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GAUDEAMUS AWARD 2018

 GAUDEAMUS AWARD 2018
Summary:Young Composers' Award
Deadline: 01 October 2017
Date Posted: 19 July 2017
Details: In 1957 the very first Gaudeamus Award was awarded to a promising young composer, the 22-year-old Peter Schat. Since then professional juries have annually selected compositions, chosen from hundreds of submissions and nominated these works for the Gaudeamus Award. Only five composers younger than 30 years will be eligible for the Award. Winning the Gaudeamus Award is seen as an international recognition of a young composer and his work and an important springboard into their career.

The categories and ensembles for 2018 are announced! Registration for the Gaudeamus Award 2018 starts 1 August 2017. The deadline for registration is 1 October 2017. If you would like to apply for the Gaudeamus Award 2018, please read the setup and terms & conditions here below thoroughly.

CATEGORY 1 | LARGE ENSEMBLE (+ SOLOIST)

Large ensemble: Asko|Schönberg | Insomnio | Ensemble Modelo62
Instruments: 1 flute (+ picc, alto, bass), 1 clarinet (+ bass), 1 oboe, 1 bassoon (no cbsn), 1 trumpet, 1 trombone, 1 French horn, 1 tuba, 1 guitar (electric + acoustic), 1 percussionist, 1 piano (harmonium), 1 harp, 2 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello, 1 doublebass. Maximum number of players is 16; minimum number of players is 6. Soloist is possible. Amplification and electronics are possible.

CATEGORY 2 | VARIOUS DUTCH ENSEMBLES

Electric ensemble: Ensemble Klang
Instrumentation to be selected from: 2 saxophones (all types), 1 trombone (tenor/alto), 1 piano (or keyboard), 1 percussion and 1 electric guitar (or electric bass guitar). Amplification and electronics are possible.
About Ensemble Klang: Its unique yet versatile instrumentation – saxophones, trombone, keyboards, percussion, guitar, electronics – generates the energetic drive and passion of a band.

Small vocal ensemble: Silbersee
From 1 to a maximum of 6 voices, to be selected from: soprano, mezzo, alto, tenor, baritone, and bass. Amplification and electronics are optional. Composers should be aware that there are no practical possibilities for staging: all selected works will be performed in concert form.
About Silbersee: Silbersee specializes in contemporary vocal music and innovative music theatre.

Harp solo (+electronics): Miriam Overlach
Instrumentation: harp solo. Electronics possible, also as a duo for harp and electronics. Theatrical elements appreciated.
Miriam Overlach is an unconventional harpist rooted in the classical tradition but specialized in contemporary music and the development of the newest musical ideas. She loves to work together with composers. Check composingforharp.com and www.miriamoverlach.com for more information.

Piano+electronics: Saskia Lankhoorn
Instrumentation: piano solo. Electronics possible.
Saskia Lankhoorn challenges young composers to write for the piano in two sonic ways.

Either an acoustic chamber work that deals with the possibilities of the instrument as it was designed for classical chamber music using keys and the natural sounds of the strings. Or by using extended techniques, electronics and/or pre-recorded piano material, exploring a larger sound world, making the piano sound larger than live, reflecting this time and reflecting on our perception of time.
Check www.saskialankhoorn.com for more information


CATEGORY 3 | OPEN CATEGORY

Music installations or works for any other instrumentation, up to a maximum of 12 instrumentalists. Also solo works are possible. The use of video and / or (live-) electronics is encouraged
Web Site:gaudeamus.nl/call/gaudeamus-award/