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 Orient/Occident Music Composers' Forum
Summary:Competition 3-15 Players
Deadline: 14 September 2015
Date Posted: 21 August 2015
Details: 3th Edition : 2015

City: Lviv (Ukraine)

Sponsored by:Lviv Philharmonic Orchestra

Date:14 to 18 October 2015

The project ORIENT / OCCIDENT was born with the idea of meeting and sharing among composers of various nationalities and age, on the common theme of meeting between the world of the Eastern contemporary music and the Western culture.

The need to unite worlds often too far away, the possibility of the rediscovery of making music as a sacred element of life and modern figure of the composer in our history and in our contemporary world.

The project is open to all composers of any age and nationality, who want to share their musical and personal journey, attend seminars and opportunities for discussion, on the art of our time, on the contemporary music and on the figure of the Composer in this Third Millennium. The organization will select 12 composers who will have the opportunity to participate in the "ORIENT / OCCIDENT COMPOSERS' MUSIC FORUM 2015" from 14 to 18 October 2015 in the city of Lviv, inside the music center of Lviv Philharmonic Orchestra. The 12 selected works will be played on 18 October 2015 by Lviv Chamber Orchestra. All concert will be recorded by a sound engineer and will be released a Cd containing the full concert with the works selected.

The International Music Composers' Forum ORIENT / OCCIDENT 2015 will take place from 14 to 18 October 2015 in Lviv (Ukraine) - Address: Tchaikovsky str. 7 (Lviv Philharmonic Orchestra).

The International Music Composers' Forum is open to a maximun of 12 composers of whatever age or nationality.

Each composer must submit - deadline: 14 September 2015 - a music score choosen in the following list from 3 to 15 players : 2 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello, 1 contrabbass, 1 piano, 1 flute (ottavino), 1 oboe (horn anglais), 1 clarinet (bass clarinet), 1 bassoon, 1 trumpet, 1 frenchhorn, 1 trombone, 2 percussionists (timpani, cymbals, bassdrum, vibraphone, tubular bells).

The work must not exceed 9 minutes.

All score will be sent by email (only one work for composer), in PDF format, at info@klknewmusic.com

Each email sent to submit a score shall include:

- the score, in A4 format, as a PDF-file (Sibelius or Finale software)
- a second PDF-file containing the identity of the composer (name and address, nationality, telephone number, email, website, short CV) and a statement by the composer stating that the submitted work has never before been published, performed in public and/or broadcast before, nor prized in any composer's competition. Other file format than PDF are not acceptable and will result in the submission being rejected! There is no registration form.

The Composition Staff will select 12 composers, from all the application submitted, no later then 18 September 2015.

Each composer selected for the International Music Composers' Forum 2015 will be notified by email and must send the instrumental parts no later then 23 September 2015.
Web Site:www.klknewmusic.com/orientoccident2015.html