Toru Takemitsu Composition Award - 2018
| Toru Takemitsu Composition Award - 2018 | |
| Summary: | Orchestral Competition |
| Deadline: | 29 September 2017 |
| Date Posted: | 02 August 2017 |
| Details: |
The orchestral composition competition will take place in the following years. Young composers from all over the world are urged to submit their newly created works during their preferred competition year (may enter multiple years). 2018 Unsuk Chin (Korea) 2019 Philippe Manoury (France) 2020 Thomas Adès (United Kingdom) 2021 Pascal Dusapin (France) Preliminary Screening: The judge will screen the submitted scores and select a certain number of works to be performed. Final Selection: Those works selected during the preliminary screening will be performed in concert (“Final Concert”) at the Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall: Takemitsu Memorial, and the year's award will be decided by the judge following the performance (see [Final Concert and Other Information]). Cash Award: Cash Award: the total sum of 3,000,000 Yen, each year. The judge may withhold the prize (i.e. in absence of a suitable entry) or divide the prize among multiple entries. The composers whose works are selected to be performed at the final selection will be invited to attend the concert. Eligible scores Compositions for orchestra in any format except concerto, within the following instrumentation and to be performed with one conductor. Scores that have been published, performed in public concert or commercially recorded before “Final Concert” are not eligible. Instrumentation Maximum Flute 3 (may double on piccolo or alto flute) Oboe 3 (may double on English horn) Clarinet 3 (may double on E-flat or bass clarinet) Bassoon 3 (may double on double bassoon) Horn 4 Trumpet 3 Trombone 3 Tuba 1 Extra wind 1 (one extra wind not listed above may be included) Harp 2 Keyboard 2 players (may include piano(s), celesta, synthesizer) Percussion 4 players (including Timpani) Violin 30 Viola 12 Cello 10 Double Bass 8 -A change in instrumentation may be requested if unusual wind / percussion instruments are used. -Any keyboard used (synthesizers included) must be easily available in Japan. If a specific model is required, please consult with the secretariat beforehand. -Any applicant requiring inclusion of a keyboard or synthesizer must provide their own programmed sample and tone data, compatible with the model being used. -Computer-based synthesizers, including software synthesizers, may be included but the keyboard player must be able to play the instrument from a piano-style keyboard. The applicant must also prepare the computer, software and interface. -Use of real-time electric amplification / modulation, or accompaniment by recorded sound tape / CD playing is not permitted. Duration No shorter than 10 minutes nor longer than 20 minutes. Qualified applicants Any person, regardless of nationality, who is not over 35 years old at the end of the year of the application deadlines. Application Deadlines For the year 2018 Friday, 29 September 2017 |
| Web Site: | www.operacity.jp/en/concert/award/entry/index.php |
