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BRUNO MADERNA International Composers’ Competition 3rd Edition: 2018

 BRUNO MADERNA International Composers’ Competition 3rd Edition: 2018
Summary:Works for ensemble (3–10 players)
Deadline: 15 June 2018
Date Posted: 05 April 2018
Details: City: Lviv (Ukraine)

Sponsored by : Lviv Philhamonic Society

Date: 14 to 18 July 2018

The International Composers’ Competition BRUNO MADERNA was born from the idea to create a project that will work on the meeting of the contemporary music of our time, dedicated to the memory of the great italian composer of 20th century Bruno Maderna (1920-1973).

All composers who wish to participate into the International Composers’ Competition BRUNO MADERNA must write an original work with organic selected from three to ten instruments.

The 3rd International Composers’ Competition BRUNO MADERNA is open to all composers of any age and nationality.

The organization will select composers who will have the opportunity to participate into the International Composers’ Competition BRUNO MADERNA from 14 to 18 July 2018 in the city of Lviv (Ukraine), inside the Lviv Philhamonia.

The composers’ selected works will be performed in two final concerts 17 and 18 July inside the Concert Hall of Lviv Philharmonic Society.

The concerts will be recorded by a sound engineer with the selected works. A movie director will make a video of the concert.


BRUNO MADERNA International Composers’ Competition 2018 | Participant Info


The International Music Composers’ Forum BRUNO MADERNA COMPETITION 2018 will take place from 14 to 18 July 2018 in Lviv (Ukraine) – Address: Tchaikovsky str. 7 (Lviv Philarmonic).

Each composer must submit – deadline: 15 June 2018 – a music score choosen in the following instruments:

the organic selected from 3 to 10 players is : 1 piano, 2 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello, 1 contrabass, 1 flute (in Do, Sol, piccolo), 1 clarinet (Si bem, bass clarinet), 2 percussionists ( timpani, vibraphone, xylophone, bass drum, cymbals, tubular bells, wood blocks, gong).

The work must not exceed 12 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, from 3 to 10 players, must be in A4 format, indicating the duration, as PDF file (Sibelius or Finale program);
– 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 composers, from all the application submitted, no later 17 June 2018.

Each composer selected for the International Music Composers’ Competition 2017 will be notified by email and must send the instrumental parts no later then 20 June 2017.

Three prizes will be awarded.
1 Prize – 700 USD, and the score published by Aldebaran Editions
2 Prize – score edited by Aldebaran Editions
3 Prize – score edited by Aldebaran Editions

The Composition Staff reserves the right not to award the prize and to award Special Mentions of merit.
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