayat Nova Composition Competition. |
| Web Site: | http://sayatnova2014eng.agbueurope.org/COMPETITION.html |
