5th Competition for Young Composers Dedicated to Gian Carlo Menotti
| 5th Competition for Young Composers Dedicated to Gian Carlo Menotti | |
| Summary: | Songwriting Competition |
| Deadline: | 30 April 2017 |
| Date Posted: | 07 December 2016 |
| Details: |
The 5th Competition for Young Composers dedicated to Gian Carlo Menotti is a collaboration between the Fondazione Monini and Incontri Musicali to honor the musician, composer, director, and librettist’s passion in helping young and emerging artists. This year’s composition is a song cycle for soprano and piano in Italian, English, German, French or Spanish. The winner will receive €5,000 and will be recognized at the 2017 Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy. The work will then be performed at Incontri Musicali 2017, also in Spoleto. www.incontrimusicali.com COMPETITION RULES 1) The competition is open to composers of any nationality, who will be no more than 30 years old by the date of April 30, 2017. 2) Only one composition by each composer will be accepted. 3) The work presented must be 15 to 20 minutes long. 4) The composition is to be conceived as a song cycle for soprano and piano. 5) The text of the songs must be either in English, Italian, French, Spanish or German. 6) The composition must have not already been published. 7) The material must be sent to the Monini Foundation by April 30, 2017. The winner will be invited both to the award presentation and the performance of his/herwork. The foundation will take care of hospitality in Spoleto, while travel expenses will have to be covered by the winner. PRIZE 1) The winner will receive a prize of 5.000 euros. 2) The prize will be awarded in July, during the 2017 Festival dei Due Mondi of Spoleto. 3) The winning work will be performed during the Incontri Musicali chamber music festival held in Spoleto midsummer 2017. 4) The decision of the jury will be final. APPLICATION 1) Send 3 copies of the score of the work with name, address and anything else that will identify you as the composer. 2) The material must be sent to the following address: c/o FONDAZIONE MONINI, Via dell’Arringo 06049 Spoleto (PG) Italy |
| Web Site: | www.incontrimusicali.com/ |
