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Composition Competition 2017

 Composition Competition 2017
Summary:Competition for German Composers
Deadline: 28 July 2017
Date Posted: 24 May 2017
Details: Orchestra Filarmonica di Torino (www.oft.it) announces an international composition competition to promote each year the new music of a different European nation.

The 2017 competition will be dedicated to Germany.

The 2017 Competition is open to German composers – officially of German nationality – between 18 and 40 years old (on 28th July 2017).

The compositions should not exceed 10 minutes in length.

The compositions must be compatible with the following orchestral instrumentation:
- strings (maximum 5.4.3.2.1)
- 1 flute
- 2 oboes (no english horn)
- 2 bassoons (no contrabbassoon)
- 2 french horns
The new pieces could use completely or in part the instrumentation above.

The compositions may be submitted in PDF (full score) by 28th July 2017 to the following e- mail address:
composition.competition@oft.it

An audio file (mp3), derived from MIDI rendition, can also be submitted together with the score. Do not send MIDI files or other file formats.

The scores may be written using any music notation software and clearly legible. Competitors can take part in only one composition. The compositions must be unpublished, never performed, nor broadcasted by radio, television and/or streaming, nor presented, awarded and/or reported in other competitions.

To ensure your anonymity to the jury, please make sure that your score is NOT marked with your name but with a motto. In the same e-mail, please also provide the following information (which will not be available to the jury):

A) your contact information (name, address, e-mail, phone)
B) a short description of your life, studies and works.
C) copy of a valid identification document (that proves your age and German nationality)
D) receipt of payment of registration fee
Web Site:www.oft.it//media/news/000013/OFT%20Composition%20Competition%202017.pdf