Update: the Wiener Konzerthaus's composing competition
«Towards the Next 100 Years»
Names of jury members published • Works can be submitted until the end of the year
The names of the jury members in the Wiener Konzerthaus's international composing competition for young composers have now been published: they include Dieter Schnebel, Jörg Widmann, Marino Formenti, Johannes Maria Staud and Joanna Woźny. Works can be submitted until the end of the year 2011.
To mark its 100th season in 2012/2013, the Wiener Konzerthaus is launching an international composing competition, inviting composers aged up to 35 (as of 1 December 2011) to submit compositions in one or more of the following 10 categories:
1. Piano trio and electronics
Desired is a composition for the classical instrumentation of violin, violoncello and piano, innovatively
expanded to include electronics.
2. String quartet
2 violines, viola and violoncello
3. Wind quintet
Flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn and bassoon
4. Mixed ensemble
Maximum instrumentation: Flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, violoncello, piano, percussion
(woodwinds doubling up with additional instruments). Instrumentation can include anywhere between
one and eight of the instruments from this pool.
5. Piano
Piano solo
6. Vocal work
Instrumentation: Large, mixed choir with percussion and organ
7. Composition for children and young people
Piece for ensemble with extractable chorus part (canon, maximum of four parts) for children aged
between 6 and 10. Ensemble instrumentation: Flute or clarinet, 2 violins, violoncello; for children aged
between 6 and 14, including additional score for a cappella canon reprintable in a songbook.
8. Audiovisual/multimedia piece
Music for up to a maximum of 5 instruments and/or electronics in conjunction with another medium
such as film/projections/visuals
9. Chamber orchestra (strings)
Maximum instrumentation: 12 violins, 4 viola, 4 violoncello, 2 double-basses to be divided up at
composer's choice
10. Symphony orchestra
Maximum instrumentation: 3/3/3/3, 4/4/3/1, 1 timpani, 3 percussionists, 1 harp, 14/12/10/8/6
(woodwinds include doubling up)
Duration: In all categories, the total duration of each piece submitted is 10 minutes.
Statement: In addition to the piece of music, competition participants must submit a short statement
(in words, pictures or sound) about the role and importance of music in the future.
Submission deadline: Works and statements in all categories must be submitted by the end of 2011.
Selection process/awarding of prizes/world premieres:
Juries made up of international experts will award one prize in each of the 10 categories. The winning works in each category will be given their first performance as part of the regular concerts of the 2012/2013 season in the Wiener Konzerthaus. The composers of the winning works will each receive prize money of € 1,000.
Conditions of submission:
Each work must be submitted anonymously so that the identity of the author is not discernible either on the score or on the accompanying statement. The name, address, telephone number and e-mail address of the composer and his or her CV must be placed in a sealed envelope. An identical codeword must be written on both the submitted work and the sealed envelope.
Please send scores (if possible in electronically stored form) by post to
Wiener Konzerthaus
Kompositionswettbewerb 2012/2013
Lothringerstraße 20
A-1030 Wien
If the work is chosen by the jury, the composer is obliged to ensure that the complete performing material is made available in good time.
Questions and queries can be addressed to:
kompositionswettbewerb@konzerthaus.at
For further information about the organiser:
www.konzerthaus.at
