4th OPUS DISSONUS COMPOSITION COMPETITION
| 4th OPUS DISSONUS COMPOSITION COMPETITION | |
| Summary: | Piano composition competition |
| Deadline: | 30 October 2018 |
| Date Posted: | 26 September 2018 |
| Details: |
OPUS DISSONUS is proud of offer the fourth edition of a piano composition competition open to composers of any nationality and age.We offer a world première recording of at least 3 works and award fees of (BRL) R$ 800 for first place, R$ 600 for second an R$ 400 for third place and interviews with all award-winnings abut their works. All the submissions are made by internet, and the deadline for sending the PDF files is October 30th, 2018 SUBMISSION The competition is open to all composers, regardless of nationality or age. Composers must submit piano solo works no longer than twelve (12) minutes. Submissions are limited to three (3) works per composer. CONDITIONS The composers must send three (3) files to opusdissonus@gmail.com 1 – The first must contain only the musical score (sheet music in PDF) 2 – The second must contain the registration form filled and the required vouchers (PDF) 3 – The third must be an audio file of the piece (MIDI or mp3 only) Submitted works must be unpublished, must never have been performed in public or have received any award, whether under their current title or any other, and must not have been previously commissioned. Transcriptions, arrangements, paraphrases or works which includes musical references to other works are not accepted. ATTENTION! - The musical score must contain in the first page only its title and the composer's pseudonym. - Any other form of identification in the score means disqualification. - Manuscripts are not accepted. - All the pages must be numbered. - It is recommended to name the files as follows: your-pseudonym_name-of-the-work.pdf your-pseudonym_registration-and-vouchers.pdf your-pseudonym_name-of-the-work.mid - The submissions are made only by this e-mail: opusdissonus@gmail.com REGISTRATION FORM Fill the registration form (see example below), add a scanned copy of your ID/Passport together with two (2) different good quality photos for divulgation and the voucher of the submission fee payment. All these files must be together in one PDF only (similar to “pseudonym_registration-and- vouchers.pdf”) REGISTRATION FORM EXAMPLE - Pseudonym: - Full Name: - Artistic Name: - Full Address: - Phone Number: - E-mail with registered PAYPAL account: - Website: - Biography: - Appendix – Two (2) photos, Scanned copy of ID/passport &Voucher of the submission-fee payment by Paypal SUBMISSION FEE US$ 35,00 for one (1) work US$ 45,00 for two (2) works US$ 55,00 for three (3) works The payment must be made by Paypal to the e-mail opusdissonus@gmail.com (*US$ = American Dollars) AWARDS First Prize: A *R$ 800,00 fee (*Eight Hundred Reals – Brazilian Money) Première Mundial Recording of the work in 2019 by the Concert Pianist Artur Cimirro A special interview about his/her works Second Prize: A *R$ 600,00 fee (*Six Hundred Reals – Brazilian Money) Première Mundial Recording of the work in 2019 by the Concert Pianist Artur Cimirro A special interview about his/her works Third Prize: A *R$ 400,00 fee (*Four Hundred Reals – Brazilian Money) Première Mundial Recording of the work in 2019 by the Concert Pianist Artur Cimirro A special interview about his/her works * The awards shall not affect the composer's intellectual property rights in any way. ** The payment of the fee to the award-winings will be made directly by Paypal to his/her paypal account free of charge to the award-winning. If the award-winning request any other system for receiving the fee, then the taxes will be charged. DEADLINES - 30th October 2018 – Deadline for submissions - 30th November 2018 – Juri's decision made available on www.opusdissonus.com.br/competition/ - The jury's decision shall not be open to appeal. - The award-winning works shall be given their world premiere recording the year after the competition by Maestro Artur Cimirro. - The winning composers shall formally agree to include the statement "OPUS DISSONUS AWARD 2018 - www.opusdissonus.com.br" in any further publications, performances, recordings, etc., of the award-winning works. - The composer shall thus formally agree to reserve the world premiere for Opus Dissonus Competition free of any charge. - By submiting to this competition the composer is in agreement with all these rules. - All circumstances not provided in these rules and regulations will be discussed separately. |
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