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Toru Takemitsu Award

 Toru Takemitsu Award
Summary:International Composition Competition for Large Orchestra
Deadline: 30 September 2014
Date Posted: 07 January 2014
Details: The orchestral composition competition will take place in 2014 and 2015. Young composers from all over the world are urged to submit their newly created works during their preferred competition year (may enter multiple years).

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 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.

Compositions for orchestra in any format except concerto, within the instrumentation specified on website (follow link) and to be performed with one conductor.
Scores that have been published, performed in public concert or commercially recorded are not eligible.

Qualified applicants:
Any person, regardless of nationality, who is not over 35 years old at the end of the year his / her application is submitted.
Age Limit:35
Web Site:http://www.operacity.jp/en/concert/award/entry/index.php